The King (2019) - Trebuchet Scene

[TBStudios]

Finally a movie in which trebuchets are not modern day artillery and sieges actually last and don't end up in one hour

[dt]

What I love is that it's always on their perspective and leaves the viewer to wonder what the people are experiencing in that castle

[reidkemp]

How does Netflix crank out terrible film after terrible show and then all of sudden release this absolute gem of a movie

[alexandertkeith]

I don't know why I find these Trebuchet so aesthetically pleasing

[ravenking]

Great movie! So was the music. They should make more medieval films

[bluepirate]

"Sieges are dull" - Blackfish

[enderkd]

this is the most beautiful scene from any film that i've ever seen. the way they showed the progression of the construction of the trebuchets during the day, then, at dawn, the firing of them, 1, 2, 3. The way the soldiers lit up upon firing, with the darkness engulfing them again, contrasting their silhouettes against the night sky. The booms land, 1, 2, 3. So incredible. I truly felt as if I were there.

[oliver]

Love it. So fresh and insightful. Really reminds you that without the intense noise and silly music we're used to in conjunction with depictions of medieval seige warfare, it was a somewhat eerie and solemn affair to a bystander. Days turning into weeks maintaining and provisioning a camp, slow and steady operation of seige engines, low voices, changing weather. Realism like this is so much more investing and entertaining.

[darthjamula]

1:17 Something tells me that we'll never see a scene as real as that ever again in a historical picture. The sound of the impact seems SO real. I think this is as close as ill get to witnessing a medieval siege in real life... from a safe distance, of course.

[scarymoe]

Watched this last night. Great movie. The battle of agincourt at the end was crazy. Im so glad I didn't have to live in the middle ages.

[eLMoney]

My favorite scene of this movie! The sound effects are amazing too

[gamlingthe]

This scene is amazing. There's no glory or gilding what's going on. Everyone is moving slowly, deliberately - there's no rush. The men packing the trebuchet, the kids weaving baskets from straw, the goats rounded up in the pen. The music is the cap stone of this. It is somber and full of doubt just like the besiegers.

Sure the movie isn't ONE HUNDRED percent historically accurate but is any historical movie, really? They got as close as they could with the production budget and locations they had available and delivered far more than anyone could have hoped. Favorite film of all time.

[jmurphy]

We built this bloody thing and by god we are going to use it

[onetwothreefourfive]

I love how there's only a few. It just makes it more impactful than like 200 CGI trebuchet blobs.

[MrDivagation]

Let's take a moment to appreciate that etheral score. Strongest scene in the whole movie for me !

[rohitbhardwaj]

the sense of weight in this film whether it is the armour or rocks hitting is truly amazing, specially the sound. It makes sense when they fight the last battle!!

[lorddaquanofhouserastafari]

This was a awesome movie we need more shows and movies of these eras I’m tired of all these super hero movies

[aidanrogers]

While I love this scene and the music, the actual siege of Harfleur saw the English use early cannon against them. Henry V didn’t want to completely destroy the walls, but he needed to quickly force the people to surrender, and ordered the cannons to continue firing day and night to not only weaken the defences enough for the English to possibly storm it, but also the constant sound of the cannons would incite fear into the townspeople.

Although it took about 6 weeks for the surrender to occur, the cannons were a large reason why the people had given up, the constant demoralisation, plus the fact that the French army wasn’t even close to marching in order to relieve Harfleur.

[apimyfriend]

The soundtrack is so haunting in the background. The movie was amazing.

[lanceleader]

The music did its job in this scene. It makes me cry every time. Especially knowing what you know by the end of the movie. War is bloody, and soulless...