Sir Adamar’s thoughts: have we mentioned I’m the villain yet? We really should mention it, I’m going to mention it the next opportunity I get. Lady Rosalyn: He shows mercy. Sir Adamar thoughts: Perfect.
Love this movie. Trips me out Everytime at the beginning when the crowd is banging out we will rock you lol, and even more so that the princess is styling daily lmao, she invented Prada and Gucci apparently lmmfao
Edward pretending to not recognize his dear friend Chauncer was pretty nice as well... as Chauncer was well known at court and friends with the royal family (there's a 6 month gap in the life of Chauncer in the history books... apparently this is what he was doing.)
edward was also pretending. he was testing ulrich. in the original script, edward earned the title "the black prince of whales" because he opposed the king so many times and killed so much people in war. he was a menace. edward joined this tournament to actually look for newer knights to join his army.
@@Popicile In order Chaucher was Vision in the MCU Wash has done a ton of voice work for Disney (Hei Hei the chicken) Robert Baratheon from Game of Thrones. He also did Sin Eater with Heath Ledger.
D'you know that, apart from Heath and Rufus Sewell, pretty much none of them had careers in Hollywood yet when this was made (we're talking one or two films at most and certainly no blockbusters)? It was Shannyn Sossamon's first movie of any kind and I thought she did really well too. Seriously brave choice that seriously paid off from the production team what with how important star power seems to be for marketability and given even Heath only had 10 Things I Hate About You and The Patriot to his name in terms of big roles. Granted, his performance in 10 Things is iconic but I suspect if you went to the moneymen behind almost any Hollywood action adventure... thing and told them that, among your entire cast save the villain, one of them had been in two things most of the American audience would have seen... and he died in one... and the other was a romantic comedy, they'd look at you like you had three heads.
When I was 22 and watching this movie for the first time in the cinema, when he said "love has given me wings" I shouted "OH YOU STUPID ASSHOLE!" and the cinema erupted in laughter. I retain the same sentiment today.
Description is dead wrong. Ulrich is his assumed name and he has no idea that it's Prince William at this point. The entire scene is there to show how decent of a person he is.
"Why didn't Ulrich finish him?" - were they not all aware his opponent was Edward, the future King of England? Is the villain, who withdrew from this very tournament against this very opponent, suggesting that Ulrich should have striked against the crown prince?
Two different tournaments actually. This tournament was when Ulrich first meets the girl and Adamarr and then it was a future tournament that Adamarr finds out about Colville being Prince Edward.
I hated this movie when I first saw it because of the modern ad ins. However as I have aged I have understood that these were just given to make it stand out and in the end the story is solid. Now its one of my favs.
Was it this particular kindness that moved the prince to assist William, was it William’s willingness to joust the prince despite knowing who he was or perhaps it was both of these acts that spurred Prince Edward to Knight William?
I'd say a smart soon-to-be king who is self aware, realizes he's surrounded by a lot of yes-men and recognizes a man like William is exactly who he needs to be by his side in the future
@@sonofmoss That's what I thought too, that it was a combination of both, plus his men loving him, despite knowing it was all a lie. So he exemplified the qualities of a knight like knowing when to tilt and when to show mercy, aiming high without forgetting where he came from.
GRRM would write how Ser Ulrich would be blinded in one eye by Ser Uthor Underleaf from not looking away slightly during contact. Uthor would've bribed the list manager for first round placement against him to get incredible odds to side wager on, then Count Adhemar would've bribed Uthor to hit Ulrich in the helm to try to kill him. Yeah, I know I'm just mirroring The Hedge Knight's story into this one to make it more realistic and not how Ulrich is invincible. They're really close though to a point where it's suspicious that either GRRM read an early draft of the script, or the script was written after THK's release in '98. Well at least the beginning, it's a basic carbon copy of the premise that they're an unknighted squire and their hedge knight master passes away.
