I love how, in real life Hollywood lore, Ron Perlman is canonically ugly. He grew up being told in no uncertain terms that he's ugly as shit. And yet, the only reaction people have to seeing his face on screen is, "Fuck yeah, there he is. There's the fucking man." What an absolute legend. 🗿
@@logancade342 It's the Lancelot principle. I wonder how far back the archetype goes. Who tf was it? It was a Roman emperor with a T name like Trajan. He was also famous for being ugly but effective (for a given definition of "effective").
I love this movie so much, I watch it at least once a year and it never gets boring. It's fun, it's corny, it has medieval stuff, it has witches, demons, magic nonsense and most importantly... It has Nicolas Cage. What more could you ask for? The fact that it's so serious, dramatic and funny at the same time tickles me in just the right spot and makes me feel special. I'm not sure if the creators intended it to be the way it is but I wouldn't want it any other way. If you're reading this, may Nicolas Cage smile upon your soul.
I gotta say,the first and only time I saw this film, I wasn't too impressed. (I had forgotten I had even seen it till scenes started to remind me I had) but rewatching it here, I actually think it wasn't too bad. Not a masterpiece by any stretch, but fun. ^.-.^
Nicolas Cage is the best at being Nicolas Cage and he knows it, that's why he's the best Nicolas Cage of all time. Thank you, Nicolas Cage, for being yourself.
Season of the Witch has one of my favorite lines because Nicolas Cage tells the heads of the church, very seriously, "I serve the Church no more." (19:50) Then they get thrown in prison (because obviously) and then Ron Perlman says, "I sErVe ThE cHuRcH nO mOrE" very mockingly (21:12 but they talk over the line so you can't hear it) and I legit can't tell if he's in-character mocking Nicolas Cage's character's statement that got them thrown in prison, or if he's Ron Perlman the actor mocking Nicolas Cage the actor's overly dramatic line delivery.
It is expensive to do right and doing it wrong will be noticed instantly and movie itself will not age well. So you either do LoTR or you do Napoleon with mediocre/bad movies that aare still fun to watch
Why would he? Just because he's religious doesn't mean he has to bring it into everything. Like me wondering when Rags is going to talk about cock just coz hes bi.😅
The weirdest thing about this movie is that Nicolas Cage's character doesn't really feel like Nicolas Cage... And I'm not sure what to think about that.
Just one line from the priest explaining that demons need be exorcised or have their host's body killed in order to leave the possessed body would serve to improve the plot a little bit. This would be a neat bit of worldbuilding because it would suggest there is some downsides for a demon to possess a body; they can't just come and go willy nilly. It would explain why it doesn't just fly to the church itself from the start.
The do 2 episodes in august every year so eventually they will. But I guess when there are so many EFAP movies and recent editing like for Acolyte they really can't spare manpower for a show that is both over and has no cultural relevance
@@akumasstorytime3910 Do you remember the movie "Signs". They say Joaquin Phoenix's character was a baseball player. He failed because He swung at everything. When he hit he hit it out of the park but he mostly struck out. That's kinda how I see cage. He swings hard at everything so he hits hard but mostly misses hard.
So... when they talk about The Book of Solomon, are they talking about Songs of Solomon from The Bible, Wisdom of Solomon from The Septuagint, or The Greater and Lesser Keys of Solomon from the 1700s?
Damn. This movie was surprisingly, even shockingly, enjoyable. I was expecting absolute schlock, but it actually accounted for quite a few questions I had and gave us decent characters and a mostly satisfying ending. Nicolas Cage, man. You never know what you're going to get with him.
If they ever did a Nicolas Cage arc for EFAP Movies, then these are the 15 films they should check out: Moonstruck Vampire’s Kiss The Rock Face/Off Con Air 8mm Gone In 60 Days Snake Eyes The Wicker Man “remake” Lord Of War Drive Angry Ghost Rider Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance Pig Renfield
I was hoping Shad would dive into how canonical the Blessings of Nurgle appeared to be, so that we could better understand what Grandfather has to offer us mortals.
