THE 13th WARRIOR (1999) MOVIE REACTION!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!

[@teeheeteeheeish]

This movie is a gem. Banderas did an amazing job, and played the role with his usual passion.

[@PizernBReact]

Agreed. Loved every second of it

[@Ashmo613]

The book better explains what is going on. There are anthropologists who believe that Neanderthals lived in isolated places in far Northern Europe longer than initially believed. It's a "what if" they had lasted until the Viking age ,with Beowulf as a base, and on the real life interaction between Vikings and Arabs during the Dark Ages.

[@PizernBReact]

That makes a lot of sense, thanks for sharing. It’s good to know even without this info we still loved the movie

[@leonardjackson842]

This is definitely one of my favorite movies. Classic movie for anyone who likes action movies. I have watched this movie at least 15 times and I still love it.

[@teeheeteeheeish]

Agree!

[@EssEll9791]

Great movie selection! Love this movie!

[@PizernBReact]

Thank you!

[@patrickbateman7369]

TURN THE VIDEO VOLUME UP!!!

[@oaf-77]

This is a reimagining of Beowulf, Crichton also reimagined 'King Solomon's Mines' as 'Congo'

[@PizernBReact]

We need to check this out!

[@oaf-77]

@@PizernBReact Congo is a fun movie, I'd like to see your reaction to it

[@TheTeodorsoldierabvb]

​@@PizernBReactLate to the party, but Ahmed ibn Fadlan is a real historical figure and a scientist who lived with the Vikings. His writings are the first external source on them.

[@yanniszaxaro]

these 2 gents are men of culture .. that is an amazing movie

[@eoftar3192]

While the movie itself indeed has Beowulf inspiration running through its veins, the book itself was based on a diary(of sorts) of real historical figure - an Arab traveler, and events described in the original material take place somewhere around the bank of Volga river. There might have been vikings out there(or Voryags/Varangians, as they were called locally), but the main population was mostly Slavic with a mix of Bulgars and Finns.

[@JnEricsonx]

Loved this movie. Wished Dennis Stohori aka Herger, the guy who takes a liking to Ibn got to do some more here in the States!

[@mattiOTX]

I think shaky cam in melee combat where its small groups can make that combat feel more jarring. I think it fits this scene well if we are following iben's pov since between the culture shock he is fighting in a far land against monsters of another people. He has got to be scared witless.

[@EvripidouM]

It's funny how we are calling him Iben (son will f) XD

[@VineVitumEt5]

Michael Crichton went to med school and graduated with an M.D. However, he never actually practiced. . Instead, he was the creator of "E.R," which made George Clooney very famous.

[@TheRedStateBlue]

this would have been roughly 920-922 AD, when ibn Fadlan's embassy happened. this part is made up, but that would still be the time frame. i read the book (Eaters of the Dead) in high school. Michael Crichton wrote it as a way to tell Beowolf as it might have actually happened before being romanticized in its retelling. the fire worm is obviously the dragon, the chief is grendel and the matriarch is grendel's mother. ibn Fadlan is just a convenient vehicle to tell the story from a unique perspective.

[@williammontroy9024]

This flick deserved a much better fate at the box office

[@beriliumsphere107]

Just an FYI for the future, the movie volume is much lower than you guys.

[@maingate7672]

You might want to watch the movie ''Outlander'' (2008), starring Jim Caviezel, it's a sci-fi take on ''Beowulf''.

[@mattiOTX]

I saw it and it felt like something the sci-fi channel would have put out. Think the 13th warrior takes the cake in my opinion.

[@luisvls]

One of my favorite movies. I understand that they deleted over an hour of tape due to problems with the author of the book who was getting too involved in the production of the film. I can't imagine what it would have been like with all the content the director filmed, too bad that could never be recovered. The soundtrack goes wonderfully with the essence of the story. 💪

[@angelagraves865]

This is a great movie and I've seen it many times. I think my favorite part is how he learns their language gradually by listening to them talk. Also, the morning bowl of...water, with all the spitting and snagging, zizzing and driffing, turns my stomach every time. Lol Michael Crichton knew how to write them. *Disclosure* (1994) with Michael Douglas and Demi Moore is a departure from his usual fare and a great story. Edit: *Valhalla Rising* (2009) with Mads Mikkelsen, who plays a Norse warrior, is a great movie that takes place around the 12th century and follows a group of Crusaders who get lost in a strange land on their way to the Crusades.

[@Myrth1]

This WAS a 2 hour movie. And then the execs panicked and trimmed the shit out out it. And did massive reshoots. And then trimmed it down once more. So the choppy plot with countless lose ends is the result of all that trimming. There is anywhere between 25 to 40 minutes of the movie just cut, depending on the source.

