Look and watch how "Roberts" keeps using the same trick over and over to disarm. That quick upward strike towards the sword hilt that doesn't actually start working until he tires from moving around the terrain too much. It's the thing he does backing up the rock as they're talking "forms" Also show's that Wesley was never trying to kill him from the beginning, when so many strikes aim at the head or body and not the hand. It isn't until Inigo switches hands that he actually goes for a kill shot. When he avoids them effortlessly, "amazing," and he switches hands as well
I love how Inigo gives Wesley time to do a little flourish, and how they both give each other time to jump down and get fetch their swords. It's like they're both more interested in seeing how awesome the other is, than they are in actually winning.
Once Inigo knew Westley wasn’t the six-fingered man, he was relieved, and it turned into a friendly banter. It’s a subtle, yet fantastic way to show that Inigo Montoya was not a bad man. Only a man looking for revenge for the loss of his father.
Oh, you just kinda know from the start. “You seem like a decent fellow. It’s a shame to kill you.” “You seem like a decent fellow. It’s a shame to die.” Aaaaaaand they’re off to the races, ladies and gentlemen!
Its bc they respect each otha given the convvo they had b4 the fite. But i love the respect between them. Not alot if pple would give the otha time ta get up or get their sword.
Well when it's clear Weasley is not the six fingered man and yet is able to fight at his own level Inigo is simply having a hell of a time. Likewise Weasley is likely confident in his own ability to track where Buttercup has been taken, and similarly hasn't fought anyone as gifted as he is. So observe the nicities the occasion demands because if someone your equel is about to die, it must be done in memorable fashion.
@@thomasjenkins7506 i think what you mean to say is, " I don't know how much of that you just pulled out of your butt, but I'm fine with 100% of it being 'bullshit'." :D
Kurt Lamprecht you are commenting on everyone’s comment and basically hating on them for appreciating the scene, get a life, since you are clearly ugly in the inside and out
It’s a great fight because there isn’t a cut every half second and the camera work is kept straight and more than a centimeter away from the characters
In the final fight against the six-fingered man, Mandy talked about how he took all the feelings he had for his actual father's death and poured it into that moment. Aggressively pursuing him, refusing to die, just determined to make him pay - as he said, he was fighting the cancer that took his father away.
@@compwiz101 i can see that in the scene where he’s bashing against the door with his shoulder and calling for the giant to come help me open it. pure desperation
@@jamesmcilvenny2294 I personally got my start on those with Errol Flynn's "Adventures of Robin Hood" from 1938. The 1940's version of Mark Of Zorro was another fun swashbuckler, IMHO.
I kind of love that Westley knew he could throw his sword trusting that Inigo wouldn't try anything shabby. They just seem to kind of understand each other after "Throw me the rope".
@@bothquickanddead Yeah, I know but Inigo's earlier trustworthiness happened when he believed that he would have an easy left-handed practice session before finishing Westley off with ease. By this point in the fight, Inigo was starting to realize that he might be in some trouble in what, as far as he knew, was a duel to the death. I suppose I'm just happy that the rising stakes didn't change things for either of them if that makes sense.
All of the sword fighting was real. No stunt doubles were used for the sword fighting (the acrobatics, yes, they had gymnasts for that). But all the sword fighting was actually Cary and Mandy. They both had to train extensively to master the sword. There were no professional fencers hired to do this scene.
Cary and Mandy had little experience in fencing. Rob Reiner wanted it to the as real as possible, with close ups. Since close-ups would be impossible with doubles, Cary and Mandy were trained by Peter Diamond, and Bob Anderson, respectively. Bob did quite a bit of Darth Vader's light saber scenes, in several Star Wars movies. Peter was a fencer, who also was a stuntman, and stunt coodinator in Star Wars films.
@@moonymonster I can't say for certain for this particular choreography but I know for fencing in general I've been doing saber and epee for about ten years and was even a junior instructor for a community college. In most classes you don't even get to do parries until a month in then two months is when you actually start to bout. So just the fundementals of fencing takes two months just to build the muscles and hand eye cordination does that help?
@@randallbanks1589 Bob Anderson was Hollywood's go-to guy for sword fights until his passing in 2012. He also did Highlander, The Mask of Zorro, the LOTR trilogy, and the first Pirates of the Caribbean.