Actually, given the quality of Shad's mic, plus Rag'sssss and Metal's icons I bet this was recorded in early 2022 at the very latest. Several jokes are still referencing COVID like it was recent and it was well understood when they were recording these that it would be years before they came out. Plus plus, this was before the advent of Fringy, so it's pre-EFAP 133.
@@_Dovar_ that is true, but as the trailer said these were recorded "before the advent of Fringy", i.e. before Fringy became a co-host. His first appearance was like EFAP 4 or 5 I think so he's been around a while, and the Nough meme as well as him changing his Fringy character to a plague doctor was pretty early too.
I can definitely say this movie surprised me. Not always positively, but sometimes! I was rolling my eyes at the crusades just being fun banter time right at the start, but then, actually having it be that Sir Nic and Sir Ron have a crisis of faith? Definitely wasn't expecting the movie to bother with something like that. OR, even more surprising to me was the death of the unscrupulous guide actually causing a moral outrage from Nic. I think in most any other movie like this, the guide would've just been written off as the ass that doesn't deserve a second thought once he's ripped apart, and it'd be as simple as "he suggested they kill the girl so he's the bad guy". But this script actually has our protagonist upset at the death, because the guide was only in the perilous situation because of the knights! And the guide just wanted to live, so of course he suggested they kill the obviously manipulative "witch". Definitely still not what I'd call a "smart" story. Prime example to me is, the explanation for the demon killing who it kills. It's bizarre. They try to address the whole "it could've escaped at any time" thing, by saying "well it killed the captain guy because he wanted to free it, and it killed the guide because he wanted to kill it", and this leads them to conclude that "aha! It *wanted* to be brought to Severac all along!" ... but, it could've just gone there all by itself. Like before it was even imprisoned by the cardinal... And it also didn't take the book from the priest when it first melts out of the carriage. Even though we soon learn it explicitly wants the book. I don't know, did the little bit of holy water really deter it so much as to full-retreat for the final showdown?
I am definitely thinking that the daemon knew *about* Severac, just not *where* it was. And it did not simply want to destroy the one book, but all of it's copies too.
Back when I was watching 1st 2 seasons of Crown I do remember looking up this movie but totally forgot Claire Foy was in this She was so pretty, still probably is
Dis Rags just Attack on Titan'ed at 9:13? (I mean I know that the first OP is pretty popular but he hates anime right? Would be cool if they would watch the show tho)
Oh wow, i've actually seen this. I didn't recognise it at first but once we got to the wolf scene, it started to click and then it was confirmed once they got the monastery. Completely forgot it had Cage and Perlman in it. Then again, i also forgot it had the Crusade/war stuff at the start too.
It would be cool if they would watch "Black Death". It came out at the same time, has a similar theme. Sean Bean in the lead role. But in the end it's a much better and more serious movie.
I remember this film from when it came out. It wasn't half bad but I still think they could have done a bit more with the story. Enjoyed the commentary.
"How do you know she is a witch?"
"Well, she mind-controlled my Wookiee and turned into a spooky smoke demon."
The Wookiee “I got better”
"There were witches here?" -- Jedi Master Meeso Djinee
I was gonna let osha go tho fr fr no cap
Circumstantial!
I'll bring a duck. I've also heard that the witch turned a person into a newt.
Going from Orlando Bloom, the least expressive actor to Nicolas Cage, the MOST expressive actor? The war arc is giving me acting whiplash!
Nicolas Cage isn't only the most expressive actor, he's the actor of all time.
@@Kainvverd I'm literally unable to disagree with that.
@@Jasper_Silvadestroyed with facts and logic 🤓
Who wins Nick Cage or Willem Dafoe?
@@Jasper_Silva *Good.*
God is happy.
I never tire of Jacob's "What'd you bring me?"
I’ll be sad if they stop adding it
It's not meant to be tired of.
It is the one thing that brings joy to my life.
If they stop adding it, I quit life.
I love how, in real life Hollywood lore, Ron Perlman is canonically ugly. He grew up being told in no uncertain terms that he's ugly as shit. And yet, the only reaction people have to seeing his face on screen is, "Fuck yeah, there he is. There's the fucking man." What an absolute legend. 🗿
And his smile, he has a genuinely infectious smile.
