*A Knight's Tale* was a JOY to watch! (and I cried just a little...)
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A Knight's Tale was a JOY to watch! (and I cried just a little...)
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Original Movie: A Knight's Tale 
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Anxiety is a bitch. I feel it physically.
A ball . Is fun . In Europe we have one like an American high school prom . Except we call it a debutante ball . Or in France is a promenade. Its your first adult social event. Suits tuxedos big old fashioned dresses. An old limousine. I had an antique damler like from the 30s . First half part is like old fashioned waltzes and then you let your hair down and it turns into your prom . And modern music. And they let you drink alcohol openly our drinking age is 4 or 5 years younger than America and most are already drinking regularly by then .
One of my absolute favorite movies! And it made me so happy that you loved it :D
For Heath, his US debut, 10 Things I Hate About You.
For the writer director, my favorite film, LA Confidential. Completely different, and absolutely fantastic in every aspect. (He only wrote it, bit I think it won the Oscar as did the supporting actress.
I hope you got to see the short post-credit scene. Just a gag among the main characters, nothing fancy. Since you like the cheesy love stories, I suggest A Walk in the Clouds starring Keanu Reeves. 😁🧀
My favourite line of this movie is “your men love you. If I knew nothing else about you that would be enough”. The meaning behind it it is so great.
It's my favorite line, as well.
I really love the following line just as much, if not more. "But you also tilt when you should withdraw...and that is knightly too."
And coming from the Black Prince would mean even more.
Mine is my pride is the one thing they cant take from me I try to live by that and a man can change his stars
@brianlinville520 Technically pride can be "taken from you", for example we see Agimar being humbled at the end. Depends on what you mean by the term.
FUN FACT: The part after William wins his first sword tournament and Geoffrey hyped him up but nobody reacted until after Mark Addy went YEAAAHHHH, then everyone cheered, well that happened because they filmed this in Prague and no one there at that scene spoke English and didn't know they were suppose to cheer. So Mark started it off.
That’s why improv is an actor’s best asset.
Seems a bit farfetched.
@@Chumppi watch that part again, there was a few in the crowd that almost cheered too early, this fact is true haha
Also, when Aragorn kicks the helmet in the Two Towers........
@@Chumppi NOPE! Right there on the dvd special features
"He's educated!"
Geoffrey Chaucer is the author of The Canterbury Tales, written in 1392, upon which this movie was VERY loosely based ❤
It's also one of the first stories written in the English language. I always found that fascinating.
@@joshuajackson472 neat! I did not know that!
@@joshuajackson472 Not first by any means, but best example of Middle English.
The Canterbury Tales is arguably one of the most famous works ever written in English. 'A Knight's Tale' was the name of the first story in the Canterbury tales, there were 23 others written before the author's death, it is thought he intended many more I believe.
Every college graduate should know who Chaucer was, author of The Canterbury Tales, the father of English literature.
So about the score, The director was told he should have classical music. He response was something like, "Why can't I use modern music? You want me to use a instruments that weren't invented either." The take away here is the soundtrack should enhance the emotions of what is going on in a scene, not to be historically accurate if they were, there would be no soundtracks.
Actually the whole soundtrack was deliberate, not just modern. The director noted that jousting events were the football games of their day, hence the football memes and Queen song we saw at the beginning. That's also why the music morphed from a medieval waltz into David Bowie. To the young people of the time, that was cool party music, so the director chose tracks to reflect that. You'll notice more than a few anachronistic sayings, like "foxy lady," and "Hellooo!"
Exactly!
Heck "Classical music" is out of period by like 300+ years (Classical typically referring to symphonic and chamber music from the Baroque period to contemporary)... if you wanted period music people should be on pipes and tabor, shawms, crumhorns, sakbuts, lyres etc... Most most modern instruments if they existed during the 14th to 15th centuries, were radically different.
There is a lot of very deliberate anachronisms beyond the music... hair, makeup, costumes, the dancing.... even the heraldry is not very accurate. But that's okay. It's all about presenting to the audience concepts they can identify with as the characters in the movie would. This is not a historical drama, it's at heart a romantic buddy/comedy, and it's not trying to be authentic.
Exactly! Its like watching Guardians of the Galaxy then being like "That's not space music" lol The score doesnt have to be music of the era. I always felt this movies use of music was top tier
so you think there was no music in Medieval times.
