I love how, in real life Hollywood lore, Ron Perlman is canonically ugly. He grew up being told in no uncertain terms that he's ugly as shit. And yet, the only reaction people have to seeing his face on screen is, "Fuck yeah, there he is. There's the fucking man." What an absolute legend. 🗿
@@logancade342 It's the Lancelot principle. I wonder how far back the archetype goes. Who tf was it? It was a Roman emperor with a T name like Trajan. He was also famous for being ugly but effective (for a given definition of "effective").
I love this movie so much, I watch it at least once a year and it never gets boring. It's fun, it's corny, it has medieval stuff, it has witches, demons, magic nonsense and most importantly... It has Nicolas Cage. What more could you ask for? The fact that it's so serious, dramatic and funny at the same time tickles me in just the right spot and makes me feel special. I'm not sure if the creators intended it to be the way it is but I wouldn't want it any other way. If you're reading this, may Nicolas Cage smile upon your soul.
I gotta say,the first and only time I saw this film, I wasn't too impressed. (I had forgotten I had even seen it till scenes started to remind me I had) but rewatching it here, I actually think it wasn't too bad. Not a masterpiece by any stretch, but fun. ^.-.^
Nicolas Cage is the best at being Nicolas Cage and he knows it, that's why he's the best Nicolas Cage of all time. Thank you, Nicolas Cage, for being yourself.
Season of the Witch has one of my favorite lines because Nicolas Cage tells the heads of the church, very seriously, "I serve the Church no more." (19:50) Then they get thrown in prison (because obviously) and then Ron Perlman says, "I sErVe ThE cHuRcH nO mOrE" very mockingly (21:12 but they talk over the line so you can't hear it) and I legit can't tell if he's in-character mocking Nicolas Cage's character's statement that got them thrown in prison, or if he's Ron Perlman the actor mocking Nicolas Cage the actor's overly dramatic line delivery.
It is expensive to do right and doing it wrong will be noticed instantly and movie itself will not age well. So you either do LoTR or you do Napoleon with mediocre/bad movies that aare still fun to watch
Why would he? Just because he's religious doesn't mean he has to bring it into everything. Like me wondering when Rags is going to talk about cock just coz hes bi.😅
The weirdest thing about this movie is that Nicolas Cage's character doesn't really feel like Nicolas Cage... And I'm not sure what to think about that.
Just one line from the priest explaining that demons need be exorcised or have their host's body killed in order to leave the possessed body would serve to improve the plot a little bit. This would be a neat bit of worldbuilding because it would suggest there is some downsides for a demon to possess a body; they can't just come and go willy nilly. It would explain why it doesn't just fly to the church itself from the start.
The do 2 episodes in august every year so eventually they will. But I guess when there are so many EFAP movies and recent editing like for Acolyte they really can't spare manpower for a show that is both over and has no cultural relevance
So... when they talk about The Book of Solomon, are they talking about Songs of Solomon from The Bible, Wisdom of Solomon from The Septuagint, or The Greater and Lesser Keys of Solomon from the 1700s?
@@akumasstorytime3910 Do you remember the movie "Signs". They say Joaquin Phoenix's character was a baseball player. He failed because He swung at everything. When he hit he hit it out of the park but he mostly struck out. That's kinda how I see cage. He swings hard at everything so he hits hard but mostly misses hard.
Damn. This movie was surprisingly, even shockingly, enjoyable. I was expecting absolute schlock, but it actually accounted for quite a few questions I had and gave us decent characters and a mostly satisfying ending. Nicolas Cage, man. You never know what you're going to get with him.
I was hoping Shad would dive into how canonical the Blessings of Nurgle appeared to be, so that we could better understand what Grandfather has to offer us mortals.
If they ever did a Nicolas Cage arc for EFAP Movies, then these are the 15 films they should check out: Moonstruck Vampire’s Kiss The Rock Face/Off Con Air 8mm Gone In 60 Days Snake Eyes The Wicker Man “remake” Lord Of War Drive Angry Ghost Rider Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance Pig Renfield
Actually, given the quality of Shad's mic, plus Rag'sssss and Metal's icons I bet this was recorded in early 2022 at the very latest. Several jokes are still referencing COVID like it was recent and it was well understood when they were recording these that it would be years before they came out. Plus plus, this was before the advent of Fringy, so it's pre-EFAP 133.
@@_Dovar_ that is true, but as the trailer said these were recorded "before the advent of Fringy", i.e. before Fringy became a co-host. His first appearance was like EFAP 4 or 5 I think so he's been around a while, and the Nough meme as well as him changing his Fringy character to a plague doctor was pretty early too.
I can definitely say this movie surprised me. Not always positively, but sometimes! I was rolling my eyes at the crusades just being fun banter time right at the start, but then, actually having it be that Sir Nic and Sir Ron have a crisis of faith? Definitely wasn't expecting the movie to bother with something like that. OR, even more surprising to me was the death of the unscrupulous guide actually causing a moral outrage from Nic. I think in most any other movie like this, the guide would've just been written off as the ass that doesn't deserve a second thought once he's ripped apart, and it'd be as simple as "he suggested they kill the girl so he's the bad guy". But this script actually has our protagonist upset at the death, because the guide was only in the perilous situation because of the knights! And the guide just wanted to live, so of course he suggested they kill the obviously manipulative "witch". Definitely still not what I'd call a "smart" story. Prime example to me is, the explanation for the demon killing who it kills. It's bizarre. They try to address the whole "it could've escaped at any time" thing, by saying "well it killed the captain guy because he wanted to free it, and it killed the guide because he wanted to kill it", and this leads them to conclude that "aha! It *wanted* to be brought to Severac all along!" ... but, it could've just gone there all by itself. Like before it was even imprisoned by the cardinal... And it also didn't take the book from the priest when it first melts out of the carriage. Even though we soon learn it explicitly wants the book. I don't know, did the little bit of holy water really deter it so much as to full-retreat for the final showdown?
I am definitely thinking that the daemon knew *about* Severac, just not *where* it was. And it did not simply want to destroy the one book, but all of it's copies too.
Oh wow, i've actually seen this. I didn't recognise it at first but once we got to the wolf scene, it started to click and then it was confirmed once they got the monastery. Completely forgot it had Cage and Perlman in it. Then again, i also forgot it had the Crusade/war stuff at the start too.
Dis Rags just Attack on Titan'ed at 9:13? (I mean I know that the first OP is pretty popular but he hates anime right? Would be cool if they would watch the show tho)
It would be cool if they would watch "Black Death". It came out at the same time, has a similar theme. Sean Bean in the lead role. But in the end it's a much better and more serious movie.
Back when I was watching 1st 2 seasons of Crown I do remember looking up this movie but totally forgot Claire Foy was in this She was so pretty, still probably is
I remember this film from when it came out. It wasn't half bad but I still think they could have done a bit more with the story. Enjoyed the commentary.
I always really liked the look of the Demon in this movie. There needs to be more Demons in film! Edit: okay, it looks a bit worse than I remember, but the concept is still good!
