History Buffs: Outlaw King
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In its role as the unofficial sequel to Braveheart, lets find out if Outlaw King does a better job of accurately portraying Scottish History and Robert the Bruce's mission to liberate Scotland from England.
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As a Scot and a Fifer I can fully empathise with the horse that would rather throw itself off a cliff than go to Kinghorn
But the man, minus heart, is buried in Fife!!
In Dunfermline Abbey to be precise.
lmao
As someone who lives in Kinghorn. Im certain the horse was just too depressed after going through Burntisland 😂
Damn, didn't know Kinghorn and Burntisland had such a rivalry! :O
As a horse...i concor
I worked on Outlaw King for 5 months. Armour was slowly added to our costumes after each battle, suggesting it was looted.
There is a 4 hour cut including the spider in the cave scene. There were talks of making a mini series but sadly, I don't think we'll ever see it.
Great video
That's awesome. I've always wanted to work in a movie in this time period as an extra on a battlefield or something.
@@heretech7025don’t we all..don’t we all.
Pure Bruce propaganda. May he burn in hell forever.
If Netflix releases an extended miniseries cut it wouldn't be without president, not to long ago they released an extended miniseries cut of the Hateful 8
@@stephencummings7615 found the Englishman
My favourite thing as a Scotsman is they used actual scottish castles and scottish Highlands which help with the magic and beauty of the landscape
The film director is a Scot. Grew up near Pitlochry.
it was kind of funny seeing Douglas take back his castle, only for the castle to be the same one from Monty Python's the holy grail.
I’ve never been to Scotland but have always wanted to go as it seems like one of the most beautiful places on earth. Also I’m love cryptids and Loch Ness would be cool to see.
the great outdoors!
Shooting on location always helps with a films athantcity
I would watch a 5-10 hour Robert The Bruce historically accurate series starring Chris Pine and Florence Pugh. No question.
seriously same, she's an underrated actress and they definitely fit these roles really well.
I had hoped that’s what this would be, I wish it had been done as a 10 part series.
Absolutely. The biggest problem with inaccurate historical movies is that history is often more interesting.
@@vanyadolly often more interesting, but frequently less believable to a modern audience unfortunately.
Jesus dude just watch a documentary
Fun note that the film leaves out that I just remembered: Robert's younger brother, Edward (called Ewan in the film), later attempted to claim the title of High King of Ireland at his brother's behest and he held the title for a bit before he was killed in battle by Anglo-Irish forces. That makes him the last person to hold the title of Irish high king.
I thought that happened after Bannockburn
@@MsJaytee1975 it did. That's why I said later.
He died at the battle of Faughart where I live !!
watch after braveheart its a documentary
I'm sure I seen a movie about that, the guy that plays Blackfish in game of thrones was Bruce's brother.
I love when History Buffs comes back with a new episode, at the right time.
Its like a rare treat.
It's never not the right time
Feels like Christmas
My first episode and very well received too. Wonderful, well paced, intelligent commentary.
I couldn't agree more!! ❤🍿🍫🥤
Robert The Bruce’s life was a great example of a man who was mentally tough and overcame tremendous adversity. He was also an exceptional military commander. A fascinating figure.
Yes, he was very talented as a Comander.
@vaultveteran3368 😂
@vaultveteran3368 what?
Basically the inspiration for Stannis.
It takes either one hell of a personality or sheer belief in a cause to have all that failure and death on your Conscience only to keep going…. If you’re not a psychopath.
Dude, I’m SO HAPPY you got to this one! I reviewed it (in written form) when it came out and honestly the only inaccurate thing that made me as furious as all of Braveheart was putting Elizabeth in a cage. In reality, if the English had done that, her extremely powerful father and all his forces probably would have defected to the Scottish side. In reality it was Bruce’s female relatives suspended in cages (one of them dying as a result), apart from Marjorie because of her age. She and Elizabeth still underwent solitary confinement, which is equally horrible, but I guess it wasn’t as ✨DRAMATIC✨
the true royalty of historical movie reviews 👑
I wish history was taken more seriously and talked about more accurately
stop striking peoples videos for saying the word hitler
Stop demonitizing history videos?
yes exactly@@freezafeesh9251
@@freezafeesh9251bro just went ahead and said it
One slight correction: you called Isabella MacDuff "Isabella Fife". Though the MacDuffs were the hereditary Earls of Fife since the time of Malcolm III Canmore (the one who deposed Macbeth of "Macbeth" fame) so I can understand the mix-up.