@@logancade342 It's the Lancelot principle. I wonder how far back the archetype goes. Who tf was it? It was a Roman emperor with a T name like Trajan. He was also famous for being ugly but effective (for a given definition of "effective").
Successful people who are ugly weren't just given everything like beautiful people. Ugly people get by on hard work, smarts and attitude
Well... aside from him being a douchebag who left his hot wife and children for the new 20 something hotness. That's kind of a black mark on his rep.
No one thinks he is a legend. Dude lost his mind after 2016. I'm also surprised he was willing to wear a cross on his tunic considering...
"who knows what could have happened when this came out" LOL so prophetic ... :D
Who knew it wasn't Biden they needed to worry about, kek.
@@Redyqar correction.. *Bidens
@@Redyqar Well, he's got COVID now so...
@@sparkypack Generate more Bidens!
At first I thought those backlog videos were kinda cringe, but as time goes by the weird time capsule aspect gets funnier and funnier lol
"No Orlando Bloom? Yeah I'll miss this one"
Carl probably.
I love this movie so much, I watch it at least once a year and it never gets boring. It's fun, it's corny, it has medieval stuff, it has witches, demons, magic nonsense and most importantly... It has Nicolas Cage. What more could you ask for?
The fact that it's so serious, dramatic and funny at the same time tickles me in just the right spot and makes me feel special. I'm not sure if the creators intended it to be the way it is but I wouldn't want it any other way.
If you're reading this, may Nicolas Cage smile upon your soul.
I have a similar relationship with Ghostrider, staring Nicholas Cage.
I gotta say,the first and only time I saw this film, I wasn't too impressed. (I had forgotten I had even seen it till scenes started to remind me I had) but rewatching it here, I actually think it wasn't too bad. Not a masterpiece by any stretch, but fun. ^.-.^
@@hoonterofhoonters6588 That's an iconic movie as well, I can't count the amount of times I've seen it as a kid.
@@Beuwen_The_Dragon Oh yes, it's most certainly very fun, as for its quality... Let's just say it's questionable and confusing.
Nicolas Cage is the best at being Nicolas Cage and he knows it, that's why he's the best Nicolas Cage of all time. Thank you, Nicolas Cage, for being yourself.
Let's all take a moment to thank Nicholas Cage for being Nicholas Cage.
the best actors arent those who pretend to be others, but the ones who act like themselves.
-bilgo bagginitis
@@FunkMastaMegaFlex Amen to that, brother. Nicolas Cage be praised.
@@popexx1 Maybe, perhaps, who knows...
This is the most reddit comment ever
Looking forward to this but can’t wait for the Efap Acolyte finale.
Same here
@@thefloridaman41oohhhhhhhhhh it’s gonna be good eating for sure
Likewise. It's actually the first episode I watched through instead of waiting for the review and I made a terrible mistake
The 13th Warrior, cmon guys :P you gotta!
Lo, there do I see my father. Lo, there do I see my mother, and my sisters, and my brothers.
I only take my armor off for my wife.
Best film ever
Lo, there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning.
YES! My 2nd favourite movie despite it's flaws.
Season of the Witch has one of my favorite lines because Nicolas Cage tells the heads of the church, very seriously, "I serve the Church no more." (19:50) Then they get thrown in prison (because obviously) and then Ron Perlman says, "I sErVe ThE cHuRcH nO mOrE" very mockingly (21:12 but they talk over the line so you can't hear it) and I legit can't tell if he's in-character mocking Nicolas Cage's character's statement that got them thrown in prison, or if he's Ron Perlman the actor mocking Nicolas Cage the actor's overly dramatic line delivery.
18:15 So happy to see Fringi in this episode
a swarm of Fringies
@@sparkypack Nooaah.
Nough!
I loved the part when everyone is shocked by the mostly decent fight choreography in the Perlman duel.
The War Arc movies remind me why there aren't that many movies like this.
It is expensive to do right and doing it wrong will be noticed instantly and movie itself will not age well. So you either do LoTR or you do Napoleon with mediocre/bad movies that aare still fun to watch
I wonder if Shad is going to discuss the historical accuracy of demons... From what I know they were rather popular at the time.
I don't care as long as he does it quietly.
EDIT: Just started listening. My bad.
