I love this film too, even though people would mock me mercilessly if I told them. I suppose it's what you would call a "guilty pleasure". It's nice to see a simple tale of good versus evil, where nothing is too complicated or needs analysing.
@Giuliano Matrix Thank you, Giuliano. It's nice to meet a fellow fan who's unashamed to admit it. I would go further and say that, for what it is, it couldn't be improved.
One of the things I love about this scene (besides Horner's theme, which always brings tears to my eyes) is that the warriors all know that they are doomed and are riding to their deaths, but they refuse to stop living. The joyfulness of their ride, they are alive in the moment, and their determination to see it to a conclusion.
I saw in the extras that these horses were actually brood mares from a farm and were not really used to being riden so the scenes where the actors were trying to mount and falling off were REAL. I love this scene too- now I must go out and get the video !!!!
Great movie - I first saw it back in the mid 80's when I was a kid and many times since! Honestly I can remember every scene about this film. I see that kids for the past 15 years don't know what really good cinema is all about. Great soundtrack - a true hero movie so original in thought!
I remember watching this movie as a kid, and being fascinated by the Fire Mares and especially their ability to fly. being a science geek, I wanted to explain logically how they could do that. I also read a book called "So you want to be a Wizard" by Diane Duane, and one of the characters could walk on air by solidfying the molecules enough to make a surface. I imagine the Fire Mare do something similar, like when they start making fire they are making micro explosions on a molecular level that provide enough force to support their weight even on air. So they are literally running on the blast force of explosions beneath their feet. I haven't figured out in my head what in their physiolgoy would trigger the blasts, but I think ti's a pretty cool idea. In that way though it bothered me that the air running scene was so silent and smooth, cuz I did't imagine them as floating but as still running but on the air molecules, maybe muted galloping noises or little base booms would convey the idea of them running on the actual air. Cheers.
Arthur C. Clarke used to say "Any technology far advanced enough is indistinguishable from magic." This is basically the story of a space invasion on a planet with a medieval civilization, told from the point of view of said medieval civilization. Though when I first saw it, I did assume it to be a Star Wars prequel and the original story of Anakin Skywalker (it is prohesied that somebody will bear a son and that son shall rule the galaxy).
At 4:15: “We had no time…” Damn, Ergo and Rell the Cyclops really get me here. 🥲 Sometimes, you meet people in life that you instantly connect with. Friends like that are rare, but real. These two had a bond that was short and sweet. Reminds me of Gimli and Legolas - an unlikely pair, but friends forever.
whoooo!! I saw this in 70mm 6 track dolby stereo at the Mann national back in '83. At truly inspiring piece of music by a then 29 year old genius James Horner! I used to blast this track on my record player every day
One of my all time favorite scenes from any movie.Along with the lighting of the beacons in Lord of the Rings,young Superman racing the train and Quicksilver saving the day in both those movies.And the music so makes this scene.
this was the only vhs my brothers and i had through most of the 80's lol the funny thing is a guy i was dating a couple years back, turned out to be todd carty's riding double. you can see him in this scene a few times (3:29) he he he
Got this on Blu Ray and its one of my childhood favorites. Sittin at home on a rainy Saturday I discovered this gem. Watched it and fell instantly in love with it. GREAT MOVIE!! The Score is PERFECT!! The gentlemen that did this Score also did Star Trek II The Wrath Of Khan. May he rest in peace and thank you sir for scoring EXCELLENT MOVIES!!
i recently bought this had wanted to see it for years. Ever since i was young it was wonderful ! love this part way before the ride of the ghost riders .I was well done i can say nothing bad to this.remind of wildfire the old cartoon especially when they go over the gorge.
A remake doesn't mean a replacement! They don't damage nor fix the original. But I think it would be fun to have a remake of this. It wouldn't be the same, of course, but it could have its own good points. Remakes have been around from the time of Shakespeare and before that and are a theater tradition. Its like a storyteller hearing a good story then retelling it their own way. I like them. They keep stories from disappearing.
I was born in 1995 but I remember watching this movie between the years 2003-2006 through a borrowed VCD from a neighbor. My grandparents, aunts amd uncles, my siblings, and our extended family members were all amazed watching this scene ❤️
If cars were never made, this is how Europe and pretty much the world would have been. Electricity exists in the Krull world. We still would have to rely on horses. It would have been enchanting.
No. helping them WAS his fate. He only stays behind because he has to await what his fate is, and then he has a revelation that he must go with them to fulfil it.
It is a great movie, considering when it was made and budget etc; very nice cast, today it would be an ''ensemble''. It has certainly aged very well indeed
Pls can someone upload the film-Haven't seen it for like 20 yrs. My sister and me used to have it on video and it was one of our favourites along with Army of Darkness from the Evil Dead series
@Jimshadyx: although it was made on a big budget, it is still a film with a LOT of imagination, a film that relives me from the pressures of the harsh realities that come with everyday life. Anyways, I grew watching this flim often on TV in numerous channels, including HBO and Cinemax. In fact, I often dreamt of having that large shuriken or ninja star he's carrying, the "Glavier", I still don't understand why this film got mixed reviews!