Honestly rewatching this. Weasley disarms Inigo 3 times during this duel. He had him at the first disarm if he was going for the kill. Each time he honestly had him at the disarm. The first where he let him go fetch the blade, the second where he let him catch the sword when it fell, and the final when he knocked him out. Inigo is a wonderful duelist, Weasley was just so far beyond him.
You know, I never looked at it that way. Wesley spared Inigo twice during the fight and then a third time after the conclusion. Then I think about how Inigo admitted that he'd been getting lax in his swordfighting after failing to find the six-fingered man for years ("More pursue than study") so Wesley wanted to stoke that passion to burn again as something to leave Inigo with afterwards.
@@mr.banatee9110 Inigo did too, but the spark that had powered him for so long was dying. Wesley’s fight reinvigorated him to seek justice for his father. Both men were driven by love. Wesley wanted to save the love of his life, Inigo wanted to avenge his beloved father. Neither was driven by hate.
I love how despite being an intelligent and driven man who studied sword play for 20 years to get revenge for his father. Inigo openly and happily admits that Wesley is better than him but still has hopes to use his experience to try and win. Such a gentleman and great fight scene.
The best part of the fight is at the beginning as they both realize they are facing a worthy competitor. You see the boyish fun come out, in a battle to the death.
It's amazing how they kept the flow and energy of the scene without compromising it with unnecessary editing and post production. nowadays you could hardly count choreographies such as these by the fingers on your palms.
From the comedy of them complimenting each other, to the actual combat, this has to be my second favorite fight scene in any movie ever. Right after the blacksmith shop fight in Curse of the Black Pearl.
Can we take a moment to appreciate both actors’ amazing ambidexterity? Flawless dexterity and coordination, whether right or left handed, that is truly remarkable swordsmanship.
I like to imagine there was an inverse set built, and the left-handed fighting was filmed there, then they switched to the other when Inigo "switched hands", which means the only time either is actually using their left hand is Westley while being pushed back until he, too, switches. It helps me explain away what would otherwise be near-perfect ambidexterity.
Between 2:40 and 2:45 there is a gem - Westley switches from using right hand to using left and then goes back to using right again - all in such fluid motion that hardly anyone seem to have noticed. Of course this is a fairytale fight with amazing stunts and funny poses as at 2:25, but I cannot help but admire the training the actors must have gone through to be able to film it.
I like to think that when he does that big rotation back flip, instead of landing it. I picture him eating it and slowly getting up. Playing it off like it didn't happen
anthony sunseri - They're not fighting as enemies. Inigo was just trying to destract him so Vizzini could the princess to Guilder. If Inigo wanted to kill Westley, he would have. He would've just let Westley fall off the cliff, instead of helping him get to the top.
@@strangelee4400 Agrippa was a real historical swordmaster. Just as the other names they say. Most of them have developed their own style and wrote it down. So he just said that he studied a fightingstyle that's effective against the style Wesley was using. And I think it is a nice nod to use real, historical names for this. Most people won't catch it, but for those few people who know it, it's amazing.
My favourite fight scene of all time, the respect they have for each-other's skill and style really makes this so much fun to watch. 0:40 when they start fighting up the steps while discussing attack and defence techniques
My favorite part of this whole fight is at 0:25. You can see just the littlest hint of a smile pop onto Inigo's face, like, "this is gonna be a good one."
That's what it's like in a real fencing match. If you do real fencing, you don't have time to think. You train long hours to make your reactions instinctive, and consist in blocking the opponent's blade and making a counter-thrust, which will in turn also be blocked. Essentially what you're doing is allowing your unconscious to fence while you watch quietly inside your head waiting for the opponent to make a mistake, at which time you seize control and strike your blow. You never really win a fencing match, you're just waiting for your opponent to lose. That's exactly what we see here. Both are so good that neither one makes a mistake, so all you see is the automatic back-and-forth not really designed to strike, but to lure the opponent into creating an error through which to strike.
Actual rapier fencing is slow, tedious for some and more rooted in anticipation and strategy, reading opponents’ movements and thinking of ways to counter.
This may be the best scene in film, period. It just makes me smile so damn wide every time I see it. The humor, music, action, and especially the chemistry between Wesley and Inigo- it all just combines to form this perfect cocktail of a scene. It helps that this was one of the first movies I ever saw as a child, right smack dab in the middle of my pirate/sword fighting phase.
