Awww - one of the best cuts in cinema, just after Uther spits it cuts to a castle door POV and a battering ram in mid swing. John Boorman's such a wonderful director.
@@michaelg7904 - I didn't need film class to perceive the bit of symbolism of the log beating at the gate. The men beating time to Igrayne's sexy dance with their up pointed daggers was similarly symbolic.
I'm really trying to figure this out. The script says that is Lot. And Lot is the dude with the sort of beard later on. The one who yells "Keep it Uriens" I think. Played by Ciaran Hinds. But honestly I cannot freaking tell. Can someone confirm?
Rewatching the scene once more, you notice all the small details. The green cinema light shining on anything reflective, Merlin telling the future King what to do, the flicker of the Uther's sword letting Cornwall know the alternative to truce, the boast of a drunk medieval executive over a table loaded with foods that cause gout (and spilling wine before the king no less). Really well produced and directed!
Igrayne is the victim in this tragic comedy, loved the way she step onto the podium first class. The only treacherous things in the room is booze and that damn flutist. Cornwall a great leader and warrior but he's judgement stinks the booze tells him what too do. Remember that uther and the other lot have just come off the battlefield man she is the only woman in sight that's why the Muslim tell their women to cover them selves , so was igrayne until Cornwall not thinking straight makes her Stand up and dance not a wise thing to do, then you got booze and good musicians not good not good and trust me her dance was unforgettable man!
Oh, Cornwall f'ed up. But it was Uther's fault the truce was broken. He could've tried thinking with his brain instead of his dick, and the truce would've held, he would've lived to see his kids grow up... but no, he threw it all away and ended up getting jacked just a couple years later.
Agreed. But it was drunken PRIDE that made Cornwal show off his wife, taunting Uther he'd never have a queen as good as his wife, to rub it in even further. These two were prideful enemies hours before, and Cornwall had to yield his claim to the crown and submit. Amazing scene. It really look like the actors are drunk too!
And probably just as abusive judging from how quickly she stopped what she was doing as soon as her husband barked at her to do something that was probably very uncomfortable (and without even warming up, no less)
@@nightangel972000 - Are you sure? Isn't "chemistry" simply mutual lust? Love is built on lust. One thing that I learned as a young man when approaching women - never lead with love.
Reminds me of when the king in the bible( Xerxes?) wanted his wife Vashti to dance but she was like " nope not gonna happen". Prob because of a scenario like this. So t he ditched her and married Esther.
Just pointing out, Esther wasn't too keen on being paraded around either. Heck, she was nervous about presenting herself to her husband Xerxes, let alone to other fellas
One's very strength can also be a weakness. Uther proved that he was the strongest by defeating his adversaries. But that king-sized ego demanded that nothing he desired could be denied to him.
@@nightowl8363 actually the actress said sonething like " getting raped by Gabriel Byrne and Corin Redgrave directed by my father was...something"( I'm paraphrasing)
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LOVE LOVE LOVE this film. John Borman is a master filmmaker.
Gabriel Byrne rocked his portrayal as King Uther Pendragon!
He was the best in the movie to me. True command performance.
@@cavaleer- I agree 👍
Uttherly agree!
He is always the best. Rewatch this for his performance
Awww - one of the best cuts in cinema, just after Uther spits it cuts to a castle door POV and a battering ram in mid swing. John Boorman's such a wonderful director.
As a former film student, the battering ram segue is a foreshadowing of the "battering ram" Igraine will soon receive from Uther.
@@michaelg7904 - I didn't need film class to perceive the bit of symbolism of the log beating at the gate. The men beating time to Igrayne's sexy dance with their up pointed daggers was similarly symbolic.
@@lacedemoniansI mean, much of the plot revolves around who's wielding the best sword. The whole movie is a Freudian fantasy
Merlin: At last, I can sit down and reeelax-
Uther: MERLIN! I AM GOING TO WAR TO TAP THAT ASS!
Merlin: ...Fuck
Yup. Pretty much like that.
"hey man she's beautiful...''
"ARE YOU MAD??! THE ALLIANCE!!!!!!"
3:05 I like the guy who's so drunk he's passed out face-down at the table. Then he wakes up and "Oh fuck, we're at war again? What did I miss?"
Yep, and there's one at the brazier at 1:56 who is passed out too! Must have been one hell of a party before the dancing took place too!
Great!
Women 🙄
@@stefjevticwhat about them?
