The Death of Maximus (Final Scene) | Gladiator (2000) | Screen Bites
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- After Emperor Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) lands a lethal blow on Maximus (Russell Crowe) he is finally reunited with his wife and child as he dies.
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Gladiator (2000) - Synopsis: Commodus takes over power and demotes Maximus, one of the preferred generals of his father, Emperor Marcus Aurelius. As a result, Maximus is relegated to fighting till death as a gladiator.
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300 just said hold my beer
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im watching this from the hospital and I am now most likely entering the final weeks and days of my life because of my cancer, this scene makes me not fear death, such a brilliant movie. Take care
Hi Dennis,
There is nothing to fear, when your time is due you will return to the source from where you once came. We are all eternal beings, yes you will leave your earthly body behind but you will never die.
Enjoy the journey.
Dennis,
Take care and I hope your next journey is glorious.
I wish you well on your journey, Dennis. We'll all experience the same when the time comes.
Wow.
Take care,
Maybe we'll meet someday.
RIP Brother
This movie's version of heaven is one of my favorites. Arriving home to your beautiful wife smiling and your young son running to greet you. There's nothing that could make a man happier
Elysium, the Greek and Roman afterlife for those who lived righteous lives and were blessed by the gods.
Believe in God and everything is possible ❤️
@@simondg42 Cringe
@@solarcry287 you are cringe... but God loves you too 🤗❤️🙌🏼
@@solarcry287 on a post about heaven, it's cringe to talk about God? Are you slow?
i always love how they carry off maximus and leave the emperor just laying there on the arena floor...
“Men don’t follow titles, they follow courage” - William Wallace
Lol
Well he did win
Lol
everyone got what he deserved
"He was a soldier of Rome, Honor Him!" Still gets me.
👍🏼 me too
"Who will help me carry him?"
@@Sin526 *jumps into the screen*
True Son Of Rome🥺❤🙏❤🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
🥺❤💗🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💗💖💝
"Era un soldato di Roma, onoratelo !" in Italian 🇮🇹❤️
He was emperor of Rome for two minutes and all he thought about was his bros.......... You sir Maximums are an ultimate badass........
Truth!!!!!
Fought for his country men until his dying breath. Literally.
No, Lucius is likely the next emperor, though Marcus did offer the position of Maximus, knowing what Commodus was capable of.
@vin 950 Maybe. Yeah.
No. The ultimate badass will be aways Hudson by Bill Paxton xD
He played this whole scene with his eyes, especially when he was switching between the after life and the present. Now that's what you call acting!
He has been given great things & has handled himself with strength & honour He is a good bloke I reckon
Oscar well deserved
I agree he’s very talented, but at 2:43 you can see he blinks when he’s supposed to be dead.
@@lilygrace9125 He wasn’t dead yet
Yes indeed.
"Go to them"
"You're home"
God im in tears......
Just saw it again this past week. I was just thinking about how she was still in love with him, got him back for two minutes and lost him again. She would have made a great empress after all this but still understood and honored her father's wishes about restoring the republic.
Every time!
Right in the gut.
As if you’re crying.
The redemption of Maximus and reunion with his wife and son upon his death is one of the most beautifully done scenes in all of cinema history.
even the last scene where his friend says "I will see you again, but not yet, not yet". This dialogue with the music at the back , omg i can't express my feeling
@@surajrao4792 They don’t make movies like this anymore unfortunately, I always come back to Gladiator, a timeless classic. A cinematic masterpiece, in every aspect.
while saving everyone at the same time!
what "redemption" of maximus. he didnt really do any evil worthy of damnation. he was just avenging his wife and son.
This is so touching. I can't stop crying. The movie makers knew how to reach human feelings.
This is why he won the Oscar. Some of the greatest acting I've ever seen.
I agreed with you
Agreed, Russel Crow has extremely good in his performance, probably his Role was portrayed remarkably well. He did justice with his role.
but all he does in this scene is die lol
I agree
He didn't win the Oscar for this, he won for A Beautiful Mind.
He should have won for this one too, had he not manhandled with journalists - don't quote me, that's what they said.