@@santanamauricio No that is not what I am saying at all. Of course there is music in the time this move was supposed to take place. What I said was Brian Helgeland was told to use classical music to make his period piece fantasy film more arcuate. Or more appropriately more like Gladiator and Braveheart. But he pointed out that the concept of an orchestra and the instruments haven't been invented yet. So for him there is no difference between Howard Shore and Queen. I took the naysayer's argument one step further. If any movie, is to be historically accurate, it should not have any background music punctuating the drama. Because that is not how real life works. I don't know about you, but I did not see a whole orchestra preforming inside the colosseum in Gladiator. The only music that should be in a film should only come from the scene (i.e. a live band, or radio ,ect.) and not have a traditional composer. I doubt you have someone composing music to punctuate your every day life unless you have some kind of sycosis.
The true irony of this movie is that it went out of its way to be historically inaccurate but is at the same time one of the most historically accurate depictions of the period - jousting really was a spectator sport with sponsorships and shit-talking, the Black Prince really did go around jousting anonymously to avoid people refusing to fight him, etcetera.
Yeah, pretty much all comedies set in the Middle Ages get a bonus because they don't try to make everything look gritty or epic all the time. Just because it was over 500 years ago doesn't mean people weren't also now and then having a good time between a siege and a pestilence.
Also there was time in Geoffrey Chaucers life that isn't accounted for so it can be viewed as historical fiction of what he was up to during that period.
King Henry the 8th was an avid jouster in his youth and received a horrible leg wound because of it which never healed
It was because of this that he became the fat king we know now
I like the anachronisms in this movie. You'd think they'd feel out of place, but they work pretty well. Like a little wink to the audience that this movie isn't taking itself too seriously. But then they hit ya with the father/son story and boom, they get ya.
There is a deleted scene that should not have been deleted. Before he is knighted, Chaucer gives an amazing speech that shames the crowd and then gets them on William's side. So when the Prince reveals himself it isn't such a sudden turn for the crowd to be on his side. It completely changes the entire feel of that scene and is a million times better than what they went with.
They said that it made the Prince look like he only stepped forward because of Chaucer's speech and made him look weak.
@@browncoat13 But, instead, it makes the crowd look fickle in a movie where the main theme is anti-classist.
I agree, that deleted scene was Chaucer's best speech.
The speech was great, but the crowd's response to it was annoying. The fact is... the mob will always go the wrong way...the familiar way...the nostalgic and common way. The mob can't be convinced, and they can't be taught. They can only be either commanded by the proper application of fear, or manipulated by the proper application of empty promises and blame.
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It's far more appropriate that they instead did as they were commanded by the Prince. He showed up, told them that William was a lost bloodline of Royal nobility, and because he's an authority figure, they didn't question it. Period. That's how the mob works...in all eras. And it will never change.
@@DoremiFasolatido1979 You need therapy.
"What are you doing?"
"Losing"
"I don't understand!"
"Neither do I..."
I love this movie so much.
In melees they use real swords, but they blunt the edges on them, so while broken bones and other forms of blunt trauma injuries were common, it was unlikely you would get slashed or impaled.
Plus getting hit with a sword isn't likely to cause anu blunt trauma anyways. Getting hit with a war hammer or mace would have been different as those are blunted weapons designed to break bones.
The modern competitive fights with these is something to see.
@@Chyll07 Can confirm from experience, it hurts getting hit with those
@@Randerson2409 from what I've watched, I do not doubt it. probably a good thing I didn't learn about until was too old to do more than watch. :D
@@Chyll07 Not really. Bunch of hobbyists thinking they're nearly as good as the full time warriors of the past.
RIP Heath Ledger :/
He’s dead???💀I just found out now. You son a bitches never told me.
Ah- the beauty of Wash, Patrick Verona/the Joker, Robert Baratheon, and Vision being in the same film. Probably my favorite feel-good rewatch movie of all time
And Marc Antony/Kantos Kan!
And basically every sound effect ever
Hahahahaha completely forgot that was Robert Baratheon!
And Lydia
10 Things I Hate About You, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, is a must see Heath Ledger movie.
He is also excellent in Brothers Grimm, Casanova, and Brokeback Mountain.
Casanova is an underrated gem, Natalie Dormer was brilliant in it
Siena Miller did a pretty good job as Francesca, but god damn Ledger is the heart of the movie
Forgot about Casanova! Dormer was in it? I haven't seen it since it was released.
@@Caseytify oh yes ruclips.net/video/wGKI1q6hIHI/видео.html
@@MrFirsito It is extremely slept on. Heath is charming as heck and Oliver Platt is a befuddled delight.
