Ironclad -Paul Giamatti As King John

[Pumpkinjews]

I can hardly tell apart good acting from bad acting and i have poor taste in that kinda stuff. but HEY! paul giamatti here TAUGHT me what great acting is like and showed me how it's done! Jeeez...

[aaudi6365]

0:51

YOU ARE NO MORE A KING THEN THE BOIL ON MY ASS!

plain awesome!

[Slash9281]

where is the part when brian cox dies?

[riverman83]

@Slash9281 The clip is about Giamatti not Cox.

[WapTryphoon]

He is an excellent actor.

[1994christhomas]

i agree, Paul did a great job

This is in my top 5 greatest movies ever

[Zaothus]

I AM THE BLOOD!!! I AAAAM GOD'S... RRRRIIIGGGHHT HAND!!! And you will NEVER! DICTATE TO ME HOW I AM TO BE A KING!!!

That was fucking unbelievable. It's like Giamatti was channeling Napoleon Bonnaparte as interpreted by Looney Tunes.

[michaelheintz1833]

It is a sad commentary on Hollywood when Smurfs 3-D gets a huge release, and a film like this does not even get a mention!!!

[amar1989]

paul giamatti... sooo awesome

[j3parrots]

They portray Magna Carta like it was some wondress bill of human rights, it was certainly a start but basically amuonted to the Barons saying stop knicking our land John. The famous line about no man shall be imprisoned without trial comes about three quarters through the document,not a high priority and if you were a peasant the higher classes could just kill or rape you anyway and nobody would bat an eyelid.

[Draeka]

Giamotti is so good in the scene where Albany dies that it almost makes me cheer for John.

[j3parrots]

@Draeka The villians are always the best characters, anyway whats his face the Templar is a bit cheesy like I have a devout vow of chastity oh look that pretty girl just lifted her dress up nevermind.

[tantorecords]

brilliant film, loved the fight scenes, characters etc. It had a nice "indie" feel to it - anyone else agree? Kind of epic but on a smaller scale to 300? The magna carta is so underrated as a film making subject, it and the events surrounding it and the development of 13/14th century england are fascinating. I implore anyone interested in the film to read up about it first and then re-watch it... it will mean so much more to you plot wise.

[Totem91]

All the extras are like "WTF??? O_o"

Giamatti is awesome!

[npbspm]

...le power into corruptible tyranny and turning themselves over from Divine Kings to demonic Despots. Therefore in a system of governance where one man having supreme power over-shadows his legal right with oppression and fear, how can he with one hand hold the sceptre of Holiness and in the other the dagger of a mercenary. Kings in this position do not last and are not loved....possibly...

[npbspm]

Their rule might be God given and therefore divinely right, but if those kings who proclaim that right fail to realise their own need to subjugate themselves to the theocracy from which their authority originates how can they ever seek to understand the true dignity of kingship and the might that righteousness even in wrath brings...if this is missing, then surely kings and princes are nothing but slaves and vassals to those base lusts of power and greed that beset all men and turn incorruptib

[FatherFilipic]

The scepter shall splinter the obdurate foreheads of the eternally cursed brood of rebels and heretics. I suggest reading Sir Robert Fillmore's "Patriarchia" or Fustel De Coulange's "the Antique City" to understand just why the divine right of kings IS divine. The primitive communistic matriarchies of various aboriginals is the original "democracy" and bubbles up from this same racial substratum of congenital slaves and creeplings, the seed of the telluric and cthonic impure chaotic deities.

[DeguGamingNetwork]

England is mine, Albany.

[FatherFilipic]

The surest anwer to the grubby hands of petty shopkeeps and the surly flintsouled grasping particularlists that fed the ambitions of Cromwell, is the AXE. They would grab the crown and scepter for themselves, these envious little misers and wannabe-hebrewes? The sacred power behind these emblems of temporal authority says "NO!", and flares from the genuine patriot's heart. Feel no sickly pity for these rebels and distempered dogs, they are the seed of usury and motley bred slavish blood.

[louthegiantcookie]

@FatherFilipic Some sanity at last. I am glad to see another Monarchist on YouTube.

[RorschachCZ]

Oscar nomination for Paul Giamatti!

[tribetng]

This is for my money the best portrayal of Bad King John so far put on screen.

[Romansssz]

what does he say at 3:26? Il appreciate your help

[Romansssz]

@tribetng Thanks that actually helped a lot :P

[zerosum318]

@Romansssz The great amaranthine royalty of Aquitaine. Amaranthine = adj. Eternally beautiful and unfading; everlasting. Aquitaine = See Eleanor of Aquitaine for royal lineage.

[Romansssz]

@zerosum318 Oh thanks that helped a lot, appreciate your help :P

[NKVism3]

That's my kind of leadership.

[pagola]

utterly brutal to the end

[Xaivier91]

I really don't understand why RottenTomatoes gave this movie a low rating...

I watched this movie, and enjoyed it really much. Acting done great, and the kings rant set the bar so high in the movie. I was impressed. I like this movie.

[tearsinrain86]

I AM THE BLOOD

I AM GOD'S RIGHT HAND

[duchebag8491]

Thats some pretty impressive acting from a yank for an english king. kudos to Paul Giamatti! :)

[Zakkfan]

Why do the vikings speak Hungarian?:)

[TheRealestout212]

@Zakkfan if you watched the movie and payed attention it clearly say's they are danish mercenaries =__=

[fglp666]

@Zakkfan they're Danish in the movie

[aaahshs]

@Zakkfan Well the hungarians were oblviously vikings.............

[ninelivecat]

That rant is out of this world even King John himself would be chuckling

[originalarmo]

Hands down the best part of the movie. Paul Giamatti is the man.

[FuglyMann]

Really great editing of this piece.

Paul Giamatti should get at least a nod from the Academy

for his performance.

... we'll see.

Thanks for this.

[hollywoodhennelly]

He is unbelievable as King John, Watched this movie twice just for the wild royal rant

[riverman83]

@hollywoodhennelly He and Brian Cox relly makes the movie

[BeBopDeluxe85]

@riverman83 Uhh, what? James Purefoy makes the movie... giamatti and cox are fantastic though.

[simposayerman]

@hollywoodhennellyUnrivalled ! He`s the best actor who has played King John