got rilly bored so i started to watch some random movies and i watch the knights tale for the 50 time and i though to put this up as its a very good song.
+SuzieGuru The first time I saw this movie that part blew my mind. Crashed right through the barrier between diegetic and non-diegetic sounds. I had never considered such a thing before in my life.
One of the few memories I have from my early childhood is the trailer for this movie on TV with the song playing, and then watching this movie, so I also always remember this scene
I often cite the use of this obviously anachronistic song in this sequence as the boldest, yet most successfully pulled-off creative decision made in any movie ever.
The point isn't that medieval crowds actually did Mexican Waves and chanted 'We Will Rock You' at jousting tournaments. The point is that they would have, because that's what jousting meant to them.
Hilariously anachronistic movie that worked. One scene people are dancing to Queen, the next three guys are having an argument in front of a gibbet where another guy has been left hanging by the roadside. 'Cause, you know, Middle Ages.
Willem Verheij it's worth to notice the movie knows when had to be funny and when serious. The parts with the father almost made me cry, and then another (like this intro) mades me cry for laughing.
It can be a fine line yes, at its core its a very basic and straight forward story of the underdog winning and getting the girl despite the odds. But the execution is great, this movie truly was made by a team who loved their work and the cast has great chemistry. Mixing the tragic with the comedy is something Charlie Chaplin often did too, his movies can switch from hilarious to making you cry pretty quickly. It's hard not to cry at the end of city lights.
The punchline is that this WASN'T PLANNED - the extras did it as a little fun thing, then they threw it in because it was actually /very effective/ at getting across something important and connecting the joust to the audiences - they saw it a lot like we see modern sports events. Yes it's anarchonistic as all fucking hell, but it gets the point across that turns out, folks back then weren't THAT different from us! :)
Exactly, that was exactly the point of it and I think it was a great creative choice. Normally I'm a stickler for historical accuracy, but in this case, I understand that the anachronisms were done on purpose, for a good reason, and it really does get a point across.
There's nothing about "We will rock you" exactly, that's anachronistic, except the use of an amplified distorted guitar solo, which could easily be omitted. People knew good beats back then. Google Fa Una Canzona By Orazio Vecchi. That has a "modern" sounding beat, but was written in Shakespeare's time period. th-cam.com/video/i4bgdTuiQMY/w-d-xo.html
Robert Baratheon: I tell ya, Ned I miss the old days. Back when me and my lads, Will and Wat had the mad idea to joust. Ah...I can still hear that song in my head every now and then. We will/we will/Rock you! *sigh* good times. Ned: .....I think you've had too much Milk of the Poppy your grace.
Interesting thing about this scene: This scene was filmed in a foreign country and not many of the people in this crowd spoke English or understood it well. Some people just decided to do this on a whim and then the entire crowd chimed in.
Back when Robert Baratheon was still a squire in charge of the breastplate stretcher. Some day he became king by his own hand. But that is another story.
When i learned that Mark Addy played Robert, i was thinking almost the same thing. Except my first thought when i saw the fat king was "where have i seen him?"
i told my music professor that this song was old. like 16th century old. he didn't believed me. then i showed him this video... im now expelled for a week.
my son had colic and watching this movie while in his swing is THE only thing that stopped the crying and let him sleep.. i played it EVERY day 3-5 times day so 4 on average tomes a day for 2 solid straight months!! i know every word, every blooper , he loved Queen..i guess..lol..
+Dj Roxanne ROOOOXANNNNNE!, You don't have to put on the rrreed dress,,,,,,,,, heh heh ,,, if son or grandkids should get colicky, again,,try battle of evermore by zep on the cassette player
My lords! My ladies. And everybody else here NOT sitting on a cushion: Today, today, you find yourselves equals. For you are all equally blessed. For I have the pride, the privilege, nay, the pleasure Of introducing to you a Knight, sired by Knights, A Knight who can trace his lineage back beyond Charlemagne. I first met him atop a mountain near Jerusalem, Praying to God, Asking His forgiveness, For the Saracen blood spilt by his sword. Next, he amazed me still further in Italy When he saved a fatherless beauty From the would-be ravishings Of her dreadful Turkish uncle. In Greece, he spent a year in silence Just to better understand the sound of a whisper. And so, without further gilding the lily, And with no more ado, I give to you the Seeker of Serenity, The Protector of Italian Virginity, The Enforcer of our Lord God, The One -- The Only -- Sir Ulrich Von Lichtenstein!!!
