the part where "Macbeth talks more shit" was the best part:
Macbeth: I bear a charmed life which must not yield to one of woman born
Macduff: despair thy charm and let the angel thou hast served tell thee, Macduff was from his mother's womb untimely ripped (C-section, not "born" in the conventional sense thus fulfilling the prophesy)
@Silverlarkspur87 Probably my favorite moment from any Shakespeare play. (also compare this to Eowyn's "But no living man am I!" speech from Lord of the Rings). Good stuff.
Polanski has incredible attention to detail, obviously far better than you have. The log is cut by Macbeth's sword and the top of it flies off making it look like it bent if you aren't watching carefully. Do you really think Polanksi wouldn't have noticed that detail? This is a director who went to the bother of having Macbeths hands grab his neck AFTER his head is cut off. If you watch the instant when Macbeths head comes off his hands reach to his neck instinctively.
My favorite detail is the sounds the sword make. Most movies sound like sharp samurai swords, with a very clean and light scraping sound. THese swords are heavy, and they sound it. The iron clashing with iron is wonderfully real.
@Wartler Well, it is true. A LOT of movies use that "clean and light scraping sound", but a Samurai Sword and a Broadsword (swords used in this film) are forged in two completely different ways. Samurai swords are hundreds of folded metal sheets covered in steel, while a Broadsword is a single piece of metal. So yes. we should expect real Broadswords to make the clashing sound heard in this film, which is one of the best films ever made!
@emperorsdragon You don't need first-hand knowledge to point out that something's crap. It's an admirable attempt at grittiness, it's just that it never feels like a fight at any point.
@emperorsdragon I don't give a fuck about your pithy aphorisms, mate.
The fact is that both combatants are fighting like children dicking around with overly heavy boffer weapons. The quality of the swordsmanship and wrestling on display is hideous, and there's really no martial intent present in their actions. Heck, even laymen are rubbishing the scene, and that's saying something.
Actually, if they'd left it to the stuntmen it would have been a good scrap. As it is, it's obviously two actors mincing about with fake swords and a lump of wood. RSC would've done far better.
and thats how the burger king was born he slayed the king before him and used his meat for the patties we eat today so don't be suprised if you get massive diarhea
I agree that it's more realistic than dramatised Hollywood fighting, however it's still fucking hilarious, and to my knowledge, it doesn't quite follow with the tradition of fighting in that period of history.
@Bogdin7 Now you really aren't making any sense. Are you suggesting that this clumsy embarrassment of a fight scene is closer to reality than most other things in the movies?
Macbeth looks like burger king, and if any of you guys have ever watched dragonball z as a kid, Macduff looks like Hercule LOL. therefore burger king vs Hercule
@Mrpockeron lol, i watched it recently in english and i was sat next to my mate. and we were the only ones laughing, we were like laughing our heads off and everyone was looking at us like wtf
@olliemedsy As long as you enjoyed it I'm sure Shakespeare would have been o.k with that. He ends a number of his plays with characters saying to the audience - basically "I hope that pleased you"
Thanks for video; this is one of the best fight scenes I've ever seen! In the play Macbeth was known for being outstanding in battle. It was because Macbeth distinguished himself in an earlier war that the king promoted him in the first place. Another great fight is the final fight between Logan & Francis in Logan's Run.
I liked it a lot, because it takes all the glamor out of swordfighting and shows us two exhausted and desperate men trying to kill each other any way they can. It goes well with Polanski's stark, uncompromisingly bleak view of Macbeth.
@dergeier117 Yes, but I do had the costuming for Macduff--red, white, and blue, with a red heart no less? Seems very much at odds with the mighty Macbeth and the others, and not in a good way, his outfit is, like so many production aspects of this production, so 1970s it hurts the piece even though, as you said, the depiction is pretty good, this is a great Macbeth, Madduff''s alright, and for the most part the fight was well done, but the end was FAR too cheap, an anti-climax after that fight.
@dergeier117 well its more accurate- you can't just stab through armor, even though most movies tend to ignore this. Most battles between armored opponents were more about pummeling each other, or knocking one over so you could stab a vital through a weakspot like under the arms, the neck,e tc.
If I understand correctly Japanese Aikido was originally a specialized set of techniques specifically designed for armored warriors fighting on foot without their swords and concentrated on holds, throws and joint locks because kicking and punching would have been redundant.
@dergeier117 lol tbh its not rly hugely realistic i mean ppl just dont spin around in circles as they fight no matter how many movies and tv shows u see it in
Why were you laughing? Is it because your brains were, like, totally in danger of working? Amazing as it seems, actual fighting isn't like Lord of the Rings or Iron Man. It is a bit crap and dangerous, dudes. But then, what would Roman Polanski know about violence? It staggers me how stupid people are, it really does. Go play your video games and leave Shakespeare for, like, human beings.
