>100 minutes into movie there's the climax and what was obviously intended (successfully) to be the most memorable scene and line>Movie keeps going for another hour
>>222318204yeah everything after that was pretty fucking retarded and felt like a forced "happy ending"
an hour is barely enough to cool down after a climax like that, you don't want the viewers to leave the cinema still trembling and light-headed
>>222318204Fun fact. After this movie Ridley Scott was asked to direct Hannibal (Silence of the Lambs sequel). He was initially reluctant, because he was a "bit done with Rome stuff for now"
>>222318204The scene you're referring to is the end of the 2nd act of the film.
>>222318204>my name is maximus decimus meridius, proud subject of Emperor Zohran Mamdani and I will have my chopped cheese in this bodega or the next.
>>222318268What are some movies that peak in the 2nd act?
>>222318360Mad Max Fury Roadthe first John Wick
>>222318242>My father loved you like a son>I guess that makes us brothers[Stabs him in the back]>Smile for me now brother[Kiss of death]Kino