Why would he? Just because he's religious doesn't mean he has to bring it into everything. Like me wondering when Rags is going to talk about cock just coz hes bi.😅
@@FlashyVic lol
@@FlashyVic Oh you poor fool. lol
@@Jasper_Silva I know. It was my own fault.
“Who knows what will have happened when this finally comes out.” 😂😂😂😂
Pretty sure this movie was near the start of Nicholas Cage taking on every role he could because of his financial issues.
This movie cost about two and a half Godzilla: Minus Ones.
Around here we just call it a Gozilla -2.5
It will become a sitcom about a cheapskate Godzilla and his dumb Godzilla son moving in with his womanizing Godzilla brother in Malibu.
This is how I like to measure movies now honestly
“Execute EFAP Movies 66”
The weirdest thing about this movie is that Nicolas Cage's character doesn't really feel like Nicolas Cage... And I'm not sure what to think about that.
That isn't exactly bad for an actor but for some reason there is an emptiness I feel there is in the world when Nicolas Cage isn't Nicolas Cage.
@@arkoa0000 Yeah, when Nicolas Cage isn't his eccentric self... Things just feel wrong.
The return of shad screaming with the microphone in his mouth.
the return? Was it gone at some point?
As usual, Goger displaying mad editing skills. Well done sir
Just one line from the priest explaining that demons need be exorcised or have their host's body killed in order to leave the possessed body would serve to improve the plot a little bit. This would be a neat bit of worldbuilding because it would suggest there is some downsides for a demon to possess a body; they can't just come and go willy nilly. It would explain why it doesn't just fly to the church itself from the start.
I always figured it didn't know where the specific monestary was.
Nicholas Cage should be the next Black Panther.
Well, he was Ghost Rider
Not the witch bees! Not the witch bees!
“You’re an expert on Wolf! How do you defend against him?!”
“Pizza! And Y-Wings!”
XD
Is the EFAP crew ever going to finish batwoman? You can't just abandon such a die hard fandom.
The do 2 episodes in august every year so eventually they will. But I guess when there are so many EFAP movies and recent editing like for Acolyte they really can't spare manpower for a show that is both over and has no cultural relevance
This movie is the equivalent of all those 19.99 "Soulslike" games! Love it lol🤣🤣
Very on point social commentary at the start of this EFAP.
Anything with BOTH Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman in it must be a gem for ages.
The edits in this one are above and beyond, nice work.
Nick cage has two acting styles.
1. Oscar Winner
2. Fuck it, nobody is gonna see this anyway
You're forgetting the 3rd style: Vampire's kiss.
@@akumasstorytime3910 Do you remember the movie "Signs". They say Joaquin Phoenix's character was a baseball player. He failed because He swung at everything. When he hit he hit it out of the park but he mostly struck out. That's kinda how I see cage. He swings hard at everything so he hits hard but mostly misses hard.
Bruh Nicolas Cage has literally been in every genre
Even romantic comedy with Moonstruck.
You say that like it's a bad thing. I want a Hallmark Christmas movie where every character is played by Nicolas Cage.
So... when they talk about The Book of Solomon, are they talking about Songs of Solomon from The Bible, Wisdom of Solomon from The Septuagint, or The Greater and Lesser Keys of Solomon from the 1700s?
Or maybe just some Monk named Solomon in an abbey somewhere...
@@Beuwen_The_Dragon That makes it more confusing, not less.
The secret anti eeeeevil book of Solomon.
I do wonder if The Critical Drinker still thinks that Ron is a good guy...
What happened with Ron?
Misguided perhaps..
This was possibly recorded before the mask came off, and we found out his soul matched his face.
@@wangusbeef86 This was recorded years ago iirc. Like 2021-2022
What did Perlman do exactly?
Winter 2023? Were feeling optimistic there weren't you Mister Long?
This and Soloman Kane are the perfect double-bill of quite entertaining ye olde times witchy cheese.
One of the best ending "whatcha bring me?!?"s as of yet, in my opinion
Nicolas Cage is one of my all time favorite actors. He is great in any movie, even the really bad ones.
When i cant decide on a movie to watch, I always go back to Season of the Witch or The 13th Warrior. Love this movie.
