It's so subtle but it just works out because that dude just died in front of him yet he responds as if he had just been verbally assaulted and nothing more.
You know what kills me about this besides the looped sprinting, is that whoever he doesn't kill just goes about their business like nothing's happening, just like they're old game programs... The fact that the girls keep dancing after Lancelot kills over half of them is the best part of this
The first part where it looked like Lancelot is not making progress closing the distance, the sudden stab in the next shot, the guards apathetic behaviour, the "hey" is just pure comedic genius. This was the best scene and it sparked a mad laughter that wouldn't let up throughout the thing; by the time I was done I had an 8-pack.
Yes, in my opinion, one of the most memorable and funny moments in the history of cinema. I was laughing out real loud the whole scene when I first watched it on tv late at night many years ago. A mindblowing sketch
The way he does that double-take at 1:23 always killed me. He looks like he's gone completely off the rails, then goes on to murder all the guests. Such an incredible scene.
I watched this movie for the first time yesterday and the part where it showed sir lancelot running without getting anywhere with the drum roll had me laughing so hard I cried! It's in my opinion the funniest part of the movie. This is without a doubt the greatest comedy film ever made.
my favorite movie of all time, and to think that when i learned this movie was 30+ years old when my friend first tried to make me watch it and i was like "ah man, this is gonna get boring". I'm glad i thought that way though, then i started doing involuntary crunches XD
"You only killed the bride's father, that's all!" "Well, I really didn't mean to." "Didn't mean to? You put your sword right through his head!" "Oh dear, is he alright?" Exceptional.
literally, every single main character is completely split up doing their own mission making it a nightmare for the DM to keep track of and on their individual quests they're either rampaging or failing at the simplest tasks and turning everyone against them.
3:04 You only killed the bride's father! That's all! Well, I really didn't mean to! Didn't mean to!? You put your sword right through his head! Oh dear! He all right?
About 25 years ago myself and some friends met Michael Palin walking on Hampstead Heath where the "Launcelot running" clip was filmed. We were all ardent Monty Python fans so we had a brief chat. He was very friendly and I asked him if he knew where the spot was where Launcelot comes running out of the woods. He remembered, as this was a "pick up shot" and he had recommended Hampstead Heath to the film crew and shown them the best place to film it. He recalled them using his house that day as a base, as he lives right next to Hampstead Heath. He even told us how John Cleese had walked from his house to the spot where they filmed, dressed in full costume, with the camera man, Terry Jones and himself in tow. Anyway, he pointed out the direction of the spot and what to look out for, and we thanked him and went off to look. Lo and behold we found it, pretty much as it was in the film. We decided to come back and make our own version with one of us dressed as Launcelot. When we played it at home on a TV it looked great. We even dubbed the original music over the video. These were the days of video cassette camcorders. Sadly I no longer have a copy of the tape or I'd happily upload it.
@@patrickoliver9133 well see, back then they did it just cause they wanted to. And they usually wanted it to be the best they could do. Nowadays, they do things because there's profit involved, & will wholeheartedly gutter the project so they can milk it more by segmenting it into 3 or so parts. :/
0:45 *Trophy earned: Optical Delusion (Run repeatedly back and forth 5 times outside Swamp Castle and disorient the guards)* 1:16 *Trophy earned: Let One's Guard Down (Kill a guard without talking to him)* 1:24 *Trophy earned: Rotten Apple (Kill an unarmed peasant carrying apples)* 1:28 *Trophy earned: Killer Party (Kill at least 4 dancing maidens at Prince Herbert's wedding)* 1:32 *Trophy earned: Band for Life (Knock down the musicians at Prince Herbert's wedding)* 1:47 *Trophy earned: Bother to the Bride (Kick Prince Herbert's bride in the chest)* 1:53 *Trophy earned: A Pain in the Neck (Slit 3 wedding guests' throats at Prince Herbert's wedding)* 1:56 *Trophy earned: Flower Power (Strike a flower vase with your sword)* 2:15 *Trophy earned: Fit for a Prince (Reach Prince Herbert in less than 5 minutes)*
3. The guard on the right made a lighlty shout even his comrade get murdered by Lancelot 4. The rampage of Lancelot by killing and hurting everyone on his road, laughing like a pure maniac 5. The dancers who keep dancing even Lancelot kill a bunch of them 6. The stage full of musicians that gets knocked down by Lancelot 7. More killing spree from Lancelot when he goes inside the castle 8. Lancelot decide to attack the flowers and a decoration while he climbs the stairs 9. Keep climbing and he does more killing 10. The guard inside in the room try to warn Lancelot to not enter the room, but get stabbed in return 11. The way Lancelot does his noble thing with the prince who has sended a letter, but get confused 12. The epic music before the King introduce into the room and does a bit of 4th Wall break 13. The King asks at Lancelot who he is, but his son response instead 14. The discutions between Lancelot and the King while the son try to escape 15. Almost the end, the king cut down the rope, the one with his son who try to use it to escape 16. And both King and Lancelot decide to get out of the room to take a drink while the poor prince find his death by crashing on the ground Didn't I miss something?