@DeRoest I know what you mean, but why is it bad? Not slick, or overly choreographed like so much nonsense around now. They are real people fighting with swords - not light sabers. The Phantom Menace - now that is silly...
Two things, Macbeth should have just killed Macduff when he had him on the ground. And why are Macduff's men such pussies? Macbeth is one guy and when he stumbles past them waving his sword about, they all jump back like he's on fire or something.
@ThePopeofScience on the flip side, the armor isn't a protective shield. the warrior comes out with a great deal of bruises and broken bones if he even survives. but thats way too much educated detail for modern Hollywood
when we watched this in english at about 3:00 i was like ITS ONLY A FLESHWOUND! WALK IT OFF! then everyone was like "look he's trying hes trying! oh..theres he goes..." *chop* then when it shows his head my friend said "oh my god he looks like the burger king guy! >:0" He really does XD
@marty20000 Its because one of the later prophecies in the play state that none of woman born shall harm macbeth, but Macduff was born via cesarean section, thus meaning he was not "born".
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I may be the odd one out for my age, but when I read Macbeth last year in 11th grade I loved it. I know it's a bit hard to know some of the meanings of the lines at first, but it wasn't too bad and the stories were great. Shakespeare was one of the best writers. Unfortunately we only watched a few scenes of this movie since we my classmates made class reading slow and annoying. But I saw this and loved it. It even has much more believable swordfighting instead of the Hollywood kind.
I mean the majority of this is believable. They aren't doing impossible stunts and actually use some stances. Plus you can see that it's exhausting them whereas in many of the movies today you get guys who never even seem to need to take a breath. It looks akward and rough, but that's exactly what it must have been like back then.
I personally think that this goes too far to the opposite extreme from an ultra-polished, finely crafted fight scene, to a cinematic super-exaggeration of awkwardness and roughness. Recall that Macbeth is supposed to be a military man- the first mention of him in the play is the Sergeant's praise of his performance in battle. Neither of these men are credible as superlative professional warriors, or indeed as people who have ever practiced a day in their lives for a fight.
1) Polanski kind of likes to do stuff like that so it's to be expected of him
2) That kind of armor isn't designed for speed and flexibility. It's more of just a big cover against weapons like Scottish swords (given the size and weight of them I can't say that isn't smart). Medieval battles were clunky and rough messes. Macbeth was a great warrior yes, but that's to say the best warriors may hve fought like this. He's still doing well in this fight.
No arguments about Polanski's style or that medieval battles were clunky and rough, but the notion that plate mail was *that* cumbersome is a misconception dating from the Victorian era, due to the examination of a few specialty armors constructed specifically for jousting tournaments. You can do cartwheels in well-fitted battlefield plate mail, and it weighs less than modern infantry kit.
Well yeah there's that. I suppose though that since the play took place in a different time than when Shakespeare wrote it that it could have made the fights a bit controversial as to what fighting style would be appropriate for this scene. I guess a person jsut gets the idea in their head that their that heavy no matter what. It still probably weighed alot even so.
@Izanguard1 it would not have been a nice medical procedure -possibly a desperate cutting out of the baby after the mother died or if she was about to die in childbirth
The historical Macbeth was 11th century, a little before William Duke of Normany conquered Britain in 1066, but Shakespeare wrote around the 16th century.
Macbeth was actually well loved as King, being an experienced soldier and Duncan as weak; they fought each other in open combat, not a sneak murder, but Shakespeare was writing the play for Malcolm's decendent James I (James VI of Scotland).
My friend and I made a song about Macbeth for an english project. The class liked it so much, that they told us to put it on youtube. Well, we did. You should check it out on my channel =)
The soldiers are watching for cheap thrills, and also because they want to give Macduff the honor of killing Macbeth himself. Wouldn't you want to see a gladiator match for free?
awesome fight jst because its realistic not like what u see in modern movies where the dude usually gets shot then gets blown up but stll somehow beat the guy who's prevously uninjured
@AnarchalPatriarch It was, but you have to admit there were some really awkward bits. I don't mean that there wasn't supposed to be anything awkward, but there were some times were you could tell that they are trying to hurt one another but "not" trying to hurt one another and that breaks the realism a little and ends up looking funny.
Besides, he never said it wasn't phenomenal because there were hilarious parts.
When you search for the term 'harnischfechten' (the german word for 'fighting in armor') you will find some videos of people who've researched old European fighting traditions demonstrating how knights in armor actually fought. And the techniques they use look a lot more effective than the ones shown here.. This fight might be raw and hilarious, but it's definitely not real..