My favorite installment in the Halloween Series.
Wait a minute…:
7:49 That's... really the last thing I was expecting to see here. A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.
you know Rags played as the Zerg all the time.
Damn. This movie was surprisingly, even shockingly, enjoyable. I was expecting absolute schlock, but it actually accounted for quite a few questions I had and gave us decent characters and a mostly satisfying ending. Nicolas Cage, man. You never know what you're going to get with him.
Wasnt expecting this movie, but I know for certain, Shad is gonna have a field day on the armor.
And we're all going to have a field day with Nicolas Cage.
@@Kainvverd xD
@@koreancowboy42 Exactly.
"Winter of 2023" LOL.
Ah yes Drinker I do enyoj my internet inside my nuclear shelter after the apocalypse.
If they ever did a Nicolas Cage arc for EFAP Movies, then these are the 15 films they should check out:
Moonstruck
Vampire’s Kiss
The Rock
Face/Off
Con Air
8mm
Gone In 60 Days
Snake Eyes
The Wicker Man “remake”
Lord Of War
Drive Angry
Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance
Pig
Renfield
Con Air and Face/Off are legendary in their own right. In pig however, I think Cicolas Nage acted really fucking well, which surprised me immensly
Hey, where's the "National Treasure" movies? They're pretty good on the spectrum of Nic Cage movies
How is Shad STILL eating the mic this many recordings later? Did you people not notice it?
This was recorded some time ago, and Shad has been known to be a boomer with mic setups.
@@wangusbeef86No one looked at the footage before editing it years later?
Also, Shad is a boomer in every way except age..
Never seen this movie before, but I am glad to see it for the first time with y’all
Beware... Solomon Kane is coming
Shad rocked this episode of EFAP.
Rags... ? 👍👎🤌🐕
He gave me a headache
@@sparkypack Shags?
@@Levis_Manifesto a deadly combination.
This film is giving me Little Hope vibes
"Are you ok buddy? You seem a little confused.
I doubt a short delay won't trouble EFAP too much"
The batwamen ending was 👌 chefs kiss
Gotta do 13th Warrior next.
I was hoping Shad would dive into how canonical the Blessings of Nurgle appeared to be, so that we could better understand what Grandfather has to offer us mortals.
Described the movie to DH as Nick Cage playing Fabio in the crusades.
Love the war arc, love the team, love Shad completely freaking out.
“She’s got the palsy!” Totally was not expecting that 🤣🤣🤣
I assume this was recorded before the "Acolyte", hence lack of lesbian-witch jokes?
They said it was recorded in 2023...
Actually, given the quality of Shad's mic, plus Rag'sssss and Metal's icons I bet this was recorded in early 2022 at the very latest. Several jokes are still referencing COVID like it was recent and it was well understood when they were recording these that it would be years before they came out. Plus plus, this was before the advent of Fringy, so it's pre-EFAP 133.
I'm thinking most of these EFAP Movies were recorded in 2021-2022.
@@professormallard4348
They mention Fringy in the scene with the masked plague doctors.
@@_Dovar_ that is true, but as the trailer said these were recorded "before the advent of Fringy", i.e. before Fringy became a co-host. His first appearance was like EFAP 4 or 5 I think so he's been around a while, and the Nough meme as well as him changing his Fringy character to a plague doctor was pretty early too.
Dragon Blade. It stars Jackie Chan, John Cusack, and Adrien Brody...It's the greatest epic of all time. You all must watch it, especially Shad.🤣
I'm with Shad, I would have bet money that this was released directly to Redbox
I have actually seen this movie when it came out. I was like "WTF did i just watch?" when it was over
I'll be honest.. ive seen this film, but i canae remember anything about it until the end.. ^.-.^
the outro was perfection. worth the wait.
And there was much rejoicing.
shad not missing a single line to talk over nice DDD
finally nick cage my favorite actor
I'm totally going to steal this movie in my next DnD game
Sweet Summer Children, thinking this would be out by 2023.
I saw this in theatres and had fun with it. The fire hug is goals I think.