gargoyles9999 me doing what I call a skyrim rampage, after quicksaving killing every damn citizen/guard that gets in my way, til I die or kill everyone, then I reload the quicksave XD
I just love how you can tell that John Cleese is having the time of his life during that scene of him hacking and slashing his way through the guests. XD
Ha-ha, I totally want my brother, the best man to re-enact this at my wedding in a few months ha-ha. But then again, I kinda want to BE a married man, so I'll probably just leave the idea out of it.
Possibly the most accurate portrayal of Sir Lancelot ever. fate/zero's Berserker comes a close second. Also, I think Lancelot just killed (or horribly injured) Walder Frey and Roose Bolton in his mad rampage.
Well to be fair this is the guy who attacked a french castle earlier with a sword. Like how your melee troops attacked castles in age of empires. We gotta throw sense out the window with Lancelot.
@@dandini0698 The thing is that this Lancelot is a sociopath who is only a knight because King Arthur was afraid of what he would do if he wans´t. But he also has a nice side, as you see in the clip he asked if the father was ok... after pushing a sword into his head.
Must be adopted. He likely was the sissy orphan kid with the tattered teddy bear in the 30's cartoon "Christmas Comes But Once A Year" (NOTE: it's on RU-vid). Probably his adopted dad (alongside Lancelot) wishes now that mad inventor's Christmas toys took him and those other creepy looking/acting orphans out.
@@Jaymindrew1990 Two years later I notice you seem rather obsessed with a cartoon from the 30's and the opinion of this fellow's supposedly adoptive father.
If you ever watched the 1930s cartoon "Christmas comes but once a year" on RU-vid, and saw that freaky/sissy orphan with the ratty teddy bear, you'll know who this "princess" once was, where the dad got him from and why he ultimately cut the rope. That kid and the other orphans creep me and my own kids out by their weirdness.
This is cinematic and comedy genius first it shows the guard welcoming guests from slightly away before zooming to their faces then to Lancelot running then back to the guards to Lancelot running somehow not getting closer. Then zooms back into the guards watching in apathy and puzzlement. Then it does it over and over till you feel a bit of a bore setting in so you think their going to keep it going. Then they zoom out to the same distance as before (except no guest) and somehow Lancelot is right fucking there! Stabbing a guard and bum rushing past him out of nowhere
I just got the funniest image in my head of Bolton guards at Winterfell looking into the distance and seeing Brienne running towards them over a hill while a drum roll is playing.
I know right! I watched the movie for the first time earlier today and I laughed so hard at that part I cried! In my opinion it's the funniest part of the movie.
Sir Lancelot's dialogue from 1:15 to 2:14: Ha-HA!! HITE! HA! hheeeEEYY! HA! HRAAH! AH! AH! HERRR! HEEEEY! HA HA! NYEEEH! HEEEH! HEEY! HAH! AH-HEY, HA HA! HA HAAAAA! Haaaahh! *HA HA HA HA!!!* HAAAA HA HAHA! AH HA! *Ha-HA!* HA, HA! NYET HEY HA! HEEEYSAH! RRROOOOH! HA! AHEEEYHA! HEYAH, HEYHA, HEYHA! HIEEEY! HI-HA! HA! HA HA, WOoOooOoh! HA!
One of my own favorite gags is just the fact that after all that distant springing, Lancelot closes the distance in one frame anyway to stab one of the guards unexpectedly.
I love him laughing as he slaughters the innocent, and the line just at the end "I get a bit carried away." I can only imagine the amount of dead that man has left in his wake.