This movie shows how a man can keep his dignity even if he lost everything
I like to think the gladiator that tells Maximus “I served with you at Vindobona” and knew who he was yet kept his identity secret, is one of the gladiators that comes forward to help carry him. Loyal to the end.
This movie as a whole took me to a higher plain so why am I suprised?
I also love that when she asks who will carry Maximus, Lucius steps forward. That was just really cool.
"He was a soldier of Rome, honour him" How powerful is that scene. She played an outstanding part.
I love how they just leave commodus's body
+Spike Rover Leave him like a dog dead in the street. Fitting.
don't insult dogs by comparing them with selfish human beings .
+Leroy Jenkins Well, he was going to rape her every night until she gave him a "pure male heir."
Some people call a toilet a commode...
Spike Rover it's still there
When he falls down. So forcefully but so purposefully. He can finally rest. Such a powerful scene.
As though a giant oak tree had been felled in the forest.
Man carried the weight of Rome's destiny on his shoulders. It was finally lifted from him.
@@lunch_trey👍👍👍. Brilliant scene
"Who will help me carry him" gets me every time
YES! when a senator, a soldier, gladiator..people from all the backgrounds and status get to together and honor him as hero. He has truly united people...although this character is fictional, deep inside I believe there are MEN like him still out there
@@tsimo555 I imagine there are, although given the current population such men would be rare unfortunately.
@@B1-997 Zelensky is one of them, eh? :)
"He was a soldier of Rome... Honor him!" Who also watched the movie in 2020 or 2021?
Just watched the whole movie again, Septembre 2023... Wow man. Legendary movie.
One of the best lines of all time, she delivered it perfectly, powerful
Watched it last night and transfixed yet again. And Connie Nielsen was brilliant throughout, but especially in this scene.
@@MrRexvogans what happened to her career in these big movies . Did she turn down Harvey!!?? Maybe I am just missing other performances from her.
@@k.gibson7376 Good question and I don't believe that I have seen her in anything since Gladiator. In my opinion, I think that she gave a masterclass in acting in this film, the palpable fear when she is with her brother, the anxiety for her son. In this scene, she transforms in a moment from grief, with one last look at Maximus, to becoming a regal figure. I also noticed that she kept her back to her brother throughout.......how dare you turn your back to me!
K M She is Hippolyta in the Wonder Woman movie.
He was a soldier of Rome , Honour Him.
+Matthew Griffiths Rome is dead, and the dream is dying.
he is not only a soldier, he is damocles
that part sounded too chessy and dumb to me should have skipped it to when he said "who will help carry him" and just ended it.
XxlionriderxX - nah mate, that was the perfect part. It reminded people of what Rome once was, the glory of Rome and the pride and civility of the Roman people.
Matthew Griffiths line gets me every time. “He believed in Rome, make us believe again.” Wish it was that easy.
*Meanwhile, Joaquin Phoenix's character is rotting in the pits of tartarus,* whilst Maximus is enjoying a beautiful afterlife with the love of his life and his child, in the Fields of Elysium for all eternity.
Exactly!
That is the reward for all of us when we live an honourable life.
No, it's worse for Commodus, he'll be rotting in the pits of tartar sauce!
I thought you have to die twice to get Elysium in Roman religion
Russell Crowe
Funfact:
Everytime you watch this scene, one random person will be cutting onnions
Liek dis if you cry everyteim
I still don’t cry, I’m not weak
Something in my eye...
Every time!
Inevitable, it drops naturally because good people dead or alive are one in mind in time and eternity.
The way he collapses is just so powerful.
Before that, he did order freeing his men and restoring The Republic in Rome.
You want to see me when I come out of the pub on a Friday night 👍
@@garyengland9549 muhahahahaha!
When you go unconcious you just crumble down where you stand, wouldn't fall bk wards, what force keeps his knees from bending when he's dead? Knees go 1st & you crumble down so he'd fall but not backwards?, if he died he'd collapse str8 down, not fall back like a pole, as nothings left to keep the knees from bending under the dead weight, I know that the legs go from under you as the knees give in & you'd just crumble down.~breath
@@michealtaylor7745 But he wasn't dead when he fell, nor when he was unconscious.
