Written for the "Gladiator" in my heart

Adrien 2022-03-22 09:01:04

Watching a good movie can have a lot of resonance across the ages.

Watching this epic masterpiece of Gladiator is like seeing our own life. Even if the future is full of thorns and dangers, we have to endure pain and step through these obstacles.

Many things are not shifted by our personal will; everything is only advancing towards objective laws, which is the way of heaven that we have been talking about. New things will also replace old things, just as the slave owner said in the play, everything will eventually return to dust. It is not surprising that new ideas or new things are born in the dust. We should not welcome him as a winner, nor should we lose as a loser; only when he should come, come, that Go and go, as a vigilant, look at all this with a leisurely life.

After watching this film, I also deeply realized a sentence: some people are alive, he is dead; some people are dead, but he is still alive. He, the protagonist, the general who was teased by fate, perfectly interpreted this sentence. When the general fell, my heart could not be calm for a long time. He could finally realize his little dream---everything he did was not for glory and glamour, but just to hug his family again. The belief in being reunited with his family supported him in fighting and dying in the arena. His death bought many people's freedom, so he is still alive.

In this life, how can we not be like this ancient Roman general-Maximus, fighting for our own beliefs and family!
If the sky is sentimental and the sky is old, the right path in the world is the vicissitudes of life; any crazy and gorgeous things will eventually become calm and return to the dust over time.

The general has completed his lofty beliefs and fell down! But we are still alive, and we still need to fight for our ideals and our family. No matter how lonely there is, no matter how sad and desolate it is, no matter how dangerous it is, we have to take up arms and fight bravely.



At this point, I have to ask myself a question: What is faith? Faith is freedom, faith is family!
Life is endless, fighting is endless!

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Gladiator quotes

  • Marcus Aurelius: Are you ready to do your duty for Rome?

    Commodus: Yes, father.

    Marcus Aurelius: You will not be emperor.

    Commodus: Which wiser, older man is to take my place?

    Marcus Aurelius: My powers will pass to Maximus, to hold in trust until the Senate is ready to rule once more. Rome is to be a republic again.

    Commodus: Maximus?

    Marcus Aurelius: Yes.

    [Marcus Aurelius tries to comfort Commodus by reaching out his hand to touch him on the face but Commodus pulls his head away from Marcus Aurelius' hand in disgust]

    Marcus Aurelius: My decision disappoints you?

    Commodus: You wrote to me once, listing the four chief virtues: Wisdom, justice, fortitude and temperance. As I read the list, I knew I had none of them. But I have other virtues, father. Ambition. That can be a virtue when it drives us to excel. Resourcefulness, courage, perhaps not on the battlefield, but... there are many forms of courage. Devotion, to my family and to you. But none of my virtues were on your list. Even then it was as if you didn't want me for your son.

    Marcus Aurelius: Oh, Commodus. You go too far.

    Commodus: I search the faces of the gods... for ways to please you, to make you proud. One kind word, one full hug... where you pressed me to your chest and held me tight. Would have been like the sun on my heart for a thousand years. What is it in me that you hate so much?

    Marcus Aurelius: Shh, Commodus.

    Commodus: All I've ever wanted was to live up to you, Caesar. Father.

    Marcus Aurelius: [Marcus Aurelius gets down on his knees] Commodus. Your faults as a son is my failure as a father.

    [Marcus opens up his arms to Commodus and gives him a hug]

    Commodus: [Commodus hugs Marcus and cries] Father. I would have butcher the whole world... if you would only love me!

    [Commodus begins to asphyxiate Marcus while they hug, Marcus grunts]

  • Cassius: On this day, we reach back to hallowed antiquity, to bring you a recreation of the second fall of the mighty Carthage!... On the barren plain of Zama, there stood the invincible armies of the barbarian Hannibal. Ferocious mercenaires and warriors from all brute nations, bent on merciless destruction, conquest. Your emperor is pleased to give you the barbarian horde!

    [Crowd cheers]

    Maximus: [while Cassius continues his introduction] Anyone here been in the army?

    [an unknown gladiator responds yes and tells Maximus he served under his command at Vindobona]

    Maximus: You can help me. Whatever comes out of these gates, we've got a better chance of survival if we work together. Do you understand? If we stay together we survive.

    Cassius: I'm pleased to bring to you the Legionnaires of Scipio Africanus!