Casanova definitely deserves more love. Oliver Platt! A little baby Charlie Cox (best known as Daredevil).
It's almost October. You need to do Tucker and Dale vs Evil then. Alan Tudyk is great in it as well.
Underrated movie, it’s so good.
Just what I was thinking. It's so funny!
I've been recommending Tucker and Dale for all of my favorite reaction channels. Ammmmmazing movie!
It's oddly so easy for me to not recognize him as Alan Tudyk in this movie, he blends so well into this lol.
If we're doing great Alan Tudyk movies... Death at a Funeral.. the 2007 original.
I love this movie turning a story from the Canterbury Tales on its head with a modern twist. The soundtrack is perfect
And having Chaucher as a character observing it!
This movie is so cheesy and like you said such a perfect example of an early 2000’s flick but it’s still great because Heath Ledger and Rufus Sewell really manage to build up tension to the point you can’t wait to see William smash him
The nude man who joins them is played by Paul Bettany, who is the voice of Jarvis and the portrayer of Vision in the MCU. He is married to Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly, who is the voice of Spider-Man's high tech costume.
This was the first movie where I saw Paul Bettany. I loved him as Chaucer! He has such great comedic timing!
And if you want more Jennifer Connelly, you need to see Labyrinth.
Has Vicky mentioned the MCU? Whether she’s seen the movies or not and would like to react to them?
"A love story" actually it's TWO love stories, the one focussed on between William and Jocelyn, but also in the background there is the love between Roland and Christiana which if anything is even more adorable and completely bereft of drama. Just two servants finding love at the same time as their masters.
The scenery is excellent, it's true! I was in medieval London about 700 years ago, and it's uncanny how close they got it in this movie.
Bruh were you there for 1215 because that Magna Carta a bop
Montrose bet five on the fop.
Vicky,
He is so angry because he has become obsessed with defeating Adimar. He now means more to him than anything.
Fun fact: Part of the 'rehersals' for the main cast of the movie was going out to the bar on the director's tab to build the chemistry between William and the others.
"haven't watched any Heath Ledger film..."
oh dear. looks like V needs to see 10 Things I Hate About You.
Nolan Batman Trilogy...
Totally does
Watch candy. One of his least known movies.
"After 12 years, he finally sees his son again."
Well no, he doesn't.
...sorry. I'll see myself out.
10 yard penalty, poor punmanship. Repeat first down.
@@JaxMerrick first and 20
Thought the exact same thing. See you in detention.
I was thinking the same thing.......
See yourself out... unlike the dad
As someone currently taking a graduate school course on Chaucer, this made me very happy today.
Bah. I still want the conclusion to The Canterbury Tales.
Well now that I know what really moves her - Stardust seems like a mandatory watch.
Ohh, I agree!
Yes! Another great movie!
Also starring Alan Tudyk
Oh my yes!! Also Ladyhawke. No Alan Tudyk but it does have Ferris Bueller so there's that.
Stardust is a mandatory watch for everyone
Heath Ledger's character is based on one of the greatest knights in history, William Marshall lived in 12th and 13th centuries England, even though this film is set in the 14th century. One of the reasons for that is that jousting wasn't a popular event in tournaments during the time when William Marshall lived, they were a sideshow.
The main event during that period was the melee, which was a mock battle. Typically they had two teams of dozens or even hundreds of mounted knights. They would charge each other with lances couched and then after the initial pass, they would break off and start to fight in little groups. The goal wasn't to kill the enemy but to capture and ransom them. You could also ransom or keep their horse and armor. (serious injury or death was actually common during these melees, they didn't have plate armor at that time, just chainmail, which is great protection against cuts but did very little against blunt force)
William Marshall was the youngest son of a landed nobleman. when William was six his father's castle was besieged by King Stephen who was the King of England at the time. Williams's father gave him to the King as a hostage while peace was being negotiated but Williams's father never intended to surrender, instead, he used the time to restock his supplies to last the siege. When Stephen threatened to kill William, his father said "I Have a hammer and an anvil, I can make better sons". Fortunately, Stephen didn't kill William, instead, he became a royal ward.
William wasn't going to inherit anything, so when he was knighted at 20 he was sent off to make his own way, at this point he was very big and very strong. In the first battle that he was in, his warhorse was killed, the lord he served refused to replace the horse (warhorses were very expensive) because William's recklessness got the horse killed. Without a warhorse, a knight isn't really a knight, so he then went to compete in his first tournament, with a borrowed horse and armor, he captured about 4 other knights and took their horses and a small fortune, he would go on to become a dominating figure in the tournament scene, a legend in his own time.