One detail that I love from the coronation scene is that the MacDuff who crowned the King of Scotland would list the new king's lineage. In the film, she only goes through the Bruce line, then the Earls of Huntingdon back to King David I. In reality, the MacDuff would continue to recite every Scottish king back to Kenneth MacAlpin, the first king of Scotland (or Alba as it was referred to in the records from the period). However it doesn't end there. They would continue to recite the Kings of Dál Riada back to Fergus Mór, then *keep going* through the kings in Ireland from whom Fergus Mór and all subsequent Scottish kings claimed descent.
In fact, until the 11th Century, Ireland was referred to as Scotia Maior (greater Scotland) and Scotland was Scotia Minor (lesser Scotland). As such, the Scottish kings still saw themselves as having a historic bond with Ireland which superseded any English claim to the island.
This may seem like just a fun history fact, but it had very real political significance. When Robert Bruce's brother Edward (whose name is changed to Euan in the film for some reason) invaded Ireland in 1315, it was partly to drive the English out and deprive them of Ireland's taxes and resources, but it was also a statement that if any non-Irishman had a right to be High King of Ireland, it was a Bruce, not a Plantagenet.
History Buffs is such a great platform. For one, it frames its lesson around a movie which helps tell a story, and if the movie has in accuracies it addresses them. I watched ‘1492’ in middle school history class, and this channel totally showed why that’s wrong. Great work, keep it up!
Jesus they showed 1492 in your classroom?? How long ago was that cuz that movie is so infamously bad, for many reasons but foremost and obvious to any historian is the whole ‘Columbus first to claim round earth’ and ‘natives loved and admired Colombus and he treated them well’ bullshit. Still insane that people have forgotten the movie and don’t even criticise Ridley Scott for it much anymore. Recent interview he said that movie only did poorly because “Americans can’t understand any european accent, only American-english accents” and apparently didn’t learn the lesson that he made a pro-genocidal pro-colonial propaganda movie. I mean ffs even British imperial history epics had more complexity. Still strange that with how many history epics Ridley makes that he never fucking bothers to actually take historical accuracy to heart.
He’s off the mark quite a bit in his videos, few big ones here but that’s life
Just a quick note for History Buffs! The popular yellow dye for clothes at that time didn’t come from horse pee, but from weld, an extremely common weed. Stale urine was a common mordant (dye fixative) but it DID NOT color the fabric! Between weld (yellow), woad (another common weed that produced vivid blue and even certain shades of green with copper added) and madder (also a weed, whose roots produce bright reds and pinks), medieval Scotland was extremely brightly colored 🌈
Sincerely,
A historical dye nerd 😅
Dye Nerd sounds like a good youtube channel idea.
"Yeah, urine was used, but not for the coloration, but as a fixative!" This level of historical pedantry - the extremely technically correct level - is the kind I just have to respect. Good job.
Imagine having the job of collecting horse urine... I suppose it would be easier if you got it 'drunk' first, but then its liable to fall on you...
If I'm not mistaken it was specifically male urine that was used too.
wasting your time trying to educate Engs.
Outlaw king was a massive improvement on braveheart. Indeed it had some errors, but overall it was a decent film. I really hope to see Das Boot reviewed someday.
Yes Dad Boot
Nah Das boot is perfect
Yes much better than that garbage anti-semitic lunatic's ravings😂 where he basically plays the same character whose wife/gf is brutally killed which turns him to a psychotic killer with a death wish😂
William Wallace actually makes an appearance in the outlaw king
The original Das Boot? I'm there.
Nick I'm sure you probably don't have time to read these comments but in case you do I want you to know how much I appreciate your videos. I can only imagine how much work and effort goes into making them and I am very grateful.
This is why I love this channel.
Constantly uploading on a semi-regular basis for a few episodes, then leaving for some months and coming back with a full hour documentary on the historical accuracy of a movie.
Or he just leaves for a year or more then rocks up with multiple back to back hour+ long episodes on a series.
