@@robertlehnert4148 you don't know what you're talking about. This movie is finely crafted like most McTiernan films. It has grest action economy. It does a great job at showing/not telling and while it feels kinda low budget, it has really iconic sequences, such as the language learning one. The only problem I have with it is that the lighting is really dark (not "The Long Night" dark, but still). The rest is fine. It's a B+ for me.
Such an underrated movie. My favorite Norse movie. My favorite part is when they're in the tunnel escaping and Hilden beaten and gets ready for a last stand and says "Today was a good day. A good day." Never mess with the Norse
Later on, when he's in the dungeons of Riverrun, he draws his sword one last time and said, "Been a long time since I've been in a fight. I expect I'll make a damn fool of myself." And then runs off into legend.
@@luislopez3726 Really!? That Lurch from AF? This is new info to me. Thanks haha. Always loved Lurch, it was so funny when the cannonball hits his head and he was "meh" like nothing happened
You cut it off before they explained to Ibn that he was testing the young fighter’s ability and letting him wear himself out. The scene loses all context without that.
@@adamelam6385 He was one of the most tactical military leaders ever. He became a philosopher in his later years and most of his teachings are still used today. He is most famed for writing the art of war
I love when Arab says "you cant" and Bulwyf looks at him so fast like "i am emperor at the very least, the hell did you just say to me?" Lol makes me laugh every time
THANK YOU. I have been telling people that there is a BIG difference between a warrior and a fighter but all I get is the same dead eye stare because they all think it the same. Yes all "warriors" are fighters BUT not all "fighters' are warriors
The actor that fought against Dennis Storhoi is actually the same guy who played: Lurch from Addams Family Values The Juggernaut from Thir13en Ghosts His name is John DeSantis, and yes he is huge.
@@luislopez3726 yup, I checked after I read your comment because I wanted to see what else he had done and I didn't see Addams Family Values so I looked that up too
Once I picked up a dragon used as movie promotion ad in London movie studios and hauled it to Ireland ......Not only I had met there beautiful young woman but also very smart lady who asked me if I like Vikings and the answer feom me was no and added why is it so good if it is not history accurate? She told me many half naked women ......I replied ...ok but why you like it then? She said to me ..."a lot of half naked men..." 👍😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
William Leveni they actually do say that in the movie. The call the prince the big guy is working for foolish and 'expensive. They will miss Angus, they will miss his sword.
Thats why it was "foolish... And expensive. We will miss Angus tonight, we will miss his sword" It was a very heavy toll to pay. But necessary to put the winey backstabbing Prince in his place before he did something stupid and got them all killed.
Lo there do I see my father and my father's father. My mother and her mother and father, my brothers and sisters and all of the line of my people stretching back thru the ages to the beginning. They call to me and welcome me to the feast at Valhalla.
No. You missed it as well. He could have killed him at anytime. That was the point. He let it go on that long. To show the prince, who was a little ass bag, they can kill him just a quick. Physiological warfare at the basic level.
I've read the book and at the end, when Buliwyf had died, Wiglif (the prince) mocked his death and Herger got angry. They both dueled and Herger finally slayed him. I wonder if the director shot this scene. It would be great to have it included👍
There was a lot of good stuff from the book they left out, but unlike a lot of adaptations, they still managed to get the meat of it all... the important bits. The one change I hated was making the Wendol just regular ol' guys in bear skins. The novel made 'em out to be big, strong subhumans - basically a tribe of Cavemen who had somehow survived in isolation up in the mountains. Gave the novel a bit of subtle fantasy or sci-fi vibe, which is something Michael Crichton excels at.
