And just now, after seeing the movie 100+ times over the course of 30 years, I finally understand the words in that line. "I would sooner destroy a stained glass window zanananousike yourself..."
If you listen to the banter, Inigo says he would hate to kill Wesley/Roberts because they seem like a decent person. Wesley/Roberts doesn't return the sentiment, but instead says he would hate to die. Inigo takes it as him admitting he will lose. But really it's Wesley saying he refuses to kill Inigo simply because he was hired for a shady task, and that Inigo's heart is pure.
I like how Inigo isn't unhealthily obsessed with revenge. He has a very business-like attitude about it like it's the most natural thing in the world. He's also doing it for his father.
@@will2brown50 The Americas from California and Colorado and Florida to the Strait of Magellan. They had some colonies in Africa, which varied in size. They had the Philippines. They ruled through family half of Europe including France, Italy and dominated the Holy Roman Empire. Not to mention their Monarchy and related relatives has held the leadership (usually Kings) of most of the major Western European nations including many of the colonizers like the French who held the rest of North America apart from the East Coast during that period. So if not half, pretty close to it. Only the British Empire could be compared fairly. gohighbrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/85.jpg
I love how even while they are trying to kill each other they are nothing but respectful to the other person. This is a great example of what true gentlemen are like. Amazing movie and book.
I think the part I love best about this scene is that Inigo knows he has to kill the pursuer, but he's a decent enough guy that he'll give him a moment to recuperate. Sure, it stems from a bit of personal pride and a desire to push himself to the limits by challenging people in fair duels, but he even gave the guy his sword to look at.
"You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you." "You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die." The respect they have in this duel is matched by no other duel in history.
Star Wars Battlefront 3 Gameplay Well it sucks to have no arms or legs, not being able to go without a good source of heat for long, but the mother f*****g part is good.
Little details really impress me that I didn't notice before. When Wesley inspected Inigo's sword, he handled it with his left hand. I get the impression that he knew Inigo's intentions all along (perhaps he overheard it while climbing the cliffs) and so pretending to be left handed as well. However, Inigo gave away that he is right handed on many occasions: by where his sword hangs, how he draws his sword with his right hand before switching, and so on. The whole time, Wesley is the cleverer man.
And at 5:21 Wesley quick switches to left hand and back to right, and Inigo also then switches to left hand but in a more clumsy way, before trying to use the sword two-handed.
I'm thinking that, in Europe during those days, horses were trained to expect riders to mount on the left side, because most people are right-handed and would wear a sword's sheath on their left hip (cross-draw). So even left-handed swordsmen would want to keep their sword on their left side, so that when they ride horses, the horse won't be spooked by having the rider try to mount from the wrong side. Also, there may have been a stigma about being left-handed in those days of ignorant superstition, so people would want to appear to be right-handed when out in public.
Here's another detail- after Inigo helps Wesley to the crest of the cliff, Wesley begins to draw his sword...with his LEFT hand! Inigo stops him to allow Wesley to rest. Such detail!
Things INTERESTING no such thing as a light saver duel. secondly. that was a good fight. but no where near as good as this. the witty banter, the analysis between the two fighters. the level of skill even displayed in this fight is well beyond this. hell only thing close was the dueling in the zorro films of late. but even they pailed
DEATH111183 There's more than a few better choreographed fights, also, if you think that this is how actual sword fights went, well sorry to disappoint but this is theatrical sword fighting, if an actual sword fight went this way both of the blades would be rendered dull by the way that they deliberately tried to hit each sword. Oh and don't try to pull a parrying or whatnot card since parrying didn't exist in real life, the closest being the usage of a buckler held close to the hilt in conjunction with the rapier, but even that would attempt to deliberately avoid the rapier. So basically, a good fight, definitely, a fun one, obviously, funny banter, Heeelll yeah, the best sword fight ever... Ha no.
He was curious as to *why* it was important but the simple answer was all Westley needed to hear to answer that question. After serving on board a pirate ship he had to have learned everyone has a story as to where they are where they are. And it helped Westley form a decision as to what he would be doing. If Inigo was a psychopath who just hated people with that deformity, Westley probably wouldn't have played with him, and would have killed him with no hesitation.
