History YMMV / Pompeii

* HarsherInHindsight: in October of the same year as the film's release 68 people were killed when Mount Ontake in Japan erupted without warning just before noon when hundreds were on the mountain. Footage taken by people on the slopes show just how fast and silent the eruption came with one victim at the summit having only able to snap one photograph before the pyroclastic flow struck them. Just like in Pompeii all 68 victims were either killed by heat, toxic fumes, or hit by flying rocks. Five of the dead still haven't been recovered from the mountain. Despite the hundred on the mountain that day, the number of fatalities were so low due to the pyroclastic flow at Ontake was a phreatic (steam explosion) generated 'cold surge' which didn't travel further than the summit area while the ones at Vesuvius that consumed Pompeii and the surrounding area were magmatic 'hot surges' caused by the eruption column continually collapsing.

* HarsherInHindsight: in October of the same year as the film's release 68 people were killed when Mount Ontake in Japan erupted without warning just before noon when hundreds were on the mountain. Footage taken by people on the slopes show just how fast and silent the eruption came with one victim having only enough time to snap one photograph before the pyroclastic flow struck. Just like in Pompeii all 65 victims were either killed by heat, toxic fumes, or hit by flying rocks. Five of the dead still haven't been recovered from the mountain. The reason that the number of casualties weren't higher is that the pyroclastic flow at Ontake was a steam explosion generated 'cold surge' while the one that consumed Pompeii and the surrounding area was a magmatic 'hot surge'.

* HarsherInHindsight: in October of the same year as the film’s release 68 people were killed when Mount Ontake in Japan erupted without warning just before noon when hundreds were on the mountain with survivors being forced to make emergency descents. Just like in Pompeii all 65 victims were either killed by heat, toxic fumes, or hit by flying rocks. Five of the dead still haven’t been recovered from the mountain.

* HarsherinHindsight: in October 2014 63 people were killed when Mount Ontake in Japan erupted without warning while many others were forced to make emergency descents. The victims were either killed by heat, toxic fumes, or hit by flying rocks. Five of the dead still haven’t been recovered

* ClicheStorm: Just about the only original thing in the movie is the mashing of gladiator movie cliches with disaster movie cliches.
* CompleteMonster: [[CorruptPolitician Roman Senator Corvus]] is a [[SmugSnake sneering]], arrogant [[AristocratsAreEvil aristocrat]] who feels he can do whatever he wants. Starting the film with a brutal slaughter of a Celtic tribe, Corvus murders the mother of the young hero Milo, though the boy escapes and later becomes a slave at the city of Pompeii. When Milo becomes attached to the Roman noblewoman Cassia, whom Corvus lusts for, Corvus promises to spare him for Cassia's sake, but has him and another Gladiator named Atticus chained in the Arena to be slaughtered by Roman soldiers to recreate Corvus's victory over the Celts. When Cassia protests, Corvus tells her he simply wants her as a possession that he can break and that she will "stay broken," to beg and crawl as he demands. Corvus blackmails her family into agreeing to the marriage by threatening to accuse them of treason and murders Cassia's father when Mt. Vesuvius erupts. To get to safety, Corvus kills innocent civilians and even abandons his loyal [[TheDragon dragon]] Proculus while attempting to abduct Cassia and escape.

* {{Narm}}: The admittedly rather epic-looking flood is kind of ruined by the comedy of a boat drifting perfectly into a street and then perfectly plugging up the hole it rams into.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The volcano eruption is indeed the best part of the film.

** Admittedly, this option is probably best since if the movie was about any real person, people would be able to look the person up to see if they lived through the eruption or not, thus spoiling the film. The same formula would be used by Disney and Lucas Film for the StarWars Sequel trilogy.

** Admittedly, this option is probably best since if the movie was about any real person, people would be able to look the person up to see if they lived through the eruption or not, thus spoiling the film. The same formula would be used by Disney and Lucas Arts for the StarWars Sequel trilogy.