@@bernardsoul5186 bad cooks.
Cornwall: "Igrayne! Dance!"
Igrayne: (oh, well, so you want a dance? Here it is)
Cornwal: (I instantly regret my decision)
LOL LOL
Seriously, and then he encourages a bunch of drunken soldiers to thump rhythmically on the table. Seems like he was planning for this all along
are YOU MAD ??! THE ALLIANCE....! he roars
Are you mad!?? The alliance!!
I'm really trying to figure this out. The script says that is Lot. And Lot is the dude with the sort of beard later on. The one who yells "Keep it Uriens" I think. Played by Ciaran Hinds. But honestly I cannot freaking tell. Can someone confirm?
Screw the Alliance. Horde rules!
I’d say that line all the time. Guy had good voice for that line.
Have you see Merlin? I haven’t!
The what?
All I have to say about Uther: ‘Not too pretty in the face, but she super thick
I'm just thinking with my dick’
Rewatching the scene once more, you notice all the small details. The green cinema light shining on anything reflective, Merlin telling the future King what to do, the flicker of the Uther's sword letting Cornwall know the alternative to truce, the boast of a drunk medieval executive over a table loaded with foods that cause gout (and spilling wine before the king no less). Really well produced and directed!
The girl dancing is Director Boormans' daughter.
"Now rip her dress and start sucking on them titties. Let's get a better angle. Take 4!"
Joe Bob Briggs:"Hey Mr. Boorman! Are we ready to shoot the scene where I rape your daughter?!"
"You may be King, Uther. But no queen of yours will ever match her."
Epic line...
I knew Uther would take off with Cornwall’s queen. Despite the fact that I never read the stories of King Arthur and his Excalibur.
A tale of man-kind far older than the legend Excalibur, for sure.
Take off?
wow that dance and that whole scene pretty much did not leave to much to imagination, 😁😁😁 if you cannot figure out what happens next...
Especially memorable given she is John Boorman’s daughter.
He fixes the cable?
Why does the re-issue have such a lousy cover. Love that original poster.
This whole movie is about great, brave, noble men who fall because they don't follow the rule, bros before hoes.
Laws may be broken, yet assuring consequences.
Igrayne is the victim in this tragic comedy, loved the way she step onto the podium first class. The only treacherous things in the room is booze and that damn flutist. Cornwall a great leader and warrior but he's judgement stinks the booze tells him what too do. Remember that uther and the other lot have just come off the battlefield man she is the only woman in sight that's why the Muslim tell their women to cover them selves , so was igrayne until Cornwall not thinking straight makes her Stand up and dance not a wise thing to do, then you got booze and good musicians not good not good and trust me her dance was unforgettable man!
Yup. Should have kept her locked up in the chamber.
'There is nothing like having a woman after a fight.'
Bronn to Tyrion
Game of Thrones season 1
LOL” the damn flutist
Oh, Cornwall f'ed up. But it was Uther's fault the truce was broken. He could've tried thinking with his brain instead of his dick, and the truce would've held, he would've lived to see his kids grow up... but no, he threw it all away and ended up getting jacked just a couple years later.
Agreed. But it was drunken PRIDE that made Cornwal show off his wife, taunting Uther he'd never have a queen as good as his wife, to rub it in even further. These two were prideful enemies hours before, and Cornwall had to yield his claim to the crown and submit. Amazing scene. It really look like the actors are drunk too!
Jesus dude, chill. You're hammered
The comments on here absolutely do NOT disappoint 😆😂🤣😅
"The land from here to the sea shall be yours - if you enforce the king's will." Nothing like a bribe to cement a bargain.
Well, that's how the feudal system with kings and vassals worked.
Much like Citizens United v FEC
What Cornwall said from 2:09 to 2:15 was very reckless and unwise. It shows that he was about as rash as Uther was.
it was true nonetheless
Agreed!
@@stonem0013 Except that Igraine became Uther's Queen; making Cornwall's statement categorically false that no Queen of his would ever match her. >:P
And probably just as abusive judging from how quickly she stopped what she was doing as soon as her husband barked at her to do something that was probably very uncomfortable (and without even warming up, no less)
Merlin is the best wing man
Best accomplice
"Thd land from here to the Sea shall be Yours. If You enforce the Kings Will!!"
If the kings will is that he is smoking your old ladies ass.
I can't help but feel that there is a lesson in this story. Hmm...