You know it’s real deal history when it’s almost an hour long… love History Buffs
I always thought that the imprisonment of Queen Margaret and the Countess of Buchanan in cages was very barbaric. After enduring such a terrible ordeal, it is a wonder that Margaret was able to bear children after her release.
Fun fact about Robert The Bruce's family is they were actually of Norman French descent and the family name is derived from the name 'Le Bruce' which either means the willowlands or the brushwood thicket. I only know this because a Scottish friend of mine from Falkirk explained this to me in the pub one night.
Yeah, on his father's side, he was of Anglo-Norman descent, but his mother was a Gaelic speaking Gallowegian noble woman. Therefore, I'd assume The Bruce spoke Scots, Gaelic, Latin, and French.
There was about 12 bruces before Robert... all who gained land n title his father the leper. Told him this.. and tactics. Harsh n cruel he seems but was right.. the time wasnt right.
Le Brus, I fact.
It’s de brus not le Bruce
Thank you so much for mentioning the Battle of Teba at the very end of the video! My ancestors, Clan Logan of Restalrig (I am directly related to Sir Robert Logan,) who were two knight brothers of the twelve Scottish knights present, fought and died along side Douglas. Along with William De St Clair of Rosslyn who was surrounded and attacked first because his armor had the cross on it. Attacking moors thought he was a Crusader knight (they all were but he was the only one with a cross visible) and so they thought he was the leader. Sir William Keith of Galston, who was present, survived and is the one who collected the dead, and Bruce’s heart, to bring back to Scotland.
There's no source reference to what emblem St Clare was wearing, but probably it was his own blazon. Nor does the one source that describes his death refer to the reason the Saracens attacked him first. Meanwhile, by contrast, the knights of the Military Orders St John,vSantiago, Calatrava, etc., all wore large crosses on their surcoats, mantles and shields.
Jean le Bel tells us Douglas was accompanied by 7 knightsand 20 esquires John Barbour said that there no more than 10 left with him in his final fight- including the Logan brothers, who were from a feudal landholding family in lowland Lothian rather than a clan.
@@JohnFortune-zs8rk the Logan’s were a clan who lost their clan ship
Outlaw King and "The King" were really good movies. I enjoy the ride every time I watch them.
I want a History Buff based of The Pacific - it's a mini series about the Marines during WWII. Interesting thing as well is that it is about a Marine who became an amazing historian.
The Pacific is actually based on 2 books by Marines who fought in WW2.
Robert Lecke wrote "Helmet for my Pillow" and later became an historian.
Eugene Sledge wrote "With the Old Breed"
I got that and Band of brothers on DVD. The pacific is in one of those fancy metal box set cases.
Unfortunately I have to store it horizontal because I accidentally broke one of the studs that holds the disc in place in the box.
Trying to get the disc out with those studs are a pain in the ass. You have to push hard. In this case I think I pushed too hard and broke it. The disc is fine though thank God.
Eugene sledges' writings are considered some of the best war memoirs in from any war period. I'd highly recommend having a read of the book with the old breed. 👍
The story of the origin of the "braveheart" is absolutely epic and sent shivers down my spine. What a line from Douglas, "Onward Brave Heart, Douglas shalt follow thee or die"
The Battle of Teba was part of the Reconquista, and is in Spain.
According to the stories, Douglas was eager to pursue the fleeing Moors, and when he and his retinue were too far ahead, the Moors turned and tried to capture him as insurance.
Douglas initially attempted to turn and retreat to safety, but as he did, he saw Sir William St.Claire entirely surrounded, but fighting valiantly.
Douglas threw the heart and charged to save a friend and comrade. Likely, it was a calculated risk - rallying to St.Claire until the rest of the army could catch up, rather than being picked out one-by-one on the ride back (as St.Claire had been)
Unfortunately, by the time the army arrived, those defending St.Claire were dead, including Douglas and St.Claire.
There's a monument to Douglas at the town of Teba today, and they celebrate him with a local holiday.
If you want another good medieval tale of "death before dishonor," check out King John the Blind, of Poland, and his death at Crécy in 1346.
