yeah but I always enjoy Walsh's reason as to why he hates the movie, sometimes are just down right hilarious. jk aside I think is because Andy was in fact a liberal in his youth and Walsh was born directly red pilled in his mid 30s. 😂

Walsh is overcompensating

“You have to understand, Matt’s not from this planet” - Andrew Klavan

Andrew seems to be the most liberal while Matt Walsh is a straight up grifter

This is a true story! It chronicles the last trial by combat in France, not the last duel as it is called.

try out Silence if you haven't

Adam driver is awesome in everything he is in

Just curious, what manuscripts does your HEMA group study?

@@MicahCTheory at the place I go to, we rotate the type of sword we focus on training with. We do foil, sabre, epee, and broadsword, and generally focus on one sword each month, making it a 4 month rotation. I also sometimes practice duel wielding a rapier and dagger with a few of the guys there who have been there for a long time. We mostly do Olympic style fencing, but when it's broadsword month, we generally study from the "German Longsword Study Guide" which is a compilation of a ton of historical manuscripts. My fencing instructor is actually a really interesting guy, he's travelled to a ton of countries around the world, and spent a lot of time in Hungary, training in different fencing styles from fencing masters from a lot of different countries. So to answer your question, when we practice broadsword, it's really a variety of manuscripts mainly coming out of the "German Longsword Study Guide", but we don't particularly use many manuscripts for the Olympic style stuff.

@@trenthobson2756 that’s because Olympic style doesn’t have any manuscripts lol. For long sword we mostly did Wallerstein. Though I am partial to Tallhoffer, Fiore, and Myer myself. I like Cappo Farro for rapier. I would like to learn I 33 for sword and buckler one day. I have also done Battodo. I am a black belt in that.

@@MicahCTheory very cool, I'll have to get my hands on the Cappo Ferro one, rapier is so much fun.

Depends on the woman. I dabble in SCA war rapiers, there's a tall lanky ectomorphic girl there, who I can't get through her guard to save my life. Everyone else, I have a middling chance on.

Here here. I'm sick of the Medieval movies were the colour scheme is set to grey. These people were Catholics, their homes, castles and cathedrals would have been a riot of colour and art.

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Most of the Cathedrals you speak of weren’t built until the renaissance which comes after the medieval period. The Medieval period usually has dreary settings because it’s literally a period in time where Europeans and Mediterranean peoples were rebuilding themselves after the fall of Roman Empire. Humans literally had lost knowledge on how to create sewer systems. And that wasn’t restarted until later on. The bubonic plague was killing millions plus the crusades in the Middle East. Medieval times were raw.

I liked him in Team America better.

I prefer his work in Team America, true to the art.

@@marcokawasaki jinx!

@@cjlongshank8377 lol

@@marcokawasaki Matt Damon!

@John Galardi I think people who bitch about "wokeness" are a bigger impediment to real discussion

The woke mob only exist on Twitter and fox News outrage segments.

It really isn't one political side or the other who doesn't want to talk about these ideas. It's generally hard to talk about rape in a thoughtful manner because it's so provocative and emotionally intense.

My my, it appears to be a good movie one can watch with his wife then ^^ I also watched it with my wife and she loved it!

@Fish Boy Except the woman is completely perfect in any way. Believe it or not, women could still shitty things even back in patriarchal ages.

Never noticed that Chris stuckman is a leftist

@@radhiadeedou8286 he doesn't outright talk about...not entirely, anyway, but he gives off hints a lot.

From what I hear, that movie makes Christian societies look gray and dreary, while Islamic areas a bright and vibrant and so full of life, and and Scott did this intentionally (he's apparently something of a rabid Christophobe, from what I've heard and read about him). For that reason, I never wanted to watch it.

@@OrthoLou I can see that being the case if true. The scenes in France are very cold, though he did the same thing with Gladiator, with the opening in Germania being very grey. That said, the only real villainous characters in the movie are solely Christian.

I actually felt the director's cut took away from the movie.

If you can find the "Roadshow" version, it's better than the director's cut.

she was the one who was raped

@@CitrineDream That's not how it is in the real world. Women lie about rape all the time. They should've had a less "metoo" vibe goin on.