Why does everybody have to make fun of a classic 80's movie. Back then they made a movie not like movies now where half that shit is special effects. I still love this movie. Hell, I had the luchbox and played the arcade game for this movie.
If I'm right, the Fire Mare only travels at 67 km/h, so that fire-stuff is pretty overblown here... (If a Fire Mare travels 1000 miles per day, that is only 67 km per hour)
Oh yeah... I used to like that format as well but your right, they must have been time consuming although I don't know about costly... CGI would be costly these days though. I remember 'Willow' that was the old format wasn't it?
This is a pretty good movie -- i wish they would make a DECENT Dragon Ball Z movie - with a good director and this sort of thing IT COULD BE REALLY GREAT!!
REMAKE REMAKE REMAKE REMAKE!!! NO SUPER GOOD LOOKING AMERICAN TEENAGE CAST, NO DEEP HIDDEN MEANINGS, JUST GOOD OLD FASHIONED FUN FUN FUN.... AND WHILE WE ARE HERE... REMAKE FLASH GORDON... AND KEEP THE QUEEN SOUNDTRACK!!!!
After seven years of playing clarinet, you'd figure I'd know that one, but I guess I blocked out all of my band memories =P I've actually developed a hatred for classical music! I'll go ahead and fix that in the description though :)
I love this film too, even though people would mock me mercilessly if I told them. I suppose it's what you would call a "guilty pleasure". It's nice to see a simple tale of good versus evil, where nothing is too complicated or needs analysing.
@Giuliano Matrix Thank you, Giuliano. It's nice to meet a fellow fan who's unashamed to admit it. I would go further and say that, for what it is, it couldn't be improved.
I rented a VHS tape of it back during the 80s, and loved it immensely.^_^
@@CuteNekoHibiki Yes, and we shouldn't be ashamed to admit it. It is IMHO an under-rated classic.
People may mock me too but the hell with them. This movie is just awesome.
@@Karcarius It's good, fundamental entertainment which uplifts and sends an encouraging message. I can't understand why people despise it so much.
One of the things I love about this scene (besides Horner's theme, which always brings tears to my eyes) is that the warriors all know that they are doomed and are riding to their deaths, but they refuse to stop living. The joyfulness of their ride, they are alive in the moment, and their determination to see it to a conclusion.
Those really are beautiful horses. Especially the gray one.
You can almost see them dragging the Budweiser wagon across the sky. Beautiful scene.
One of the best Scores in a movie. So many other great movies could have used this track.
I remember as a child being fascinated by this scene , everything seen so real and awesome 😊
FIREMAReS!!!! The only way to travel in the fantasy realm..
"We had no time..."
😊😊😊❤❤❤❤
Each to his fate
RIP ROBBIE COLTRANE, this was the first movie I saw him, Harry Potter much later as Hagrid.
Don't forget Freddie Jones (RIP), Alun Armstrong, and Liam Neeson!
The first film I saw Robbie Coltrane was Krull then "Nuns on the Run" (unknowingly)
Same for Liam Neeson. A lot of great movies still lied ahead of him.
I saw in the extras that these horses were actually brood mares from a farm and were not really used to being riden so the scenes where the actors were trying to mount and falling off were REAL.
I love this scene too- now I must go out and get the video !!!!
I think I saw that too, somewhere!
Best scene in the movie. Lifts it from the B-movie graveyard to a status where fantasy die-hards may rewatch it once in a while.
Love listening to this with earphones and its all right ear, and right ear only.
in 6:11, where the fire mares fly, it's a beautiful frame! The music and the visuals just blend in.
Roy Rogers, Eat your heart out!
6:11
Rel- “Screw death! Where’s my horse?”
I always cheer inside when he shows up.
He was a badass.
Give me a wheel of oaken wood, a rein of polished leather! A heavy horse and a tumbling sky, brewing heavy weather!.
Hell yeah 💯👍!!!
Absolutely fantastic film cant beat krull one of my all time favourite movies
Great movie - I first saw it back in the mid 80's when I was a kid and many times since! Honestly I can remember every scene about this film. I see that kids for the past 15 years don't know what really good cinema is all about. Great soundtrack - a true hero movie so original in thought!
I think the Shire is the largest horse.They are mostly bay or black.The Percherons are the gray white draft horses
Percherons were the horses used by knights in the field.
I remember watching this movie as a kid, and being fascinated by the Fire Mares and especially their ability to fly. being a science geek, I wanted to explain logically how they could do that. I also read a book called "So you want to be a Wizard" by Diane Duane, and one of the characters could walk on air by solidfying the molecules enough to make a surface.
