The first time I saw this movie I thought the choreography was really bad, but then I realized what was actually going on. Brian De Bois-Guilbert could have won the fight, but he held back because his conscience was struggling with being the cause of Rebecca's death. At the moment he was about to kill Ivanhoe, Brian finally decided he couldn't let Rebecca die because of him, so he chose to let Ivanhoe kill him. That's why Robin Hood asks "why?"
That's a much better, more plausible explanation than what's actually written in Sir Walter Scott's novel. In that, God supposedly smites him during the initial joust.
@@scottspringer957 The book describes Brian as being "a victim of his own emotions" and he suddenly has a heart attack or something right after he unhorses Ivanhoe. This adaptation has a much better, less anticlimactic interpretation.
Best sword duel between two men in full-body chainmail can be found in Robin and Marian (1976), with Sean Connery as an aging Robin Hood. The battle is brief, bloody, and brutal between Robin and the Sheriff of Nottingham. I strongly recommend that film if you love this one.
One I think is at least as good is the one in the movie El Cid, between the kings' champions when they fight over who owns the city of Calahhora. It was a very realistic depiction of such fights because it was extremely brutal, obviously physically taxing to the ultimate, and *short*. When you're bundled up inside that armor and the padding cloth under it, you get badly overheated pretty quickly, so fights had to be over in the shortest time possible. Another great fight scene is the last part of Ridley Scott's 2021 film The Last Duel.
Boris-Gielbert was in a classic Lose-Lose situation. If he killed Ivanhoe, then the woman he loved would have been burned alive and would have to live his entire life knowing he was the cause of her death. If he lost Rebecca would have been freed but he would be dead. And in either case she was in love with Ivanhoe not Bois-Gielbert. (Poor Rebecca, Ivanhoe was in love with Rowena, not her). So, after he knocked Ivanhoe off of his horse Bois-Gielbert dismounted himself - he did NOT have to do that - and engaged Ivanhoe on the ground with swords. He convincingly beat Ivanhoe one-on-one. That is indisputable. Then he let Ivanhoe kill him after locking eyes with Rebecca one last time. Boris-Gielbert gave up his life that Rebecca might live, but he proved to Ivanhoe which one of them was the better knight. BUT(!) could he have beaten Ivanhoe if Ivanhoe was not still weak and sick? We the audience are left to wonder….
They never show the ending from the novel, where Bois-Gielbert just collapses from the conflict created by his desire for Rebecca. Neither man actually wins the fight. I prefer the duel from the Robert Taylor movie, where Ivanhoe outsmarts his foe, and kills him. There, Boris-Gielbert is more along the lines of "If I can't have her no one will." Well, he's played by George Sanders. His characters were rarely what you'd call chivalrous. ;) I can't say I care for this one.
Сплошные нестыковки, Буагильбер одет не в орденские одежды, что было запрещено Орденом тамплиеров, магистром коего он являлся, кресты у братьев - рыцарей далеко не тамплиерские, даже ,, Босэан,, - знамя Ордена тамплиеров неправильное, в фильме черно - белое пополам, на самом деле чёрный цвет занимал одну треть. Теперь о самом поединке, кто читал роман,, Айвенго,, Вальтера Скотта помнит что Айвенго был выбить из седла Буагильбером, когда подбежал к нему с мечем, Буагильбер был уже мёртв. А тут устроили избиение младенца, Айвенго ещё от ранения не отошёл, тамплиеры его бы делал как бог черепаху. Хоть бы подумали создатели фильма, ведь Вальтер Скотт не зря придумал такой финал, и что он хотел этим показать.
In the book Gielbert knocks Ivanhoe off his horse at the first pass. Ivanhoe merely touches Gielbert's shield, yet Gielbert falls off his horse and remains lying on the ground. When they go to him and lift up his visor, he is dead. Gielbert had some good in him that was struggling to get out. In the book Rebecca is shown to be very devout and to be continually praying to God. Gielbert may have died as a consequence of God's intervention.
Can't believe how funny some of the old historic movies were. I really thought at one point that mail and armor was pointless, just like another piece of clothing. I really thought as a kid growing up during the 1980s that you could slash through metal.
4:06 right....Donovan! Or General Veers. I just looked at Kevin Costners Robin Hood and saw Sean Connery. I did not remember quite who played King Richard here and in Costners movie.
The guy received so many blows that he could barely get up, until suddenly he precisely stabbed another with a sword that weighed a lot and still had the strength to stand in front of the majesty and the girl... By the way, wasn't that red one Sam Neill? I feel sorry for the guy. It's so miserable to die...
People do not get punched backward when taking a bullet either, and how many cars were ever locked in earlier movies? Or the sound of space crafts or even explosions it space. If you want to complain over something like this in a movie you find something in everyone.
@@Heide-ul3qp I’ve read the book. But I’m not commenting on the authenticity of the movie in reference to the book. I’m commenting on how well the movie was made.
Hussey does a much better job of conveying Rebecca's strength of character, which is what makes de Bois-Guilbert fall in love with her. Also, neither in the book nor in the 1982 version does he actually assault her (Sanders grabs her and kisses her). Another thing that bothers me is that one minute Ivanhoe is still weak from his wound, and the outlaws take him to Sherwood to recover, and seemingly on the following day he's apparently fit enough to fight in Front-de-Bouef's castle - a big change from the book, in which he has also been brought there and is tended by Rebecca, as In the 1982 version.
@@avortinus6031 This version is more faithful to the book. The 1952 may be more exciting but this one conveys the ambiguity of the final battle in the book.
Hmm, so Robin Hood was just standing around waiting for the woman to be burnt alive… and I thought he was the good guy.. King Richard spent just under a year in England in all the time he was king.. he was really a King of France with a nice holiday home in England.. King John would later become king and rule ruthlessly and will be forced to sign the Magna Carta… not sure what happened to Robin Hood, but I guess he turned into Sean Connery..😂
Ivanhoe spends the entire movie recovering from wounds received in the Ashby joust. He's in no fit state to throw a sword around with abandon and the choreography matches that. Watch the entire film sometime.
@@angel-rq4fz Yeah, nah. James Mason and Sam Neil are poor actors? Olivia Hussey, Anthony Andrews? Nope, not in any way. I own the 1952 on VHS, have done since 1989. I got it because of this. I wish I had this and the '97 version as well. Just as I have two versions of The Mark of Zorro and three versions of The Four Feathers.