Ah! Why you left out when Westley says "Please, understand I hold you in the highest respect"? That line is crucial to the scene, shows how much these two have bonded in such a short time.
The third name drop is actually a man a studied fencing and used that type of straight stance in his version of fencing. A polar opposite to the second name drop.
Cary Elwes was considered by many to be the next Errol Flynn, sadly those types of swashbuckling movies are no longer in demand so after this and Men in Tights his career lagged for a bit.
Which is funny considering what a versatile actor he is. Thinking specifically of Kiss The Girls - he was a force to be reckoned with in that movie. From debonair swashbuckler to devious killer with absolute ease.
Some people really didn’t like him in Saw, but I thought he demonstrated a very real depiction of fear and hopelessness (despite a couple of bits where his English accent just kinda came out accidentally).
The best part is is that the sword fight is brilliantly captured on film. I absolutely adore these few minutes of the movie. The fight described in the books is inconceivably even more wonderfully described.
Can we appreciate how Westley switched his sword when Inigo started using two hands? That was so smooth, I missed it all these years until this watching.
I love how Wesley was allowing Indigo to go to retrieve his sword by shaking the sword a little to go get it or when Idigo threw it up, Wesley waited until Indigo was ready again, my #1 sword fight in any type of movie, Imdigo was fully disarmed at the end there, they were actually having fun with each other to trying out their different forms for sport, fights like this in any movie are ultra rare
Appreciate how much practice Elwes & Patinkin put into this scene, and it wasn't with it's risks. 1:47 You can see Patinkin actually does this horizontal bar stunt and comes off the bar awkwardly..
This fight is the epitome of aiming for the sword, yet is also still one of the best sword fights in cinematic history. Proof that you don’t need realism and gory glory to make a good and entertaining scene.
Out of the thousands of movies I have watched with any degree of sword fighting in them, live action and animated, 2:41 is STILL one of the greatest moments ever.
Whenever I watch this movie, I get so enamored with it that I forget it's a bedtime story until the grandfather and grandson speak. And I think that's a testament to how good this movie is.
One of the best movies I've ever seen. I remember watching it on TV as a kid and loved it. It was boring sometimes growing up poor not having anything to do or anywhere to go. Sometimes TV was all I had.
This is the kind of fight where you cheer for both guys
So true
Couldn’t put it better myself.
TDJK Hazard Yeah, but I'm glad Westley won, 'cause I doubt Inigo would've left Westley alive.
No argument on there
Then they can set off together to take on all of the Rodents of Unusual Size.
Lol how could someone make a fight scene so perfectly hilarious, absurd, and badass at the same time?
Look and watch how "Roberts" keeps using the same trick over and over to disarm. That quick upward strike towards the sword hilt that doesn't actually start working until he tires from moving around the terrain too much. It's the thing he does backing up the rock as they're talking "forms"
Also show's that Wesley was never trying to kill him from the beginning, when so many strikes aim at the head or body and not the hand. It isn't until Inigo switches hands that he actually goes for a kill shot. When he avoids them effortlessly, "amazing," and he switches hands as well
He behind the scenes book is fantastic, the level of training and meshing with the doubles in this is fantastic...
Hilarious, absurd, and badass at the same time? That's pretty much The Princess Bride in a nutshell.
They didn’t it sucks lol
Shut up
I love how Inigo gives Wesley time to do a little flourish, and how they both give each other time to jump down and get fetch their swords. It's like they're both more interested in seeing how awesome the other is, than they are in actually winning.
+Kurt Lamprecht
Aand he likes it.
Your point?
Once Inigo knew Westley wasn’t the six-fingered man, he was relieved, and it turned into a friendly banter. It’s a subtle, yet fantastic way to show that Inigo Montoya was not a bad man. Only a man looking for revenge for the loss of his father.
Oh, you just kinda know from the start.
“You seem like a decent fellow. It’s a shame to kill you.”
“You seem like a decent fellow. It’s a shame to die.”
Aaaaaaand they’re off to the races, ladies and gentlemen!
Its bc they respect each otha given the convvo they had b4 the fite. But i love the respect between them. Not alot if pple would give the otha time ta get up or get their sword.
Something has to break up the monotony of constant mandatory perfection.
“I must know.”
“Get used to disappointment.”