I imagine the Fire Mare do something similar, like when they start making fire they are making micro explosions on a molecular level that provide enough force to support their weight even on air. So they are literally running on the blast force of explosions beneath their feet. I haven't figured out in my head what in their physiolgoy would trigger the blasts, but I think ti's a pretty cool idea. In that way though it bothered me that the air running scene was so silent and smooth, cuz I did't imagine them as floating but as still running but on the air molecules, maybe muted galloping noises or little base booms would convey the idea of them running on the actual air.
Cheers.
I used them in a game, and the explanation was "magic did it by lots of careful breeding by an Elf".
Arthur C. Clarke used to say "Any technology far advanced enough is indistinguishable from magic." This is basically the story of a space invasion on a planet with a medieval civilization, told from the point of view of said medieval civilization. Though when I first saw it, I did assume it to be a Star Wars prequel and the original story of Anakin Skywalker (it is prohesied that somebody will bear a son and that son shall rule the galaxy).
Incredible!!!
This part marked my youth!!! :P
One of my all-time favorite movies!!! I watched this every time it came on when I was a kid!
It's my favorite movie too I imagine myself riding on those fire Mares and I just love it how they were flying.
I was 10 when this movie came out brings back many memories.
At 4:15: “We had no time…”
Damn, Ergo and Rell the Cyclops really get me here. 🥲 Sometimes, you meet people in life that you instantly connect with. Friends like that are rare, but real. These two had a bond that was short and sweet. Reminds me of Gimli and Legolas - an unlikely pair, but friends forever.
@Eljaiek That cyclops ruled so hard.
fricken awesome!!!!! i love that music !!!!
The music ........epic
I think is one of the best fantasy movies of the 80's and a cult sci fi classic...I Remember see this movie with my father....What a chillhood!!!
This gives me the chills
Oh, I love it ever since I was a kid!
Best part of the film !
I love this movie!
Gotta love those 80's special effects,.... rofl, but this is an all time fav movie :)
Love that movie!
I first saw this movie when I was 5, and I'm surprised it didn't scar me for life. I really like this movie, though.
That score makes me glad to be a man.
My favourite scene in the film.
thank you so much for posting this, it was my favourite part of the entire movie when I watched it as a little girl. ^^
I think those were Clydesdales. They are some huge horses!
I remember this from my childhood! was always my fave scene as well!
whoooo!! I saw this in 70mm 6 track dolby stereo at the Mann national back in '83. At truly inspiring piece of music by a then 29 year old genius James Horner!
I used to blast this track on my record player every day
My #1 classic movie moment of all time probably. I saw Krull in the movies like 4 times. Love it!!
One of my all time favorite scenes from any movie.Along with the lighting of the beacons in Lord of the Rings,young Superman racing the train and Quicksilver saving the day in both those movies.And the music so makes this scene.
this was the only vhs my brothers and i had through most of the 80's lol
the funny thing is a guy i was dating a couple years back, turned out to be todd carty's riding double. you can see him in this scene a few times (3:29) he he he
Got this on Blu Ray and its one of my childhood favorites. Sittin at home on a rainy Saturday I discovered this gem. Watched it and fell instantly in love with it. GREAT MOVIE!! The Score is PERFECT!! The gentlemen that did this Score also did Star Trek II The Wrath Of Khan. May he rest in peace and thank you sir for scoring EXCELLENT MOVIES!!
Yes, I think James Horner wrote the two scores round the same time, actually; they sound a lot alike.
´´Each to his fate``
great movie, ahh the memories
i recently bought this had wanted to see it for years. Ever since i was young it was wonderful ! love this part way before the ride of the ghost riders .I was well done i can say nothing bad to this.remind of wildfire the old cartoon especially when they go over the gorge.
I take it James Horner did the score for Battle Beyond the Stars too as it sounds very similar. It's not glaives that kill demons it's love
This movie is awesome. The 80s were filled with cool fantasy movies.
I remember James Franco watching this in Pineapple Express.
the guy dying at the end has epic line !
A remake doesn't mean a replacement! They don't damage nor fix the original. But I think it would be fun to have a remake of this. It wouldn't be the same, of course, but it could have its own good points. Remakes have been around from the time of Shakespeare and before that and are a theater tradition. Its like a storyteller hearing a good story then retelling it their own way. I like them. They keep stories from disappearing.
A reboot would be cool, just for the ride of the Fire Mares complete with theme music.
Can I just say i think these actors rode these huge Clydedale horses for filming on treadmills. Brave of both the horses and actors.
i made my own "fire mare effect".. i rode my horse, shoed, on a cubblestone street, at night!
wonderfull film! I like it too!
i always loved this movie
I agree. The movie itself is good but Horners score really made it memorable.