This is the most emotional scene ever.
@Gregory Saint jacques no its not, titanic, shawshank redemption, forrest gump, green mile and terminator 2 is more emotional
@Gregory Saint jacques you never watched those movies before ?
Gencturk92 I have watched all of those and yet this is the best
@@physicalteaklay no titanic, shawshank redemption, forrest gump is sad
Gencturk92 ofc it’s sad but I didn’t cry as this one
This movie has aged well. Literally the best movie ever made!
Lol......far from it.
One of the best.... forrest gump tops this even shawshank redemption... just my opinion
Agreed
This and Ben Hur.
It is a great movie, but not the best ever.
“Go to them. Your home” and 2:35 gets me everytime
This was one of the most incredible and beautiful films ever made truly a masterpiece. The soundtrack, the cinematography, story and acting was perfect
He fell so hard on the ground, like... he fell under the weight of everything what happened to him. He did enough. He could finally rest.
Damn I love this movie.
the flooring being wood in the colosseum probably also contributed to the sound
That's how somebody in armour drops. Ridley Scott is a master of this (see also The Last Duel).
I love this about this movie. You feel the physical weight of everthing. Every blow, every swing with the sword, the arrows hitting the shields, bodies landing on the ground.
All in great contrast with the weightlessness of the dying Maximus.
Very emotional 😭
it's so beautiful when he saw his wife and son again ...after all fights he had to fight just to see them again ... it's all he wanted
His wife and son was killed according to the order of Commodus in order to grab the Thrown,,,Commodus killed his father who is a king,,,then tried to kill all people around his father..
One of the best movies ever made! An honorable man who eliminates an evil empire is a blessing to humanity!
Evil man, not an evil empire
we've got a barbariboo
the best mate !!
USA is an Evil Empire
@@Spambmp That empire was created by that evil man.
No matter how many times you watch this scene.
Tears will run down your face each and every time…
Exactly what I was going to write!
the moment he says "i'll meet you again,but not yet,not yet" there's a smile on my face and tears on my eyes,not many movies have done that.
Does he says that in this video?I didnt hear
The black guy, near the end of the video
*Music tone changes , "Is Rome worth one good mans life, we believed it once, make us believe it again. He was a soldier of rome, HONOUR HIM"
gives me chills every time. Brilliant
Ahmed Murad ❤
It gives me glassy eyes.
*Honor
@@iadd2568 His spelling of honor is correct. He speaks English, not American English.
@@skybennett3902 👌
“Was Rome worth one good mans life”
Me sobbing: “no, no it wasnt”
My father and I watched this when I was younger. It became a thing between us to watch this and spend time together. My father passed 2 years ago and every time I watch this movie or this scene, I can't help but remember my father. We didn't have a good relationship in the end, but this movie reminds me of the good times with him.
I’m with you. I lost my dad a year ago. Just rewatching that death scene makes me miss him so much….
I'm sorry about your loss.
I lost my Dad 18 months ago and this was one of his favourite films. The soundtrack reminds me of him and how much I loved him
Theres comfort in knowing that many others also enjoyed this movie with their fathers, may they all rest in peace, miss yah dad
Same here! Brings a tear to my eyes thinking of my late father!
I don't understand how 10 people can dislike this video... THIS FILM IS A MASTERPIECE, RUSSELL CROW IS ACTING SOOO GOOD, SOOO AUTHENTIQUE AND THIS MUSIC IS SOOO GREAT AND THIS FILM IS SO EPIC AND MONUMENTAL AND SAD... but not everyone has the same opinion.
I can say that this is one of my favorite films. So, HONOR HIM!
+Tipp Top yeah right! One of the BEST MOVIE!
+Tipp Top Christians.
+Tipp Top
Yes, it is one of the best movie with everything perfect specially Russell Crowe's best acting. I watched this movie several times.
yes, it is
One of the best movies in my opinion too, but i think one point of criticism is that this movie is historically totally incorrect. I guess some people care about that more although the movie makers never said it is historically correct.