"Colville has perfect technique. I've never seen him before." That's your boss, a guy Adamar would have witnessed in battle and up-close several times, and did not recognize him while jousting. This went over my head several times, yet if they had met prior to Poitier's when did a noble (athlete) in such a closed circle not pick up he was watching Edward (Colville)? Either nobody would joust with Edward at all, even in training, or Adamar is that much of a pompous ingrate.
The video info "Realizing that the competitor belongs to royal blood, Ulrich withdraws and spares Prince Edward" is incorrect. At this point Will doesn't know who Colville is. He spares him because he respects him as an opponent. Ironically, once Will realises Colville/Edward _is_ royal blood in a later scene, he doesn't spare him at all because that's what Edward wants.
The actress Berenice Bejo is listed as Christiana, who performs the function of Jocelyn's handmaiden in the film, which was a far more important duty than many modern audience's realize. Often I feel that is the case that many handmaidens were even more beautiful than the "princesses" they served and it is much the same with many modern actresses in movies. Best wishes to you, if you are looking for a beautiful girl in your own life I hope you find her. JT Out
Agreed. Not to be rude, but simply express my opinion, I was never impressed with Shannyn Sossamon's appearance in this movie, and found her character, Jocelyn, to be rather bratty at times. Her handmaiden, Christiana, played by Bérénice Bejo, I found more attractive both physically and as a character. And for that matter I was most taken by Kate the smith (played by Laura Fraser) as she was a good, loyal friend, put up with the three guys, and carried her weight in the group. When William was in the pillory, Kate was at his side, hammers in hand, ready to defend him against the crowd. Jocelyn wasn't. My first pick is Kate. But that's just my humble opinion.
@@michaelh7630 Jocelyn fits the 'Princess' character archetype a little too well; she has basically no personality beyond being the love interest and being unimpressed with male swagger. That's why Kate is much more appealing to most people. She's simply more interesting. As for whether Christiana is more attractive than Jocelyn; that's just personal preference.
@@tritunara3258 Yeah, i read. I repeat myself: he was called Black Prince and his official title was Prince of Wales. Never Black Prince of Wales in one sentence. No one mixed formal title with informal nickname
@@tomaszwitkowski9507 They would if the person is saying it as 'The "Black" Prince of Wales' to give his official title while referring to the nickname to really hammer home who he is. Of course, they'd be saying it in French...
When I first heard of this movie, I wanted to dislike it. Modern music mixed with a medieval story? Absolutely not. But, watching it changed my mind entirely. It's a really fun film, but it's also inspiring with a solid message. That being, good deeds come back to you, and we see it in this instance where William performs a courtesy to Colville, without knowing who he is. We see it again later where William does know that Colville is the Prince of Wales, and knowingly rides against him, because he realises that that's precisely what the prince wants. Both instances earn the respect of Edward, the Prince of Wales. The payoff when Edward returns William's kindness and respect later is so utterly deserved, that the audience enjoys it so much more. This is one of those films where my initial opinion on the film was flipped around completely, and I'm glad I was wrong.
Pretty much every Medieval film features modern music. The 'classical' soundtracks they're given are made with instruments not invented until centuries later. This film set in the 13th century featuring David Bowie's 'Golden Years' from the 20th is no different to Beethoven and Mozart's 18th century tunes featuring in 11th century films.
You do realise that such anachronisms are the biggest gag of the whole movie? Her outfits look like fashion week, they disco dance to Bowie's Golden Years and London even has a wooden version of the London Eye.