To further laymanize. The fight was not about who was the stronger, faster or even more skilful with the sword. It was about who was more cunning, or simply put smarter. The mind is a more dangerous weapon. By going through this, Herger basically showed this prince that he had to watch out for more than their brawn and brute. Who knows now what else they are capable of doing. Lets say this is a boxing match. Some boxers like to taunt their opponent in the prefight buildup like Hopkins and Mayweather. The fight started with taunting. Muhammad Ali is a master of this. Because when an opponent fights angry they tend to be reckless. Let us look at rumble in the Jungle. Ali allowed a bigger and stronger forman to come at him, miss and swing. He deflected his punches by positioning himself against the ropes and then he waits for foreman to tire. THen.... after that, Foreman was just fish out of water
It was a formal duel but it was also a subterfuge. In a very brutal way it was a message to the prince. He was undermining them the whole time and speaking ill of them to the king. When he killed the big one, with a single blow, it was telling him to stop
@@squidprince2456 a dude saying he's got a crush on another dude AND claiming not to be gay is the gayest thing, only second to actually making out with a dude
That was Dashing Fandrel, the one who dressed in black armor and moved silently was Hogan the Grim, the large older on who barked at the Poet’s smaller horse was Volstagg the Voluminous and of course Wolfgar was Thor. It just makes the movie even more fun for me.
Indeed, Al Ghazal, sent as a diplomat by Abderramán II, probably seeking an alliance against Ramiro I, the Asturian king who defeated the Vikings in their first foray into the Iberian Peninsula. Greetings.
I’m no expert, but Angus really leaves himself open multiple times in this fight. He swings really, really wide. I’ve seen this movie many times and I never really noticed that before…
Actually, this is quite accurate. The only problem is that the swords are depicted as being heavy and clumsy, when reality they were actually quite balanced. That, and they would not have parried with the edge of the sword, as that would damage the blade.
Harald954 So what if it damages the blade? The blade can be reforged and I would prefer a damaged blade over a cracked skull any day of the week. If you were trapped inside a burning house, would you rather stay inside and burn or would you break the window and escape? Priorities.
+Ojārs Vītols "Reforged"? You're clueless. Making a sword like that took a huge number of man-hours. The style of fighting reflected the value of the blade. You don't parry with the edge unless you have to because you don't know how many more times you'll have to use it. A good edge is like gold and you don't waste it.
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I love how Buliwyf silences Ahmed ibn Fahdlan with just a look .. Such an underrated movie. Love it
its rated) by you. by me. and if they don't follow us, it's too far to swim! ))))
Love this. An actually quite accurate depiction of the Holmgang.
Also, IMO, a seriously underrated classic movie. Just excellent.
Absolute hidden gem of a movie.
this is as close to a chocolate moustache as you get in the Viking days.
Ahmad: You could have killed him at will. Herger: Yes? lol
This was the ONLY good part of this miserable waste of film, ranking right up there will another Crichton stinker-adaptation, Congo..
@@robertlehnert4148 you don't know what you're talking about. This movie is finely crafted like most McTiernan films. It has grest action economy. It does a great job at showing/not telling and while it feels kinda low budget, it has really iconic sequences, such as the language learning one.
The only problem I have with it is that the lighting is really dark (not "The Long Night" dark, but still). The rest is fine. It's a B+ for me.
Such an underrated movie. My favorite Norse movie. My favorite part is when they're in the tunnel escaping and Hilden beaten and gets ready for a last stand and says "Today was a good day. A good day."
Never mess with the Norse
Later on, when he's in the dungeons of Riverrun, he draws his sword one last time and said, "Been a long time since I've been in a fight. I expect I'll make a damn fool of myself." And then runs off into legend.
See to your friend. He was a brave man.
My thoughts exactly..
🥶 af
..could it have hurt you to let the video run 20 seconds longer?
Its a small matter.......
here you go
ruclips.net/video/lM5FTQjMYpg/видео.html
i know... the line after is critical to the entire thing... what a disappointment
@@jakobbraun5180 NGL I was expecting Rick Astley :D
@@philipsquire9056 haha - well, i wanted to see it too and since some guys asked, i thought i share
Another pure gem from the 5$ bin at Wal Mart. Highly underrated .
That's how I found it!
this video ended about ten seconds too early.
+halleck3 Yes, the next dialog is the best moment in the movie. It's why I cam here this morning.
I agree
helleck3 yea
Agreed. I was waiting for the quote ...... :(
Here's same fight with the extra seconds your looking for....even though its 4 years too late lol. ruclips.net/video/FZDcaYsBN_4/видео.html
I love this movie , one of the biggest bombs in movie history, but because people didn't go see it doesn't mean it's not a classic !
another film people slept on, but, was really good regarding plot is The Paper with Michael Keaton
I don't know how it did at the box office but I thought it was great. One Antonio Banderas best. 🤓🍻
Don't mess with old guys who's profession is fighting to the death. They're old for a reason.