Was recommended this film by my aunt, she told me the name and my first thoughts were it's going to be a generic chic flick twilight kind of film. Out of boredom one night I decided to watch it just to see what the big fuss she was making about it. Was absolutely surprised by it, I was glued to the film and the acting it's easily in my top 10 picjs
This was the scene that sparked my love of swords. I've bought and trained in over a dozen bladed weapons. But sadly, I couldn't continue training with my dominant arm due to an IED when I was deployed. I practice lightly for physical therapy but can't go any further just yet.
This was a case of the author adapting his own book successfully into a screenplay, which helped with the whole "understanding why the source material works" aspect of it.
I love how as the duel progresses, both duelists are forced to quit playing around with each other and show their true potential, until Wesley clearly shows his prowess and wins.
The amount of effort these two put in to make sure this was a FANTASTIC swordfight paid off big time. The amiable conversation throughout just made it even better.
I love how the man in black is played by the same actor who played Robin Hood in "Men in Tights". "Because, unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent."
@Light In the darkness It's a spoof of the Robin Hood with Kevin Costner. Directed by the same guy who directed Spaceballs (a spoof of Star Wars). It was *meant* to be silly. That's what Mel Brooks does.
"So the love of my life was kidnapped and is currently being rushed off to the Guilder border to be murdered, but hey I've got some time to kill, so maybe I'll sit down for a leisurely chat and stroll through memory lane with one of the henchmen, then I'll use my left hand for a while during the ensuing sword fight instead of using my right and ending it quickly. You'd think my girlfriend would be killed while I'm wasting all this time, but I'm sure the guy who kidnapped her will stop in a field at some point and set up a tablecloth, wine, glasses, apples, and cheese and wait for me to catch up so I can trick him into ingesting the poison I have in my pocket."
Jason BeThyName The guy was catching his breath from climbing up a freaking 1,000 foot mountain. Can't just get to the top and start fighting a guy who is well rested. Are you freaking kidding me with this s**t?
Modern day Princess Bride: "I admit it you are better than I am." "Then why are you smiling?" "Because I know something you do not know." "And what is that?" "NOW I HAVE A MACHINE GUN, HO HO HO"
Here's one of the most poetic and "educative" fight scenes ever made. No senseless special effects and hopeless dialogues. Wish they still made movies like this....and the music from Mark Knoplfer is just brilliant. This belongs to some of my childhood best memories....
I love how Inigo hands Wesley his sword knowing that Wesley could easily pull a cheap shot and kill him while he's unarmed, but knows he wont because he can tell Wesley is an honorable man. These guys would be best friends if they didn't have to fight each other.
They're best friends anyway. The only reason they fight is because circumstances make them obstacles to one another's goals. Remove those circumstances, and they work quite well together.
I imagine that it took many takes for them to do the part where Inigo tosses up his rapier and catches it by the hilt. You can’t just pluck a complex swept guarded hilt out of the sky, your grip would have to avoid all the guard as they close in on the hilt. And where he did catch it was very much not with a very secure grip, which is why Westley’s next pair of strikes were little more than taps to give Inigo time to re affirm his grip.
The stance he takes at 5:05 is very typical of classic Spanish rapier. It puts as much of the sword between you and your opponent as possible, and the forward arm is protected behind the hilt. As soon as you see or create a line of attack, you step forward leading with the sword and continue past the enemy. Watch a Tango sometime, and imagine it with swords.
One of the best and rarely appreciated bits of this scene is the bit near the beginning of the actual fight - "You're using Bonetti's defence against me", etc. Bonetti, Capaferra, Agrippa and the other one (Thibaud?) were all REAL fencing masters. Nice touch.
Masked Jackass14 It's based on zorro. They removed the parts they felt that hampered the character. On another thought, who the hell invented the cape? It's more of a weakness than a disguise or outfit, unless you need to take a dump and there's no civilization in sight.
If you mean capes in general I think they were often just worn for style because usually only the very rich could afford such clothing. If you mean with Zorro he originally wore a cloak and the cape was introduced with the 1920 film The Mark of Zorro and it's been associated with the character ever since with even the original creator of Zorro using that look in his later stories, although in the original film the cape wasn't worn often. Of all the cape wearers I've seen I can only think of two that actually do something useful with it.
