Russell Crowe criticizes "Gladiator 2" for lacking the "moral core" of the first movie.
"It's a really unfortunate example of even the people in that engine room not actually understanding what made the first one special. It wasn’t the pomp. It wasn’t the circumstance. It wasn’t the action. It was the moral core," Crowe told Australia’s Triple J.
Crowe said he was always committed to preserving Maximus' moral core during the making of the original movie: “There was a daily fight on that set. It was a daily fight to keep that moral core of the character. The amount of times they suggested sex scenes and stuff like that for Maximus, it’s like you’re taking away his power. So you’re saying at the same time he had this relationship with his wife, he was f*cking this other girl? What are you talking about? It’s crazy.”
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Went to see “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” in IMAX.
It begins with Tom greeting the audience and ends with a glance he throws our way. This wasn’t a film about Ethan Hunt saving the world from the threat of digital domination — it was a film about Tom Cruise, putting his life on the line in a desperate struggle to save cinema itself, which is slowly vanishing from the world.
It was the movie of a man who lives and breathes film. I still want to see him keep making the impossible, possible.
I hope this series continues.
At 61, I’m proud to be a follower of Tom, who’s 62.