I love that the extras inside the movie reacted and sang the theme song It should be in more movies it's so fun to watch and makes the scene more interesting and alive
per the commentary track, the Czech extras are the one's who started the clap and pound rhythm while waiting for the next shot to be set up, and the director went with it in post production
English army under Henry V singing this towards the French before the battle of Agincourt. During finishing guitar solo the archers loose their arrows.
Ulrich von Liechtenstein (ca. 1200 - 26 January 1275) was a German minnesinger and poet of the Middle Ages. He wrote poetry in Middle High German and was author of noted works about how knights and nobles may lead more virtuous lives. Ulrich was a member of a wealthy and influential ministerialis family from Liechtenstein in Styria. He was born about 1200 at Murau in the Duchy of Styria, located in the present-day country of Austria.
I'm Czech and I went to kindergarten in like 1998 or so. We were all singing this song then. Didn't know any English, so just phonetically, but still. Everybody knew it.
Really? I heard from another comment that the scene was improvised to some degree by the extras and the filmmakers decided to roll with it. Wonder which one's true
Buddy, you're a boy, make a big noise Playing in the street, gonna be a big man someday You got mud on your face, you big disgrace Kicking your can all over the place, singin' Buddy, you're a young man, hard man Shouting in the street, gonna take on the world someday You got blood on your face, you big disgrace Waving your banner all over the place Buddy, you're an old man, poor man Pleading with your eyes, gonna get you some peace someday You got mud on your face, big disgrace Somebody better put you back into your place
No joke, I didn't know what an electric guitar was nor sounded like before I watched this movie. Imagine my my horror to find out what a trumpet actually sounded like irl, years afterwards...
OH HOW I LOVED HEATH LEDGER... I'VE WATCHED THIS MOVIE 1000'S OF TIMES... I THINK ITS WAS WELL WRITTEN AND DIRECTED... THE COMEDY AND MODERN MUSIC WAS JUST THE GREATEST... I'LL ALWAYS MISS HEATH AND HIS WRK... i HAVE POSTERS OF HIM ON MY WALL... ALSO THE TOY OF HIM AS THE JOKER... HE'S WAS TO ME A BEAUTIFUL SOUL THAT HAS LEFT US WAY TOO SOON... HE IS GREATLY MISSED AND LOCKED IN MY HEART FOREVER... I WISH WITH ALL MY HEART HE WAS STILL AMONG US SHOWING HIS GREAT TALENT... I LOVE HIM IN TEN THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU WITH HIS HAIR BLACK ... LOVE EM AS A BLONDE... IN MY EYE'S HE COULD DO NO WRONG... EVEN IN BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN... I LOVE YOU HEATH... I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT MATILDA WILL DO IN HOPES YOU MADE FOLLOW IN DADDY'S FOOTSTEPS... GOD BLESS YOU MATILDA...
I saw this song on an other film. About olympics in London 2012. It instantly reminds me to this movie. This movie was darn funny. Friends and me had seen it nummerous times in a month time. It was that funny.
My favorite part?
When you realize the trumpets were playing the guitar. Priceless.
Yeah a "electric guitar"
@@yourdissapointeddaddy2057 Electric brass.
The first time I saw that it made me laugh!
😂😂😂😂
OMG I was today years old!
That was a lovely guitar riff from that trumpet player...
+SuzieGuru The first time I saw this movie that part blew my mind. Crashed right through the barrier between diegetic and non-diegetic sounds. I had never considered such a thing before in my life.
IKR?!
SuzieGuru your comment is three years old I just want you to know that I laughed out loud because I wouldn't have realized this on my own
Those are some lungs on that boy
This is my childhood, and it also got me into queen, don’t diss it
Best trumpet solo ever.
Haha, damn. I can't never forget that on the music video!
MegaDeth is dope
It's a shame we lost the ancient medieval technology of electric guitar bugling.
A film from the early 2000s that takes place in the Middle Ages and has 70s music in its soundtrack? Mind blown.
that's the joke
Much like the 1999 Beowulf with electro music and steampunk setting
SodaBoy628 Then never watch the Sophia Copila's Marie Antoniente
The first time I saw the movie, I thought the same thing. It makes no sense. The same was true in the dance scene.
And this was before 'Hotel? Trivago'
The way how they used music to show that jousting was just the medieval equivalent of modern sports events is utterly brilliant.
Exactly!
@@BadWebDiver This period piece was bangin'.
For some obscure reason, whenever I here Queen's "We Will Rock You", I can only see this scene in my mind.
It's not just you...
Me too...