Cool, when you search for the term Muay Thai you'll find some videos of people who train in muay thai, and the techniques they use look a lot more effective than ones we see actually in use in mma. even something as exact as bjj looks like two dudes rolling around on the ground when actually in use
This fight scene is "hilarious" primarily because we've all become too accustomed to Hollywood fist-to-cuffs and sword fights -- versus the real things. Forget all the martial arts nonsense. Real combat was/is usually flailing, stumbling, clumsy. Have you ever watched experienced, medieval re-enactors go at it? Involves a lot of stumbling into each other, awkward heaving blows, etc. Just what you'd expect from men grappling in heavy, stiff, metal armor. Just like in this scene.
it's hilarious because there's parts where u can completely tell they're aiming for each others' swords and the thick parts of the armour, as well as waiting for the other person to get ready for the next move in the fight choreography. Not to say that this doesn't happen (just as obviously) in other fight scenes in other films, just that that's one of the reasons why THIS fight scene is funny :p
I'm studying this at the moment, and the fight scene made me laugh so much. You can tell they're tired.
I wanted to ask though, why the bloke with the grey beard picked up the crown and gave it to Malcolm? I thought he was working for Macbeth, because he helped with the murder of Macduff's family by leaving the doors open for the murderers, yet all of a sudden he's on Macduff's side?
Before this scene, MacDuff and his army storm Macbeth's castle, and all of MacBeth's soldiers flee. MacBeth sits alone in his throne room, and when the first wave of MacDuff's soldiers arrive there he kills the hell out of them.
I love how he is so confident, because "Heh, no man of woman born can kill me!" and then proceeds to slay dudes like he is prepared to take on the entire army by himself.
This video has the best line in the scene editted out. The 'Macduff was from his mother's womb untimely ripped' line is pretty much the most important part of the whole sequence. .
FINISH HIM....
SUB-ZERO WINS.
youwereflabbergasted 11 months ago
I know it's supposed to be serious but i laughed pretty hard when Macduff did that little kick at 2:09 TAKE THAT, MACBETH!! haha
fireoutlaw23 11 months ago
i literally LOL'ed when it said "Macbeth talks more shit..."
lenny1239 11 months ago
grotesque
Kratos9190 11 months ago
epic teabag @ 2:39!
xD
etlchicken 11 months ago
the part where "Macbeth talks more shit" was the best part:
Macbeth: I bear a charmed life which must not yield to one of woman born
Macduff: despair thy charm and let the angel thou hast served tell thee, Macduff was from his mother's womb untimely ripped (C-section, not "born" in the conventional sense thus fulfilling the prophesy)
The look on Macbeth's face was Priceless
Silverlarkspur87 11 months ago
@Silverlarkspur87 Probably my favorite moment from any Shakespeare play. (also compare this to Eowyn's "But no living man am I!" speech from Lord of the Rings). Good stuff.
TheKingOfCarmel 11 months ago
@3:20 Ouchie :|
pmunkyandpals11 11 months ago
@Hamgammy
Polanski has incredible attention to detail, obviously far better than you have. The log is cut by Macbeth's sword and the top of it flies off making it look like it bent if you aren't watching carefully. Do you really think Polanksi wouldn't have noticed that detail? This is a director who went to the bother of having Macbeths hands grab his neck AFTER his head is cut off. If you watch the instant when Macbeths head comes off his hands reach to his neck instinctively.
ariot42 1 year ago
"So great a day as this, is cheaply bought!" Has a lot of correlation to the economic meltdown in America of the past decade...
ritzreference 1 year ago
00:54 made me chuckle
MrJennion 1 year ago
at 1:55 the "log" bends and you can see it's made of rubber
oh polanski, you really need to pay more attention to details like this during climatic scenes
Hamgammy 1 year ago
2:38 69! yeah!
51iohC 1 year ago
My favorite detail is the sounds the sword make. Most movies sound like sharp samurai swords, with a very clean and light scraping sound. THese swords are heavy, and they sound it. The iron clashing with iron is wonderfully real.
Wartler 1 year ago
@Wartler Well, it is true. A LOT of movies use that "clean and light scraping sound", but a Samurai Sword and a Broadsword (swords used in this film) are forged in two completely different ways. Samurai swords are hundreds of folded metal sheets covered in steel, while a Broadsword is a single piece of metal. So yes. we should expect real Broadswords to make the clashing sound heard in this film, which is one of the best films ever made!
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My English teacher let us watch this scene twice simply because it was so flippin' hilarious. Her favourite moves come up at 2:05 and 2:37.