@@DomWeasel I loved the director's answer when he was questioned on this during the press junket. Orchestral music would have been the expectation, certainly for a genre flick that happens to be set in a historical time period like this, but that still would have been wrong by centuries. To add to that, it'd generally be Romantic-influenced orchestral music (since Baroque music is something of an acquired taste), which would barely be wronger than music from the 70s in the grand scheme of things. ...I've got nothing for the London Eye, though - nor there being a World Jousting Championships. Honestly, though, I kind of admire the fearlessness of how silly the movie can be at times. From introducing Geoffrey Chaucer with a shot of his bare ass, through the scene where they write the love letter and suddenly Mark Addy's character has the soul of poet that we sure as heck never see again all the way to every commoner in attendance seemingly recognising the Black Prince of Wales the instant he takes his helmet off (not to mention that, in a reality where he looks like James Purefoy, he's pretty much exactly as recognisable with the helmet on). Combined with how surprisingly accomplished it spends a lot of its time being, how poignant it frequently is, and how it's definitely not a pastiche/comedy, I've really never seen another film like it _(maybe_ Stardust but it's way easier to get away with these things in a fantasy film even when they're bizarre for the genre). It also didn't have much of a budget, so licensing a lot of _very_ expensive songs and building overly complex sets that make no sense, knowing that a lot of critics wouldn't be able to look past the oddness, can really only have been genuine artistic decisions that were total madness but, almost uniquely for artistic decisions that are total madness, made the film seem _less_ pretentious. I could honestly stand to see a few more directors being a little insane like that.
@@ds1868 Don't blame "Americans" you git. The direction by the filmmakers was to create INTENTIONALLY anachronistic fashions. Twas a dumb decision, but the costume designers did what they were told.
@@LucrassKelvac Human beings have the capacity to learn via witnessing the mistakes of others. We have a natural tendency to want to view those mistakes as a means of avoiding them. Consider for a second the tendency of people to rubber neck as they pass a highway accident. Viewing a clip of this movie has all the interest of watching a highway accident. There are a great many examples of what not to do with a story or film to be witnessed.
@@LucrassKelvac I disagree withe Tom Simpson. True, It was a very FLAWED movie, and ridiculously anachronistic, but then it wasn't supposed to be historically accurate by any measure. It was moreso a charming romance fantasy set in a 'fictional medieval like landscape'. I really liked the scenes depicting honor and chivalry. When this first came out, I was totally turned OFF by the We Will Rock you crowd chants and ridiculous anachronistic clothing, speech and mannerisms. But after a while I realized that these decisions were intentional to make it 'not placed in history, but in whimsical fantasy'.
"Then he shows his weakness. That's all mercy is."
Giant flashing red neon arrow saying "VILLAIN" pointed right at that guy.
Or at the very least "douchebag".
Sir Adamar’s thoughts: have we mentioned I’m the villain yet? We really should mention it, I’m going to mention it the next opportunity I get.
Lady Rosalyn: He shows mercy.
Sir Adamar thoughts: Perfect.
Underrated movie.
Rip heath ledger. Taken from us far too soon.
Love this movie. Trips me out Everytime at the beginning when the crowd is banging out we will rock you lol, and even more so that the princess is styling daily lmao, she invented Prada and Gucci apparently lmmfao
William could have finished Edward, but he chose to be a knight. He is noble.
Edward pretending to not recognize his dear friend Chauncer was pretty nice as well... as Chauncer was well known at court and friends with the royal family (there's a 6 month gap in the life of Chauncer in the history books... apparently this is what he was doing.)
edward was also pretending. he was testing ulrich. in the original script, edward earned the title "the black prince of whales" because he opposed the king so many times and killed so much people in war. he was a menace. edward joined this tournament to actually look for newer knights to join his army.
@@claireglory Boy, he sure is a force to be reckoned with.
@claireglory So in this script its not the case that he slaughtered people???
2:00 Mutual respect and true sportsmanship. Showing mercy when needed. Rise a knight.
My first introduction to Vision, Wash and Robert Baratheon.
Wash ?
@@MarctunstallThe series Firefly followed up with Serenity. Or if you have watched The Doom Patrol, he was Mr. Nobody
The what, which and who?
@@Popicile In order
Chaucher was Vision in the MCU
Wash has done a ton of voice work for Disney (Hei Hei the chicken)
Robert Baratheon from Game of Thrones. He also did Sin Eater with Heath Ledger.