Actually, capes were like today's jacket or coat, It was made to put over your cloths (or armor) to protect you from elements and insects. It's cheaper to make than a coat, you don't need to take it off if you are too hot ex: (if you start to fight with a warm coat you may not have time to take it off and have a hard time. ;) ) and is more effective to keep you warm. (like gloves vs mitt) A coat is just more practical in general so the cape went away with time.
"I do not mean to pry. But you don't by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand?" "Do you always begin conversations this way?" That makes me laugh everytime.
Read the book "As You Wish" by Care Elwes, aka Wesley. The stories are just so incredible. My favorite his his description of how his very first day of pre-production was meeting with the costume designers; he tired on the tights, puffy shirt, boots, and the belt with the sword buckle-and as he looked in the mirror he said "So THIS is how Errol Flynn must have felt!" Such a great quote!
Favorite part: Inigo: "Who are you?" Man in Black: "No one of consiquence." Inigo:"I must know." Man in Black:"Get used to dissapointment." Inigo:"-Shrugs-" -Sword Fight Continues-
I was in the 6th or 7th grade when the teacher played this movie for the entire class. At first i thought it was going to be boring but as the movie played on i found myself in the edge of my seat, just hooked. Great times.
I love the concept of honor this movie presents, such as Inigo allowing his opponent to rest and even giving him his sword for a moment. It's a real shame the world isn't like that.
It's amazing you get to know someone for a short moment before you start to have a sword dual with them and you hold them in the highest respect based on their story from the past. I feel a relationship between Inigo and Wesley from here to the end of the movie.
"You seem a decent fellow; I hate to kill you." "You seem like a decent fellow; I hate to die." My FAVORITE line from the entire movie!!! I love the witty humor in this movie!! :)
this is the scene that sold me on watching the movie, before this part I was sorta like the kid in bed, "a mushy love story?" but then inigo helps westley up before they duel (one of the best I've ever seen), I could tell this was a different kind of movie
I get the impression of the two, Inigo is the better swordsman, but Wesley is the more cunning strategist. The way he won the duel was via confusion and throwing Inigo off, but Inigo remained faster in terms of the actual sword fight, and they were pretty evenly matched when they both switched hands. It's really neat the amount of details you can see in here. Even in the jumping scene. Inigo didn't do a well enough jump cuz he never really trained himself in acrobatics. Wesley, on the other hand, trained to be a pirate. He would be naturally acrobatic, so he had no issue showing off his skill. This is a perfect example of a jack of all trades vs a master of one.
The swords are in their left hands so that the fight is more of a challenge. They quickly realize each other's talent, however, so they switch to their dominant hands.
you have to give whoever fenced as the man in black credit, he was very good. he switches hands from right to left and then back to right again without pause at 5:20. a great duel, one of the best filmed.
Wesley is clever when he says "I've never seen it's equal" when addressing Inigo's sword. Wesley could have seen far superior swords that completely obliterate this one, but by saying he's never seen its equal, it sounds like praise when really it's intentionally vague. Extremely clever writing!
This film belongs on the short list of all time great action films that children can watch!this scene also goes on the short list of all time great sword battles on screen because there were no stunt doubles for the sword fighting parts and they both learned how to do this with both hands.
"You've done nothing but study swordplay?" "More pursue than study lately.. you see, I can no' find him. It's been 20 years now, I'm starting to lose confidence. I just work for Vicini to pay the bills. There's not a lot of money in revenge..." Cracks me up every time, especially after the dramatic 'Hallo. My name is...' :D
this is one of my fave films of all time,and there are just some fantastic lines in this movie,especially from carol kane and billy crystal.. as miracle max"have funstorming the castle!!" lmao!
I love this duel. The fencing itself is the usual movie nonsense, but I like the dynamics of it, and the dialogue. ...and I love the fact that they are mentioning real fencing masters (masters, from after the middle ages, and thus my area of interest, but still).
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Favorite line, "I would sooner destroy a stained glass window than kill an artist such as yourself." - really awesome.
And just now, after seeing the movie 100+ times over the course of 30 years, I finally understand the words in that line.
