I wasn't very confused the first time I watched it--my parents wouldn't let me watch it at first after they got it, because of the rating, but since my room is with hearing-range of the TV, I listened to the movie quite a few times before I actually saw anything. I was probably one of the biggest fans of a movie I'd never seen of anyone on the globe.

I listened to the soundtrack every night (it still puts me to sleep

), and I had it practically memorized.
I didn't know that Maximus' character was based off of
5 gladiators. I knew that it was based partially off of Spartacus, but I didn't know how many it was, overall.