Whenever I hear We will rock you and We are the champions, I think of this and Mighty Ducks
One of the few memories I have from my early childhood is the trailer for this movie on TV with the song playing, and then watching this movie, so I also always remember this scene
Same here
I often cite the use of this obviously anachronistic song in this sequence as the boldest, yet most successfully pulled-off creative decision made in any movie ever.
th-cam.com/video/1zSowOS4Wyg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=c4-jlullPEnMN_LG
The funniest thing is that my grandma actually told me "I didn't know they were listening to this kind of music at the time". My grandma...
Your grandma was trolling you and you are an idiot.
Jo Do
Hahaha she wasn't at all dude, my grandma is depressive, she doesn't have sense of humour.
+PaulBeen Being depressed and living with two other depressed poeple, I resent that comment.
I'm sorry, I meant "she is depressive + she doesn't have sense of humour".Michael Alan Gordon
+PaulBeen Thanks for clearing that up.
I was at the Maryland Rennaisance Festival this weekend and during the jousting, the audience started to do this. I'm pretty sure this movie is why.
I go every year
I missed that
IMCF 2015 in Malbork, Poland - me and my wife hearing "We Will Rock You" being played betweenthe fights and goin "oh, yeeeeesssss"
That is amazing. Makes me want to go to MD.
The point isn't that medieval crowds actually did Mexican Waves and chanted 'We Will Rock You' at jousting tournaments. The point is that they would have, because that's what jousting meant to them.
It gives a modern audience a feel for what the crowd was feeling then.
One of the greatest comedy's of all time
Rest in Peace Mr Ledger
Always loved that intro.
Me too..
God I remember seeing this in the theatre, it was extraordinary!!!
Best use of classic rock in a 'period piece.'
Fish Gutz you ain't lying! It was clever
Popular battle hymn since the medieval ages.:P
Maybe since the Roman age, - Roman 'turtle' marching and singing this :)
Et nos erimus ego stabam! (te ! stabam te!)
Hilariously anachronistic movie that worked. One scene people are dancing to Queen, the next three guys are having an argument in front of a gibbet where another guy has been left hanging by the roadside. 'Cause, you know, Middle Ages.
valinor100 possibly one of the crazy awesome movies and Heath ledgers best performances :)
drakedrago6 yeah
I think this intro might be the reason why it works, it pretty much tells the audience what it's in for.
Willem Verheij it's worth to notice the movie knows when had to be funny and when serious. The parts with the father almost made me cry, and then another (like this intro) mades me cry for laughing.
It can be a fine line yes, at its core its a very basic and straight forward story of the underdog winning and getting the girl despite the odds. But the execution is great, this movie truly was made by a team who loved their work and the cast has great chemistry.
Mixing the tragic with the comedy is something Charlie Chaplin often did too, his movies can switch from hilarious to making you cry pretty quickly. It's hard not to cry at the end of city lights.
We need more fun films like this.
RIP, legend H.L
The punchline is that this WASN'T PLANNED - the extras did it as a little fun thing, then they threw it in because it was actually /very effective/ at getting across something important and connecting the joust to the audiences - they saw it a lot like we see modern sports events. Yes it's anarchonistic as all fucking hell, but it gets the point across that turns out, folks back then weren't THAT different from us! :)
Luke Danger exactly! And what’s wrong about a bit of creative anachronism? There are societies based on that alone.
I can actually believe that song could have been song a 1000 years ago.
Exactly, that was exactly the point of it and I think it was a great creative choice. Normally I'm a stickler for historical accuracy, but in this case, I understand that the anachronisms were done on purpose, for a good reason, and it really does get a point across.
This whole movie is about treating medieval sports the same way we treat modern sports. It's brilliant
There's nothing about "We will rock you" exactly, that's anachronistic, except the use of an amplified distorted guitar solo, which could easily be omitted. People knew good beats back then. Google Fa Una Canzona By Orazio Vecchi. That has a "modern" sounding beat, but was written in Shakespeare's time period. th-cam.com/video/i4bgdTuiQMY/w-d-xo.html
Can never forget this awesome movie intro
Those guy's playing the trompet's really have dem lungs.
Being a part of this production must have been so much fun : 3
This movie was brilliant! How they meshed modern music and themes into this medieval time movie.
Robert Baratheon: I tell ya, Ned I miss the old days. Back when me and my lads, Will and Wat had the mad idea to joust. Ah...I can still hear that song in my head every now and then. We will/we will/Rock you! *sigh* good times.
Ned: .....I think you've had too much Milk of the Poppy your grace.
A delightful peace of music by Sir Fredrick Mercury the 1st....
Interesting thing about this scene:
This scene was filmed in a foreign country and not many of the people in this crowd spoke English or understood it well. Some people just decided to do this on a whim and then the entire crowd chimed in.
We will miss you Heath Ledger.