[@isolinear9836]

Criminally underrated. The reviewers did this movie dirty. And yes, it was because of PC - not enough 'diversity'

[@CarlosVazquez-v3o]

I know and appreciate You're Enthusiasm Bless You Both I Agree Pyro tecs are on Cue Glad You Enjoyed Thanks For Posting 😉

[@PizernBReact]

Happy you enjoyed it!

[@seraphinaaizen6278]

This movie seems to be a kinda marmite movie; you either love it or hate it. I personally love it, and so do most people. But there are a lot of folks who seem to despise it for some unspecified reason. The movie is "kinda" historical fiction. Antonio Banderas' character really did exist, and he really was a diplomat and explorer who left Bagdad to explore Europe, and he really did meet Vikings (he wrote one of the only first hand accounts we have of a Viking funeral, and his work is referenced by historians all the time), but although he traveled with the Vikings for some time, he doesn't really talk much about the journey itself. So this movie is a kind of 'what if' of what might have happened during those missing months; a reimaginging of Beowulf, featuring a tribe of cannibals (implied, but not outright stated, to be neanderthals who survived into the 9th century - although in reality the neaderthals died out around 40'000 years ago) in the place of Grendel. I like that the Vikings have such mismatched equipment. They're wearing armour from all over Europe, from very different cultures (granted, some of it's a century or two early; Buliwyf's plate armour in particular is probably far too advanced for the period), which makes sense. They were traders and raiders, so they'd pick up mismatched gear from all over the place.

[@PizernBReact]

Is that really true about the Viking funeral thing? That’s awesome! We had no idea the movie had some basis in historical fact and that makes us like it even more

[@seraphinaaizen6278]

@@PizernBReact "Possibly true". It depends very much on whether we consider Ahmad ibn Fadlan a reliable reporter or not. We know that ship burials were common practice for Norse people throughout Europe, but his account is a lot more detailed than most we have (including the ritual sacrifice of the young girl who is burned alongside the chieftain). His account goes all the way down to what kind of herbs they burn as part of the ritual. Most scholars agree that his account is probably accurate, at least for the Vikings who were living in the Rus region he was touring. The version in the movie is somewhat sanitized. The treatment of the slave girl who agreed to be the sacrifice, and how she meets her end before being placed on the boat, is downright horrific. It isn't quite as quiet and dignified as portrayed in the movie (although the general description of her being hoisted up three times and reciting poetic lines before being dispatched is accurate). She's basically taken to a hut and gang r*ped by the dead Chieftan's closest companions, is throttled and/or stabbed by the wise women of the village, and is then placed on the boat. So yeah....not nice people. And it sucks to be a woman in 9th century Europe (or anywhere else).

[@cmdrglass5096]

Most fights are quick and not a long affairs so I loved this movie, saw it when it first came out :)

[@maingate7672]

I couldn't do the whole ''pretending to be asleep'' thing, if I'm pretending to be asleep, it ain't gonna be long and I will be asleep!

[@edmartin9343]

The coldest line in the whole film: Bulvai has just killed that dude in tent who was his rival. Very next sentence “Now that there was a new king, …” Straight up cold blooded

[@Kasino80]

It kinda reminds me of predator, which makes since both are John McTiernan movies. Also, I'll say that John McTiernan is probably the best action director.

[@cmdrglass5096]

Most of the fights were at night so shooting bows at night is hard and when they could do shoot they did :)

[@GrnChli]

Love this movie!

[@jamiekansas7639]

I love this movie pans labrinyth is also amazing!

[@Buster-cv4zk]

As a dane, i Can understand, What the norske Are saying. Its a blend of Danish, swedish and Old norse

[@alexbartha274]

soundtrack was the same composer as the mummy, if you don't know by now.

[@S_047]

Vladimir Kulch for the win. Also the voice of Jarl Ulfric Stormcloak , high king of Skyrim

[@angelagraves865]

(22:24) StalaCtites Come from the Ceiling and stalaGmites Grow from the Ground.

[@PizernBReact]

Yooooooo thank you for that!! Definitely remembering that from now on

[@andreas956]

6:47 The viking king shouts out. "Vi må sände araben" = We need to bring the Arab.

[@ticozayas6430]

I love this movie, but the one thing that has always bothered me is Antonio's heavy spanish accent being played off for a middle eastern accent, like I know it's a product of the time it was made but they didnt even try to get around it lol it's a 7.5 /10 for me, but I can understand a flat 7

[@beriliumsphere107]

I wish we could have watched some of the movie too

[@Heegaherger]

Very late but you need to see the (1940) Mark of Zorro with Tyrone Power and Basil Rathbone. It's arguably one of the best of classic swashbuckling Hollywood.

[@ronniecorbett6306]

One of my favorite movies.

[@scar445]

Gotta love the water tray being passed around or "Skylleskål" Literally meaning "Rinse bowl" In danish. A very real, very healthy thing to do, despite the implications. But being subjected to the germs of the entire village WILL boost your immune syystem

[@PizernBReact]

With how we view germs today it’s so hard to believe, but it does kind of make sense when you phrase it like that

[@scar445]

@@PizernBReact its why it is so important that children play in the dirt, literally. The immunesystem works much like our muscles. They need to be challenged and to work in order to stay healthy and effective Fun fact about the Rinse bowl: The first man to use it, would be the one of highest social standing. Then the next on the pecking order and so forth. Inside family households, the woman would go first. Believe it or not, but Scandinavian women were masters of the house and everything going on inside AND had the right to keep the house, in case of divorce, which they also had the power to demand. Even failing to satisfy your wife in bed would be grounds for divorce,, if she wished to pursue such an action.

[@mickylove76]

That’s not why they did it though.

[@mikel1804]

Boost your immune system? Or Get you killed. By your claim people would have been healthier because of this, but the evidence is against your theory. The average lifespan was quite low and the child mortality rate was insane. Things like "sharing germs" was much more dangerous than beneficial. Don't be led to ignorance by your appreciation of culture which has since moved on. Scandinavian people would still do this if the people found it truly beneficial, but we see today this is not the case. Sauna is widely accepted as a beneficial practice, so it is still seen today around the world. You should use your analytical mind, and rethink your claims.

[@scar445]

@@mikel1804 aahh, yes. the average lifespan. I'm sure the complete dependence on good weather to grow enough food to avoid starvation, the common raids, the harsher living conditions, the longer and more taxing work days, the wildlife, the lack of proper medicine beyond herbs and experience in life, the lack of good dental care and a myriad of other things, had nothing at all to do with the lower average lifespan. as for infant mortality, i would like to refer to my previous answer. And don't give me that bullshit, it is a proven fact that your immune system needs to be kept on its toes to be effective. sharing germs, to a minor extent, will help that. Granted, you do not drink the water. you use it to rinse your face.

[@EnFyr]

What's hilarious to me is that the old woman screams "valkyries, Norms" what on earth does she mean by norms? They probably just thought it sounded cool in Norwegian. And to answer your question if vikings were big, yes they were. It was even written by English monks that they were. Mostly because of harsh winters but plenty of meat and carbs. But they're horses weren't tho. They used the short icelandic horses similar to ponnies 😂 that probably made them look bigger as well.

[@JohnWilson-zh3il]

I'm assuming that the Vikings got the larger horses through trade, especially since you first meet them in eastern Europe. Its right up there with one of the warriors having a gladiator helmet.

[@tempsitch5632]

Imagine the fire and safety planning required for filming the epic nighttime battle ?

[@PizernBReact]

Probably where a good chunk of the budget went

[@vincentmannino4567]

If you didn't already know..... 🧀

[@PizernBReact]

Big if true

[@sickturret3587]

4:00 this was like 900 a.d. around today's ukraine and north of that (probably up to sweden bro) neither mongolians or tatars were there. it was cumans/kypchaks, oghuz and possibly khazars back then as altaic steppe peoples

[@hansenbee123]

Being NORTHMEN, u got to laugh and have a sense of humor when its WINTER for 7 months every year. xdxdxd

[@ShawnGoodwin21]

tip toe through the window

[@PizernBReact]

Ok tiny Tim

[@epicnerdhype]

CHEESE!

[@PizernBReact]

Crackers

[@epicnerdhype]

Salami

[@CarlosVazquez-v3o]

Yesss Bless You 🌹👌✌️✌️💯🙏💝

[@BloodShotTell]

You remind me of the mummy :)

[@PizernBReact]

AYO

[@HellBrYnger]

isnt it funny (to the rest of the world) and that thrusts the protagonist, who is islam btw, but after 15 of cut up stuff, let say atleast an hour and 20 minutes, still distrusts... what in the

[@TheBunnyodeath]

Stop watching Michel bay movies, "explosions" watch Akira kuraswa

[@PizernBReact]

This comment makes absolutely no sense

[@brutefox]

🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀

[@Waterford1992]

Damn what an awful film! I watched this years ago and was bored to death with it and so will never watch again.