@@CitrineDream Maybe. Maybe not. Her version is the "truth" only so long as we believe her. But what if she was lying about being raped? Women do that you know.

@@CitrineDream So what? Does that mean everything that is ever said or done in her memory is completely accurate? Perhaps she is not as good at managing the finances as she remembers, or perhaps she really did have a bad habit of gossiping about handsome men that would have been considered inappropriate. Perhaps her husband was kinder to her than she remembers, and perhaps she enjoyed stringing along Adam Drivers character. Just because she was raped doesn't mean she is free from normal human flaws.

If you think it was accurate and unbiased then that's YOUR perception of it. There was no objective indication that her viewpoint was the only truth, it was presented as her own opinion, the same as the other two. The facts were more or less the same, but seen from different angles, or not seen at all. One character would not be aware of what the others had seen, and so forth.

I highly doubt there was ever a time when women, even the lowest did not have it easier than men in general. Don't be decieved by thinking the original feminists had it a little right. They spread the same lies then, too. Yes, many women had it shitty. So did men. The vast, vast, vast majority of them.

It used to be that cinema would have those level of films once a month today we are lucky if we see such a film once every 3 years.

I’ve been watching reviews before I commit to watching it.. I’ve been burned by a false allegation as a few people I’ve known through the years. So it’s definitely a raw nerve for me. I LOVE Ridley Scott’s stuff so I want to give it a shot. But like Dave Chappelle.. I’ve got a Me Too headache.

I doubt they were as fit as they're generally portrayed. They just couldn't be. That level of athleticism would require full time personal trainers and nutritionists. Likely they fought in a kind of buddy system back then. I'll fight for two minutes, then you step in to spell me sort of thing.

I’m just speaking as someone with a cursory interest in medieval times. Medieval armies were not particularly malnourished in most cases. Common knowledge is that an army marches on its stomach (as well as the promise of pay and loot). Therefore if you had an army you were definitely keeping them fed. As for the battles, a frontline trooper would be expected to cycle out with a reserve fighter after engaging with the enemy for a short time to rest as the battle flowed elsewhere down the line since it is very exhausting to be in a melee, wearing heavy armor, facing down a crowd of people trying to kill you. In truth, casualties in these types of engagements would be fairly small. The real killing usually happened while “routing” an enemy force that had broke ranks and were retreating as that’s when the bloodlust kicks in seeing these men that had just been trying to kill you flee for their lives. Hollywood medieval battles always have a certain degree of flair and audiences are accustomed to seeing a single soldier cut down dozens of enemies just because he has some importance to the plot. The real combat wouldn’t make for as exciting a scene.

Fit is relative. Could they run a marathon, clean and press body weight, or have visible abs? Probably not. Could they walk all day, put on 30-50lbs of armor and fight? Yes. Look at guys like Tyson Fury or Feydor Emelianeko, not in shape, but definitely fit for their sport.

They used to train all day in their armour while horseriding and wielding heavy weapons. They were fitter than we are today. Today people go to the gym and workout for a few hours then go home and sit on the couch in front of the telly eating snacks with the aircon on. These guys _lived_ a workout. It's why they looked like they were 40 when they were 25. There was even one case of a knight doing flips and somersaults and pull ups and whatnot in his plate mail armour. These guys were hardcore. Also, as nobles, they ate very well. Probably a better diet than we eat today, because they didn't have all the refined sugar and processed foods we eat today. Their cattle and sheep would have been all grass fed (giving ample vitamin K2). Their vegetables probably not washed to within an inch of their lives, giving the benefits of small exposure to the soil. So they were a lot fitter and tougher than people today. Even the common soldier had to march for days with heavy gear.

After Richard III's remains were discovered beneath a city-centre car-park in 2012, analysis of the medieval English king's remains showed that when living he was infested with intestinal roundworms. This would have been a common condition at the time, and a result of using human faeces as crop-fertiliser. The living conditions and levels of nutrition meant that people back then were smaller in stature, which is evident from surviving clothing, armour etc. Having said that, medieval British archers were able to draw war-bows of up to 185 lbs draw-weight. Almost no-one alive today has developed the specific muscle sets required to emulate that ability.

Cry macho was probably the worst movie I saw this year.