I love the guy doing doughnuts on his horse XD
Here from Shadiversity. Not disappointed.
Shad is the master!
Back when Robert Baratheon was still a squire in charge of the breastplate stretcher. Some day he became king by his own hand. But that is another story.
When i learned that Mark Addy played Robert, i was thinking almost the same thing. Except my first thought when i saw the fat king was "where have i seen him?"
Willem Verheij I remember the breastplate stretcher remark.
A squire to the Joker, no less!
Another story indeed
makos dead so no more stories
Perfectly communicates the tone of the movie in the first two minutes. This is how you do it, folks.
Precisely!
The girl dancing in the bleachers! I love her!!!
So I do! She is the highlight of the scene! 😍
This is just proof Queen has universal appeal across time and space
i told my music professor that this song was old. like 16th century old. he didn't believed me.
then i showed him this video...
im now expelled for a week.
one of the coolest and unexpected movies moments ever lol
A friend got me to watch this movie years ago. When he saw my reaction to this, the opening scene, he knew he had me hooked
Scientist: Be careful with the time machine
Me: Ok
Scientist: Seriously you could change a lot of things with it
Me: Bet
This was a really great opening scene. I’m so glad I know this movie!
I watched this movie with my mother, and she loved it.
0:31 The guy in orange is really going for it 😂
To be honest the song is that amazing I'm not surprised!
1:02 Old age wheelies 😂
my son had colic and watching this movie while in his swing is THE only thing that stopped the crying and let him sleep.. i played it EVERY day 3-5 times day so 4 on average tomes a day for 2 solid straight months!! i know every word, every blooper , he loved Queen..i guess..lol..
+Dj Roxanne ROOOOXANNNNNE!, You don't have to put on the rrreed dress,,,,,,,,, heh heh ,,,
if son or grandkids should get colicky, again,,try battle of evermore by zep on the cassette player
My lords! My ladies.
And everybody else here NOT sitting on a cushion:
Today, today, you find yourselves equals.
For you are all equally blessed.
For I have the pride, the privilege, nay, the pleasure
Of introducing to you a Knight, sired by Knights,
A Knight who can trace his lineage back beyond Charlemagne.
I first met him atop a mountain near Jerusalem,
Praying to God,
Asking His forgiveness,
For the Saracen blood spilt by his sword.
Next, he amazed me still further in Italy
When he saved a fatherless beauty
From the would-be ravishings
Of her dreadful Turkish uncle.
In Greece, he spent a year in silence
Just to better understand the sound of a whisper.
And so, without further gilding the lily,
And with no more ado,
I give to you the Seeker of Serenity,
The Protector of Italian Virginity,
The Enforcer of our Lord God,
The One --
The Only --
Sir Ulrich Von Lichtenstein!!!
Amen
For ALL Men And Beings
Imagine Jarvis giving this intro of Tony Stark… I was waiting if it could happen.
1:06 He's mouthing the lyrics! That song really did exist back then.
One of the greatest movie ever 👏
I love that the extras inside the movie reacted and sang the theme song
It should be in more movies it's so fun to watch and makes the scene more interesting and alive
That trumpet... How does it work?
Magic
Galitwo medieval juice
Very well, apparently.
The migration of European Swallows.
knoahbody69 is that laden or unladen?
THIS. IS. EPIC.
per the commentary track, the Czech extras are the one's who started the clap and pound rhythm while waiting for the next shot to be set up, and the director went with it in post production
If I ever go to a Medieval Fair this is the first thing I am going to start doing during the jousting tournament.
bigoldinosaur I almost did recently. They had a jousting demonstration at the annual Renaissance Faire
No first thing is to paid admission
Honestly one of the greatest movie openings I’ve ever seen, guitar rift is the best part here.
One of the best medieval movies of all time
We saw this movie in School it was so good 😀
It seemed that Brian May traveled back to the Middle Ages and taught them how to perform We Will Rock You😂
Who is to say he did not? :D
Best movie anachronism ever.
I heart this movie soooooo much!!! mostly for the music. but the story is cool too. RIP Heath!
The real origin of the legendary joker confirmed
Definitive proof that Freddy Mercury had Knight's blood running through his veins. Not that we ever doubted it!
English army under Henry V singing this towards the French before the battle of Agincourt.
During finishing guitar solo the archers loose their arrows.
A movie where the Joker and Vision starred together
And king candy
Ulrich von Liechtenstein (ca. 1200 - 26 January 1275) was a German minnesinger and poet of the Middle Ages. He wrote poetry in Middle High German and was author of noted works about how knights and nobles may lead more virtuous lives. Ulrich was a member of a wealthy and influential ministerialis family from Liechtenstein in Styria. He was born about 1200 at Murau in the Duchy of Styria, located in the present-day country of Austria.
