Gawain didn't die. The final line of the movie spoken by the Green Knight "Off with your head," is actually "Off... with your head." It's a pun. As in, "you can leave, with your head still on your shoulders." Gawain passed his test.

@PeterJoll

2 жыл бұрын

I can't believe I didn't catch that! I figured the gesture he made was the ambiguous part but this makes even more sense.

@sirorliktheironclad

2 жыл бұрын

Gawain succeeded. He passed the test and now he has returned home with a happy life compared to what we see if he ran off. Gawain has a daughter instead of a son who dies in war and she gets to have a happy childhood where she plays with her father’s crown. That’s what I think the after credits mean.

@sadlobster1

2 жыл бұрын

The way I see it, the test was meant to see if Gawain had the true courage to face his fate without hesitation. As the code of Chivalry says; a knight must be strong of mind, body and heart in the face of adversity (or in this case, their own destruction/death)

@kg7219

2 жыл бұрын

for me it almost doesn't even matter if gawain dies or lives in the end. his arc is complete, he's learned what true honor means or whatever and he either dies or goes and lives out his life. it reminded me a lot of the ending of the sopranos, which i also love as an ending. ambiguous endings keep people talking. shitty endings... (dexter im lookin at u)... just piss people off lol

@Darth_Melek

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, not to mention that in the original novel it was always a test by Morgan La Fey who's Arthur's sister in law in this story, to see if the Knights Of The Round Table are still brave as they used to be. Morgan who in this story is probably Gawain's mother and the who summoned the invitation of the Green Knight's in the movie's begining.

"I'm here to talk to you about the Round Table Initiative."

@jeesuk

24 күн бұрын

Underrated comment.

Wait, so Gawain survives then probably? Thats awesome

@theeatherlash69

2 жыл бұрын

The Green Knight Said: "Off ... With your head." ("Off (you go), with your head.")

@seventhsteel1415

2 жыл бұрын

​@@theeatherlash69 even if you didn't catch the wordplay, the Green Knight harmlessly running his finger across Gawain's neck was his way of returning the blow. It was just a bravery test. I'm confused why anyone would think Gawain dies.

@guitarpop

2 жыл бұрын

Obviously

@g.d.graham2446

2 жыл бұрын

He always did in the original

@joselguerra0

Жыл бұрын

You know part of me believes that with this test you truly are to receive what you dish out. With that rule being very obvious to him I don’t think anyone expected him to do something so violent. A clever knight may have simply gave the green knight a kiss on the cheek.

For does who don’t know in the actual story of sir Gawain and the green knight Gawain lives the green knight never kills him In the books he succeeds all 5 task but fails the last task by the green knight by not taking of the green girdle In the movie he fails all 5 task but succeeds the last task by the green knight by taking off the green girdle So this movie is really hard to tell if Gawain did liv or die since this movie is pretty much the opposite of the sir Gawain and the green knight maybe Gawain does die in this version since he lived in the original but who knows

@elbandito5411

2 жыл бұрын

You're wrong. In the post credit scene it shows his daughter picking up the crown that fell off his chopped head so he does still run away and lives his fake honorable life after all.

@samuraichamploo2182

2 жыл бұрын

@@elbandito5411 that's a valid point. I just checked that scene of his head toppling over. In that scene, the crown breaks.

@squamish4244

2 жыл бұрын

@@elbandito5411 The crown is unbroken!

@elbandito5411

2 жыл бұрын

@@samuraichamploo2182 well if you really looked at that scene, the crown is shown to land on the second step down from the top on the close up shot then when they go to the wide shot you see the crown on the first step down from the top and looks unbroken so you can't say his head did not come off because the crown is unbroken in the end credit scene. In fact, the crown would not be lying on the floor for the baby to pick up. It's a crown of a king. So obviously his head did fall off in that end of credit scene.