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BUNBUNftw 1 year ago
1:19 is the funniest part XD
MrCMar18 1 year ago
1:19 is the funniest part XD
MrCMar18 1 year ago
Lot's people here crab the fight scene. In doing so, I wonder how many of them have first hand knowledge of fighting in a suit of armour?
emperorsdragon 1 year ago
@emperorsdragon You don't need first-hand knowledge to point out that something's crap. It's an admirable attempt at grittiness, it's just that it never feels like a fight at any point.
halfassedfart 1 year ago
@halfassedfart Experience is the reality of truth, opinion is the reality of predilection.
Please do contact me again as I am an misanthropist.
emperorsdragon 1 year ago
@emperorsdragon I don't give a fuck about your pithy aphorisms, mate.
The fact is that both combatants are fighting like children dicking around with overly heavy boffer weapons. The quality of the swordsmanship and wrestling on display is hideous, and there's really no martial intent present in their actions. Heck, even laymen are rubbishing the scene, and that's saying something.
halfassedfart 1 year ago
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@halfassedfart They fight like men who are tired and carrying a heavy weight.
heliotropezzz333 1 year ago
@halfassedfart Medievil combat was ungainly and cumbersome.
JesusChristLiesToYou 1 year ago
@JesusChristLiesToYou Yet another bugger who has no fucking clue what he's on about. Youtube needs an eyerolling smiley.
halfassedfart 1 year ago
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@halfassedfart What the fuck would you know ?
JesusChristLiesToYou 1 year ago
Actually, if they'd left it to the stuntmen it would have been a good scrap. As it is, it's obviously two actors mincing about with fake swords and a lump of wood. RSC would've done far better.
Alfsdog 1 year ago
the fight scene needs to be better.
BLUESTUFF8 1 year ago
and thats how the burger king was born he slayed the king before him and used his meat for the patties we eat today so don't be suprised if you get massive diarhea
jelloofhell 1 year ago
3:19 not a good time to lose ones head
leometry 1 year ago
This reminds me of two boxers who have been fighting way too long.
At first, they're dodging, blocking, and give some mean punches.
In the end, all they do is hug eachother while slapping eachothers' sides.
Danjiano 1 year ago
What a head
jezarih 1 year ago
Love how Macbeth stops fighting to put his crown back on. Classic Macbeth, him and his obsession with the crown always coming first.
FarmerJordanbrown 1 year ago
love the touch of macbeth's instinctive arms reaching for the severed head,
dontleademsomuch 1 year ago
1:40 Macbeth lets Macduff live TWICE here he couldve got his head off
krankpuff 1 year ago
I agree that it's more realistic than dramatised Hollywood fighting, however it's still fucking hilarious, and to my knowledge, it doesn't quite follow with the tradition of fighting in that period of history.
malikrox 1 year ago
Macduff got hella lucky Macbeth was kicking his ass
JKINGVMEX 1 year ago
Not the best fight scene ever, but I give it lots of credit for dismissing the myth of slow, lumbering hack-and-slash brutes.
Bogdin7 1 year ago
@Bogdin7 Wait.. what? Lumbering hack-and-slash brutes is exactly what is happening in this fight.
Djemps 1 year ago
@Djemps Then you watch too much chanbara and wuxia, friend. I mean realistically speaking, not by the standards of cinema.
Bogdin7 1 year ago
@Bogdin7 Now you really aren't making any sense. Are you suggesting that this clumsy embarrassment of a fight scene is closer to reality than most other things in the movies?
Djemps 1 year ago
funniest thing i have ever seen.
brahms909 1 year ago 2
how could the crown stay on his severed head as it rolled down the stairs?
MegaBob711 1 year ago 3
lol, nice cut at 2:45, looks like on of the actors blew it....
dumbzebra 1 year ago
Gotta love'em headless bodies rolling down stairs
ISt0leTheCookies 1 year ago
honestly... this fight is really realistic
donwronass 1 year ago
Macbeth looks like burger king, and if any of you guys have ever watched dragonball z as a kid, Macduff looks like Hercule LOL. therefore burger king vs Hercule
huynhtony 1 year ago
that was AWWWWWSOME and funny
DrGrego80 1 year ago
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Watched this in L.A. today, lol one of the funniest things I've ever seen. My entire class was laughing soo hard.
ButtaCutta1 1 year ago
Watched this in L.A. today, lol one of the funniest things I've ever seen. My entire class was laughing soo hard.
ButtaCutta1 1 year ago
@ButtaCutta1 dude same here
SharinganWarrior141 1 year ago
It's Captain America v.s. Burger King!
MrTentaclerape 1 year ago 2
I remember our english teacher playing this fight scene in class and everyone laughed at how bad it was.