@@SlyBlu7 Found this on King John the Blind, *"Far be it that the King of Bohemia should run away. Instead, take me to the place where the noise of the battle is the loudest. The Lord will be with us. Nothing to fear. Just take good care of my son."*
What a legend!!
Loyalty till thee end.
Holy Smokes !! Thought my job as "Monk #4" was just to fill empty space, just spotted myself at 6:10 ; middle of the scene behind the boy in the hood but in front of the really tall singer at the back 🙂
Your performance added much to the movie :)
Greek fire is 50 percent Greek and 50 percent fire.
You should do 'The King' (2019) or Ridley Scott's 'The Last Duel' (2021). They play in a similar category with very convincing acting and solid depiction of battle.
Especially 'The Last Duel' is somewhat unique, making historiography itself the pivot point of the movie.
There have been a few pretty good historical analyses of The Last Duel, specifically The Cynical Historian, and that while the period-setting is visually super well done, it does take quite a few liberties but is overall a great picture of the time. But thats also cuz the book they adapted from took some liberties
Eh, The King wasn't a good adaption of Agincourt...
and out of Ridley Scott's movies about duels, The Duelists is much better than the Last Duel, both historically and cinematically.
@@colbunkmust Yea his action style in The Duelists felt extremely real. I'm hoping he returns to that sort of realism for Napoleon!
The King was horsehite
The Last Duel was excellent
What stands out to me the most about the movie is how kind of neutral the portrayal of Edward the first is for a Scottish directed/written film when making him much more of an evil figure is accepted and expected from a Scottish audience. I assume making Edward the Second more villainous than you usually see in media was in part to make up for that
I mean, when you look at the context of history, Edward I was ruthless and cruel, but a good ruler, who probably means what he says at the beginning of the film to Robert. No more ruthless and cruel than Bruce was, or other Scottish Kings at the time. Edward II however, was well known for being a weak man who relied on fear (and didn't exactly pull it off)
It took me a while to guess who the hell Edward II was, mostly because I knew that he wasn't involved with the Bruce during this period.
@@Kinghobbe is interesting to see him get more focus than just being all Edward I
I love that every review takes years but it shows so clearly how much effort has gone in and I still rewatch ones i've seen over and over because they are so well done. Often much better than the film itself 😂
Nick, this was such a great episode -- easily a new favorite. Medieval Scotland has been a gap in my knowledge for a while and it is very nice to learn some more about it!
One of the few channels where the content is always 99% great.
Great work!
47:34 One big reason the chainmail looks better and more historically accurate is because it's ACTUAL riveted mail. Not butted mail like you see in practically every other medieval film or tv show.
Oh hell yes, this was a movie that I wished History Buff would cover one day and it seems today my dream has come true.
You don’t know how much I love this channel. Every time there’s an upload, I wish there were ten more.
I’m no armor expert either. But I have put a huge amount of time researching and a ton of time wearing this. The armor is mostly incredibly accurate for the time showing off a ton of earlier coat of plates that were popular at the time and seen in wisby (visby) finds. The princes armor is a bit silly and the helmets seem to be nicer than they probably actually were. But I remember this movie being a huge buzz when it came out specifically for this. I even talked to the armorer a bit through Facebook.
Keep up the great work nick. Always happy when I see a history buffs upload. This one especially.
Another thing to point out is that Raibeart Bruis (Robert Bruce) was a skilled warrior as film described. Many films depict medieval kings to fight like some kind of knight or soldiers, but in reality, kings usually stayed way the far back, giving command to his troops (because if the kings die in battle, his army will lose morale and it will be utter political chaos).
In many historical documents and oral history, it is indicated that Raibeart actually engaged in combat as a warrior, boosting morale of the soldiers, but also getting some earful from his nobleman for being so careless (which was perfectly reasonable from what’s explained above)
One significant kill that we can confirm from Raibeart is Sir Henry de Bohun. When Bohun charged straight to Raibeart with lande, after spotting him at Bannockburn, Raibeart confidentially charged toward Bohun and killed Bohun with a single blow from his battle axe. On top of that, Raibeart also killed the squire that accompanied Bohun to the attack.
Raibeart was truly a mad lad to pull this stunt off as a king and I think the outlaw king depicted very well how he was a warrior, not only tactician. Although it would have been a way more badass to see Raibeart swinging a battle axe to his enemies skull, the action sequence was still great.