Face: alright you got me there.
“Mmmkay”
Face : Understandable, have a great duel
Mission Failed: You did not kill him quickly
Well he didn’t want to say that he was the “Dread Pirate Roberts” for fear the guy would run away to get help
“I am used to it, that’s how I can handle being in your presence!”
They wait so patiently for each other to do their dramatics
Well when it's clear Weasley is not the six fingered man and yet is able to fight at his own level Inigo is simply having a hell of a time. Likewise Weasley is likely confident in his own ability to track where Buttercup has been taken, and similarly hasn't fought anyone as gifted as he is. So observe the nicities the occasion demands because if someone your equel is about to die, it must be done in memorable fashion.
@@singletona082 I like the way you think.
@@singletona082 i don't know how much of that you just pulled out of your butt, but i'm fine with 100% of it being true.
@@thomasjenkins7506 i think what you mean to say is, " I don't know how much of that you just pulled out of your butt, but I'm fine with 100% of it being 'bullshit'." :D
They probably don't meet many people that they have to try against so they're going to have fun with it while they can.
“I am not left-handed either.”
Objective: Survive.
Don't give me objective ptsd
Objective Failed: Over too quickly
_Boss second phase music plays_
“Mission failed, we’ll get them next time”
@@MrNobleSix “Carter out” *alien terrorist attack*
I love how these sword fighters are just having some lovely banter while fighting to the death.
Kurt Lamprecht yeah, and he loves it. What's the point of your comment lol
Nurse, we need to get this commenter to the burn ward quick or we'll lose him!
I don't think either one wanted to kill the other. Too much mutual respect.
Kurt Lamprecht you are commenting on everyone’s comment and basically hating on them for appreciating the scene, get a life, since you are clearly ugly in the inside and out
Shawnt Ferrer it’s because in the past sword fighting I believe was seen as a very honorable gentlemanly affair
"You seem a decent fellow, I hate to kill you"
"You seem a decent fellow, I hate to die"
The dialogue in this movie is some of the best👍
Absolutely some of the best!
The late Bill Goldman, buddy, as much a master of words as either swordsman with a blade.
Best exchange in entire film:-
Rugen :" SURRENDER!!"
DPR: "You wish to surrender to me? Very well i accept!"
It originally came from the book, but I agree!
Nope it's, pretty terrible.
"I'd would as soon as destroy a stained glass window as an artist as yourself" 👍🏻
"However, since I can't have you following me either."
Tim B *SMACK*
Link Goron Da da da da
da da da da-da-daaa
Sorry for the delay in reply, but the best part is that he actually knocked him out.
@@bamholian4567 You mean he actually twatted him? Thats hilarious!
"Who are you?"
"No one of consequence."
says the most famous pirate ever.
That's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen
Oh wait, wrong movie
@@smithwesson1896 so it would seem
Roberts is of consequence. Westley is not, and this is Westley's mission.
@@elizabethwharton1669 *DA DA DAAAA DA DA DAAAA*
This line even meaning more, considering the fact that Indigo gonna be the next "Dread Captain Roberts".
It’s a great fight because there isn’t a cut every half second and the camera work is kept straight and more than a centimeter away from the characters
Endya Life exactly. It's incredibly easy and fun to follow. I don't see fight scenes like this anymore these days.
Asma Khairul Azman John wick
@@dearmalaysia Kingsman
Yeah, pretty much everything in this movie was put together well. That is what makes it great.
The movie seems to be fully aware its poking fun while still being serious at the same time...
Indigo's delivery of "kill me quickly" is just so greatly executed. Definitely one of the best characters ever.
In the final fight against the six-fingered man, Mandy talked about how he took all the feelings he had for his actual father's death and poured it into that moment.
Aggressively pursuing him, refusing to die, just determined to make him pay - as he said, he was fighting the cancer that took his father away.
@@compwiz101 i can see that in the scene where he’s bashing against the door with his shoulder and calling for the giant to come help me open it. pure desperation
Should have included the line "Please understand I hold you in the highest respect"
Chivalry, class, bravado, humor. Speed, agility, technique, finesse. They just don't make 'em like this anymore.
azraelangelofred I don’t know if they ever did before, either.
@@jamesmcilvenny2294 Watch some of the old swashbuckler movies.
Daniel Haire Any recommendations?
