帝國驕雄II

我會覺得今套總體是好看，雖然比上集，這集無疑是失色，但比較上套《拿破崙》，他卻好得多。主要因為今套有更多時間來鋪排同塑造，比較模稜兩可的拿破崙，這套卻則為好。而今次雷利史考特用了這樣精湛方式，將上集的故事這樣融入落今集，個人也是討好。的確，今集比上集，投放了更多章節在政治權鬥的著墨身上，這樣我是喜歡，因為這樣可令套戲更有質感同層次，加上今次丹素演這樣老謀深算，所以令我對今集有所加分。咁當然在場景設計、配樂音效，這套也是處理得出色。我會講，這套的確需要睇IMAX或音效好的影院來睇。PS：如果真是有傳說中，那個超過三個半鐘的導演版，效果會更好。痴·影·夢·藝 X 的專頁 https://www.facebook.com/ckwunmovie/

為左睇第2集，先排先重溫左第1集無耐，老實講，第1集於我黎講都唔算特別好睇。2集主角本質上有所不同，上集立下戰功嘅將軍今集都有，但就唔係主角，比較似睇到平衡時空無比人滅門嘅將軍會點發展。今集主角直頭就同羅馬有仇，同埋有左第1集經歷，無將1/3時間用係主角點解比人滅門，今集主角好快手就成為奴隸，劇情聚焦多左係政治到。丹素華盛頓嘅演出都無咩好講，睇住佢由第一步同個議員賭錢，到拉兩個皇帝下馬嘅政治Show係幾精彩，老實講我覺得佢個角色比起主角更加可以帶領羅馬強大，起馬佢言出必行先，帶到呀將軍係主角面前比佢殺；反而個主角今天的我打倒昨日的我，羅馬本身係仇人但就因為認返個老豆老母就改變初衷？完全說服唔到我囉。而且結局仲要令丹素華盛頓強行降智同主角黎場1 on 1，大佬你都7張野，之前食腦咪好地地，何來信心同個壯年人隻抽會贏？直接叫大軍一擁而上ok佢啦。打戲方面幾場大場面真係幾正：開波嘅攻城戰、第一場猿人戰鬥啲猿人血腥感真係驚艷到我、其他係羅馬鬥獸場嘅戰鬥無論犀牛定水戰都比上集戰車戰更精彩；好可惜去返小型戰鬥，來來去去都係去返潑沙、檔、格、斬呢幾下，鬼佬版近身戰都係無我地香港拍得咁精彩，非常可惜。本身我就對呢個系列操控民心方面有保留，一個出身低下嘅角斗士真係可以係講血統講出身嘅古代推翻到一個皇帝？都係做一個有軍權嘅大將軍實際啲～

It’s the feeling of eating McDonald’s after having the best gourmet burger.Gladiator was made in Ridley’s prime, the story is epic and novel, the music is godlike, oozing in “Maximus” charisma (pun intended). The movie is the pinnacle of a hero’s journey.Gladiator II is a fun watch, but you can feel like it is chasing its predecessor’s footstep every step along the way, and every step is unironically a bit inferior.Ridley Scott gets a lot of respect for directing a movie of this magnitude at 86, and has a funny presence for being blunt on the internet.But it also shows that with age, some decisions are just poor decisions. The visuals feel more plastic, less refined, quite CGI heavy in the naval battle scenes; the music is best when it imitates Hans, less so when it swims between generic period and epic sounding tunes. The characters are good, but one defining decision moment happens very quickly and feel unearned.For some reason even though Gladiator II is a less faulty film than Napoleon, I actually prefer the later, the sequel to this Roman epic story is a bit too plain and predictable, ultimately falls short to my expectation and emotionally less compelling.Verdict: 75

成套戲基本上係承接到第一集，係好睇，但有兩場戲都太脫離1:羅馬場變左大泳池仲要戰船加鯊魚，你依套唔係marvel啊大佬2:最後果場丹爺大戰主角真係睇到我O咀，究竟你丹爺立場係咩？而且你老野有可能贏到個後生仔咩？🤔