"I would sooner destroy a stained glass window zanananousike yourself..."
If you listen to the banter, Inigo says he would hate to kill Wesley/Roberts because they seem like a decent person. Wesley/Roberts doesn't return the sentiment, but instead says he would hate to die. Inigo takes it as him admitting he will lose. But really it's Wesley saying he refuses to kill Inigo simply because he was hired for a shady task, and that Inigo's heart is pure.
I like how Inigo isn't unhealthily obsessed with revenge. He has a very business-like attitude about it like it's the most natural thing in the world. He's also doing it for his father.
Like a calmer, more emotionally available and spanish John Wick.
Spaniards. There's a reason they had balls big enough to conquer half the planet...
@@michaelheath2866 hardly half
@@will2brown50 The Americas from California and Colorado and Florida to the Strait of Magellan. They had some colonies in Africa, which varied in size. They had the Philippines. They ruled through family half of Europe including France, Italy and dominated the Holy Roman Empire. Not to mention their Monarchy and related relatives has held the leadership (usually Kings) of most of the major Western European nations including many of the colonizers like the French who held the rest of North America apart from the East Coast during that period. So if not half, pretty close to it. Only the British Empire could be compared fairly. gohighbrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/85.jpg
Kratos should be taking notes
"I just work for Vezzini to pay the bills. There's not a lot of money in revenge."
God, I love this movie.
"There's something you don't know. I am not right handed either"
"..."
*switches to teeth*
Zoro?
Wait, what?
rhys bailey that one of them says “I’m not right handed either” and they put their sword in their mouth and fight with their teeth
My favorite line ... and situation.
Zabuza Momochi
I love how even while they are trying to kill each other they are nothing but respectful to the other person. This is a great example of what true gentlemen are like. Amazing movie and book.
True. Preach
"You are ready then?"
"Whether I am or not, you've been more than fair."
Wesley never intended on killing him
They are trying to defeat one another, not kill
I think the part I love best about this scene is that Inigo knows he has to kill the pursuer, but he's a decent enough guy that he'll give him a moment to recuperate. Sure, it stems from a bit of personal pride and a desire to push himself to the limits by challenging people in fair duels, but he even gave the guy his sword to look at.
KalibreSteelblast he seems a decent fellow, he'd hate to kill him.
j luke Hypernova He seems a decent fellow, he'd hate to die.
He didn't have to kill him but he didn't want to either you could tell it
"Get used to disappointment."
"Okay."
Bruh this comment is right under the comment with the lines that precede this comment
Imagine if he had not transferred the name of Roberts, but they had gone with two identical ships.
"You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you."
"You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die."
The respect they have in this duel is matched by no other duel in history.
The most intense yet also most chill of sword fights ever.
Star Wars Battlefront 3 Gameplay Well it sucks to have no arms or legs, not being able to go without a good source of heat for long, but the mother f*****g part is good.
I'm A Mother F*****g Snake hahah best reply ever
Well this is an interesting comment section.
"Who are you?"
"No one of consequence"
"I must know!"
“Get used to disappointment.”
“Okay”
What? He beat Inigo Montoya? Inconceivable!
Julius KIm "You keep using that word. i do not think it means what you think it means"
Little details really impress me that I didn't notice before. When Wesley inspected Inigo's sword, he handled it with his left hand. I get the impression that he knew Inigo's intentions all along (perhaps he overheard it while climbing the cliffs) and so pretending to be left handed as well. However, Inigo gave away that he is right handed on many occasions: by where his sword hangs, how he draws his sword with his right hand before switching, and so on. The whole time, Wesley is the cleverer man.
And at 5:21 Wesley quick switches to left hand and back to right, and Inigo also then switches to left hand but in a more clumsy way, before trying to use the sword two-handed.
Haitchpeasauce oo very nice catch :)
Haitchpeasauce Yeah, but by then the cat was out of the bag. Nice catch though.
I'm thinking that, in Europe during those days, horses were trained to expect riders to mount on the left side, because most people are right-handed and would wear a sword's sheath on their left hip (cross-draw). So even left-handed swordsmen would want to keep their sword on their left side, so that when they ride horses, the horse won't be spooked by having the rider try to mount from the wrong side. Also, there may have been a stigma about being left-handed in those days of ignorant superstition, so people would want to appear to be right-handed when out in public.