@@jamesmcilvenny2294 I personally got my start on those with Errol Flynn's "Adventures of Robin Hood" from 1938. The 1940's version of Mark Of Zorro was another fun swashbuckler, IMHO.
Daniel Haire I’ll check them out, cheers
I kind of love that Westley knew he could throw his sword trusting that Inigo wouldn't try anything shabby. They just seem to kind of understand each other after "Throw me the rope".
Inigo literally handed his sword to Westley after pulling him up - that's how much they trusted each other to act honorably after that climb.
@@bothquickanddead
Yeah, I know but Inigo's earlier trustworthiness happened when he believed that he would have an easy left-handed practice session before finishing Westley off with ease.
By this point in the fight, Inigo was starting to realize that he might be in some trouble in what, as far as he knew, was a duel to the death.
I suppose I'm just happy that the rising stakes didn't change things for either of them if that makes sense.
"I'm not left handed either."
*N A N I*
OMAE MA WO MOU SHINDEIRU
sword dorifto
SAMA
Haha you fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders!
Spanish Polnareff
All of the sword fighting was real. No stunt doubles were used for the sword fighting (the acrobatics, yes, they had gymnasts for that). But all the sword fighting was actually Cary and Mandy. They both had to train extensively to master the sword. There were no professional fencers hired to do this scene.
Cary and Mandy had little experience in fencing. Rob Reiner wanted it to the as real as possible, with close ups. Since close-ups would be impossible with doubles, Cary and Mandy were trained by Peter Diamond, and Bob Anderson, respectively. Bob did quite a bit of Darth Vader's light saber scenes, in several Star Wars movies. Peter was a fencer, who also was a stuntman, and stunt coodinator in Star Wars films.
Also had to do so with their non-dominant hand for parts of it.
I wonder how many months/years went into training for this one scene?
@@moonymonster I can't say for certain for this particular choreography but I know for fencing in general I've been doing saber and epee for about ten years and was even a junior instructor for a community college. In most classes you don't even get to do parries until a month in then two months is when you actually start to bout. So just the fundementals of fencing takes two months just to build the muscles and hand eye cordination does that help?
@@randallbanks1589 Bob Anderson was Hollywood's go-to guy for sword fights until his passing in 2012. He also did Highlander, The Mask of Zorro, the LOTR trilogy, and the first Pirates of the Caribbean.
"You seem a decent fellow, I'd hate to die." Lol
S O'B lol
@@godspeed-tl2rj lol
Samuel Millard lol
A gentlemans fight through and through, well met good sirs, and an amazing fight indeed.
TmanTheTdog lol
Honestly rewatching this. Weasley disarms Inigo 3 times during this duel. He had him at the first disarm if he was going for the kill. Each time he honestly had him at the disarm. The first where he let him go fetch the blade, the second where he let him catch the sword when it fell, and the final when he knocked him out.
Inigo is a wonderful duelist, Weasley was just so far beyond him.
You know, I never looked at it that way. Wesley spared Inigo twice during the fight and then a third time after the conclusion. Then I think about how Inigo admitted that he'd been getting lax in his swordfighting after failing to find the six-fingered man for years ("More pursue than study") so Wesley wanted to stoke that passion to burn again as something to leave Inigo with afterwards.
No the biggest reason weasley won is because he had more motivation and a bigger thing to fight for
Didn’t realise this was Ron Weasley
@@mr.banatee9110 the power of love
@@mr.banatee9110 Inigo did too, but the spark that had powered him for so long was dying. Wesley’s fight reinvigorated him to seek justice for his father.
Both men were driven by love. Wesley wanted to save the love of his life, Inigo wanted to avenge his beloved father. Neither was driven by hate.
From 0:55-0:59, it was amazing to see how they both jumped onto a mattress blended in with the sand.
Sheinna May Some time in the future I will try to watch it from that website.
That's a really observation, that mattress is way less obvious the grenade/explosion activated springboards in Commando.
At all my years of watching this at High School during Literature class and now, I didn't catch that, you're lucky to catch that scene.....
Interesting
Movie has a movie thing in it 'cause it's a movie. Wow! You mean it's not an exact representation of real life?
I love how despite being an intelligent and driven man who studied sword play for 20 years to get revenge for his father.
Inigo openly and happily admits that Wesley is better than him but still has hopes to use his experience to try and win.