Man you people copy-pase this shit on EVERYTHING.
@@petresko1041 Don't mess with old guys who's profession is fighting to the death. They're old for a reason.
@@petresko1041 Don't mess with old guys who's profession is fighting to the death. They're old for a reason.
@@petresko1041 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@petresko1041 Don't mess with old guys who's profession is fighting to the death. They're old for a reason.
We will miss Angus tonight... we will miss his sword!
Mich A the guy who played Angus is also actually Lurch from Addams Family Values and The Juggernaut from Thir13en Ghosts.
I thought he said “soul” all these years 🥴
@@luislopez3726 Really!? That Lurch from AF? This is new info to me. Thanks haha. Always loved Lurch, it was so funny when the cannonball hits his head and he was "meh" like nothing happened
@@mohdhidir512 no worries. I could simply just by how huge he looks
good line
".....luck...".
Just a brilliant scene in a brilliant film.
You cut it off before they explained to Ibn that he was testing the young fighter’s ability and letting him wear himself out. The scene loses all context without that.
Sun Tzu said, appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
Well who the hell asked Sun Tzu?
@@adamelam6385 the emperor
@@adamelam6385 He was one of the most tactical military leaders ever. He became a philosopher in his later years and most of his teachings are still used today. He is most famed for writing the art of war
@@TheSilence1 he wasn't an emperor
@@kaihiggins725 Jon Snow could kick his ass.
So many Sunday mornings, this was my wake-and-bake on the couch movie.
This is one of my top 5 all time movies and this was an excellent scene it baffles me that it did poorly at the box office a lot of people missed out
I love when Arab says "you cant" and Bulwyf looks at him so fast like "i am emperor at the very least, the hell did you just say to me?"
Lol makes me laugh every time
Bet on him if you like What a great Hustler I love that statement and how the fight came about
This movie is one of the most best action adventure movies underrated
Totally, one of my favouites and still watch.
This has always been the best example of the difference between a fighter and a warrior.
not size / strength or skill in combat : quickest / smartest is best MAN
THANK YOU. I have been telling people that there is a BIG difference between a warrior and a fighter but all I get is the same dead eye stare because they all think it the same. Yes all "warriors" are fighters BUT not all "fighters' are warriors
Such an underrated gem of a film.
"Underrated" is the most _overrated_ word on RUclips. Be original; try a dictionary next time.
@@Embrachu get a life.
I grew up watching this movie, probably just like the way teens of today watching Marvel's.
Lots that I had learned from this movie, excellent!
Most underated movie ever.
"Underrated" is the most _overrated_ word on RUclips. Just because you think it, doesn't make it true.
Antonio, listen to Jarl Ulfric
It is a meaningless video without the LESSON! Now they have to think about what they cannot see.
And fear what they don’t know.
Facts 🔥
it aint over til its over.
The stamina that takes is amazing. I've held a shield and swung a sword before9for film/stage/fun). It's exhausting!
Yes it is I practice with just a sword could not imagine using a shield too
The actor that fought against Dennis Storhoi is actually the same guy who played:
Lurch from Addams Family Values
The Juggernaut from Thir13en Ghosts
His name is John DeSantis, and yes he is huge.
I just want to point out that John DeSantis did not play Lurch. That was Carel Struycken
@@Piterdeveirs333 wait, really??
@@luislopez3726 yup, I checked after I read your comment because I wanted to see what else he had done and I didn't see Addams Family Values so I looked that up too
He was in the TV show The New Adams Family
Hands down one of the best movies ever made
This single movie is way better than the tv series called "Vikings"
Agreed. Vikings went full motard and became incredibly convoluted
Once I picked up a dragon used as movie promotion ad in London movie studios and hauled it to Ireland ......Not only I had met there beautiful young woman but also very smart lady who asked me if I like Vikings and the answer feom me was no and added why is it so good if it is not history accurate? She told me many half naked women ......I replied ...ok but why you like it then? She said to me ..."a lot of half naked men..." 👍😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
@@knightatthecrossroads222 -_-
Very underrating movie. Actually show life in middle age correctly. No fancy castles, shiny Hollywood armors, 15minutes long sword duels.....
a classic example of size and strength does not beat skill
Severally under rated movie.