I was born in 1995 but I remember watching this movie between the years 2003-2006 through a borrowed VCD from a neighbor. My grandparents, aunts amd uncles, my siblings, and our extended family members were all amazed watching this scene ❤️
If cars were never made, this is how Europe and pretty much the world would have been. Electricity exists in the Krull world.
We still would have to rely on horses. It would have been enchanting.
Superb movie
D&D movie ftw!
wow ive seem this scene a couple of times and it never gets old. ya for cheesy 80s fantasy.
I Love this Movie to I've recently bought it on Amazon Prime my only Criticism as a Horse lover is some of the Horse are Stallions not Mares lol😆😂🤣😹
@mrinvader Thanks for the physics lesson.I wonder if the makers of Krull thought of the notion of flying horses in those terms?
Is that Liam Neeson at 3:45?
Marvelous
Can you believe the same composer for Titanic also composed this music? (James Horner)
This movie had the most epic soundrack ever.
These were supposed to be dragons. The original title was The Dragons of Krull. Until someone decided the dragons were too expensive.
Epic in cinema
The cyclops chose to help them, instead of accepting his own fate.
No. helping them WAS his fate. He only stays behind because he has to await what his fate is, and then he has a revelation that he must go with them to fulfil it.
@@christianealshut1123 Thanks for the update!
They don't make movies likes this like:TRON,DRAGONSLAYER.THE LAST STARFIGHTER,CONDORMAN,THE BLACK HOLE,FLASH GORDON...
❤krull
It is a great movie, considering when it was made and budget etc; very nice cast, today it would be an ''ensemble''. It has certainly aged very well indeed
I would most definitely ride to my death with this music playing aswell.
Music to ascend to Valhalla to...
I didn't read the previous text, you were already onto it!
I love this scene, but it some of the sliest things I ever seen. It's a miracle no one got killed doing it.
amazing film, watich it and get to 5:59 and wait 10 seconds, if u pay attention to that point, it will rock you...
It was James Horner. Epic soundtrack if you can get hold of it. Sadly only ever heard it with the movie.
Try Ebay. That's where I got the entire soundtrack.
@onn1320 Nah thats Qui Gon'Gin
ya you should definitely post the whole movie :D
Pls can someone upload the film-Haven't seen it for like 20 yrs. My sister and me used to have it on video and it was one of our favourites along with Army of Darkness from the Evil Dead series
@bcin3d Yes! Well put. Not since Jaws has a filmed been so enhanced by its music.
This was just reviewed on the Film Sack podcast.
No shit, thanks for that 3zaqxsw3 I had no idea!
@Jimshadyx: although it was made on a big budget, it is still a film with a LOT of imagination, a film that relives me from the pressures of the harsh realities that come with everyday life. Anyways, I grew watching this flim often on TV in numerous channels, including HBO and Cinemax. In fact, I often dreamt of having that large shuriken or ninja star he's carrying, the "Glavier", I still don't understand why this film got mixed reviews!
Why does everybody have to make fun of a classic 80's movie. Back then they made a movie not like movies now where half that shit is special effects. I still love this movie. Hell, I had the luchbox and played the arcade game for this movie.
well everyone has already said it, but this is James Horners best work.
Yup :)
please forget nostalgia, is a crappy movie, but the score is PRICELESS!
Yeah the review on Film Sack was really good.
James Horners best ever.
….and I mean, EVER
I bet these were the inspiration for the gold chocobos in FF7 another mount that can go anywhere.
got the soundtrack for this movie on Vinyl
One of James Horner's best scores!!!
If I'm right, the Fire Mare only travels at 67 km/h, so that fire-stuff is pretty overblown here...
(If a Fire Mare travels 1000 miles per day, that is only 67 km per hour)
Or using imagination helps a long way.
Oh yeah... I used to like that format as well but your right, they must have been time consuming although I don't know about costly... CGI would be costly these days though. I remember 'Willow' that was the old format wasn't it?
Yes. They were still very far away. They wouldn’t have made it without the fire mares
Release the Fire mares!
This is a pretty good movie -- i wish they would make a DECENT Dragon Ball Z movie - with a good director and this sort of thing IT COULD BE REALLY GREAT!!
REMAKE REMAKE REMAKE REMAKE!!! NO SUPER GOOD LOOKING AMERICAN TEENAGE CAST, NO DEEP HIDDEN MEANINGS, JUST GOOD OLD FASHIONED FUN FUN FUN.... AND WHILE WE ARE HERE... REMAKE FLASH GORDON... AND KEEP THE QUEEN SOUNDTRACK!!!!
After seven years of playing clarinet, you'd figure I'd know that one, but I guess I blocked out all of my band memories =P I've actually developed a hatred for classical music! I'll go ahead and fix that in the description though :)