Such a gentleman and great fight scene.
When you’re opponent starts using both hands for a single handed weapon, you know you’ve won.
As a seer of mind there's no timeline in which this movie isn't amazing
@@Karanthaneos Oh no, they are here.
Unrelatedly, kenpachi zaraki was an exception.
What a great movie. Suitable for all ages. Timeless.
Is this that kissing movie?
@@devinbaird2470 You are wonderful.
The best part of the fight is at the beginning as they both realize they are facing a worthy competitor. You see the boyish fun come out, in a battle to the death.
Thank goodness it wasn't to the pain
@@Karanthaneos Ah, a true connoisseur!
"There's something I ought to tell you . . . I'm not left-handed either." MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
For three years you’ve been stuck at 999 likes. Today, this changes
@@michaelt3090 For three years you’ve been stuck at 18 likes. Today, this changes
It's amazing how they kept the flow and energy of the scene without compromising it with unnecessary editing and post production. nowadays you could hardly count choreographies such as these by the fingers on your palms.
Six maybe?
My palms don’t have fingers
@@emblemblade9245 does that mean that you have compromised?
They just don't write like this anymore.
From the comedy of them complimenting each other, to the actual combat, this has to be my second favorite fight scene in any movie ever. Right after the blacksmith shop fight in Curse of the Black Pearl.
The Pirates franchise, the Star Wars franchise, and The Princess Bride probably hold the best choreographed sword-fights in film history
"You cheated!"
_"Pirate."_
Both good fight scenes, but Bob Barker beating up Happy Gilmore still.
INIGO: Who are you?
WESLEY: "Who"? "Who" is but the form following the function of "what," and what I am is a man in a mask.
Yes I can see that
The only verdict for Vizzini is vengeance!
@@tf2excession What movie is it from?
@@byronsenior6499 v for vendetta iirc.
Ah yes, the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.
My literature teacher has a coffee mug that says “my name is inigo montoya you took my coffee prepare to die
Please tell your teacher that he has an amazing cup!
I want one of those mugs
😂😂😂
"Hello. My name is Batman. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
"Hello. My name is Darth Vader. I am your father. Prepare to die."
He can get sued
Can we take a moment to appreciate both actors’ amazing ambidexterity? Flawless dexterity and coordination, whether right or left handed, that is truly remarkable swordsmanship.
I like to imagine there was an inverse set built, and the left-handed fighting was filmed there, then they switched to the other when Inigo "switched hands", which means the only time either is actually using their left hand is Westley while being pushed back until he, too, switches. It helps me explain away what would otherwise be near-perfect ambidexterity.
@@c99kfm lol are you serious? they def didn't do that. Some people are just ambidextrous.
@@c99kfm Almost everyone with average dexterity could do this scene. You just have to work at it very hard. Lots of practice with a good teacher.
Between 2:40 and 2:45 there is a gem - Westley switches from using right hand to using left and then goes back to using right again - all in such fluid motion that hardly anyone seem to have noticed.
Of course this is a fairytale fight with amazing stunts and funny poses as at 2:25, but I cannot help but admire the training the actors must have gone through to be able to film it.
That's always been my favorite bit of this duel too.
Please Do Not remake this masterpiece Hollywood!
Andres Urrutia wait really?
Why would you even sow that idea in Hollywood's head!?
Lmao
Too late. And in the new, woke, version the Princess Bride is transgender, and Wesley is an African American Latino lesbian.
@@jamais412 LMAO!
I like to think that when he does that big rotation back flip, instead of landing it. I picture him eating it and slowly getting up. Playing it off like it didn't happen
That's a front flip 180.
Cire Selarom JMA lrkeleklhjshu
Outtakes
I wish I could give you more likes. I've been binging UA-cam this morning and almost peed myself.
2:12 inigo’s indifferent mumble of “okay” was actually unscripted! mandy just decided to throw it in there, but it’s a fantastic little detail.
Wesley's hand switch at 2:43 is the best!!! Such an awesome movie!!
I didn't even notice that until a few minutes ago
Yoooo I never noticed that
Whats even more impressive is the Violin notes that match his movements.
The best choreographed sword fight. You cannot convince me otherwise.
Elegant, tasteful, proper and witty.
Please understand that i hold you in the highest respect... *turns and dashes off for the princess*
Grey the Gold Dragon So?