@elbandito5411

2 жыл бұрын

@@squamish4244 well if you really looked at that scene, the crown is shown to land on the second step down from the top on the close up shot then when they go to the wide shot you see the crown on the first step down from the top and looks unbroken so you can't say his head did not come off because the crown is unbroken in the end credit scene. In fact, the crown would not be lying on the floor for the baby to pick up. It's a crown of a king. So obviously his head did fall off in that end of credit scene.

King Arthur cinematic universe lets gooooo (Jkjk)

@DiamondWoodStudios

2 жыл бұрын

KACU FANS UNITE

@squamish4244

2 жыл бұрын

It's already had a 1,500 year storytelling universe so what the hey lol

@blue-eclipse9365

2 жыл бұрын

You know. I’m down for it.

Simple : Mom wouldnt kill his son(Gawain).

@whitedragoness23

2 жыл бұрын

That’s why she provided him the green enchanted sash. But he chose to take it off

@nalday2534

Жыл бұрын

I think that's the point. Instead of being harder on him and forcing him to take her and her love for his child seriously instead of only ever considering what men around him have to say because that's what expected of him in the patriarchal structure of the kingdom even if they don't really give a shit about him, her summoning yet another male figure to tell him on how to be a "man" is what ends up eventually killing him. It's a cautionary tale.

it was a test all along & he failed bad far as I saw,at least he lived long & even has grandkids playing with his crown.

@theeatherlash69

2 жыл бұрын

No. That was his child with his lover; from the averted future where she was taken away -- instead of making her a bastard by not marrying the woman who loved him ... he married her instead, and she had legitimate right to wear the crown. :)

@TheOldBlackShuckyDog

2 жыл бұрын

He failed all but the last task. I guess that was the only one which mattered in the end?

@alalalala57

Жыл бұрын

​@@TheOldBlackShuckyDog The other tasks were lessons. The final task was the true test.

@soccerthrowback0664

22 күн бұрын

Hasn’t anyone read arthurian literature here?

I had no idea this existed, did this show in theatres in its original run

@TheEzio1991

Жыл бұрын

Yes

So, my understanding is the Green Knight represents nature, which is a cycle. Things live and they die and new things are born. The Green Knight can’t die because it is nature, life and death, the cycle. Sir Gawain faces mortality and the inevitability of death, as a result of life. That is the main point of the story. It isn’t about bravery on the battlefield, but accepting one’s fate. That is my feeling. Gawain grew up, and took responsibility. The director may have wanted him to die, but really, that would have made the story mostly a waste. Yeah, it was important that Gawain showed up and accepted his fate, and didn’t try to cheat, but in a way, nature cheats. The Green Knight can’t be killed. It is a game that can’t be won. All humans lose that game, no matter how brave. Ignoring some of the director’s statements, and just watching the film as is, and knowing the original tale, I’d say Gawain saw how his life would be if he didn’t accept his fate, and ran away a coward, and everything turned out bad, and in the end, he died anyway, but with a fallen kingdom. He saw all that in an instant, and decided to face fate, and took off the sash, and was calm. Then the Green Knight kneels, calls him his brave knight, and playfully cuts off his head with his finger, symbolizing the end of the game, and the death of the old Gawain, and the birth of a true knight. The little end scene might have been a cute blooper, but I also think it shows he never had the son, instead having a daughter, and his path was an honorable one.

@ohnoitsaxel5150

13 күн бұрын

Your interpretation is great. I came to the same conclusion.

I am about to watch your version even though it doesn't look very good.....

It's funny how many people see this as some indicative ending. There's implications perhaps, but it's still intentionally ambiguous. The only definitive ending that was shot was that of him being beheaded, but they didn't quite like it as much and by far figured leaving it open ended was superior. Like most great films, this leads to discussion and interpretation which leaves viewers with more lasting power than any usual tightly wrapped bow of an ending would.

How would my Mom know about the cave and my Dad?

