Natasya Harith

A Lazy Echo of a Masterpiece Some films are sacred. Gladiator(2000) is one of them — a cinematic gem that blended grit, honour, tragedy, and unforgettable performances into one of the greatest epics of all time. Why did Hollywood feel the need to exhume it from its well-earned rest? Gladiator 2 is nothing more than a rehashed, watered-down impersonation of the original. The plot is embarrassingly familiar — a wifeless noble hero chasing honour, a petulant and childish Emperor clinging to power, political backstabbing, dusty arenas, and predictable vengeance. We've seen it all before, and we’ve seen it done BETTER. There's no emotional weight, no fresh perspective. It's just an empty spectacle and a checklist of recycled story beats that insult the intelligence of any fan of the original. Golden films like The Gladiator should be left untouched. Hollywood’s obsession with sequels, remakes, and cash-grabs is not just tiresome — it’s disrespectful. Sometimes, greatness should be left alone. The well-known gesture that Commodus displayed: THUMBS DOWN 👎🏻

I always LOVED Game of thrones. For the 1st 5 seasons i think it did good. To be honest, even there some alteration on the story line (not following the book exactly) it still did some justice. But season 7 and 8 has gone beyond dissapointment !!! 1) Cersei's death - Arya Stark has her list to kill cersei that was HER goal. So why all those years of training with the faceless man if it wasnt to kill the main goal ? Such pathetic death for a strong character, not even much dialogue from the queen. 2) We still DONT KNOW what is the purpose of the Night King ?! Why did he wanted to kill Bran ? The 3 eye raven ? People died to protect Bran and for what? What is the PURPOSE of the Night King ?! No explanation 3) For all the fuss Ned trying to protect Jon Snow, knowing that Jon is a Targaeryan, at last he just went back to the North at the Night's watch ? For what? He has bigger role ! He is line to the throne, there should be war between Daenerys with him. Fire and Ice ?! Where is it ?! 4) Sam's role - He had gone through a lot to become a maester. And for what ? He too, has a big role because we know from the book maester do not like dragons. But it seems his character and objective is forgotten 5) Daenerys death - God ! She is a mad queen, please show some developement how she become mad not just by a day burning everything down. Give her a proper death (she still have Jon to bring down as a threat). 6) Brienne - She has known to be an honourable knight, to protect Sansa. Fierce and always focus on her role. But in the end, after that love affair losing her virginity to Jaimie (which that is unnecessary) i find her character become weaker and weaker. Her last scene was just crying over jaimie. Dear God. I pray that once George R.R Martin finished his book, someone will do some justice to all these characters. David Benioff, congratulations you have completely butchered the story and the characters.