Here's another detail- after Inigo helps Wesley to the crest of the cliff, Wesley begins to draw his sword...with his LEFT hand! Inigo stops him to allow Wesley to rest. Such detail!
"You seem a decent fellow, I hate to kill you"
"YOU seem a decent fellow, I hate to die."
LoL
Ha. I love that line
fancy way of saying no u
Best dialogue in the entire movie
Finally an upload where there is both the dialogue before and the unedited duel...
anyone can think what they like.
to me, best sword fight scene ever in a movie
***** no where near as good
DEATH111183 phantom menace light saver duel is #1 bro
Things INTERESTING no such thing as a light saver duel.
secondly. that was a good fight. but no where near as good as this.
the witty banter, the analysis between the two fighters. the level of skill even displayed in this fight is well beyond this.
hell only thing close was the dueling in the zorro films of late. but even they pailed
Things INTERESTING not light saver. Lightsaber. one word. and saber, as in a sword.
DEATH111183 There's more than a few better choreographed fights, also, if you think that this is how actual sword fights went, well sorry to disappoint but this is theatrical sword fighting, if an actual sword fight went this way both of the blades would be rendered dull by the way that they deliberately tried to hit each sword. Oh and don't try to pull a parrying or whatnot card since parrying didn't exist in real life, the closest being the usage of a buckler held close to the hilt in conjunction with the rapier, but even that would attempt to deliberately avoid the rapier.
So basically, a good fight, definitely, a fun one, obviously, funny banter, Heeelll yeah, the best sword fight ever...
Ha
no.
The way Westley looked at him after Inigo asked him if he has six fingers lol
"... do you always start conversations this way?"
He was curious as to *why* it was important but the simple answer was all Westley needed to hear to answer that question. After serving on board a pirate ship he had to have learned everyone has a story as to where they are where they are. And it helped Westley form a decision as to what he would be doing. If Inigo was a psychopath who just hated people with that deformity, Westley probably wouldn't have played with him, and would have killed him with no hesitation.
Was recommended this film by my aunt, she told me the name and my first thoughts were it's going to be a generic chic flick twilight kind of film. Out of boredom one night I decided to watch it just to see what the big fuss she was making about it. Was absolutely surprised by it, I was glued to the film and the acting it's easily in my top 10 picjs
you ought to read the book
It’s easily in my top 1 movies
Every piece of dialogue in this movie is brilliant, a classic!
This was the scene that sparked my love of swords. I've bought and trained in over a dozen bladed weapons. But sadly, I couldn't continue training with my dominant arm due to an IED when I was deployed. I practice lightly for physical therapy but can't go any further just yet.
What about the black knight from Monty python and the holy grail? He didn’t let losing a limb stop him. You can always bite them
I hope your arm recovers fully.
My dude, you are a badass.
@@BeerDad69 You are right. Tis only a flesh wound. 🤣🤣🤣
@@VP5555 hope you're doing better dawg
oh MAN i love this movie. One of the few book adaptations that I've seen that actually does justice to the source material
This was a case of the author adapting his own book successfully into a screenplay, which helped with the whole "understanding why the source material works" aspect of it.
I love how as the duel progresses, both duelists are forced to quit playing around with each other and show their true potential, until Wesley clearly shows his prowess and wins.
best. movie. ever.
so naturally,
best. sword. fight. ever.
"I'm not left handed."
"I'm not left handed either."
I gotta say thats My FAVORITE PART.
My favorite movie since forever. My husband and I quote SO many lines from this scene. The most polite duel ever 💕
For me it’s the look he gives the Spaniard when he hands over his sword for Wesley to look at it. Wesley now knows he is truly a man of honour.
Inigo is lucky, anyone else would have killed him with his fathers sword
Christopher Hall two proper gentlemen. Old school.
The amount of effort these two put in to make sure this was a FANTASTIC swordfight paid off big time. The amiable conversation throughout just made it even better.
I love how the man in black is played by the same actor who played Robin Hood in "Men in Tights".
"Because, unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent."