Women cry watching titanic, but men cry watching gladiator...
the day will come when i stop watching this movie..... but not yet.. not yet
I cried at both. :)
Sharon Johnson
I didn’t cry at all. It’s s movie.
@@korger1481 Well aren't you the hard one. 😛
No not at all. He found the peace at the end and be with his family.!
The way he imagines the door infront of him. He opens it and reunites with his family in his final moment and in his death.
This is one of the saddest movies I've seen. This scene always brings me to tears. 😭😭😭
Now We Are Free. 😥
I remember watching this as a young lad, it impacted me so much, I was young didn't know much I don't know why it made me cry like it did, but it still makes me tear up.
Yes free from duty forever and come back with his little family 😭
I imagine this is what my dad envisioned when he went to Heaven a year ago. This scene is the saddest part of the movie. Yet Maximus got his revenge and was finally reunited with his family….
the way he stands at the doors of his home, the doors of the afterlife before being called back, then called back again, the way he smiles at death and looks so at peace when he goes... it's so beautiful. i hope i can too die at peace, despite everyhing.
This ending could not have been written nor acted out any better. Lots of emotions, few words spoken, it took real acting to make this scene as outstanding as it was.
The way she took charge is worth seeing. From a mourning lover she affirmed the position of the queen, having owned the power of the man, who was once chosen to be the emperor.
Just finished watching this movie for like the millionth time and had to come and check this scene out once again. Gladiator will always be one of my top 5 movies ever❤
True
Me too.
One of only a few movies that ever made the cry, to be honest.
But how can this scene not touch one's heart and soul?
What are the other four please?
Couldn't agree more
Makes a grown man cry....😥
Tell me about it 😢😭🤧
Imagine that one guy in the audience who just entered the capital. He buys a ticket to the Colosseum expecting to see the Emperor in a fierce battle, only to have his hopes crushed. And as if that wasn't enough, the guy who just killed the Emperor begins handing out orders and no one bats an eye, he then gets carried out like a hero, while the Emperor is left behind. He must be so fucking confused.
Damn it. Can't jump in mid season.
No mate, the news of this battle would have spread through the empire like wildfire. Every single person knew who would be fighting that day.
If he was a native Roman, he'd understand. If he was a visitor from China, he might leave thinking "OK, what just happened here?"
"what we do in life, echoes in eternity." maximus decmius meridius
47 years old and crying this is one of the most powerful scenes in this movie to this day I still shed a tear don't ask me why great movie won't be another like it👍💯✌
best film of all time !!
@@tommyclarke3953 Great is better the best my friend but I agree 👍 💯
Watched this on Amazon again and I came back here for this scene and the comments. To see that I'm not the only one crying.
2:28 When it's time to go......I really hope it's like that.
+Randomfully Wonderful ROFL
+Randomfully Wonderful wrong as long as you belive in god no matter who he is Jesus or Allah
+Edouard Abgarian I am a muslim and i belive we all have 1 god that created us and 1 god that is gone take us no matter what religion we are
+Popescu Rene who the fuck know lol
+Popescu Rene ey buddy!!!! I'm an atheist too!
God dammit who left these cut onions next to me?
fucking ninjas...
dunno man, they did the same shit to me..
this score makes me weep like a child. it is beyond beautiful and touching
If the ending of this movie doesn't move you, you have issues. Gets me every freaking time.
So true.
"...It is in dying, that we awake to eternal life."
If only...
sod that! do the best you can now.
Very real
What captivates me in this scene is "Honor". A warriors honor. Someone willing to die to restore hope and faith. Sadly I see a world of leaders who represent the Emperor versus Maximus. A true leader who stands for the people. Someone who truly believes and cannot be swayed by corruption. A rare person indeed.
Marc Abramsky AMEN brother well said God bless you
WWG1WGA THE GREAT AWAKENING.
We don't make guys like that anymore
Marc Abramsky True!!!! When men died for honor, and didn’t complain for breathing!!!!
And not getting any better but now the people don't honor the men and women that put their lives on the line don't look at my jokes because he's children of today have no respect no honor no sense of Duty
Love this movie. Always love how Maximus is well respected that they carry him and leave the emperor there. Also how even while dying how selfless Maximus is to ask “is lucious safe” before going to his version of heaven
No, he said "Lucious is safe".