I can definitely say this movie surprised me. Not always positively, but sometimes! I was rolling my eyes at the crusades just being fun banter time right at the start, but then, actually having it be that Sir Nic and Sir Ron have a crisis of faith? Definitely wasn't expecting the movie to bother with something like that. OR, even more surprising to me was the death of the unscrupulous guide actually causing a moral outrage from Nic. I think in most any other movie like this, the guide would've just been written off as the ass that doesn't deserve a second thought once he's ripped apart, and it'd be as simple as "he suggested they kill the girl so he's the bad guy". But this script actually has our protagonist upset at the death, because the guide was only in the perilous situation because of the knights! And the guide just wanted to live, so of course he suggested they kill the obviously manipulative "witch".
Definitely still not what I'd call a "smart" story. Prime example to me is, the explanation for the demon killing who it kills. It's bizarre. They try to address the whole "it could've escaped at any time" thing, by saying "well it killed the captain guy because he wanted to free it, and it killed the guide because he wanted to kill it", and this leads them to conclude that "aha! It *wanted* to be brought to Severac all along!" ... but, it could've just gone there all by itself. Like before it was even imprisoned by the cardinal...
And it also didn't take the book from the priest when it first melts out of the carriage. Even though we soon learn it explicitly wants the book. I don't know, did the little bit of holy water really deter it so much as to full-retreat for the final showdown?
I am definitely thinking that the daemon knew *about* Severac, just not *where* it was. And it did not simply want to destroy the one book, but all of it's copies too.
Back when I was watching 1st 2 seasons of Crown I do remember looking up this movie but totally forgot Claire Foy was in this
She was so pretty, still probably is
37:20 I like how Nicolas Cage's nose fits perfectly into the A of the EFAP logo.
Dis Rags just Attack on Titan'ed at 9:13?
(I mean I know that the first OP is pretty popular but he hates anime right? Would be cool if they would watch the show tho)
Somehow, Shad mic got even worse
52:12 Rags did you slip for a quick sec? 😂
This movie is terrible and I love it.
It's not as bad as Paul Bettany schlocky movies came out around that time. Although it's not a competition.
Also, there's a movie called Pilgrimage, Tom Holland starring, a "proper" Medieval "war" movie. Also there's jon Bernthal and Richard Armitage in it.
It's better than The Acolyte.
You guys read my mind (even though the video was made a while ago, I guess). I've been thinking about watching this film!
54:54 Mauler fails at latin.
20:26 Rags doesn’t think highly of the french.
At 9:13, was that rag's singing the AoT opening theme?
It sounds to me like this as well :D
Season of the witch is 2x Acolytes for a fraction of the cost!
What's the tune that Rags hums at 9:13? It's so familiar but I can't put my finger on it
It's Attack On Titan I remembered now
I just did 4 shots of Monte Alban....I think I'm ready for this. Lol
Oh wow, i've actually seen this. I didn't recognise it at first but once we got to the wolf scene, it started to click and then it was confirmed once they got the monastery. Completely forgot it had Cage and Perlman in it. Then again, i also forgot it had the Crusade/war stuff at the start too.
The witch evil smiles.
Priest holds up a torch and a flask of oil. "Your smirkin alot for someone inside a wooden cage."
8:23 I recall hearing Ron Pearlman say he got hired for his first movie (Quest for Fire?) for being ugly, or looking Neanderthal
It would be cool if they would watch "Black Death". It came out at the same time, has a similar theme. Sean Bean in the lead role. But in the end it's a much better and more serious movie.
This did not feel like a Rotten Tomatoes 30% audience score film. It feels more like a 50-60%
I was trying to watch the movie couple weeks ago. And i still couldn't find the functional link for it.
"Redemption for the Bad Things He Did" sounds like a good enough title.
Season of the Witch is a terrible title, they should have gone with a title that tastefully teased the twist.
I humbly suggest SWitcheroo
Nice going Ron Perlnecklace! XD
Solomon Kane next
The Village of Citie
This is what elden ring the movie would look like if it was made in the early 2000's 😂
So Prophetic. A week after release and Biden is out
I remember this film from when it came out.
It wasn't half bad but I still think they could have done a bit more with the story.
Enjoyed the commentary.
"Save me Barry!" IYKYK
Biden definitely was not still alive in 2023, but this video came out in 2024.