When King Richard the Lionheart (also considered to be one of the greatest knights in history) went off to the Holyland to fight in the Third Crusade, he ordered Marshall to stay behind in England, there is a lot of speculation that this was because the only man who could have possibly stolen Richards's thunder was William Marshall.
The scene in this film where Williams Helmet was bent and stuck on his head really happened to the real-life William. He was a very interesting figure, if anyone reading this is interested in medieval Knights I highly suggest learning about William Marshall, I only covered a small amount of his life and achievements.
I read about him in the book "A distant mirror" now THATS a book for every person interested in the lives of the people during those times.
Actually, it was more based on the autobiography of the real Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein, who was a contemporary of this film’s action.
The scene where he gets knighted is what gets me... every. single. time.
This was one of the first times I saw Alan Tudyk. The other two times were I Robot and Dodgeball so I didn’t hear his real voice until I discovered Firefly
4:12 Fun fact, this genuinely happened to a 12th Century Knight called Sir William Marshall. He is known as once of the greatest knights of all time (he served several generations of Angevin Kings, and was still leading armies into battle at the age of 72). After he won one tournament, they found him in a blasksmith's shop with his head on an anvil, getting his helmet bent back into shape so he could get it off.
Still remember I had a blast when I watched it at the cinema on release day. I had just started my studies of English literature and couldn't stop grinning when Geoffrey Chaucer appeared... :)
Totally the same experience!
Yeah, I studied Medieval English at University and whenever we discussed Chaucer I always pictured him as Paul Bettany.
Nothing like picturing Vision reciting Cantebury Tales, to a bunch of stuffy noblese.
went to the movies wanting to see another movie, saw this movie's poster and went for it. glad i switched, this movie is amazing.
My two favorite fun facts about this movie are: 1) the lances were made of very soft, hollowed out balsam wood filled with dried pasta so they would break easily and explode into "splinters," 2) the idea is that this movie takes place during a period of like 6 months where the real Geoffrey Chaucer disappears from the historical record. When I first visited Westminster Abbey I was so excited to see Geoffrey Chaucer's grave inside the church!
Watched this when I was young and I fell in love with Heath. Haven’t seen anyone react to this movie sooo thank you! ❤️
Now everyone will react at it 😂
If nobody mentioned it, The hype man is Paul Bettany who was the voice of Jarvis in the Iron Man movies and eventually played Vision.
7:53 - English wasn't understood by the extras they used, (filmed in Prague), so after Paul Bettany makes his hype speech, the crowd really stayed quiet. Mark Addy ad libbed the cheer that got the crowd started.
17:57 - I've seen this movie DOZENS of times, and this scene ALWAYS makes me tear up! ALWAYS!
Awww... You didn't react to the end credit scene. It was so classy! ~ snickers ~
Accident or not, the "delayed" chear is still hilarious
One of my favorite things about this movie is that the 90s cultural references (in hair music slang etc) were not just accidents of the writers, it was all fully intended and added into the movie on purpose. Such a fun movie.
Jeffrey chaucer wrote the first book in the English language. He did destroy those guys in fiction. The Canterbury tales. He also invented several words we still use today . Like .calling someone a prick . ( prick was Jeffrey) other words to
It’s a beautiful movie, well written with such a great mix of old and new.
A Knight's Tale is one of my guilty pleasures. Always loved it. I can watch it forever, and never fail to enjoy myself.
it ain't guilty my friend, it's just a good movie
The trumpet blasting the entire music for We Will Rock You always confused and puzzled me. It conpuzzled me.
Since you watched the entire movie, you know that one of the knights William jousted against was of royal blood.
Allowing the prince the honor of finishing the joust was truly a noble act., deserving of his reward at the end of the movie.
Ah man I love this movie. It's one of the movies I frequently rewatch. This is my favorite Paul Bettany role. It's so much fun and has a ton of heart.
I love a lot of medieval movies, but this one might be my favorite of the bunch. From when they are teaching him to dance, to when they are writing the letter to Jocelyn as a group, reuniting with his father, and even the smaller moments like when Will saves Chaucer from debt collectors, or Chaucer knocking Wat over to prevent him from "fonging" count Adhemar (oh, so that's how it's spelled...). It is so much fun from start to finish.
“What is grief, if not love persevering?”