@@GeckoForReal exactly, now that Commodus was dead. 👍
This movie thought me frm young what a TRUE man/ warrior is about! Shout out to ALL my Gladiators striving evryday✊🏾.
What a powerful scene this was. No wonder the men he led respected and loved him. Devotion and loyalty must be earned.
"There was a dream that was Rome... It shall be realized."
Such honor... Such strength of man.... Such courage.
This isn't just a true man....... This is a true soldier... And a true gladiator.
And a true legend......
After Commodus’ death, it was decreed that all toilets in Rome would be referred to as “commodes”...😛
The soundtrack is incredible that could make you to feel every moment spent with loved ones was worthwhile in the end..
One the most beauty death scenes in history of cinema!! 😢😢😭😭
Marcus Aurelius--greatest Roman emperor,an amazing philosopher and a wise man.His book Meditations is one of my favorite books of all time,I can read it over and over and think about the world in a different way each time.A man who didnt run away from his duties but embraced them like a man a never complained that he had too much work..
"When you arise in the morning,think of what precious privilege is to be alive,to breath,to think,to joy,to love..."
"When a man can live,he can also live well..
"Dont act like you were about to live for 10 000 years,death hangs about you,be a decent man."
Better than Augustus or Hadrian?
Possibly,
However, do not forget Trajan
I watсhed Gladiator full movie here twitter.com/c9a1f94a7213c3914/status/822765676473368576 Glaadiааator TTThe Deeаth of Maximus Russell Crowе
A saint, a philosopher, a warrior & the last true Emperor of Rome, Marcus Aurelius. Richard Harris played him so well.
Iulius Ceasar and Traian are bigest
The best movie I have seen and will ever see. I watched this with my parents when it came out 20 years ago.
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Its amazing how Maximus brought the people of Rome together
Even in the Final scene you see Military
Slaves, Royalty, and Politicians, common men all on the Coloseum Ground around his body, all on one level.
"Hey, I'm dead over here! Somebody get me to my funeral?" - Commodus
"Did you guys hear something?" - Quintus
"Even the buzzard's gotta eat.... same as the coyote and the worm." Josey Wales :)
Russell Crowe is such an amazing actor
Including in Max Payne movie?I liked this movie don't understand the hate!
American gangster!!!
3:51 I love how everyone in the stadium stands unanimously as they carry Maximus away. *I'm not crying I just have some onion in my eye*
Just imagine, it really ends like that. You walk through a gate and go "home" and maybe there are already deceased family members or friends waiting there.
That would be a nice way to depart from this earth-realm to that kind of Place.
Live the life to the fullest - and depart with no regrets.
who didn't cry at this scene, ain't a man
"Is Rome worth one good man's life, we believe it once, make us believe it again "one of my favourite quote from my favourite movie ever...
Every time she says "he was a soldier of Rome " the way she speaks it gives me goose bumps...best movie ever made
I tear up when Maximus dies, it is that powerful to me. That Lucilla said "He was a soldier of Rome. Honor him" makes the scene so important to make the ending complete. One of the great endings in film.
This film will always be regarded in my mind as a timeless masterpiece.
Epilog:
Commodus gets up and says "well, that wound wasn't fatal after all, I'm still Emperor!"
Also Commodus: *Get strangled in his bathtub by his coach after that*
People say this is a fighting film with action, but it's more than this...
Best movie .. I cry in the end
+Abdulaziz I do too, like a small child.
Jimmy Pop t.v.
xD
Right when his body is taken away...
+Abdulaziz I did too, i'm not ashamed of it :) Great movie, the music was perfect and the end was fitting too, where they left Commodus rot in the sun.
+Abdulaziz
me too
My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
I wish I could have seen him leading his army back to Rome like the original plan. Would have loved to see the soldiers' reactions to him being alive.
The soundtrack to this movie is heart wrenching. It was time for Maximus to join his wife and son. There was nothing left for him to do. That doesn't mean we had to like it.
Should the aliens ever come to Earth and ask to understand humanity, show them this movie.
no.... show them "Earth Girls are Easy".