You know I hate that movie and how inaccurate it was to robin hood. However I love this actor
Mark Burgett You do understand that movie was meant to be a satirical parody of the movie, right?
@Light In the darkness It's a spoof of the Robin Hood with Kevin Costner. Directed by the same guy who directed Spaceballs (a spoof of Star Wars). It was *meant* to be silly. That's what Mel Brooks does.
what respect and honor between the two..gotta love this GEM!
Even though he was tired from the climb, Westley was still going to start the duel left handed... What a badass!
"So the love of my life was kidnapped and is currently being rushed off to the Guilder border to be murdered, but hey I've got some time to kill, so maybe I'll sit down for a leisurely chat and stroll through memory lane with one of the henchmen, then I'll use my left hand for a while during the ensuing sword fight instead of using my right and ending it quickly. You'd think my girlfriend would be killed while I'm wasting all this time, but I'm sure the guy who kidnapped her will stop in a field at some point and set up a tablecloth, wine, glasses, apples, and cheese and wait for me to catch up so I can trick him into ingesting the poison I have in my pocket."
And it's still my favorite movie of all time. Also, you missed how he decides to fight Andre the Giant without a sword.
Jason BeThyName The guy was catching his breath from climbing up a freaking 1,000 foot mountain. Can't just get to the top and start fighting a guy who is well rested. Are you freaking kidding me with this s**t?
Jason BeThyName It's almost like this is a satirical fantasy romantic comedy or something.
Jason BeThyName Somenthing compels him to be a gentleman
It's a satire of all the medieval romantic novels.So yeah of course.
WHACK "Please understand i hold you in the highest respect: ...How very true that was in to duel.
"Get used to disappointment."
"... 'Kay."
Modern day Princess Bride:
"I admit it you are better than I am."
"Then why are you smiling?"
"Because I know something you do not know."
"And what is that?"
"NOW I HAVE A MACHINE GUN, HO HO HO"
You deserve an Internet medal
So, let me guess, you would also like to speak to the F.....B.....I....?
I don't get it
2 years later and you're still winning with this one.
DealerCamel I
Here's one of the most poetic and "educative" fight scenes ever made. No senseless special effects and hopeless dialogues. Wish they still made movies like this....and the music from Mark Knoplfer is just brilliant. This belongs to some of my childhood best memories....
I love how Inigo hands Wesley his sword knowing that Wesley could easily pull a cheap shot and kill him while he's unarmed, but knows he wont because he can tell Wesley is an honorable man. These guys would be best friends if they didn't have to fight each other.
They're best friends anyway. The only reason they fight is because circumstances make them obstacles to one another's goals. Remove those circumstances, and they work quite well together.
@@loqutoras what happens later in the movie
I imagine that it took many takes for them to do the part where Inigo tosses up his rapier and catches it by the hilt. You can’t just pluck a complex swept guarded hilt out of the sky, your grip would have to avoid all the guard as they close in on the hilt. And where he did catch it was very much not with a very secure grip, which is why Westley’s next pair of strikes were little more than taps to give Inigo time to re affirm his grip.
My top 10 favorite scene of all time!!!! The writing is perfection and the acting one of a kind! Just brilliant !!!
I love this scene, and this entire movie. I also love that in all movies, a single blow to the head is always a knockout.
A humble display between two opponents, not enemies.
The stance he takes at 5:05 is very typical of classic Spanish rapier. It puts as much of the sword between you and your opponent as possible, and the forward arm is protected behind the hilt. As soon as you see or create a line of attack, you step forward leading with the sword and continue past the enemy. Watch a Tango sometime, and imagine it with swords.
Always makes me smile. Great performance by the both of them.
"I have dedicated my life to the study of...this bloody amazing scene...."
One of the best and rarely appreciated bits of this scene is the bit near the beginning of the actual fight - "You're using Bonetti's defence against me", etc. Bonetti, Capaferra, Agrippa and the other one (Thibaud?) were all REAL fencing masters. Nice touch.
As a fencer myself this is still one of my favorite fencing sequences in a movie. its obviously choreographed but it is still very well done
dark souls friendly host duels
No friendly player would ever wield an estoc...