Mrpockeron 1 year ago 4
@Mrpockeron lol, i watched it recently in english and i was sat next to my mate. and we were the only ones laughing, we were like laughing our heads off and everyone was looking at us like wtf
olliemedsy 1 year ago
@olliemedsy As long as you enjoyed it I'm sure Shakespeare would have been o.k with that. He ends a number of his plays with characters saying to the audience - basically "I hope that pleased you"
heliotropezzz333 1 year ago
i like 3:19
1994apex 1 year ago
ohh he took it like a champ!
saviour32 1 year ago
Did shakespeare desire a basic appearance for all the actors who play Macbeth? I've seen so many different versions of the same character
Parnellcakes 1 year ago
Macbeth should have run him through when he first had the chance! Hesitate and die, as they say.
KosmicFlux 1 year ago
Thanks for video; this is one of the best fight scenes I've ever seen! In the play Macbeth was known for being outstanding in battle. It was because Macbeth distinguished himself in an earlier war that the king promoted him in the first place. Another great fight is the final fight between Logan & Francis in Logan's Run.
Ruffian144 1 year ago
I liked it a lot, because it takes all the glamor out of swordfighting and shows us two exhausted and desperate men trying to kill each other any way they can. It goes well with Polanski's stark, uncompromisingly bleak view of Macbeth.
dergeier117 1 year ago 26
@dergeier117 Yes, but I do had the costuming for Macduff--red, white, and blue, with a red heart no less? Seems very much at odds with the mighty Macbeth and the others, and not in a good way, his outfit is, like so many production aspects of this production, so 1970s it hurts the piece even though, as you said, the depiction is pretty good, this is a great Macbeth, Madduff''s alright, and for the most part the fight was well done, but the end was FAR too cheap, an anti-climax after that fight.
obiwanobiwan13 1 year ago
@dergeier117
This is not my favorite fight scene, to say the least...but you have a very good point.
E2theSamps 1 year ago
@dergeier117 well its more accurate- you can't just stab through armor, even though most movies tend to ignore this. Most battles between armored opponents were more about pummeling each other, or knocking one over so you could stab a vital through a weakspot like under the arms, the neck,e tc.
Mazdak1 1 year ago 9
@Mazdak1
If I understand correctly Japanese Aikido was originally a specialized set of techniques specifically designed for armored warriors fighting on foot without their swords and concentrated on holds, throws and joint locks because kicking and punching would have been redundant.
pinz2022 11 months ago
@dergeier117 your a tool !
enjoiman3 1 year ago 2
@dergeier117 lol tbh its not rly hugely realistic i mean ppl just dont spin around in circles as they fight no matter how many movies and tv shows u see it in
FenrisKakashi 1 year ago
Why were you laughing? Is it because your brains were, like, totally in danger of working? Amazing as it seems, actual fighting isn't like Lord of the Rings or Iron Man. It is a bit crap and dangerous, dudes. But then, what would Roman Polanski know about violence? It staggers me how stupid people are, it really does. Go play your video games and leave Shakespeare for, like, human beings.
kiddster165 1 year ago
@kiddster165 It was bad choreography. I love Macbeth, but that had some silly moments
DeRoest 1 year ago
@DeRoest I know what you mean, but why is it bad? Not slick, or overly choreographed like so much nonsense around now. They are real people fighting with swords - not light sabers. The Phantom Menace - now that is silly...
kiddster165 1 year ago
Worst fking scene ever.
elitecanadian 1 year ago
3:18 DECAPITATIOOOONNNN!!!!
a1z4 1 year ago
Looks more like pro wrestling! Anyone uploaded the scene before? When Macbeth pwns those noobs in the throne room?
bldude2 1 year ago
This is one of the most realistic medieval sword fights I've ever seen!
NCWC2 1 year ago
I remember watching this in english class. I was laughing the whole time.
jtlorussell3 1 year ago
Dang Macbeth got cocky
NeverForgetWizet 1 year ago
Polanski brilliance !!
slyme1711 1 year ago
its like charlie chaplin mixed with fight club
amgn971 1 year ago
"Macbeth talks more shit..."
ROFL! XD
FerrariGood 1 year ago
u gotta be kiddin me! Macbeth couldve totally kicked his ass!
BTW his death was brutal! They shoudlve come up with something more decent?
macbeth is cute in this movie
SP2662 1 year ago
@SP2662 No he couldn't because it was prophesised that he wouldn't win. Just saying.
xmammabellax 1 year ago
Two things, Macbeth should have just killed Macduff when he had him on the ground. And why are Macduff's men such pussies? Macbeth is one guy and when he stumbles past them waving his sword about, they all jump back like he's on fire or something.