Show them hentai.
humans in general can never live up these expectations
@@beastinsight9825 show them...the money
@The Great Bamboozler you mean war implements?? If actual money, it will in all probability, prove quite worthless...we are programmed to value it, no?
Very emotional scene and then all of the sudden you hear a dumb music and you remember you live in a fucked up world and advertismemts are what's up
+George Jackson so much YES!
+home sanitarium You absolutely should help people! Good luck.
can't believe after 20 years, i still can't help my tears for this scene...
I hope one day, movies can be made like this again, without all the political pushing agendas
A movie, a class of its own. The music and the ending that makes so many cried, including me.
"Go to them"...in this line i always broke...
this is always gunna be the most saddest ending to any movie for me, it never gets old, its so beautifully thought out, yes i am a 33 year old male and yes i cried like a little baby when i saw this the first time n i will continue to keep crying each time i watch it, the goose bumps i get when he first falls to the floor along with lisa gerrards voice it just sends me to that place i can't explain it, i just really hope that is what happens when you die, living in peace being with your loved ones for enternity, great movie.
First film that ever made me cry as a kid. This scene. Even as an 8 year old.
I do not get tired of watching this movie a hundred times
Yes, Maximus was a fearless warrior and leader, but what makes him so powerful is that he actually preferred peace to violence, and men like that are more powerful than any army.
“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien (Faramir, son of Denethor, Steward of Gondor, in THE TWO TOWERS)
The sound track during her speech still gets me every time I watch it ❤😭
I cannot think of a single actor nowadays who would be as badass as Crowe to interpret this character.
Would have been an interesting movie if Adam Sandler had played Maximus instead
Manliest scene ever in history of filming
I'm a 37 year old man and this scene still makes me cry 😭
No matter of age, geography, religion and all the world's problems, we all feel. We ALL have compassion, empathy and we all LOVE. Just wish we showed these qualities to everyone all of the time.
Elmo. " We are all one "
is what you truly meant
24 Yes, we all come frm Star dust matters.
Elmo. It’s hard to show love to everyone, especially your enemies, like comudas he needed to go away, a very evil man.
This movie makes you believe that you will be see your loved ones again, even if you are atheist it doesn't matter, just for a moment you wanted to believe deeply... Father, if you hear me somehow i want you to know I miss you so much... People, don't forget to save some time for your loved ones, when i am graduated from collage my father was at hospital because of cancer. It was the most emotionless day of my life.
This is the most emotionel moment of this awesome movie with awesome music.I cann’t keep it dry.
This and the end of "End of Days" always breaks me when he smiles when he sees his dead family while he is dying.
No matter how many times i watch this film it still makes me cry
He was a soldier of Rome who will help me carry him. Honour him and honour is something a person is born with it cannot be given or earned. Such a fantastic movie
It was Lucilla whispering "Go to them... You're Home" and her son offering to help carry Maximus that had me weeping
The actress brought it home with that line... Chills
this music makes me cry so emotional
Melikee I will never make you cry, darling
Hans Zimmer. He is an amazing composer.
I hope to meet you one day
Melikeomaccc I agree. We r free is a wonderful song and in this movie emotional. This singer and Keith from Celtic thunder singing this song I love. Then her speech the tears start coming hard along with all the men offering to carry him. I wanted to always name my son after Maximus but husband got his way and a jr. Darn it.
Lisa Gerrards voice is absolutely amazing
I think my favorite part of this scene while he is alive is the fact that when he is emperor of the great Roman Empire for all of about 2 minutes, he doesn't ask for help or anything. He only thinks of others. This scene is really powerful. Top 3 movie. Love it.
Did they ever really mention though that if he killed commodus he would become Emperor?
@@hieloz Appreciate this very quick reply of mine:
I'm pretty sure Maximus wouldn't become the Emperor. While Marcus (previous Caesar) wanted him to, he never wrote that request down or anything, it was just words, words that only Maximus had heard.
I believe those were just the "request of a dying man". And he was also deeply honoured and respected, and had the loyalty of the senators.
And then…after so much suffering…
He finally found peace.