Until they win and start pointing down and throwing dung pies
Y’all haven’t had many friendly hosts... have you?
“there is something i need to tell you, my foot can do better job than my hand..."
Anyone else think he looks like Zorro without the cape and hat?
Masked Jackass14 It's based on zorro. They removed the parts they felt that hampered the character.
On another thought, who the hell invented the cape? It's more of a weakness than a disguise or outfit, unless you need to take a dump and there's no civilization in sight.
If you mean capes in general I think they were often just worn for style because usually only the very rich could afford such clothing.
If you mean with Zorro he originally wore a cloak and the cape was introduced with the 1920 film The Mark of Zorro and it's been associated with the character ever since with even the original creator of Zorro using that look in his later stories, although in the original film the cape wasn't worn often.
Of all the cape wearers I've seen I can only think of two that actually do something useful with it.
Actually, capes were like today's jacket or coat, It was made to put over your cloths (or armor) to protect you from elements and insects. It's cheaper to make than a coat, you don't need to take it off if you are too hot ex: (if you start to fight with a warm coat you may not have time to take it off and have a hard time. ;) ) and is more effective to keep you warm. (like gloves vs mitt) A coat is just more practical in general so the cape went away with time.
And capes just have the advantage of looking cool.
Haha you are so right!
"I do not mean to pry. But you don't by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand?"
"Do you always begin conversations this way?"
That makes me laugh everytime.
Easily one of the most iconic sword duels ever put to film. These actors trained endlessly even when they didn't have to.
I love how they sit down next to each other and chat away before the epic duel!! XD
Read the book "As You Wish" by Care Elwes, aka Wesley. The stories are just so incredible. My favorite his his description of how his very first day of pre-production was meeting with the costume designers; he tired on the tights, puffy shirt, boots, and the belt with the sword buckle-and as he looked in the mirror he said "So THIS is how Errol Flynn must have felt!" Such a great quote!
Favorite part:
Inigo: "Who are you?"
Man in Black: "No one of consiquence."
Inigo:"I must know."
Man in Black:"Get used to dissapointment."
Inigo:"-Shrugs-"
-Sword Fight Continues-
hands down one of the best chatty duel in movies
I was in the 6th or 7th grade when the teacher played this movie for the entire class.
At first i thought it was going to be boring but as the movie played on i found myself in the edge of my seat, just hooked. Great times.
I love the concept of honor this movie presents, such as Inigo allowing his opponent to rest and even giving him his sword for a moment. It's a real shame the world isn't like that.
It's amazing you get to know someone for a short moment before you start to have a sword dual with them and you hold them in the highest respect based on their story from the past. I feel a relationship between Inigo and Wesley from here to the end of the movie.
"You seem a decent fellow; I hate to kill you."
"You seem like a decent fellow; I hate to die."
My FAVORITE line from the entire movie!!! I love the witty humor in this movie!! :)
BEST. FLYNNING. EVER.
One of the greatest movie clips ever
This is a classic amongst classics
This is the most realistic sword fight EVER. This is my word. And as such is beyond contestation.
this is the scene that sold me on watching the movie, before this part I was sorta like the kid in bed, "a mushy love story?"
but then inigo helps westley up before they duel (one of the best I've ever seen), I could tell this was a different kind of movie
these guys would make wonderful Game of Throne characters
Jackoo Grayhan They'd be dead after 5 minutes
Carter Gates Yes, because being a great fighter is known for instantly dying, it's never helped anyone on that show o_O
CrackerJack06 You mean like the Mountain or The Hound or Eddard Stark or Ser Vardis Egan or Khal Drogo or Oberyn Martell or those god damn giants?
Mastikator You mean all those people who died from other great swordsmen/fighters? Notice how they survived for quite awhile being great swordsmen?
CrackerJack06
Only the Gregor brothers survived more than 1 season.
Best movie ever...
So many great lines...
I get the impression of the two, Inigo is the better swordsman, but Wesley is the more cunning strategist. The way he won the duel was via confusion and throwing Inigo off, but Inigo remained faster in terms of the actual sword fight, and they were pretty evenly matched when they both switched hands. It's really neat the amount of details you can see in here. Even in the jumping scene. Inigo didn't do a well enough jump cuz he never really trained himself in acrobatics. Wesley, on the other hand, trained to be a pirate. He would be naturally acrobatic, so he had no issue showing off his skill. This is a perfect example of a jack of all trades vs a master of one.