Agree about the trailer. It was awful. Feminism at its worst. I'm really skeptical of this movie.

Cry macho was just awful. I started it on a plane because it looked like a pretty straight forward Clint Eastwood movie, but had to stop it around half an hour into it because it was dreadful. Clint Eastwood movies have earned the right to be somewhat repetitive and cheesy, but this was another level. Every one of his movie stereotypes is maxed out, and the acting was just plain horrible. Felt like a poor man's Gran Torino.

@@jpesmar I don't know if it's his age or he didn't put much effort into it but I dont think I'll bother watching any more of his movies

Same here. It's like these production companies only market their films to woke crowds, whether the film is that type or not, and all it does is lose them money. This movie flopped big time and I'd bet it was because people like you and I were put off.

When did the filmmakers say that it's for the audience to decide?

I noticed those fading words as well and it really hurt the movie in my case.

He's not a scifi person. As a matter of fact, he did briefly mention that he just thought 2049 was okay at best, in his review for Dune, if I recall correctly.

It has a slight “metoo” bent, but if you ignore the literal words “The Truth” in regards to the woman’s point of view (act three) and view the whole thing as a thought provoking experience you’ll enjoy it a ton.

@Fish Boy not getting the point. why was her version "the truth". all 3 characters had their truth. we all do. so you are telling me women can not be deceitful and lie. you are either young and naive or stupid and a fool.

I've seen several comments here saying that hers was presented as the truth. Can you give any specific examples of this? Genuine question. I personally saw it as just another viewpoint, no more or less valid than the other two.

@@jimdeadlock You must not have been paying attention watching the movie. The movie was broken up into 3 parts. The 2 males had their name and truth listed as in Bob's truth or Sam's truth yet when the female character's version is presented it is listed as THE TRUTH. My criticism is why is hers the only truth. Whether she was correct or not we are just supposed to believe her because I guess this was the 14th century version of believe all women. Liked the movie and loved the closing Duel. Thought Driver was excellent as well as Comer. Damon and Affleck were to me too modern looking for their roles with Affleck haming his way through a villainous performance. Scott can still do a pretty good period piece. Funny, I was really looking forward to the Gucci movie but that was a huge disappointment. Take a look at Sir Ridley's 1st feature The Duellists if you liked the final fight.

The house of Gucci was a fantastic movie. It is a trendy thing to actually be critical of good movies today. I suspect the critics did not like House of Gucci because of " the way it treated women" and I actually heard one critic saying that.

@@bighands69 I had an entirely different viewpoint on the movie. Loved the trailer and this was one of the award bait movies I was really looking forward to. I was bored throughout and thought it was one of Scott's worst movies. Where was the glamour that the trailer teased. I thought it was poorly acted with actors going in and of of bad stereotypical Italian accents. Gaga held up her end of the movie and Jeremy Irons was as usual excellent but Pacino was ridiculous and Jared Leto was acting in a altogether different movie maybe a Adam Sandler comedy. The actual Paolo Gucci was not a ridiculous clown as he was portrayed. That fault has to be shared by actor and director. The movie was actually far too easy on Gaga's character. I thought the movie presented her far too sympathetically. In real life she was a cold blooded monster. Glad you liked it and I'm sure I have movies you hate. My favorite movies last year were The Green Knight, In The Earth, The Suicide Squad, Lamb, Pig and Dune. I love Ridley Scott but his greatness is past him. I think The Martian was the last good movie he's put out. His first 3 are all time classics. Everyone knows Alien and Blade Runner (my all time favorite) but his 1st The Duelists is incredible and cinematically beautiful something I was shocked was lacking in House Of Gucci. If you haven't seen The Duelists watch it and even though it is a silly fairy tale, Legend is also a beautiful Scott flick to see.

Rape? No body actually knows if there was a rape or not. They made the claim about rape but we do not actually know if it was rape or not.

​@@bighands69 are you talking about the movie or the actual historical facts, because in the movie it was pretty clear she was telling the truth

It does not show her version as the definitive version. It is very subtle in its presentation. Even Jacques view is very subtle in terms of the rape. Most modern people watching that would think that his scene was rape but not actually have any historical or cultural reference to understand the scene.