Amazing movie may it be remade with better special effects without losing it's soul.
God bless.
I was in a busy meeting and I used the phrase, " Are you Mad? The Alliance!!... 1 person got it...😊
That's your right hand man then.. they know, and understand.
If you look carefully you can see the subliminal imaging from the "Danger Danger, High Voltage" music video.
Obviously, the dialogue was written by a Mills & Boon afficiendo?
Not five minutes this "alliance". Not even time to eat the cake ...
Ethanol is one hell of a drug.
Could you possibly load the full film? ;-)
Was the dance that good???
I think it was more than the dance 🤣😂🤣🤣🤣 i’m sure that smooth naked skin didn’t hurt either
Igraine's dance is nice.
But she could use a lot more lessons at Pole Dancing School.
Melania can do better, and that’s why Trump paid.
3:08 Circlejerk - the medieval way.
So you noticed that bit of symbolism!
@@lacedemonians
Well, how could I have not noticed it?
I also have to point out that your last name there is a bit goofy. That's just how it is.
Uther was arrogant. His arrogance and lust for Igrayne destroyed the alliance and brought about his downfall.
Your skill at stating the obvious is unparalleled...
@@Hjerte_Verke It's the truth.
I cheered Uther getting taken out after His son was taken by Merlin.
@@scrat4379 Uther was no better no worse than Paris.
I wasnt rooting for Paris either😉
This movie is fuckin' hilarious. 1000% more Monty Python than Monty Python.
Also Igrayne dances like Phoebe from Friends
That was NOT the smelly cat song.
You must be from the hood, where twerking passes for good dancing, 😂🤣😂
Name me 1 movie in the history of Cinema that is better than this masterpiece....1.
Everything was just fine until Uther fell in love with Igraine.
STEVE P I believe the word you’re looking for I’d “lust”, not love.
@@nightangel972000 - Are you sure? Isn't "chemistry" simply mutual lust? Love is built on lust. One thing that I learned as a young man when approaching women - never lead with love.
Fell in LUST. I don't think a man like Uther could truly "love" anyone or anything.
If you think that's love, you ought to turn yourself in to the authorities before you do something you regret
@@lacedemoniansthat's very shallow pop psychology
Reminds me of when the king in the bible( Xerxes?) wanted his wife Vashti to dance but she was like " nope not gonna happen". Prob because of a scenario like this. So t he ditched her and married Esther.
Just pointing out, Esther wasn't too keen on being paraded around either. Heck, she was nervous about presenting herself to her husband Xerxes, let alone to other fellas
I have arisen to claim what is rightfully mine 🤟.
Love it the days of old, they just went to war
the shortest lived friendship ever ... Uther and Cornwall ... hopefully the other knights had much uglier wives or there would be no standing army
I get the Lady of the lake giving Excalibur to Arthur later. But why'd she give it to Uther, who was worthless as a king? Was she just an idiot?
Merlin interceded to bring peace.
@@Nerfball6 And how well did that work out?
@@halleck3 poorly.
Look at what she had to chose from...
One's very strength can also be a weakness. Uther proved that he was the strongest by defeating his adversaries. But that king-sized ego demanded that nothing he desired could be denied to him.
Cornwall I must have him!
Uther is hottttt
What's the music at the end?
Dont think it was from the film. I cant recal where I got it from.
Are they intoxicated?.
They are driking a lot of ale and wine, so yes.
@@LeopardFixJeopardy thanks. You could tell.
In real life when was Excalibur forged?
Excalibur? Real life? Arthurian stories are based on Welsh and later English legend and are no more real than Greek mythology.
@@Corc-Duibhne - The land of dreams knows reality deeper than the land of waking.
forged when the world was young, and bird and beast and flower were one with man and death was but a dream.
Bring a woman and bring trouble.
Makes ya wonder why this guy is parading his wife around at a banquet……seems like a duck move on his part….just sayin…..
🦆??
Weird
Igraine was john bormans missus.....lucky bastard😁
Daughter weird to make such scenes
No, that was his Daughter!
@@LandersWorkshop ....lucky bastard😁
So that r*pe scene, with her father directing, is 10x wierder now.
@@nightowl8363 actually the actress said sonething like " getting raped by Gabriel Byrne and Corin Redgrave directed by my father was...something"( I'm paraphrasing)
That lady cannot dance
Not like the jerking idiots nowadays no.