Weapons Masters Rate 7 Duels in Movies and TV | How Real Is It? | Insider
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They look at the fight between Adam Driver and Matt Damon in "The Last Duel" (2021), mounted trial by combat in "Ivanhoe" (1952), and a knightly duel in "Excalibur" (1981). They also rate scenes from "Game of Thrones" (2011-2019), "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" (2008), "Flash Gordon" (1980), and a fight between Captain Kirk and Gorn in "Star Trek" S1E18 (1967).
Capwell is an author, lecturer, broadcaster, and the curator of arms and armor at The Wallace Collection in London. He is the historical advisor on the new feature film about King Richard III, "The Lost King," coming out in autumn 2022. Rawlings has over 15 years' experience teaching Western swordsmanship. He has been featured in the documentary series "Warriors" and "Bloody Tales of the Tower." He advised The Wallace Collection on its exhibition "The Noble Art of the Sword," and he teaches longsword at the London Longsword Academy.
Find Capwell's publications here: www.olympiaauctions.com/about-us/publications/armo…
Find out more about the London Longsword Academy: www.londonlongsword.com
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Weapons Masters Rate 7 Duels in Movies and TV | How Real Is It? | Insider
All Comments (21)
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If you added the ditch guy…you could have an entire series of the three of them critiquing medieval films and television
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I like having two experts on screen, it highlights the disagreements and shows that there's never one authoritative "medieval" answer. Different kingdoms, different times, different cultures.
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Bring these two back for more, this was great. Obviously, Toby has an insane amount of historical knowledge here, but the commentary about fighting and ins and outs played well off of each other.
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In the books its very clear that Gregor Clegane suffers from some form of Gigantism, its frequently mentioned or hinted that he has constant migraines, and on several occasions seemed to have limited peripheral vision. Before modern medicine, Giants tend to die before they turn 40 years old Gregor Clegane is in his late 30s in this scene and is known to be a habitual user of opioates. Physically the Mountain is a wreck at this point of his life.
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"I teach people to stab each other for money" 😆🤣😂 Very realistic. 10/10 😂😆🤣
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I love how Toby stops himself from saying "ruining the fun", and I love how by the end Dave is just asking Toby questions to learn from him
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I like the fact Dave asks Toby questions. I imagine as an expert in a field, ego might not want you to reveal you don't know something, but Dave asks smart questions which led to more information for thr viewer. Also the information and combination of historical and practical knowledge from men who understand both is great, I feel like I learned alot today, 10/10
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8:02 - This gave me a flashback of Ned and Jamie talking in Winterfell in the first episode. "I don't fight in tournaments... because when I fight a man for real, I don't want him to know what I can do" or something along those lines.
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Tossing in Kirk v The Gorn and Flash Gordon and the two lads picking up on it in a humorous fashion is delightful 😄
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these two together are awesome. You know Toby knows his stuff, an American being accepted by the Wallace collection.
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To be fair GoT did have a very large, skilled and quick fighter. It was just the Hound not the Mountain. It is mentioned many times both how big the Hound is and his exceptional skill in combat.
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I was at the Tournament of the Phoenix in California where Toby fought. It was pushing 100°F and they've got 60 pounds of metal and leather on exerting themselves in horsemanship and poleaxe competitions. Unbelievable.
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I was definitely disappointed in how Peter fought in that duel. Canonically he’s already a multi war veteran with a lifetime of experience in the body of a young man in his prime. They definitely needed to give him more training
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Wow they did it they actually mixed a knight and a man at arms in one video. These 2 people are experts in medieval warfare. Thank you
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On the Martell duel, I feel like Oberyn was 100% historically accurate: he was fighting like a moron and relying on his superior reflexes and skill to win the day because of his incredible arrogance, he didn't want to win he wanted to absolutely humiliate his opponent. I've heard lots of criticisms of his flourishes but, thats the point! He died! If he had fought the mountain with the intent on just quickly and efficiently killing him, he would have stabbed him in the face 3 seconds into the duel
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I absolutely love how all these high-effort and high-budget scenes are rated 5/10 or 6/10, but Kirk fighting the Gorn, which can be done in practically any home-made film, gets a 10/10 or even a 12/10. Amazing, it tells you just how little visual elements you need to properly stage and deliver a scene.
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Some great and insightful comments from both of you. A pleasure to listen to your expertise.
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Please make more of these, they are easily the best rating videos.
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Something to remember about Peter in Prince Caspian is that he had already fought in many battles, both as a teenager and an adult, before returning to England and regressing back to the age he was before then. So he probably had as much experience as Miraz did when it came to combat. The only disadvantage he had, that I can see anyway, is the fact he hadn't used a sword(that I know of)in over a year, whereas Miraz probably trained fairly regularly with his.
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I would pay to have these two talk about more movies. As a HEMA student, these two are my heroes. I LOVE their fun ratings about the sillier fights!