You have been weighed, you have been measured, and Steve from Blue's Clues says he is proud of you.
This move will forever by one of my favorites, there is not a single line of dialogue wasted in this film.
I've been voting for this in the patreon for so long haha. FINALLY
"Who is that?"
That's Paul Bettany.. you may know him better as Vision from The Avengers.
Or Jarvis from Iron Man.
Or Dustfinger from Ink heart)
See I always knew him as the naked guy from Knights Tale.
Maturin from Master and Commander!
I completely didn’t want to see this movie because I thought that the modern music in a period piece would ruin it. But it was just too much fun to care and then I found the music actually added to the enjoyment. The cast is so enjoyable. It is one of my favorite medieval movies - and I’ve watched a lot of them.
I believe that William's change of attitude was caused because he was torn between devotion to Jocelyn and revenge on Adamar.
the guy that introduces william played by paul bettany is geoffrey chaucer who was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". He was the first writer to be buried in what has since come to be called Poets' Corner, in Westminster Abbey.
nice little piece in the movie, when William and Jocelyn meet first time (in the church) hes trying to get her name. She calls him "SIR HUNTER" . The last scene when they kiss, He is finally a Knight (sir) and the camera pans to show them under the Constellation Orion (The HUNTER) not sure if that makes it a hidden egg or me a proven dork
one of my favorite guilty pleaser movies. forgive her wardrobe, and sound track, and it a great movie.
Alan is a national treasure. "It's called a Lance, Heloooooo"
I have watched this movie so many times over the past 20 years. Absolutely love it still today.
my favourite part is when he (forget the actor's name) goes "It's called a lance... Hellooo..."
The soundtrack for this movie is amazing. And BTW...the hype man's character is Geoffrey Chaucer. Look him up.
"Your men love you. If I knew nothing else about you, that would be enough." That line always gets me.
This movie was a staple for me as a young teen, I have probably seen it more than a hundred times. If you have not seen "The Four Feathers" , it would be an adventure to see your reaction to it. By far one of Heaths greatest movies. P.S. When William becomes angry with Jocelyn, he is only being that way because of his hatred of Count Adhemar, obviously he did not mean what he said.. he is just so drunk with the idea of beating the Count.
No. I'm sure you've never seen it more than a hundred times.
@@eatsmylifeYT Sure Have. :) Just like any other movie that you put on over and over. Take your rude ass somewhere else.
The best scene in the film is after the end credits, where Wat's little weak fart means he has to buy the next round of drinks. Kate's fart is epic!!! :)
That was Geoffrey Chaucer, celebrated as the first English author. You may know him as Jarvis, AKA the Vision from the Avengers.
An excellent Ledger choice would be 10 Things I Hate About You, adapted from Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.
This is one of my go-to comfort movies. I can quote almost the whole thing because I watch it so often. I’m so glad someone is finally watching it, I never see reactions to it!
Another go-to movie for me is Ever After with Drew Barrymore. I think you’d love it if you haven’t seen it yet!
I second Ever After!
“10 Things I Hate About You” It’s another late 90s/early 00s type movie with Heath Ledger. It’s loosely base on The Taming of the Shrew and I think you would really enjoy it.
This is pretty easily on my top five all-time films. It's everything I like about the media combined with a classic story of hope, redemption and the nobility of selflessness and devotion. With a phenomenal cast, and a non sequitur, anachronistic soundtrack that totally works and is so much fun.
Excellent film.
I loved James Purefoy in this. He played the Prince Edward, the Black Prince. He had such presence and charisma and good looks. I started watching his work. He played Mark Antony in the HBO series Rome.
First Paul Bettany, Alan tudyk and Heath ledger film for me and I love it so much
Also Paul bettany is the best character
Aaaaand we get to see a butt naked Vision. Paul Bettany's been in everything. MCU. Star Wars. Battle Angel Alita.
@@Codametal the da vinci code
The bit with the helmet getting stuck on his head happened to a very famous Knight in the 12th century.
Sir William Marshal, waa participating in a tournament in France when a lance strike to his helmet bent it onto the passing a Knight wears under between helmet and head. He won the tournament but when the Nobles went to give him his prize the could not find him. The herald found him at a blacksmiths forge with his head on the anvil as the blacksmith had to take apart the helmet very carefully to get him off.
The blacksmith did WHAT to him lol
@@grantmaurer9921 get the helmet off head, damm i walked into that one
@@Aaron-io8vw yea ik. I just have the least refined sense of humor in the world
also , look up a series called Roar , it was a one season show starring heath,were he got his start, he plays a scottish prince fighting back against roman occupation in medievil times.