Absolute hidden gem.
Like you said foolish and expensive we'll miss Angus tonight we'll miss his sword.
Beware of old men in professions where most die young.
I know everything works out good in the end but I still think they could've used that strong guy against the Wendols when they attacked, just saying!
William Leveni they actually do say that in the movie. The call the prince the big guy is working for foolish and 'expensive. They will miss Angus, they will miss his sword.
politics kills lots of people before their time.
Thats why it was "foolish... And expensive.
We will miss Angus tonight, we will miss his sword"
It was a very heavy toll to pay. But necessary to put the winey backstabbing Prince in his place before he did something stupid and got them all killed.
0:29 "Luck" 😂
I love how he says it.
The camera work here is absolutely next level.
Lo there do I see my father and my father's father. My mother and her mother and father, my brothers and sisters and all of the line of my people stretching back thru the ages to the beginning. They call to me and welcome me to the feast at Valhalla.
You left out the best part, why he did what he did!
This movie had a lot of great scenes.!
I know this movie wasn't historically accurate, but it was my first introduction to Vikings. ♥
not accurate?
it's still far more accurate than than nonsensical yet entertaining Vikings series
History shmistory, it was a very entertaining movie! 😁
Read 'Beowulf'
Which one accurate??
Size and strength is not everything, quickness and intellect with strategy is needed🗡💀🍻
he let the big guy wear himself out while playing defense, then feigned weakness. total ninja shit. lol.
No. You missed it as well. He could have killed him at anytime. That was the point. He let it go on that long. To show the prince, who was a little ass bag, they can kill him just a quick. Physiological warfare at the basic level.
@@matthewbarnard9067 it was also the friend who helped too.."he'll kill him!".. it was 2 against 1 the entire time lol
my god i forgot about this movie. Gonna watch it today
Great film. Underrated
"Luck" just love that scenc
AWESOME MOVIE LOVED IT 👍 NEED MORE MOVIE'S LIKE THAT ⚔️
What did we learn today class?
Bigger isn't always better!
I've read the book and at the end, when Buliwyf had died, Wiglif (the prince) mocked his death and Herger got angry. They both dueled and Herger finally slayed him. I wonder if the director shot this scene. It would be great to have it included👍
Being named Wiglif is mockery enough lol
No wonder hes a little dipshit
There was a lot of good stuff from the book they left out, but unlike a lot of adaptations, they still managed to get the meat of it all... the important bits. The one change I hated was making the Wendol just regular ol' guys in bear skins. The novel made 'em out to be big, strong subhumans - basically a tribe of Cavemen who had somehow survived in isolation up in the mountains. Gave the novel a bit of subtle fantasy or sci-fi vibe, which is something Michael Crichton excels at.
To further laymanize. The fight was not about who was the stronger, faster or even more skilful with the sword. It was about who was more cunning, or simply put smarter. The mind is a more dangerous weapon. By going through this, Herger basically showed this prince that he had to watch out for more than their brawn and brute. Who knows now what else they are capable of doing.
Lets say this is a boxing match. Some boxers like to taunt their opponent in the prefight buildup like Hopkins and Mayweather. The fight started with taunting. Muhammad Ali is a master of this. Because when an opponent fights angry they tend to be reckless. Let us look at rumble in the Jungle. Ali allowed a bigger and stronger forman to come at him, miss and swing. He deflected his punches by positioning himself against the ropes and then he waits for foreman to tire. THen.... after that, Foreman was just fish out of water
One of the best movies I've seen
It was a formal duel but it was also a subterfuge. In a very brutal way it was a message to the prince. He was undermining them the whole time and speaking ill of them to the king. When he killed the big one, with a single blow, it was telling him to stop
One of my Fav films 🎥
I love this movie.
That old dog knows tricks that you will never have the chance to learn, your master now will have to evaluate what he cannot see!
Eaters of the dead. Great book. Great movie.
The blood spilling on the audiences faces, thats funny as hell!
I have a huge crush on the actor playing the leader of the vikings,Vladimir kulich
Me too (and I'm not gay)
@@squidprince2456 man-crushes are acceptable for this movie!