Princeofgoldfish 1 year ago
@Princeofgoldfish lol Ask Shakespeare, he wrote that play.
anikid0392 1 year ago
@Princeofgoldfish
They're letting Macduff get his revenge, that's why.
Kylev2 1 year ago
Wow. Those are some dull swords.
Izayoiaki24 1 year ago
@Izayoiaki24 Despite what you might have seen in Lord of the Rings, a sword cannot simply cut through armour.
If it could, why would you even bother wearing armour in the first place?
ThePopeofScience 1 year ago
@ThePopeofScience on the flip side, the armor isn't a protective shield. the warrior comes out with a great deal of bruises and broken bones if he even survives. but thats way too much educated detail for modern Hollywood
Izanguard1 1 year ago
macbeth should've just killed Macduff when he had the chance
homer11345 1 year ago
when we watched this in english at about 3:00 i was like ITS ONLY A FLESHWOUND! WALK IT OFF! then everyone was like "look he's trying hes trying! oh..theres he goes..." *chop* then when it shows his head my friend said "oh my god he looks like the burger king guy! >:0" He really does XD
Tamani15 1 year ago
before that scene was funnier because none of the soldiers had the guts to even touch macbeth
marty20000 1 year ago
@marty20000 Its because one of the later prophecies in the play state that none of woman born shall harm macbeth, but Macduff was born via cesarean section, thus meaning he was not "born".
shyman1 1 year ago
This is more like child's play than a fight to the death...
dotShinoda 1 year ago
Note this version has some added title cards with obscenities -- not necessarily appropriate for showing in school! Why add such things and spoil the film?
adamusement 1 year ago
I may be the odd one out for my age, but when I read Macbeth last year in 11th grade I loved it. I know it's a bit hard to know some of the meanings of the lines at first, but it wasn't too bad and the stories were great. Shakespeare was one of the best writers. Unfortunately we only watched a few scenes of this movie since we my classmates made class reading slow and annoying. But I saw this and loved it. It even has much more believable swordfighting instead of the Hollywood kind.
balrog13571 1 year ago
You have *interesting* standards for believability.
ooogooman 1 year ago
@ooogooman
I mean the majority of this is believable. They aren't doing impossible stunts and actually use some stances. Plus you can see that it's exhausting them whereas in many of the movies today you get guys who never even seem to need to take a breath. It looks akward and rough, but that's exactly what it must have been like back then.
balrog13571 1 year ago
I personally think that this goes too far to the opposite extreme from an ultra-polished, finely crafted fight scene, to a cinematic super-exaggeration of awkwardness and roughness. Recall that Macbeth is supposed to be a military man- the first mention of him in the play is the Sergeant's praise of his performance in battle. Neither of these men are credible as superlative professional warriors, or indeed as people who have ever practiced a day in their lives for a fight.
ooogooman 1 year ago
@ooogooman
1) Polanski kind of likes to do stuff like that so it's to be expected of him
2) That kind of armor isn't designed for speed and flexibility. It's more of just a big cover against weapons like Scottish swords (given the size and weight of them I can't say that isn't smart). Medieval battles were clunky and rough messes. Macbeth was a great warrior yes, but that's to say the best warriors may hve fought like this. He's still doing well in this fight.
balrog13571 1 year ago
@balrog13571
No arguments about Polanski's style or that medieval battles were clunky and rough, but the notion that plate mail was *that* cumbersome is a misconception dating from the Victorian era, due to the examination of a few specialty armors constructed specifically for jousting tournaments. You can do cartwheels in well-fitted battlefield plate mail, and it weighs less than modern infantry kit.
ooogooman 1 year ago
Well yeah there's that. I suppose though that since the play took place in a different time than when Shakespeare wrote it that it could have made the fights a bit controversial as to what fighting style would be appropriate for this scene. I guess a person jsut gets the idea in their head that their that heavy no matter what. It still probably weighed alot even so.
balrog13571 1 year ago
One of the best combat scenes i ever saw in movies. It is reallistic, dirty and violent. I really HATE the swordfighting of modern Hollywood movies.
All heil Polanski!
Kikefriki 1 year ago
3:20 is epic! Our whole class bursted out laughing at that! Good old Polanski...
devilsface54 1 year ago
you know the whole time i watched this movie i thought macbeth would be a little bitch but he turned out being a bad ass and killing like 10+ men.
Garrettarian 1 year ago
i like this movie
cloud491 1 year ago
The most epic battle ever! Captain America V.S. The Burger King!
JMR2493 1 year ago 2
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"I just got done with Macbeth in school. We had to make a video and if you want to see it, it's on my channel."