Geoffrey Chaucer, the character who was Sir William's hype man and document forger, was actually a real person. His most famous works were a series of poems known as "The Canterbury Tales", with "The Knight's Tale" being one of them. The movie draws inspiration from many different sources, as the knight in "Knight's Tale" is just simply referred to as "The Knight" with his son only being referred to as "The Squire", and the name Ulric Von Liechtenstein comes from an actual medieval Austrian poet who is basically responsible for writing the chivalrous rules by which knights would abide. My interpretation of "The Knight" from the poem is basically that he's the equivalent of a modern day troll. In the poem he is boasted to have taken part in many true historical battles and is basically supposed to be this really big deal, but whenever he's asked to elaborate there's always some way to dodge the question, and that while he's a knight of so many heroic and noble deeds, he acts very much like the commonfolk, described as being very non-pompous, which is probably where they got the idea for the movie to have Chaucer make up all of these grandiose tales of his origin/pedigree.
The poem about the Knight, as well as the rest of the Canterbury Tales was basically a friendly competition between Chaucer and his fellow pilgrims while going from one place to the other, with the winner of the contest getting a free meal when they returned home. Today we like to think of ourselves as so different from the people of old, but we're really not. We challenge our friends to silly contests during long, boring trips all the time just like people did back then. Philosophy was invented by basically the equivalent to an internet troll now a days. Socrates, the man credited with the invention of Philosophy, trolled the Greek world so hard they gave him a choice, "Live the rest of your life in exile outside of Greece, or die." In one last bit of snarky defiance he chose to take a sip of Hemlock, a incredibly toxic liquid, that killed him. A man who made a career out of being toxic chose to go out by way of a toxin. He truly was the Mad Gadfly.
In my opinion, Paul Bettany as Chaucer is the best hype man in cinematic history.
Intense dramatic role of Ledger's: Four Feathers. He goes on a hell of a journey.
After watching your full patreon reactions falling head-over-heels in love with Lord of the Rings, you've moved up to the #1 spot on my list of favorite reactors.
"If I may repay the kindness you once showed me...
Take a knee."
One of the best culminations of the movie.
About metal swords - I personally fought in plate armor with iron sword. Of course, it was dull, but it's very difficult to hurt somebody in armor, using a sword. Even a big sword. Axe, mace, dagger - that's another story.
Here is some of Heath Ledger film recommendations.
10 Things I Hate About You, Lord's of Dogtown, The Brothers Grimm, Monster's Ball, (and my personal favorite) The Patriot.
He was also in a few TV series in the 90s. The ones I can remember is Home and Away, Roar, and Sweat.
Here's some trivia about the movie, Firstly, so Chaucer was a real author from that time, most famously he wrote the Canterbury Tales. And the film makers wanted to make this movie as a fictional "what if" on how he might have come up with it, and when Chaucer tells the people that he owed money to that he would "eviscerate them in fiction" he did just that, they are Simon the Summoner and Peter the Pardoner in the Canterbury Tales (and looked exactly how I had always pictured them). Secondly, the rock music was to show how the people of the time heard their music to make it more relatable to a modern audience, shown literally in the transition of the music and dancing during the ball scene. Lastly, it was filmed in Prague, Czechia, so all the extras of course are locals and most didn't speak ANY english, when Will wins his first sword match, the crowd is silent until Roland spurs them on to cheer, they didn't realize they were supposed to cheer when Chaucer finished his speech. In fact, in the background you can see some of the extras raise their hands to cheer before realizing Bettany isn't done speaking.
This is my favorite movie. It is the ultimate comfort movie. Great cast soundtrack, action and comedy.
"Mercy is the mark of a great man. Guess I'm just a good man. Well, I'm alright"
After seeing this movie the first time I seriously wanted jousting to catch on as a national sport, love this movie! Did you realize Chaucer is actually a famous British writer? One of the first recorded authors.
I remember something in the special features where they talk about how there is a gap where history has no idea what Chaucer is up to. So they specifically set this movie in this gap, because why not? Its a good a guess as any other as to what he was doing.
There are professional jousters in today's day and age. Not just stage jousters for performance, but people who actually compete in a circuit.
Of course that song is period appropriate! There were lots of Queens back then!
Incidentally tourney swords are blunt. That fact plus the armor means that serious injury was pretty rare.