@@tempestates13 aha nice
Imagine if this was a series, a medieval sports jousting Comedy, that be so good
Good movie. Great cast in addition to Heath. James Putefoy, Paul Bettany, Mark Addy, Rufus Sewell.
Alan Tudyk
D'you know that, apart from Heath and Rufus Sewell, pretty much none of them had careers in Hollywood yet when this was made (we're talking one or two films at most and certainly no blockbusters)? It was Shannyn Sossamon's first movie of any kind and I thought she did really well too. Seriously brave choice that seriously paid off from the production team what with how important star power seems to be for marketability and given even Heath only had 10 Things I Hate About You and The Patriot to his name in terms of big roles.
Granted, his performance in 10 Things is iconic but I suspect if you went to the moneymen behind almost any Hollywood action adventure... thing and told them that, among your entire cast save the villain, one of them had been in two things most of the American audience would have seen... and he died in one... and the other was a romantic comedy, they'd look at you like you had three heads.
Before he has to fight with The Dark Knight...
He was the knight
He live long enough to see himself become the villain🃏
Don't forget taking on The White Knight too (Dent)
When I was 22 and watching this movie for the first time in the cinema, when he said "love has given me wings" I shouted "OH YOU STUPID ASSHOLE!" and the cinema erupted in laughter.
I retain the same sentiment today.
Description is dead wrong. Ulrich is his assumed name and he has no idea that it's Prince William at this point. The entire scene is there to show how decent of a person he is.
"name a man with a sword better then I".... Ironically if the rumours about his life are true the black Prince of Wales will be on that short list. 😅🙌
"Why didn't Ulrich finish him?" - were they not all aware his opponent was Edward, the future King of England?
Is the villain, who withdrew from this very tournament against this very opponent, suggesting that Ulrich should have striked against the crown prince?
Two different tournaments actually. This tournament was when Ulrich first meets the girl and Adamarr and then it was a future tournament that Adamarr finds out about Colville being Prince Edward.
Batman: you're going down Joker!
Sir Ulrich Von Lichtenstein: Hold my lance...
I hated this movie when I first saw it because of the modern ad ins. However as I have aged I have understood that these were just given to make it stand out and in the end the story is solid. Now its one of my favs.
He tilts when he should withdraw… that is Kightly too :)
Wat is the best supporting character ever. He's such a loose cannon haha!
Weakness isn't all mercy is, but it can be a weakness
Awesome 👍😎
Was it this particular kindness that moved the prince to assist William, was it William’s willingness to joust the prince despite knowing who he was or perhaps it was both of these acts that spurred Prince Edward to Knight William?
Most likely both
I'd say a smart soon-to-be king who is self aware, realizes he's surrounded by a lot of yes-men and recognizes a man like William is exactly who he needs to be by his side in the future
@@jshshh1041 "Your men love you. If I knew nothing else about you, that would be enough."
@@sonofmoss That's what I thought too, that it was a combination of both, plus his men loving him, despite knowing it was all a lie. So he exemplified the qualities of a knight like knowing when to tilt and when to show mercy, aiming high without forgetting where he came from.
@@Mark73"but you also tilt when you should withdraw...and that is knightly too."
2:50 Rhaegar and Robert discusses Lyanna Stark.
GRRM would write how Ser Ulrich would be blinded in one eye by Ser Uthor Underleaf from not looking away slightly during contact. Uthor would've bribed the list manager for first round placement against him to get incredible odds to side wager on, then Count Adhemar would've bribed Uthor to hit Ulrich in the helm to try to kill him.
Yeah, I know I'm just mirroring The Hedge Knight's story into this one to make it more realistic and not how Ulrich is invincible. They're really close though to a point where it's suspicious that either GRRM read an early draft of the script, or the script was written after THK's release in '98. Well at least the beginning, it's a basic carbon copy of the premise that they're an unknighted squire and their hedge knight master passes away.