I knew this comment had to be here!
You know they put in the work to make it look like they're fighting effortlessly with their non-dominant hand.
Actually the swordfight is a lot less impressive when they are fighting left handed.
I love how these two respect each other while they're fighting. It makes the fight much more enjoyable!
anthony sunseri -
They're not fighting as enemies. Inigo was just trying to destract him so Vizzini could the princess to Guilder. If Inigo wanted to kill Westley, he would have. He would've just let Westley fall off the cliff, instead of helping him get to the top.
Anakin SkyWalker no. He was trying to kill him.
Hahaha! I love Wesley (the man in black) waving his sword as if to say “well, go get it. I’ll wait!”
Code of Chivalry
This movie is a classic. I’ve seen this a million times. It never gets old.
Unless the enemy has studied his Agrippa
Which I have!
Bored Ninja You are wonderful!
He should be looking at his enemies sword not studying his...cough...'Agrippa'.
@@strangelee4400 It's two handsome men swordfighting, what do you expect?
@@strangelee4400 Agrippa was a real historical swordmaster. Just as the other names they say. Most of them have developed their own style and wrote it down. So he just said that he studied a fightingstyle that's effective against the style Wesley was using.
And I think it is a nice nod to use real, historical names for this. Most people won't catch it, but for those few people who know it, it's amazing.
@@mennograafmans1595 I thought agrippa meant footwork.
Love the smirk on Inigo’s face at .25. Like he knows he’s gonna have fun in this duel.
My favourite fight scene of all time, the respect they have for each-other's skill and style really makes this so much fun to watch.
0:40 when they start fighting up the steps while discussing attack and defence techniques
"Please understand I hold you in the highest respect" Grabs his sheath and pursues after Vizzini....like the legendary boss that he is!
Who are you?
Get used to disappointment.
Mkay
LoL
This scene reminds me of Obi-Wan's talk about lightsabers being from a more civilized age.
They kept switching for the high ground.
My favorite part of this whole fight is at 0:25. You can see just the littlest hint of a smile pop onto Inigo's face, like, "this is gonna be a good one."
Best. Theatrical. Sword. Fight. *EVER* .
When kids fight with swords, they always aim for the sword of the opponent instead of the opponent
This is just an adult version of it
ToxicSkull0 thats literally what my cousins do
That's what it's like in a real fencing match. If you do real fencing, you don't have time to think. You train long hours to make your reactions instinctive, and consist in blocking the opponent's blade and making a counter-thrust, which will in turn also be blocked.
Essentially what you're doing is allowing your unconscious to fence while you watch quietly inside your head waiting for the opponent to make a mistake, at which time you seize control and strike your blow. You never really win a fencing match, you're just waiting for your opponent to lose. That's exactly what we see here. Both are so good that neither one makes a mistake, so all you see is the automatic back-and-forth not really designed to strike, but to lure the opponent into creating an error through which to strike.
Actual rapier fencing is slow, tedious for some and more rooted in anticipation and strategy, reading opponents’ movements and thinking of ways to counter.
That's what always do, but I do it to disarm them
I believe kids do it to replicate the badassery you see in movie duels
this is masculinity though, two men who low-key admire and support each as men but simultaneously they are threatened by each other
As opposed to women never being threatened by each other? Sure
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2.09 the way he said "I must know" is so adorable.
This may be the best scene in film, period. It just makes me smile so damn wide every time I see it. The humor, music, action, and especially the chemistry between Wesley and Inigo- it all just combines to form this perfect cocktail of a scene.
It helps that this was one of the first movies I ever saw as a child, right smack dab in the middle of my pirate/sword fighting phase.
Ah! Why you left out when Westley says "Please, understand I hold you in the highest respect"? That line is crucial to the scene, shows how much these two have bonded in such a short time.
(2:25) the fairy tale t pose!
He tried to assert his dominance, and it didn't work
The third name drop is actually a man a studied fencing and used that type of straight stance in his version of fencing. A polar opposite to the second name drop.
Always loved that pose by Inigo
Cary Elwes was considered by many to be the next Errol Flynn, sadly those types of swashbuckling movies are no longer in demand so after this and Men in Tights his career lagged for a bit.
Which is funny considering what a versatile actor he is. Thinking specifically of Kiss The Girls - he was a force to be reckoned with in that movie. From debonair swashbuckler to devious killer with absolute ease.