Glòir do dh'Alba!
I don't think the story includes a squire, does it. De Bohun attacked single handed, on the spur of the moment.
@@JohnFortune-zs8rk I think there are different versions of story where he killed the squire as well, but yea he did definitively killed De Bohun
I loved Stephen Dillane's performance as Edward I. As a massive GOT fan, only Stannis could play Longshanks
"They'll bend the knee or I'll destroy them. With War Wolf."
I disagree Charles Dance would be better, especially since the character Tywin Lannister is based on Edward I
@@Apollo890 this is true. I'm also just a massive Stannis fan :P
I knew you would call BS on the Bruce letting Edward II just go back to London and cry. Anyone in their right mind would capture him and do anything you want to get what you want. Having the King of England in your custody was an automatic "I win" card.
The Scots would never capture or kill an English king. Conversely, the English defeated and captured David II (1346) with a reserve team and killed James IV (1513) with another reserve team. The imprisonment of David II and the ransom thereof is exactly what your suggesting here. God forbid anyone glorify that actual historical event.
Some of these clips are taken from the 1996 low budget film, "The Bruce", which was crowdfunded, years before Kickstarter was even a dream. So basically, because I chucked in a few quid, I was present when some of these shots were made. And also "The Bruce" and "Outlaw King" both used Blackness Castle as a location, as did the Mel Gibson version of "Hamlet". It has a very rocky, courtyard, which is very distinctive, and is a great visual.
Can’t wait for your review of “The King”!
No way did he just do one of my favorite movies
My 17th great grandfather sir Roger Kirkpatrick stained his dirk with the blood of the Comyn right alongside the Bruce. This is where the words of house Kirkpatrick come from.
"I Mak Siccar" I'll Make Sure. This is what my grandfather told the Bruce when he walked out of the church and said "I doubt I've killed him" . My grandpa, the scottish terminator, is the guy in the painting at 16:18
That is absolutely awesome!
I think every man on the planet understands the urge to fire the Warwolf 😂
I want to point out that a scene depicted artichokes on a table, that is anachronistic since artichokes weren't introduced to the British isles until the 16th century.
Absolutely brilliant review. As a period of history which im fascinating in it was excellent and a great movie. Apart from a few pronunciation errors of Scottish towns/ sites i cannot fault you. Keep up the great work for all the history buffs out there.
I know he mentioned it later, but another historical inaccuracy from Braveheart was that Edward I and his son were of the Plantagenet dynasty, defiantly would not have spoken English.
Yeah that's the fact alot of these movies exclude likely for simplicity. For once I would love to see this depicted. Imagine a movie or a series that shows the contrast between the English speaking peasents and there french overlords.
48:23 lol here he mentions that yellow was a commonly used color because it was made using horse urine then a second later a wide shot with alot of ppl standing is shown and the guy front and center is wearing a yellow colored hat😅. I don't know if that was intentional but I laughed my ass off
Really good account. Though you didn't mention the nod to the Frenchmen that fought with them. There were reputed to be at least 250 Templar knights at Bannockburn.
Have read that decades ago about templars and so far here is no evidence at all of that (at least that I have ever found) though it makes for a nice story.
@@Kinghobbe check out the relationship between clan sinclair and the templars. Clan sinclair were very much involved in the wars of independence
Yay!!! Another History Buffs feature!!! 😊😊😊😊
I live in Berwick upon tweed. Was so fun watching the old bridge and the chandlery get made up to look medieval 😊
I just watched this. Its sad it was so unpublicized. This was so outstanding. A worthy followup to Braveheart
I think that if one is not a Scotsman, one has to be at least an Englishman to follow all these names. As an American, I'll come back when I get my PhD in medieval history.
Love these videos, even so.
Mums a Kirkpatrick, our family claim to notoriety was stabbing comyn the red in the church, our slogan to this day is still “I make sure” the last words before he drew his dagger for Robert. Was gutted seeing our seven seconds of glory cut 😢😂
It's another great example of how historical authenticity is superior to accuracy because it allows you to tell a story without completely abandoning reality. Great video mate!
Great video.