"Colville has perfect technique. I've never seen him before."
That's your boss, a guy Adamar would have witnessed in battle and up-close several times, and did not recognize him while jousting. This went over my head several times, yet if they had met prior to Poitier's when did a noble (athlete) in such a closed circle not pick up he was watching Edward (Colville)?
Either nobody would joust with Edward at all, even in training, or Adamar is that much of a pompous ingrate.
1:42 Why does he look like John Cena?
If he really was, you wouldn’t be seeing him.
@@ChuckNorrisIsNothing I think u r right
The video info "Realizing that the competitor belongs to royal blood, Ulrich withdraws and spares Prince Edward" is incorrect. At this point Will doesn't know who Colville is. He spares him because he respects him as an opponent. Ironically, once Will realises Colville/Edward _is_ royal blood in a later scene, he doesn't spare him at all because that's what Edward wants.
0:55 Who is this beautiful woman on the right side (for us) from the Main Girl ?
Damn. She is nice ☺️😃
The actress Berenice Bejo is listed as Christiana, who performs the function of Jocelyn's
handmaiden in the film, which was a far more important duty than many modern audience's
realize. Often I feel that is the case that many handmaidens were even more beautiful than
the "princesses" they served and it is much the same with many modern actresses in movies.
Best wishes to you, if you are looking for a beautiful girl in your own life I hope you find
her. JT Out
@@jthughes9820beautiful comment 😊
@@jthughes9820 Handmaidens were less likely to be inbred
Agreed. Not to be rude, but simply express my opinion, I was never impressed with Shannyn Sossamon's appearance in this movie, and found her character, Jocelyn, to be rather bratty at times. Her handmaiden, Christiana, played by Bérénice Bejo, I found more attractive both physically and as a character. And for that matter I was most taken by Kate the smith (played by Laura Fraser) as she was a good, loyal friend, put up with the three guys, and carried her weight in the group. When William was in the pillory, Kate was at his side, hammers in hand, ready to defend him against the crowd. Jocelyn wasn't. My first pick is Kate. But that's just my humble opinion.
@@michaelh7630
Jocelyn fits the 'Princess' character archetype a little too well; she has basically no personality beyond being the love interest and being unimpressed with male swagger.
That's why Kate is much more appealing to most people. She's simply more interesting.
As for whether Christiana is more attractive than Jocelyn; that's just personal preference.
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My favorite movie
Esse filme é muito bom .👍👍👍😎
Jeez, I'd take the maid at 1:18 out any day. She is gorgeous.
Adamar wasn't merciful, so he didn't get mercy; fitting.🙏🙏🙏
Either Black Prince (although it's probably posthumous nickname) or Prince of Wales, not Black Prince of Wales
It is Black Prince, read history
@@tritunara3258 Yeah, i read. I repeat myself: he was called Black Prince and his official title was Prince of Wales. Never Black Prince of Wales in one sentence. No one mixed formal title with informal nickname
@@tomaszwitkowski9507
They would if the person is saying it as 'The "Black" Prince of Wales' to give his official title while referring to the nickname to really hammer home who he is.
Of course, they'd be saying it in French...
When I first heard of this movie, I wanted to dislike it. Modern music mixed with a medieval story? Absolutely not.
But, watching it changed my mind entirely. It's a really fun film, but it's also inspiring with a solid message. That being, good deeds come back to you, and we see it in this instance where William performs a courtesy to Colville, without knowing who he is. We see it again later where William does know that Colville is the Prince of Wales, and knowingly rides against him, because he realises that that's precisely what the prince wants. Both instances earn the respect of Edward, the Prince of Wales.
The payoff when Edward returns William's kindness and respect later is so utterly deserved, that the audience enjoys it so much more.
This is one of those films where my initial opinion on the film was flipped around completely, and I'm glad I was wrong.
Pretty much every Medieval film features modern music. The 'classical' soundtracks they're given are made with instruments not invented until centuries later.