I’ve been reading comments and I still have one unanswered question. If Arthur and the queen die and gawain is dead then who gets the crown? Is it gawains mother? If so and if she is Morgan le fay thirsty for the ruler ship like people have said then wouldn’t the end credits be a young Morgan (gawains mother) putting the crown on as a flashback foreshadowing intention or something?

@squamish4244

8 ай бұрын

This scene obviously strongly suggests that this is Gawain's child, however. So what do you mean?

@aamesworld

8 ай бұрын

@@squamish4244 if you can’t figure out what I mean by what I put idk what to tell you other than read it a couple more times 🤣

@aamesworld

8 ай бұрын

But alright about the daughter thing

@squamish4244

8 ай бұрын

@@aamesworld So you're asking a pure hypothetical? Okay. Morgan is not depicted as evil in this version, she sent her son on a quest to develop his character, so if she took the throne, she would rule well. There are many versions of the Arthurian romances. You can pick and choose which one you like best.

@megthemouse

7 ай бұрын

Morgan is as much Arthur's ally as she is his adversary. She aids him at the end of his life. I think by making her Gawain's mother it shows her summoning of the night as a tool to test her son's honour

How does one know this is Gawain's daughter? It could be Arthur's sister when she was young, lusting after the throne

@alalalala57

Жыл бұрын

That's thematically pointless. This is all in all Gawain's story.

@EthosEater

6 ай бұрын

Easy. This child isn’t black like his sister is

That obviously aint this current life.....

Ok! WHAT DOES IT MEAN?! who is this girl's daughter?

@wiredinprod

2 жыл бұрын

Basically for those who don’t realize Gawain is not dead, it’s conformation that he’s alive and had a daughter and lived out a life that was not as false and grim in the future he saw if he didn’t throw away his comfort from the protection belt.

@toons8744

2 жыл бұрын

@@wiredinprod i think this is supposed to take place after he meets his grim fate and his castle is abandoned, so it seems he was correct. Having removed the protection belt it is likely he died

@wiredinprod

2 жыл бұрын

@@toons8744 In my interpretation after the green knight does the slicing motion across his neck that was the debt repaid. As King Arthur said “It is only a game.” Gawain was merely supposed to be ready to die and have the courage of a knight thus he proved he was ready. In the future where he returns and lies about facing the green knight he doesn’t not have the courage of a true knight and that leads to him not marrying Essel because she’s a common girl. Slowly he starts to lose control because he does not have the strength of a true knight to run Camelot properly, but I believe in this future he has to the courage to take a common woman like Essel as his queen and face the judgement of others.

@TotalAnarchy27

2 жыл бұрын

@@toons8744 No I don't think so.

@toons8744

2 жыл бұрын

@@wiredinprod Thats an idea too. I like the ambiguity of it. To be honest, it doesn't matter if he dies there or not. What mattered is that he was ready too. So while I like the idea of finality that his life ends here I also like the idea of him living out his says as a king. Although I have to believe hed still face hardship and struggle that he enisioned upon returning yet in that final scene things are peaceful.

the girl i was with was more into kissing me than watching the film in theatres, so i originally missed this post credits

@Tobi7744.

Жыл бұрын

weird flex but ok

I'm gonna go commit society- why do writers keep doing this

yikes. subversion

@theeatherlash69

2 жыл бұрын

It was his daughter (who in the vision was taken away) ... with the woman who loved him. He married her, so his child with her was not a bastard who needed to be taken away -- which is why his daughter is in a position to pick up the crown and play with it. :)

@sjuvanet

2 жыл бұрын

@@theeatherlash69 yeah, i get that... it's evil!

All films must comply with the official narrative.

@alalalala57

Жыл бұрын

Of not being a coward?

@brianjosephestanislao3511

Жыл бұрын

@@alalalala57 And absolutely nothing else I’m sure.

