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Originally Posted by jcwade View Post
I have been fascinated by Roman History since the seventh grade when I found the book, Outline of Roman History, in the library.
The real story is better.

This is pure fantasy, with some time travel thrown in. I even think I saw Deadpool in one of the scenes.

Scott should have added a few fire-breathing dragons.
It would have been more realistic.

But with movies the way they are today, who am I to complain.
thank you for that, mirrored my thoughts to a T. Was thinking of logistics to flood a coliseum with enough waterproofing and water depth for battleships and...sharks... With seawater, in ancient Rome, on a whim... I even pulled a google map mid movie to remind myself how close Rome was to the sea (not that close) I mean, maybe but....

Guess I'm a curmudgeon now but I like my movies shooting for "realistic", even if not completely so... Say "Bourne" > "Beekeeper", or "the martian" > sharks in the coliseum.
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