This film set in the 13th century featuring David Bowie's 'Golden Years' from the 20th is no different to Beethoven and Mozart's 18th century tunes featuring in 11th century films.
Lol, her costume makes it look like she came out of the 20th century and not the medieval ages XD
You do realise that such anachronisms are the biggest gag of the whole movie? Her outfits look like fashion week, they disco dance to Bowie's Golden Years and London even has a wooden version of the London Eye.
@@DomWeasel I loved the director's answer when he was questioned on this during the press junket. Orchestral music would have been the expectation, certainly for a genre flick that happens to be set in a historical time period like this, but that still would have been wrong by centuries. To add to that, it'd generally be Romantic-influenced orchestral music (since Baroque music is something of an acquired taste), which would barely be wronger than music from the 70s in the grand scheme of things.
...I've got nothing for the London Eye, though - nor there being a World Jousting Championships. Honestly, though, I kind of admire the fearlessness of how silly the movie can be at times. From introducing Geoffrey Chaucer with a shot of his bare ass, through the scene where they write the love letter and suddenly Mark Addy's character has the soul of poet that we sure as heck never see again all the way to every commoner in attendance seemingly recognising the Black Prince of Wales the instant he takes his helmet off (not to mention that, in a reality where he looks like James Purefoy, he's pretty much exactly as recognisable with the helmet on).
Combined with how surprisingly accomplished it spends a lot of its time being, how poignant it frequently is, and how it's definitely not a pastiche/comedy, I've really never seen another film like it _(maybe_ Stardust but it's way easier to get away with these things in a fantasy film even when they're bizarre for the genre). It also didn't have much of a budget, so licensing a lot of _very_ expensive songs and building overly complex sets that make no sense, knowing that a lot of critics wouldn't be able to look past the oddness, can really only have been genuine artistic decisions that were total madness but, almost uniquely for artistic decisions that are total madness, made the film seem _less_ pretentious. I could honestly stand to see a few more directors being a little insane like that.
0:05
When the supreme court rejected vaccine mandates
Joint
The costume designer really dropped the ball. The clothing is risibly bad.
Indeed. Always trust the Americans to get it wrong.
@@ds1868 Don't blame "Americans" you git. The direction by the filmmakers was to create INTENTIONALLY anachronistic fashions. Twas a dumb decision, but the costume designers did what they were told.
It's not that kind of movie dude lol
THERE IS DIGETIC CLASSIC ROCK IN THIS MOVIE!
A medieval movie is playing "we will rock you" with everyone clapping and stomping in sync to start and you're complaining about the clothing? 😂
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Knight were not simps like this
Have you seen the movie? He's commoner masquerading as a knight.
Vaini hotse
Is this a sci-fi movie? Why this posh chick wears today's fashion? Is she a time traveler or what? Honest question, I haven't seen the movie.
Such a bogus movie
Why did you come here to watch this video tho? :o...
@@LucrassKelvac Human beings have the capacity to learn via witnessing the mistakes of others. We have a natural tendency to want to view those mistakes as a means of avoiding them. Consider for a second the tendency of people to rubber neck as they pass a highway accident. Viewing a clip of this movie has all the interest of watching a highway accident. There are a great many examples of what not to do with a story or film to be witnessed.
@@scottmcmaster4927 What made it a bad film tho? :U
@@LucrassKelvac I disagree withe Tom Simpson. True, It was a very FLAWED movie, and ridiculously anachronistic, but then it wasn't supposed to be historically accurate by any measure. It was moreso a charming romance fantasy set in a 'fictional medieval like landscape'. I really liked the scenes depicting honor and chivalry. When this first came out, I was totally turned OFF by the We Will Rock you crowd chants and ridiculous anachronistic clothing, speech and mannerisms. But after a while I realized that these decisions were intentional to make it 'not placed in history, but in whimsical fantasy'.
It was amazing and the majority of people liked it.