R3KAB3J 1 year ago
the severed head is OK on Youtube, but god forbid we see Lady Mac's junk.
christomacin 1 year ago 18
@christomacin
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hungerer1 1 year ago
wait how does this fill the last prophecy, macbeth wont be killed by a person born through a woman?
SkaterJay789 1 year ago
@SkaterJay789 Macduff was cut out of his mom so...Yea you get it he really didn't come out of the womans...yea..you get it?
nickya2 1 year ago
Macduff was "untimely ripped" in other words he was a cesarian section
TheGreenManana 1 year ago
@TheGreenManana But you gotta question how in the hell there are C-sections in THE MIDDLE AGES.
Izanguard1 1 year ago
@Izanguard1 it would not have been a nice medical procedure -possibly a desperate cutting out of the baby after the mother died or if she was about to die in childbirth
heliotropezzz333 1 year ago
@SkaterJay789 But as Macduff says when he is told this by Macbeth, he was "untimely ripped" from his mothers womb
AlwaysAbiggerFish 1 year ago
yeah, apparently "born" means going through the vajayjay
CaptPoco 1 year ago
Why is MacDuff dressed up like Captain America? Was the director worried that we would not know he was the good guy or something?
LaughingAtAbsurdity 1 year ago
Good video, actually portrays armored combat more realistically than most movies out nowadays.
Entheobotany 1 year ago
@Entheobotany Yea its cool how they really can't move at all :O
nickya2 1 year ago
Except that they are running, jumping, and grappling with relative ease?
Entheobotany 1 year ago
You can do cartwheels in knightly plated armor.
ooogooman 1 year ago
I'm playing macbeth too D:
OheyitsGinah 1 year ago
So it looks like since I'm playing Macbeth I get to talk a lot of shit? Cool!
boobylandmaster 1 year ago
HAHA that made me fall of my seat laughing "Macbeth talks more shit"
Sentinal3131 1 year ago
Dude, MacBeth was kicking ass until MacDuff cheap shot'd him.
Werejabberwock 1 year ago
AHAHAH macbeth talks more shit ahaha
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eric8rays 1 year ago
hahaha this is hilarious! we finished the play in class but we didn't finish the movie yet xD i love how awkward it is!
woaini0120 1 year ago
Fatality
SagatProductions 1 year ago
I love how the crown stayed on his head...
johnd94 2 years ago
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DecanSlayer 1 year ago
im watching this in english but what age is this im 13?
ollieoxe 2 years ago
@ollieoxe
The historical Macbeth was 11th century, a little before William Duke of Normany conquered Britain in 1066, but Shakespeare wrote around the 16th century.
Macbeth was actually well loved as King, being an experienced soldier and Duncan as weak; they fought each other in open combat, not a sneak murder, but Shakespeare was writing the play for Malcolm's decendent James I (James VI of Scotland).
ysbaddaden2003 2 years ago
its a 15 mate and this ending kicks ass
edjonesy57 1 year ago
I got high on this part of the movie and the naked witches scene when i saw it in eng class, priceless.
ChocolatePeach 2 years ago
Ahaha we watched this in English today. Priceless.
Bakabakaotaku 2 years ago
My friend and I made a song about Macbeth for an english project. The class liked it so much, that they told us to put it on youtube. Well, we did. You should check it out on my channel =)
JustinandEric1 2 years ago
this was great!
sillyjorge0077 2 years ago
what i don't get is that their are like over 1000 soldiers inside, people with catapults outside, yet they just watch
baseballkid4lyfe 2 years ago
The soldiers are watching for cheap thrills, and also because they want to give Macduff the honor of killing Macbeth himself. Wouldn't you want to see a gladiator match for free?
CaptPoco 1 year ago
THERE was suppose to be last words from macbeth before getting cut.
rancy240 2 years ago
macduff the gnome and andy griffiths as macbeth. just macbeth was funny
rancy240 2 years ago
"then macbeth talks more shit" lol i was getting all serious before that
Pringles313 2 years ago
Lol i love the way Macbeth spares Macduff's life and Macduff simple cuts off his head like it's no big deal. Such clumsy soldiers in the fight :L
EP1Cz0ne 2 years ago
macbeth was destined to die. When you do what he did you can't live. he was a man who died a long time ago.
mastshke 2 years ago
@mastshke that was the thesis for the macbeth essay i did in 11th grade :)
hamxtor 2 years ago
thats interesting. Its true.
mastshke 2 years ago
awesome fight jst because its realistic not like what u see in modern movies where the dude usually gets shot then gets blown up but stll somehow beat the guy who's prevously uninjured
hellfire695 2 years ago 2
I love how the mortal wound is silent, compared to the ringing, tussling strokes of combat.
caesarshogun 2 years ago
we watched this in english lit, it was amazing (:
daphrox333 2 years ago
that's a great scene. great. I like how polanski wrote it that macbeth defeated Macduff originally.