I've been waiting so long for someone to do this movie! I love this one... you so rock! 👊
He's angry and distracted talking to Jocilyn because he's obsessed with beating Count Adimar, after being mocked.
I love that the very end shows the camera pan up to the stars, and the constellation shown is Orion, the Hunter.
This is one of my favorite childhood movies! I remember seeing this at the theaters many times when I was 9 😊 loved your reaction to it!
It's funny to see this film nowadays and see that the main characters are one of the most famous Jokers in any media, King Robert Baratehon from Game of Thrones, Wash from Firefly and The Vision from the MCU back when none of them were that well known. And yeah, the movie is deliberately historically inaccurate and incorporates modern design choices and details because the concept was more or less to try to make a movie about medieval tournaments that treated them like modern day sports events. I mean, the last armor William wears literally has the Nike swoosh as the armorer's "signature."
You just gotta enjoy the ride.
@@denikamaehelm5476 Exactly.
They went out of their way to add things like the music, the swoosh, the modern dancing, the "foxy lady" line...it made it a lot of fun.
When I was in high school, I had to take a night class to make up some elective credit that I was missing in order to graduate on time. I chose "film appreciation" because it sounded exactly like the easy A that it in fact turned out to be. One of the assignments I had to complete for the class was to go see a movie at a movie theater and write a report about it. So one weekend my whole family goes to the mall to see a movie and we see that there is absolutely nothing playing that any of us want to see. Some crap that looked like crap and a bunch of movies that we'd never even heard of. We picked A Knight's Tale essentially at random. The whole family absolutely LOVED it. Most of the time we couldn't agree on pizza toppings but we all loved this movie. A true hidden gem with some good memories attached to it, I still love this movie.
The hype man is played by Paul Bettany, Vision from the MCU and Dryden Voss from Solo
I highly recommend Dark City. The villain in this is amazing in it.
Second this!!!! Do the director's cut. The theatrical release gives away too much.
A Knight's Tale was one of Heath Ledgers's best movies.
Edit: He was good in The Patriot.
"I would be like... commentating..."
My dad was blind and I used to do that for him when we watched movies. It was pretty great bonding time. He used to tell me I should do it professionally, but I never did
2:29 - Fun fact: while he kicks Ser Ector, he trash-talks him for being a bad jouster but the guy was actually in the final and had already a big advantage that made possible for William to win though he had no clue.
4:51 - Not if you didn't have the birthright back then, LOL. But to be historically accurate, jousters didn't have to be nobles. There were people who were "professional" jousters and did it for the money. They were called "Freelancers", from which comes the term we use today.
5:02 - My king Robert Baratheon. God he was strong then.
7:42 - They were blunt swords, but even if they were sharp, with plate armour swords are not dangerous unless they hit gaps, which are very small targets.
12:46 - Many actually believe that Jocelyn's maid was cuter. Many also believe that the blacksmith was even a better match.
12:53 - Because at this point in the movie William is obsessed with defeating Ser Ademar, but Ademar withdrew to avoid hurting Prince Edward So William will not be able to face Ademar in this tournament and he's pissed about it. Then he loses it completely because they tell him that Ademar will not be competing for the entire season, so William will not have a chance to defeat him anytime soon.
15:58 - In Medieval England this was called adultery and it was punished.
19:09 - You run, unless you want to be hanged, or beheaded, or worse.
21:23 - Why Brendan Fraser?
If I could make a suggestion it would be, Count of Monte Cristo or another fun Heath film Casanova
Casanova would be a fun reaction.
If you're into Alan Tudyk films, I suggest I Robot. Granted he just does a voiceover, but he does it well.
Alan actually did all of Sonny's performance, not just the voice. ruclips.net/video/kGc5GYI7Tgw/видео.html
That's true, although some scenes with Sonny must have been pure CGI.
I was wiping away tears when father and son reunited as well so...yup, such a great movie.
In medieval times knights who competed in tournaments like these were actually officers in the various countries armies
During times of peace, the knights faced each other in the same forms of combat that they would use on the battlefield so it allowed them to train for combat while earning money to do so
In his youth King Henry the 8th participated in jousting and tournaments and it was an injury to his leg which never healed properly that made him sedentary in his life and fat
The line "It's called a lance, HELLO" was improvised on the spot by Alan Tudyk
This movie is cheesy and goofy but the cast is amazing and I absolutely love it. Paul Bettany is fantastic, he's Vision in Marvel, The Doctor in Master and Commander, the creepy religious fanatic in Davinci Code, and many more...