"Get used to disappointment."
"...Ok."
11 people have six fingers
Now it's 13.
Now 14
My god, they've grown eight more fingers in the space of a year! We must get them seen to by a doctor immediately.
oh my, it appears its gone up to 30. we should send them to miracle max.
It's a dominant gene, albeit very recent.
This and Indigo Vs the 6 fingured man are the best sword fights ever - Just one (well two) reasons why this movie is so AWESOME!
definitely one of the best movies of all time
So many memorable lines.
AWSOME MOVIE!!!!! MY FAVORITE SCENE!!! Been watching this movie since i was like 4 years old...I LOVE IT!!
I love the captions
"My name is Jim, keep your mind"
"I'm not left handed"
Wait, they're holding the swords in their left hands?
MaC S3th yeah, the swords are positioned for right handed combat but they both switch the hands at the beginning of the duel
The swords are in their left hands so that the fight is more of a challenge. They quickly realize each other's talent, however, so they switch to their dominant hands.
Inigo tells Vizzini that he's going to start out by doing it with his left so it's not over too soon.
I love this film and this is the best part....MASSIVE
I love how they reference real rapier masters and their distinct styles of fencing
you have to give whoever fenced as the man in black credit, he was very good. he switches hands from right to left and then back to right again without pause at 5:20. a great duel, one of the best filmed.
I love this movie!! I used to watch it when I was little, was my mom's favourite! ohhh!
Wesley is clever when he says "I've never seen it's equal" when addressing Inigo's sword.
Wesley could have seen far superior swords that completely obliterate this one, but by saying he's never seen its equal, it sounds like praise when really it's intentionally vague.
Extremely clever writing!
i love that harp or whatever that starts when inigo starts talking
One of the greatest scenes of all time.
Best movie ever! I have never seen it's equal
This film belongs on the short list of all time great action films that children can watch!this scene also goes on the short list of all time great sword battles on screen because there were no stunt doubles for the sword fighting parts and they both learned how to do this with both hands.
Greatest sword fight of all time
Magnificent film, one of the all time greats.
i know i watched this movie a few days ago still love it one of my all time favorite movies
"You've done nothing but study swordplay?"
"More pursue than study lately.. you see, I can no' find him. It's been 20 years now, I'm starting to lose confidence. I just work for Vicini to pay the bills. There's not a lot of money in revenge..."
Cracks me up every time, especially after the dramatic 'Hallo. My name is...' :D
this is one of my fave films of all time,and there are just some fantastic lines in this movie,especially from carol kane and billy crystal.. as miracle max"have funstorming the castle!!" lmao!
I love this duel.
The fencing itself is the usual movie nonsense, but I like the dynamics of it, and the dialogue.
...and I love the fact that they are mentioning real fencing masters (masters, from after the middle ages, and thus my area of interest, but still).
This is probably my favorite sword duel in any movie ever.
I mostly like that these 2 men studies fencing together for the film and Cary continued with those skills in Robin Hood: Men In Tights. 🙂
My friend and I did this scene as a skit for drama and it's what got me into this movie because I had not seen a reason to watch it until that skit
my favorite movie of all times!
Best duel ever!
I get chills every time I hear him say Hello my name is Inigo Montoya......
Inigo spends 20 years learning
Wesley has been taking up Fencing for what.. two years?
+TheCinemaJudge "More pursue than study, lately."
lolol this is based off a book that goes into way more detail about Westley's training.
I think 5
I guess a pirate gets more real life-or-death practice than a henchman who rarely faces real opponents.
Westley has been training with other swordsmen on a pretty much daily basis, with a few life or death situations thrown in.
onna the best movies ever!
Still one of the best swordfighting scenes ever made-despite how ridiculous. (Wielding a rapier with 2 hands!? For shame Inigo Montoya, LOL!)
This is why I joined fencing club
greatest family film ever
Can you believe I went into HMV yesterday to buy the DVD of this film, and they didn't have it?
This scene is awesome, btw :D