CashCanuck725 2 years ago
'macbeth talks more shit' HAHAHA
punxdownunder 2 years ago 19
@punxdownunder He should have left the "shit" in. That's one of the best parts of the play.
al1936ful 1 year ago
imagine if they had to fight a ufc fighter....macbeth would have been macfucked hahahahaha
ATR108 2 years ago
LOL!!
that is really funny
crazyelliexxx23 2 years ago 2
"Hilarious?" I thought this was phenomenal.
AnarchalPatriarch 2 years ago 21
me too :( I dont understand that commet either
sugarkaneandchloe 2 years ago
@AnarchalPatriarch It was, but you have to admit there were some really awkward bits. I don't mean that there wasn't supposed to be anything awkward, but there were some times were you could tell that they are trying to hurt one another but "not" trying to hurt one another and that breaks the realism a little and ends up looking funny.
Besides, he never said it wasn't phenomenal because there were hilarious parts.
LordLargo37 1 year ago
The early forms of Krav Maga.
MontyPython134 2 years ago
When you search for the term 'harnischfechten' (the german word for 'fighting in armor') you will find some videos of people who've researched old European fighting traditions demonstrating how knights in armor actually fought. And the techniques they use look a lot more effective than the ones shown here.. This fight might be raw and hilarious, but it's definitely not real..
lichtetred 2 years ago
Cool, when you search for the term Muay Thai you'll find some videos of people who train in muay thai, and the techniques they use look a lot more effective than ones we see actually in use in mma. even something as exact as bjj looks like two dudes rolling around on the ground when actually in use
Louishuff23 2 years ago
This fight scene is "hilarious" primarily because we've all become too accustomed to Hollywood fist-to-cuffs and sword fights -- versus the real things. Forget all the martial arts nonsense. Real combat was/is usually flailing, stumbling, clumsy. Have you ever watched experienced, medieval re-enactors go at it? Involves a lot of stumbling into each other, awkward heaving blows, etc. Just what you'd expect from men grappling in heavy, stiff, metal armor. Just like in this scene.
sjplwc 2 years ago 5
it's hilarious because there's parts where u can completely tell they're aiming for each others' swords and the thick parts of the armour, as well as waiting for the other person to get ready for the next move in the fight choreography. Not to say that this doesn't happen (just as obviously) in other fight scenes in other films, just that that's one of the reasons why THIS fight scene is funny :p
PeaksBob 2 years ago
yeah its either being slow but having protection or flexible but any blow could be mortal
silenthillbilies 2 years ago
Roman Polanski Nooooooooooooo!
begley321 2 years ago
I'm studying this at the moment, and the fight scene made me laugh so much. You can tell they're tired.
I wanted to ask though, why the bloke with the grey beard picked up the crown and gave it to Malcolm? I thought he was working for Macbeth, because he helped with the murder of Macduff's family by leaving the doors open for the murderers, yet all of a sudden he's on Macduff's side?
permanentjetlag 2 years ago
Because he doesn't want to end up like Macbeth.
coldlynx 2 years ago
Ah. That's hugely understandable. I didn't think about that. Thank-you :)
permanentjetlag 2 years ago
EXCELLENT!! Polanski's is definitely the best movie. Thank you for sharing
morganamgs 2 years ago 2
If Macbeth had a child rape scene, Polanski himself could have acted.
lepolemicist 2 years ago 3
"Macbeth talks more shit"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
DUDE! Come on!!!
That's Shakespeare.
Japanologe 2 years ago 2
im doing an assignment for macbeth AND ITS SOO LAME!!!
MultiMarcus111 2 years ago
You left out the best part:
Before this scene, MacDuff and his army storm Macbeth's castle, and all of MacBeth's soldiers flee. MacBeth sits alone in his throne room, and when the first wave of MacDuff's soldiers arrive there he kills the hell out of them.
I love how he is so confident, because "Heh, no man of woman born can kill me!" and then proceeds to slay dudes like he is prepared to take on the entire army by himself.
malbecks316 2 years ago
I don't what that other guy is complaining about, this was one of the most realistic fight scenes I've seen on film.
haterssuck288 2 years ago 2
Yeah, I agree. I really like the way Macbeth gets tired during the fight and sits down for a few seconds.
IronbreakerFTW 2 years ago 4
This video has the best line in the scene editted out. The 'Macduff was from his mother's womb untimely ripped' line is pretty much the most important part of the whole sequence. .
YakChap 2 years ago