Master and Commander is so damn good!
@@lauradawson7964 Absolutely! It's in my top 3 for sure.
Paul bettany is awesome
No way . I love this song. Im such a history nerd . I remember being excited for this movie before it came out . Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein was a real man . Arguably the second greatest knight in history. The best was sir William Marshall. The Marshall. The military rank of field marshal or marhall of a country is named after him . Fist knight of a country or champion of a kingdom
I've always enjoyed historical facts like these. Definitely going to look up Lichtenstein and Marshall :)
@@austin.p.martin Marshall is great. I live beside one of his castles. Its outside my kitchen window. He has appeared in movies and tv shows. Like the Ridley Scott Robin hood movie. His story is unbelievable famous since he was 7 years old served a queen of England and then 4 kings. He was chancellor ( prime minister) regent and lord protector of England fought his last battle at the age of 74 . He won . He was involved with the magna carta . If you have heard the phrase a damsel in distress thats one of his stories. ( great story) the lady was eleanor former queen of France future queen of England. The wife of his best friend and futer king Henry the second. ( he rescued her from a hostage taking attempt for ransom. , 200 guards he was the only survivor, she made it safely he was captured but then she rescued him paid his ransom ) i only say he is better because Ulrich was only a tournament knight he won more than victories or championships than anyone but never fought in a war . Or was involved in politics really. Except his live interest in this . She was a princess youngest daughter of the king of France and he married her i think. Minor princess she had lots of older sisters and brothers. But rich . The movie the lion in winter and the television series the pillars of the earth and novel. The anarchy civil war. The crusades. Knights templar. Barons war . And anglo franco war or invasion of England. . The movie the davinci code . Temple church in London is were he is buried. Tom Hanks and ian mckellen have a scene over his tomb and statue. . But his heart was removed and buried separately in Jerusalem. ( he promised to go but never made in an fulfilled his oath in death. A technicality but honorable all the same ) his reward for saving the queen was a marriage to the richest heiress in Europe. Arranged by the queen. Her family was very famous as well . Her father was strongbow .he successfully invaded Ireland. In 1179 and those events led to a full English invasion and 700 years of troubles. Her mother was an Irish princess aoife ( my sister is named after her ) her father was a hard man . Her brother fled a battle in fear . The father had his legs chopped ofg so he would never run from anything ever again. Her father's side of the family were monsters. .a few good history channel documentaries. Or historical websites. Or text books . Im Irish so a lot of it comes up in our school primary school Irish history. 4th grade in American school. I think.
I find it vereyy diubtful the best knight of all time was an englishman, they had so much fewer knights and England was a backwater in this era. The greatest knight of all time would have been a frenchman or a German we've probably never heard of because English speakers have rewritten the history o the middle ages.
@@DaDunge he was trained in France. His father was a general and he was from a family of knights. Numbers are irrelevant and England wasn't a backwater then . It under the plantagenate dynasty. Of anjou . Ruled the most pwerful state since charlemagne. Ireland, Wales, England and half of modern France were in its borders. And if you doubt it . Look up the tournament victory list . And his military career. He is on any short list . There were probably better knights at different times but not with the Same list of accomplishments. And success. If you can name a better first i would be interested to see you you would pick ? Or had as long a career. .
@@shanenolan8252 England was very much a backwater. The kings of England held more power as dukes of their lands in France than as kings of England. Also the Plantagnet dynasty coexisted with the Hohenstafufens in the holy roman empire who were far more powerful.
I'm soooo, glad you watched this film! it's one of my all time favorites, I always loved how solid the friendships of the main characters came across, the behind the sceanes clips really emphisized it too, it's just a feel good movie that entertains from start to finish.
Just to put it out there... Live steel combat like that, with blunted weapons, as well as jousting competitions with joust lances set to break easier, are VERY much still active. There's tons of videos here on RUclips worth watching of them as well as various tv series done about them.
Not historically accurate, nor accurate to Chaucer’s The Knight’s Tale, but still fun to watch.
Vicky, have you ever watched any of the Godzilla movies before? If not I highly recommend watching the first one, Gojira (1954), it’s a timeless masterpiece among Kaiju and anti-war films! I think you would love it😀
The first one, Shin and Final Wars.
Hell yeah brother
the Man that Played Chaucer was Paul Bettany... These days he's known as the Voice of Jarvis From Iron Man, and he WAS... The Vision!
It definitely made this movie unique with the soundtrack choices.