Heath started yelling like William Wallace and it completely unnerved our world class jousting villain into not being able to hit a near naked man? And, Heath was cool jousting with no armor? And he was able to hold his lance up after being impaled with about 4 inches of wood because they tied it to his arm with a shoelace? What the hell happened to the last 5 minutes of this movie?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi5PFI3rMTQ
Lol. Yep.
I like Adhemar, so while I wanted him to lose (since he is the bad guy) I don't like how it was handled. I don't like him trying to cheat. The guy was arrogant enough to think Will could never beat him. It just added silly drama. Did anyone think William was going to lose? Going to die because he's an idiot jousting without armor? The only part of the end I like is Geoffrey giving a speech to stall time and going on Edwards chair to do so. Then Edwards reaction like "I know this guy is stalling for time for William, but I like Will, so it amuses me." Also, who else but Geoffrey would have the balls to stand on the crowned prince's chair?
I really enjoy everything else in this movie, but the ending just got weird and annoying. Besides, what kind of victory is it to win against a guy who was daydreaming during the joust, against a guy knew he'd lose (did he suddenly realize he was the bad guy in a story or what?)? Adhemar might as well have thrown himself off his own horse.
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I think (though I may be mistaken) it's because Will thrusts his lance forward more in that final ride than in any other. Furthermore, Adhemar's sure he can beat him just by letting Will ride into his lance, since Will's unarmored and (supposedly) unable to use his fighting arm much. He's taken off-guard by Will's last-minute burst of strength and fails to react appropriately, which is what gets him unhorsed.
Still fairly contrived, but not as bad as some other films.
That's the best description I've heard here and I agree.
Was it contrived? Well sure. The whole movie was. Most movies are. But did it fit with the established parameters of this particular fictional universe? Sure seemed like it to me. I had no problems with the way they ended things.
And then he was hugging, dancing and hurdling the fence with no apparent pain.
This will be the high point of my day; it's all downhill from here.