All I can think of is that I hope someone went and stopped that poor horse before he got too far down that beach, 'cause that would totally suck to have a dead guy strapped to your back while he's slowly decomposing!
One of the best movies i have ever seen. It speaks of chivalry and noble courage and the struggle of one man amidst human frailty. His fight was not against the moors but in making his king realize his responsibility to his kingdom and its people. Are we faced with the same problems today with governments who forget what they stand for.
El Cid is entirely good and Ben Yusef is entirely evil here, and of course in real life they each had about an equal share of positive and negative traits. Ben Yusef's Moors, vicious in their spread of Islam, nonetheless gave civilization the first antibiotics ever, which they ironically created on the battlefield. By the way, I think the real hero in this last fight is Babienca, that valiant horse who succeeded in riding through an entire battle with a dead man on his back.
I was only one when this movie was done and after getting to see it many many years later, it is still one of my favorites of all time. They don't make them like this any more. Thanks for posting this one.
el cid was a noble man i give him that but also ben yusuf who wasnt potrayed very well in this movie he was a very humble man too humble to believe for a man who forged an empire from senegal all the way to spain never revealing his face and only eating porridge 3 times a day you can even see his tomb in marrakesh like a paupers grave his immediate descendents however lost the veils but 2 generations after his death and with it the empire
Thanks for posting,...one of my all-time favorites when I was a kid...I still have a scar on my forehead from playing at knights after seeing this movie....
Seeing Christians and Muslims fighting together as allies, as they in fact actually did under the Cid, is particularly ironic given the unfortunate state of the world these days.
@ExProforlife it was unfortunate back then also how the spanish did the muslim allies not to long after during the reconquista and then the inquisition
TRUE HERO AND LEGEND OF VALENCIA AND SPAIN
akis77 5 days ago
Thank you Mary for uploading this, and in good quality
crazedNdiffused 2 weeks ago
@crazedNdiffused Youre welcome, I made my best, Im so glad you like it
MaryKury1 1 week ago
All I can think of is that I hope someone went and stopped that poor horse before he got too far down that beach, 'cause that would totally suck to have a dead guy strapped to your back while he's slowly decomposing!
leananshae 1 month ago in playlist More videos from MaryKury1
fuck to the crusaders
themoorish1 5 months ago
@themoorish1 well sounds like someone needs a ham sandwich!
Deepdesert 2 months ago
Thank God that evil was defeated.
modernredeye 6 months ago 3
@modernredeye fuck you son of bitch wone day we will back to andalusia...
themoorish1 5 months ago
Great movie. I enjoyed watching it again after many years.
AlternityGM 6 months ago
i like
TheEsausuarez 6 months ago
One of the best movies i have ever seen. It speaks of chivalry and noble courage and the struggle of one man amidst human frailty. His fight was not against the moors but in making his king realize his responsibility to his kingdom and its people. Are we faced with the same problems today with governments who forget what they stand for.
ronaldlledo1 6 months ago 3
@ronaldlledo1 No.
mikelheron20 1 month ago
What the Hell? The Cid road into battle as a DEAD Corpse bolted onto a horse???
akjunkie 7 months ago
@akjunkie Yep. Scared the life out of the enemy!
NapoleonCalland 7 months ago
@akjunkie It would have been difficult to it as a live corpse.
mikelheron20 1 month ago
El Cid is entirely good and Ben Yusef is entirely evil here, and of course in real life they each had about an equal share of positive and negative traits. Ben Yusef's Moors, vicious in their spread of Islam, nonetheless gave civilization the first antibiotics ever, which they ironically created on the battlefield. By the way, I think the real hero in this last fight is Babienca, that valiant horse who succeeded in riding through an entire battle with a dead man on his back.
MStrat1106 8 months ago
great movie
marcdaddy33 8 months ago
I was only one when this movie was done and after getting to see it many many years later, it is still one of my favorites of all time. They don't make them like this any more. Thanks for posting this one.
clanmacduff660 8 months ago
el cid was a noble man i give him that but also ben yusuf who wasnt potrayed very well in this movie he was a very humble man too humble to believe for a man who forged an empire from senegal all the way to spain never revealing his face and only eating porridge 3 times a day you can even see his tomb in marrakesh like a paupers grave his immediate descendents however lost the veils but 2 generations after his death and with it the empire
Tstack6st 10 months ago
Thanks for posting,...one of my all-time favorites when I was a kid...I still have a scar on my forehead from playing at knights after seeing this movie....
Seeing Christians and Muslims fighting together as allies, as they in fact actually did under the Cid, is particularly ironic given the unfortunate state of the world these days.
ExProforlife 11 months ago 10
@ExProforlife it was unfortunate back then also how the spanish did the muslim allies not to long after during the reconquista and then the inquisition
Tstack6st 10 months ago