Unfortunately she is dressed like a rich girl from Mumbai, wearing a sari in medieval England

@squamish4244

2 жыл бұрын

It's a legend. The very nature of a legend is that its meaning or context may evolve over time and according to changing circumstances and values. The story is 800 years old in its current form but is derived from other tales that are probably much older and have multiple variations as legends always do. The Green Man figure himself appears in stories all over the world in different forms. The story has evolved to reflect Britain's multiculturalism in the present. Gawain is played by an actor of South Asian descent but a native Brit, because the legend belongs to him as much as to historical white Britons. This is not supposed to be a rant, rather I think it is important to state what legends are. No one culture 'owns' legends as they contain universal human truths.

@sauldogeman2816

2 жыл бұрын

@@squamish4244 That was beautiful.

@squamish4244

2 жыл бұрын

@@sauldogeman2816 Thank you :) I love words. I love legends.

@whitepork8924

Жыл бұрын

@@squamish4244 with this reasoning would you also say middle eastern, asian or African legends also(just as equally)belong to whites as well?

@alalalala57

Жыл бұрын

​@@whitepork8924 If that white person is a native of those cultures, absolutely. Why wouldn't it? His skin color does not define his culture. His culture defines his culture.

Stop punishing me because of what happened to my brother. I was 2. I am sick of being punished and exiled because of Jamie and his suicide.

Why are most of A24 movies so weird and have the strangest endings? This movie was good as far as cinematography, music and costuming. Acting was good too. But story really dragged. I was like please let's move along already. And from the very beginning I knew from him chopping the Green Knight's head off made him dishonorable and therefore will never be a knight. I also do not believe he should be honored for going to have his own head chopped off. There's too many people that do evil things then expect forgiveness after the damage is done without any consequences. It's like you doing something evil and then saying ok now that I got that out of my system I will be good now. Not good. As the movie went on, almost everything he was doing showed how he was not a good person and I was just waiting til he got what he deserved already. In the end I was satisfied with him ending up a fake and losing his kingdom and everything but they had to do a whole "Last Temptation of Christ" thing where it was just what his life would have been if he ran away and then deciding to accept his head getting chopped off. Sorry but I hated that ending. And in the post credit scene it shows his daughter picking up his crown that fell off his chopped head so he still ran away and lived his fake honorable life after all. I will definitely not watch this movie again and I do not recommend anyone to watch it.

@samuraichamploo2182

2 жыл бұрын

Lol. Found u again. And yeah, the crown breaks when his head falls down so the post credit scene is not it's continuation.

@elbandito5411

2 жыл бұрын

@@samuraichamploo2182 you don't know that. What you saw before was his thoughts on what may happen and the post credit scene is what actually happened. So it doesn't have to be a broken crown. But it was on the floor so sorry. You are wrong buddy.

@samuraichamploo2182

2 жыл бұрын

@@elbandito5411 Maybe you are right. Well, it wasnt that bad a movie.

@elbandito5411

2 жыл бұрын

@@samuraichamploo2182 it did look good with the costumes and scenery and the giants and I am a big fan of knights and kings and King Arthur. And just don't like the story.

@samuraichamploo2182

2 жыл бұрын

@@elbandito5411 Yeah, it's actually changed from the original novel.

The whole movie just subverts any good narrative the original story had. He was weak and pathetic. Zero inspiration to be drawn from him. Waste of time.

@theeatherlash69

2 жыл бұрын

It was his daughter (who in the vision was taken away) ... with the woman who loved him. He married her, so his child with her was not a bastard who needed to be taken away -- which is why his daughter is in a position to pick up the crown and play with it. It proves he grew. It's proof he changed things, and fixed it all - BECAME strong, and made the brave and honorable decisions.

@lukebrumley2798

2 жыл бұрын

Bad take

@CPUNerd002

2 жыл бұрын

Very shallow take on the movie mate. Dig a little deeper like many other people clearly did. A lot of thought went into this work, learn to appreciate that.!

@PjWilliams975

2 жыл бұрын

I think the point of the movie is that he has courage despite being weak, sounds like a bad take on your part.

@thewolfPrince

2 жыл бұрын

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