* JustHereForGodzilla: About everyone only came to this movie to see the volcano eruption.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Atticus

* InvincibleHero / MadeOfIron: Milo. Through no readily explained reason, Milo is an absolute stunning fighter with unlimited amounts of stamina, fighting ability and pain tolerance. For example, the day before he has to engage in the fight of his life, he endures 50 lashes without even calling out, let alone losing consciousness. Afterwards the whip lashes are treated as a minor inconvenience, and he's able to outfight everyone the next day without any problems (even put on armor and slapped on the back without reacting). In real life, he would need a month to recover in the very least (if he survived at all). Instead he goes on to fight many, many battles against perfectly healthy opponents and he easily defeats them all, one after another. The best explanation given is that he was descended from the "horse clan," but that was 17 years ago, and we didn't even see him have any training.

* InvincibleHero / MadeOfIron: Milo. Through no readily explained reason, Milo is an absolute stunning fighter with unlimited amounts of stamina, fighting ability and pain tolerance. For example, the day before he has to engage in the fight of his life, he endures 50 lashes without even calling out, let alone losing consciousness. Afterwards the whip lashes are treated as minor inconvenience, and he's able to outfight everyone the next day without any problems (even put on armor and slapped on the back without reacting). In real life, he would need a month to recover in the very least (if he survived at all). Instead he goes on to fight many, many battles against perfectly healthy opponents and he easily defeats them all, one after another. The best given is that he was descended from the "horse clan," but that was 17 years ago, and we didn't even see him have any training.

* Narm: The admittedly rather epic-looking flood is kind of ruined by the comedy of a boat drifting perfectly into a street and then perfectly plugging up the hole it rams into.

* InvincibleHero/MadeOfIron: Milo. Through no readily explained reason, Milo is an absolute stunning fighter with unlimited amounts of stamina, fighting ability and pain tolerance. For example, the day before he has to engage in the fight of his life, he endures 50 lashes without even calling out, let alone losing consciousness. Afterwards the whip lashes are treated as minor inconvenience, and he's able to outfight everyone the next day without any problems (even put on armor and slapped on the back without reacting). In real life, he would need a month to recover in the very least (if he survived at all). Instead he goes on to fight many, many battles against perfectly healthy opponents and he easily defeats them all, one after another. The best given is that he was descended from the "horse clan," but that was 17 years ago, and we didn't even see him have any training.

* InvincibleHero: Milo. Through no readily explained reason, Milo is an absolute stunning fighter with unlimited amounts of stamina, fighting ability and pain tolerance. For example, the day before he has to engage in the fight of his life, he endures 50 lashes without even calling out, let alone losing consciousness. Afterwards the whip lashes are treated as minor inconvenience, and he's able to outfight everyone the next day without any problems (even put on armor and slapped on the back without reacting). In real life, he would need a month to recover in the very least (if he survived at all). Instead he goes on to fight many, many battles against perfectly healthy opponents and he easily defeats them all, one after another. The best given is that he was descended from the "horse clan," but that was 17 years ago, and we didn't even see him have any training.

* InvincibleHero: Milo. Through no readily explained reason, Milo is an absolute stunning fighter with unlimited amounts of stamina, fighting ability and pain tolerance. For example, the day before he has to engage in the fight of his life, he endures 50 lashes without even calling out, let alone losing consciousness. Afterwards the whip lashes are treated as minor inconvenience, and he's able to outfight everyone the next day without any problems. In real life, he would need a month to recover in the very least (if he survived at all). Instead he goes on to fight many, many battles against perfectly healthy opponents and he easily defeats them all, one after another. The best given is that he was destined from the "horse clan," but that was 17 years ago, and we didn't even see him have any training.

* BoringInvincibleHero: Milo. Through no readily explained reason, Milo is an absolute stunning fighter with unlimited amounts of stamina, fighting ability and pain tolerance. For example, the day before he has to engage in the fight of his life, he endures 50 lashes without even calling out, let alone losing consciousness. Afterwards the whip lashes are treated as minor inconvenience, and he's able to outfight everyone the next day without any problems. In real life, he would need a month to recover in the very least. Instead he goes on to fight many, many battles against perfectly healthy opponents and he easily defeats them all, one after another. The best given is that he was destined from the "horse clan," but that was 17 years ago, and we didn't even see him have any training.

-->'''Senator Corvus''': ''KILL HIM! KILL HIM NOW!''

* MoralEventHorizon: If you, or the gods, still had any sympathy for Senator Corvus, that evaporated with five ill-chosen words in the arena that ensured that the wrath of the gods would fall upon Pompeii: