Great scene with Max von sydow as King Osric in Conan the Barbarian (1982) (HD-720p) 

damn straight, RIP

Indeed sir. RIP Max

R.I.P Max Von Sydow

That's exactly how I described him to a youngin at work. RIP.

He had another part that was cut, you can see it online or on the dvd extras. I think he monologued a bit then got assasinated by the snake cult, but Conan didn't know because he was off on the mission so whether or not he got all those riches promised in the end is another question.

You do feel for him. Perhaps not a very good man, maybe sometimes cruel himself. But the one thing that he truly cherishes after years of rulership have made him jaded and worn, is his daughter. He knows sending these rogues to rescue her is a gamble, but he's that desperate.

You're right. It's a perfect response.

And if its your boss will you answer, I salute you? ;P

@@GritimoTheOdd Word 🍺

@@willsteele793 Only if I'm sober 🍺

conan was so dumb he spent most of the king's audience not understanding it and thinking he was getting a rollocking. His mrs understood.

Yeah. It's almost night and day the difference between this and what passes as dialogue now.😊

Heartbroken

@@josephwarra5043 Aye. That'll do.

Excellent observation. (It is finished)

I honestly never thought of that before.

Agreed 100%. The greatest of sorrows indeed. A guy named Ralph Waldo Emerson spoke of it when he lost his 5 year old son to scarlet fever on January 7, 1842. He wrote this letter to a friend afterwards: "You can never know how much of life is taken from me. For as of a few weeks ago, I accounted myself a very rich man, and now, the poorest of all" Here's to the poorest of all.

Somehow, the lack of knowledge only inproves the performance. Any perfomance! If the actor is serious about his chosen profession.

And man, what chops!

It is similar to Raul Julia's role in Street Fighter, no one will call that one a great movie (maybe a fun one if one grew up at that time) but Julia who was dying of cancer gave it his all because his sons were big fans of the video game so for him it was a chance to leave them something memorable.

Also he claims all he remembered of the role in later years was the deleted scene when his own court assassinated him (edited out), because they couldn't get the blood right or the right angle, and they had to do take after take of him getting knived by multiple characters on all sides

@Főfasírozó underrated.

Rest in peace, King Osric, Ye Shall Be Missed...

@@seantressel1754and Esbern in Skyrim and Lamar Burgess in Minority Report

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I watched this move many many times as a kid. After 25 years this is the first time noticing her.

It’s moving to see Valeria fall to his feet in supplication, and the way he just throws the gems at them to make his point. Amazing acting!!

@@acidz0037 She's lunging after the gems he dropped, not supplicating

Nick Hentschel Maybe that is what's best in life!

psovegeta Cute. But then again, I always found that, "open steppe . . . wind in your hair" speech pretty compelling.

psovegeta WRONG! The best thing in life is to crush the enemy, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of the women!!

TheUTubeTeamSucks Yes that was the joke.

TheUTubeTeamSucks Well he did crush his enemies and hear the lamentation of the women on his epic quest didn't he?

Back then, Max Von Sydow was the biggest star in this movie. Ok, maybe second biggest, after James Earl Jones.

And all the fight scenes would have 30 cuts per minute and be shaky cam footage so you can't tell what the hell is going on.

It helps to have a powerful and skilled actor upon whom the camera can linger.

@@Rodshark75 I thought I was the only one who felt that way. I swear, sometimes I just want to start screaming and ripping my hair out when they pull that horsesh*t.

There are few, precious few actors nowadays that can carry a scene like this. They just don't train themselves, or have the skills anymore. All these older actors and actresses worked for years in theatre before becoming movie stars too.

;_;

This character is onscreen for not more than 3 minutes yet has such a powerful role over the movie. Being at almost all times on the mind of viewer. What a great scene, the impact it leaves basically sets up the rest of the movie and gives both Conan and the viewer an action (mental for the viewer and physical for Conan) to undertake and at the same time gives a predictable outcome for the movie which the plot subverts after the party/attempted assault scene

Hollywood and for that matter, all of the first world's civilizations, are a bunch of blue pilled simps. Each trying to outdo the other in terms of pandering to these feminazis. Other than a movie here or there, when are we shown that men are even capable of loving their children? A day hardly passes without a movie, show, or an advertisement being shown demonstrating a mother's love. These female babysitters are given sole physical custody of the children over 85% of the time but demonstrate no ability or even willingness to carry their own weight to get/maintain a job so that they can provide for said child. Laws are passed and enforced to give these egg donors money from the fathers but with absolutely no accounting that the money is actually used on the children themselves. For the children's sake, we need to return to the days whoever has physical custody of the children is the one financially responsible for said children. Stop telling men that you love your child, show us that you do by working for a living like the rest of us. Returning back to the movie, for the life of me, I don't know how that line, "all that is left is a father's love for his child" got slipped in with all these man-haters about, but I must say, hearing that line hits deep for me. I know other fathers must feel the same way but you would never know it since the arrival of the Hate-All-Men group aka Feminists. Sorry for the long rant but this nonsense needs to stop.

@@gmoney5709 I believe it's because this movie was done in 1982. Before the feminazis and the fan-the-flames-of-hate media came to power in this Country. To your other point, yes, family court is extremely one-sided. I went through it, and I know several others. All of us have an issue with how something was handled. But of course, if you say anything about how it isn't right, you are just a dead-beat who doesn't want to pay (even though all my payments were in full, and on time).

The pain in his face before he recites that line. Amazing acting. There's few things I love more than a scene done perfectly.

gandalf the gay was probably the best actor for that role...obvioslyy besides possibly christopher lee. was a bigger nerd than most of us...fun fact christopher lee had some basis in the james bond films, he knows what a kneck being cut sounds like

i still can recall watching the documentires, ian macellen, was talking about chritopher lee

the opposite of rick morannis as dark helmet in spaceballs

Its a very universal truth-when you love you child enough there is nothing you would not do.

It is the best line in the movie.

Tulip Dew brilliant!

Of what few lines were in the movie over all. I have never seen another movie tell such an epic story with so little dialog. All the major scenes, Conan's mother's death, finding the sword in the tomb, the Wheel of Death, the Temple fight are all done with no words at all.

I also think the line is foreshadowing what Conan will be in his old age, as the opening narration suggests... "Jeweled Crown of Aquilonia upon a troubled brow".

When he said "The King", I felt a full force of power behind those words.

The eyes never age

One of the greats. RIP, Max.

xxx xxx Its a good line, but its the actor who makes it a great line. Once a great conqueror and warrior, now a king w/ all the riches he could ask for including a tray covered in precious stones yet he carelessly tosses it to the trio of thieves as if it was dirt to him and in 20 seconds we know why. The sadness in his eyes strips away all the wealth & power to reveal that he's an old man and father, worried sick about the one thing that truly matters to him, his child.

+Captain_Hat "The comes a time when the jewels cease to sparkle, the gold loses it's lustre and the throne room becomes as a prison...and the only thing left of any value is a father's love for his only child."

God damn. Arnold should reprise his role as Conan in this old king role. To show the cycle... Fuck it'd be great

This movie is so good. I've lost count the number of times I have seen this movie from beginning to end over the years. Unfortunately for me, I can't handle this scene. It hurts too much. I hope that none of you come to understand that sentiment.

Indeed, Sir.

"So how should I play this character?" .. Director: "FULL HAM" .. "Are you sure?" .. Director: "HAMMUS MAXIMUS!" .. "Ok then.."

Not a single chewing motion was needed. Max really has that level of screen prescence.

One of my favorite parts of this movie. When someone underestimates this film, this is one of the scenes I point to.

His acting is supberb in The Wolfman too, and he appears less time!

no, scenery chewing is over-reacting. He's muted and powerful in this. Scenery Chewing is nicholas cage.

+Ryu Hayabusa He looks like he's been in his 60's for over 40 years now. LOL!

He will be dead any minute now

"He will be dead any minute now" Isn't that what your mother said about you?

tallswede80 😭😭😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂😂

thegorn68 no, he has aged considerably: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_von_Sydow

Everything needs to be explained now. They can't leave these stupid audiences to imagine or figure out anything anymore.

So fucking irritating true. Just look at The last Jedi. Oh no! They killed Snoke without telling us his shoe size?

No way man. Killing Snoke was like if Thalsa Doom got killed by the princess and left the cult right after this scene.

@@postshift19 But if the princess had 5 hours of interaction With Conan first and usurped the Mountain of Power after the killing..?

"... Two or three years ago it was just another snake cult, now... they're everywhere." The "... just another snake cult..." makes me hoot every time. This is a world in which Snake Cults are two-a-penny. :D

Probably explains why he doesn't look to have aged a day, since Conan was just a boy.

He said 'Demagogue.'

Your Watcher, according to the subtitles on my copy of the movie, he does indeed say demi-god.

Oh, wow. Okay -- corrected. Thanks! :-P

Thulsa Doom is just a Stygian sorceror. There's plenty of them.

A coat of many sausages LoL

Meat Armor!

In those times they literally had meat shields lol.

@@bretthess6376 A lesser known Dolly Parton song, to be sure.

Conan is a force of will, not strength. Conan does not speak a lot because he is ill accostomed to flowery speech; Conan does not speak a lot because he does not have to. Yes, in 1981 Arnold Schwarzenegger had a thick accent that would have been difficult for an American audience to understand had he had a lot of lines. However, Arnold was given the perfect role: the role of Conan, who personified "actions speak louder than words."

@@mykull1090 Though Conan did get that awesome"Crom! I have never prayed to you..."speech later on in the movie.

From the "Making of Conan..." documentary, there's the line where Dino de Laurentiis complains about no one being able to understand what Arnie says, to which the reply comes, "But Dino, no one understands you!"

And yet... even with almost no dialog, Arnie acts his ass off in this movie. Hell in some respects this is a far harder job to act without speaking. You have to use your eyes, face, expressions, body movements to all convey the character and script instead of relying on your voice to give it context and meaning.

The second best Fantasy movie and THE greatest soundtrack of all time!

Agreed. It has aged pretty well. The production quality holds up.

I do not think it is underrated. It is not for everybody. Marvel is for everybody and it is shit. Greatness is not a popularity contest.

@@Luzt. Here, here. You could not be more right.

An Epic tale . Epic composer. Epic King Osric. My favorite movie soundtrack. Definitely a top 5 movie for me. "What's best in life. Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the women. "

True elegance and dignified reserve in acting.

Desert fashion:)

He MADE those roles absolutely believable. That is a Master.

He did get 50 more seconds in a deleted scene where he gets murderd by the snake cult shortly after sending the rescue party for his daughter. Giving more weight to the scene where the princess asking Conan to join her (or at least take her with him) after burning the temple.

+Wurzelknecht I figured that for her going for the gems that fell off the plate.

Yes she's I'm sure she's also going for the gems but it also looks as if she's grasping Osric's robes. Maybe it's an attempt to hide her outburst of greed, but I just thought it was funny since it looked like as soon as he said anything about payment she was his to command ^^

Yeah she's going after the gems he's dropped.She's a practical lady. The king can't do anything for her but gems....that's another story.

Valeria is a material girl.

I think she's just spent enough nights cold alone and hungry to never want to do it again. I can understand that.

“Pathetic earthlings hurling your bodies out into the void...without the slightest idea of who or what is out there”

Oh yes....Liet Kynes, the Imperial Planetologist......

And a decade earlier, he already played a dying old man in The Exorcist (1973).

A movie like this can not be made today. Hollywood deems it too masculine.

Too manly for limp-wristed Hollyweird, that's for sure.