I’m disappointed with these comments... I was expecting more of “best opening to a movie ever”
*I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE FOR DAYS, START THE DAMN JOUST BEFORE I PISS MESELF*
I like this movie.
So miss heath. So miss Queen
I think the director said this was the hardest part to film because most of the extras were Czech, and none of them knew how to sing this song.
+UndisputedElite Oh, yeah! I love that part, too
I'm Czech and I don't know anybody who wouldn't know how to sign that song. 🤔
I'm Czech and I went to kindergarten in like 1998 or so. We were all singing this song then. Didn't know any English, so just phonetically, but still. Everybody knew it.
@@GabyGibson ok
Really? I heard from another comment that the scene was improvised to some degree by the extras and the filmmakers decided to roll with it. Wonder which one's true
One of the coolest things ever in movies
Buddy, you're a boy, make a big noise
Playing in the street, gonna be a big man someday
You got mud on your face, you big disgrace
Kicking your can all over the place, singin'
Buddy, you're a young man, hard man
Shouting in the street, gonna take on the world someday
You got blood on your face, you big disgrace
Waving your banner all over the place
Buddy, you're an old man, poor man
Pleading with your eyes, gonna get you some peace someday
You got mud on your face, big disgrace
Somebody better put you back into your place
R.I.P. Heath.
Very very wise for the movie to be like "we're super anachronistic. You down?" right up front.
No joke, I didn't know what an electric guitar was nor sounded like before I watched this movie. Imagine my my horror to find out what a trumpet actually sounded like irl, years afterwards...
0:42 NORM! NORM! NORM! NORM!
Legendary Joker was Knight before. We miss you
With Freddie, Wonderful
The woman dancing at 0:56 is my favorite part
That's the exact reason why I'm watching this video as well. :) This girl is very pretty indeed.
It may be unrealistic but its still cool.
RIP Heath.
OH HOW I LOVED HEATH LEDGER... I'VE WATCHED THIS MOVIE 1000'S OF TIMES... I THINK ITS WAS WELL WRITTEN AND DIRECTED... THE COMEDY AND MODERN MUSIC WAS JUST THE GREATEST... I'LL ALWAYS MISS HEATH AND HIS WRK... i HAVE POSTERS OF HIM ON MY WALL... ALSO THE TOY OF HIM AS THE JOKER... HE'S WAS TO ME A BEAUTIFUL SOUL THAT HAS LEFT US WAY TOO SOON... HE IS GREATLY MISSED AND LOCKED IN MY HEART FOREVER... I WISH WITH ALL MY HEART HE WAS STILL AMONG US SHOWING HIS GREAT TALENT... I LOVE HIM IN TEN THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU WITH HIS HAIR BLACK ... LOVE EM AS A BLONDE... IN MY EYE'S HE COULD DO NO WRONG... EVEN IN BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN... I LOVE YOU HEATH... I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT MATILDA WILL DO IN HOPES YOU MADE FOLLOW IN DADDY'S FOOTSTEPS... GOD BLESS YOU MATILDA...
Nina Ray Geez, calm down...
So this is what my dad meant that he grew up on jousting and queen
This scene was put in just to give history buffs that take things to seriously the finger
This is my favorite movie to be honest
That announcer on 0:33 has all his soul in it.
RIP Freddie, Queen and Heath
Queen's still active.
@@obitwokenobi9808 I know, but Queen is just not the same without Freddie, and John left the group
Rare footage of Robert Beratheon, circa 10 years before the Battle of the Trident, colorized.
❤❤❤ I love this movie and this song. ❤❤❤
this shit was epic when i saw this at 5 years old
After watching Dr. Who, I don't think this was just symbolism. I think he taught them We Will Rock You.
Loved this movie, with queen it was a special moment..
That was some futuristic trumpet.
I been looking for this movie
Queen ❤️
Electric trumpets FTW
First time I watched this I was like "Rock music?? XD This is so out of place for the middle ages... I love it!"
I saw this song on an other film. About olympics in London 2012. It instantly reminds me to this movie. This movie was darn funny. Friends and me had seen it nummerous times in a month time. It was that funny.
Happy 20th Year Anniversary.!
When i was 8, and i watch that movie i was like... Man! Music in this times was really good!
I miss this..
Great music, great characters, great story, and not a single out of place ‘diversity casting’ in sight. God I love this movie!
Soul fragments from four Galaxis
mackenzie this rocks meeeeeeeee !!!!!!!!
Best opening to a movie EVER