@@squidprince2456 he is a manly man..
@@squidprince2456 a dude saying he's got a crush on another dude AND claiming not to be gay is the gayest thing, only second to actually making out with a dude
I reacted the same way as Ebin (spl?) ....LOL
Now I completely understand "Not knowing what you dont know" as a tactic
Ibn I think, but it depends on who's spelling it. Professor google isn't always right.
That was Dashing Fandrel, the one who dressed in black armor and moved silently was Hogan the Grim, the large older on who barked at the Poet’s smaller horse was Volstagg the Voluminous and of course Wolfgar was Thor. It just makes the movie even more fun for me.
Interesting, never thought about that. You're not JIM Mooney, right? :D
@@robertobassetto885 No, but as a kid I used to imagine we were related and he’d take me on a tour of the Marvel Bullpen.
@@timmooney6910 :D
Bad edit on the end there. The result of the fight and the scene following is more important than the duel itself.
See to your friend. He was a brave man....
One of the guys has a Tony Curtis hair do.I remember him in sword and sandal movies. Hair cut of the day.
The thing I love about this film. The Arab was based on a real man, who spent time with and wrote of the northmen.
Indeed, Al Ghazal, sent as a diplomat by Abderramán II, probably seeking an alliance against Ramiro I, the Asturian king who defeated the Vikings in their first foray into the Iberian Peninsula. Greetings.
This is my all time favorite one v one fight
Amazing movie
The red headed Viking thought he was winning........
Right up to the point that he lost his head.
An unknown gem of a I’ll. The actor who plays buywy is in smoking aces
We all wish we had a Wiglaf to tag along with us.
С детства обожаю этот фильм)
LOVE this movie!!!
Best movie ever.
Lol, the little blond guy kind of reminds me of Marty McFly's Irish immigrant ancestor in the third BTTF movie.
This is a classic scene
A great movie !!
This movie was BADASS!!
Loved this movie to death.
Love the look Buliwyf gives Ibn when he tells him he can't let this go on.
Ha yup, shuts him down like a boss
I’m no expert, but Angus really leaves himself open multiple times in this fight. He swings really, really wide. I’ve seen this movie many times and I never really noticed that before…
guess Herger, could hit him any time he wanted
My favorite movie!
I love that movie!
Great great movie.
Beautiful scenery...to die in!!!!
When youth meets experience
1:16
Ulfric Stormcloak: "That is possible."
My uncle always told me to never bet another man's game.
Very good film
Eric's first & only trip to the Norse VA hospital: Valhalla 😳👍🤠 🇳🇱🇸🇪🇫🇮
Terrific side step then strike right across his back
This viking dude never had the makes of a varsity athlete
Let me break you a couple of three shields
Poor edit; cut the clip too short.
We will miss his sword tonight.
I love that this movie is a slite piek of the storys from Ahmad ibn Fadlān, an arabian Diplomat from 922 AD.
"See to your friend. He was a brave man".
Exactly the situation today. Classic.
My favorites film
Хороший фильм, один из моих любимых
I wish this movie would have more closely followed the book.
Actually, this is quite accurate. The only problem is that the swords are depicted as being heavy and clumsy, when reality they were actually quite balanced. That, and they would not have parried with the edge of the sword, as that would damage the blade.
Harald954
So what if it damages the blade? The blade can be reforged and I would prefer a damaged blade over a cracked skull any day of the week.
If you were trapped inside a burning house, would you rather stay inside and burn or would you break the window and escape?
Priorities.
+Ojārs Vītols "Reforged"? You're clueless. Making a sword like that took a huge number of man-hours. The style of fighting reflected the value of the blade. You don't parry with the edge unless you have to because you don't know how many more times you'll have to use it. A good edge is like gold and you don't waste it.
warriors used shield not only to defend but also to punch opponent with them and here they are only awaiting hit
Yes they would want to avoid deforming and damaging the blade at all costs, swords were expensive!
The shields look like they were built out of fence boards. Cheap fence boards.
Hahahhahahahhaa!
And that's what you call a fine swordsmanship.
Vikings are mighty warriors.
They are not Vikings they came later.
you can't just soak up all the damage with a shield, watch your stamina bar bro damn