@@goawayleavemealone2880 and he was great in SAW 1 as well
Dont forget Liar Liar "You're scared of the claw!"
Some people really didn’t like him in Saw, but I thought he demonstrated a very real depiction of fear and hopelessness (despite a couple of bits where his English accent just kinda came out accidentally).
The best part is is that the sword fight is brilliantly captured on film. I absolutely adore these few minutes of the movie. The fight described in the books is inconceivably even more wonderfully described.
I love the dialog!!! They are so kind and polite even tho they are trying to kill each other!
I love the sword fight scene in this movie, they're basically having a friendly conversion while trying to kill one another. It's great!
1:46 I love how he just swats at him with his sword like "Just go pick it up already."
Yes!!
I love how they are just having a conversation while they are trying to kill each other
Please, Understand that I hold you in the highest respect.
One of the best sword fight scenes I have ever seen.
True honor between two gentlemen
This deserves a 12/12
Still an amazing scene after all these years.
2 DISLIKES!?!? INCONCEIVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!
And now there's more.
R. Kidd
You keep using that word.
I do not think it means what you think it means.
Truly, you have a dizying intellect.
Virgo113 MORE?! INCONCEIVABLE!
Captain Jack: Improbable
What i love about this movie is how clean and how simple videography is. There's no fancy CGI or VFX effects and plain simple video.
2:18 I never noticed before just how perilously close Inigo comes to losing the family jewels!
I love how most of the duel isn’t just about winning for them, but seeing how badass the other is.
Aw, COME ON! You couldn't add the FINAL line of that scene? "Please, understand. I hold you in the highest respect.""
This has got to be the most honorable fight ever, I love it
2:05 I have always loved his response to the "Who are you?" question.
With the numerous opportunities each had to kill the other but simply did not shows they have something most adversaries do not: Mutual Respect
Universally regarded as one of the truly great sword fights in movie history. Completely brilliant
"I'm not left handed either"
*Why do I hear boss music?*
Can we appreciate how Westley switched his sword when Inigo started using two hands? That was so smooth, I missed it all these years until this watching.
2:42 is some genius-tier, fight choreography
I fenced in college. I love how this is mostly actual fencing bladework and footwork. The move at the end is a dublé de dublé. Nicely done!
bar none, the best sword fight ever put in a film :)
Iconic scene from one of the few perfect movies out there.
The amount of practice they must have done for this scene
I love how a good deal of the dialogue is taken straight from the book, it’s awesome
The worlds most polite swordfight
I always loved Wesley recognizing his opponent had talent and was an artist.
"Please understand I hold you in the highest respect"
2:43 the switch from hand to hand is sooo smooth
Because fighting to the death is no reason to be rude with each other
“No one of consequence” is the most badass response
I love how Wesley was allowing Indigo to go to retrieve his sword by shaking the sword a little to go get it or when Idigo threw it up, Wesley waited until Indigo was ready again, my #1 sword fight in any type of movie, Imdigo was fully disarmed at the end there, they were actually having fun with each other to trying out their different forms for sport, fights like this in any movie are ultra rare
Appreciate how much practice Elwes & Patinkin put into this scene, and it wasn't with it's risks.
1:47 You can see Patinkin actually does this horizontal bar stunt and comes off the bar awkwardly..
This fight is the epitome of aiming for the sword, yet is also still one of the best sword fights in cinematic history. Proof that you don’t need realism and gory glory to make a good and entertaining scene.
Out of the thousands of movies I have watched with any degree of sword fighting in them, live action and animated, 2:41 is STILL one of the greatest moments ever.
Whenever I watch this movie, I get so enamored with it that I forget it's a bedtime story until the grandfather and grandson speak.
And I think that's a testament to how good this movie is.
One of the best movies I've ever seen. I remember watching it on TV as a kid and loved it. It was boring sometimes growing up poor not having anything to do or anywhere to go. Sometimes TV was all I had.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is what you call, a fight with honor.
“Get used to disappointment” is one of the great quotes from PB!
One of the best exhibitions of swordfighting ever filmed! Just the way that they switched hands was truly fantastic!!!
Mandy's barely audible delivery of " 'kay" is so perfect
The way they talk mid fight, could be from a monty python film
this movies score doesn't get enough love