I would say that the best idea Bruce had about Schiltrons was the placement of them as close as possible to the opposing line of cavalry. This massively reduced the 'medieval tank" aspect of the cavalry charge as with the horse armour (collectively with horses and the heavily armoured Knights too) weighed around one ton. The prevention of the the speed required to blast through opposing infantry breaking up their lines meant that they we're slow enough to dispatch with spears from their mount and then incapacitated by their armour (beetle on its back) a quick axe to through the visor or a blade to the armpit. The schiltrons on the second day (the main battle after the skirmishes of the day before) were in a straight line stretching 700 odd yeards between the Bannockburn and Pelstream burn with marshes around the Pelstream towards Stirling.
The Scots moved down the sloped Balquiderrock wood from the High ground on to the Carse of Balquiderrock, a well rehearsed move. The English were capped at the back of the carse with what seemed to be the Bannocburn and part of the Pelstream, believing they would be protected from a rear attack.The campsite also hemmed them in. As the Scots army moved forward, they spread completely between the two burns, the Bannockburn was in spate. The Scots were lined up facing the English army who were the worst of wear due to "wassailing" which is basically getting wrecked on mull wine. The English were unprepared for a direct attack.
The Scots neeled (very famously noted in primary sources) and it is claimed that the English King thought they were begging forgiveness but they were just being lined up and checked for position by marshals and then the genius move, marching forward in position for another perhaps 100 yards, reducing any capacity of the English cavalry to build up any sort of productive speed.
The battle was arguably won when the cavalry were rendered so uselessly slow, and very easy pickings and because all the infantry rushed forward after the chaotic English cavalry charge, the ability to regroup and recharge was almost completely eradicated and chaos and panic ensued over probably a few hours until the English were forced to retreat, many drowning in the Bannockburn.
At Bannockburn most of the English Knights, recognised by their surcoats were captured and thrown back behind the schiltron to be ransomed later, Bruce did get his wife and daughter back, and Bishop Wishart and many other Scots captives held in England cam home though Wishart was by this time blind.
Just a note - playing Robert Bruce the Elder is James Cosmo. He was also in Braveheart, playing Hamish's father.
Any filming that relates to history should always be a TV series rather than a movie. There’s always just too much to go through for it to be condensed into a couple of hours.
Been waiting for you to review this one! It's actually a very decent visual representation of the medieval world, especially by Hollywood standards. The story on the other hand, I'm not too certain on, however, in about 52 minutes I should have a much better idea on that!
Chris Pine with a surprisingly decent Scottish accent.
Florence Pugh is always great.
Robert the Bruce’s story really is almost made for film.
I was pleasantly surprised a how good Pine’s accent was.
I was just about to comment and ask if someone could say how his accent sounds to a Scottish person. Sounded convincing enough to me, but then I'm not a native speaker of English, so I can only recognise the broadest strokes of different accents and might be completely wrong haha. Nice to know he really did a good job!
I watched Shadiversity's analysis of the arms/armor & combat in this film, and I remember how much he liked the accurate depiction of the gambeson and how useful it was as both outerwear and armor (either by itself or under chainmail).
I’d love to see your take on Valkyrie or Battle of Britain
idk what it is, I don't really spend anytime thinking about this channel when im off youtube, and I never check on the channel, but as SOON as I see a notification for a new history buffs video, I stop everything and watch. usually get a snack too. I just know its going to be _that_ kind of video. love the stuff. I think it brings me back to the days growing up watching the history channel (before pawn stars, ancient aliens, and all the buy low-sell high garbage they pump out now). Thanks for the good vibes
I’m related to William Wallace through my mom. The movie Braveheart annoys the crap out of me for all it’s inaccuracies. Outlaw King was a movie that I looked forward to when I heard about it. I loved how closely it tried to stick to history and be respectful where it couldn’t fully.
The armour is decent; lots of real maille and the helmets and shields are good too. The English armour has a few fantastic elements here and there. But the clothing is pretty good! Apart from some details, it's the best I've seen in any Medieval movie!
You should review “The Damned United”. It would be your first sport film.
I’d love to see an episode on the Dutch movie “Admiral”, detailing the escapades of famous Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter. It’s a pretty good film, the naval battle scenes look pretty amazing even despite the CGI, it’s the history that makes this one worth covering though.
I miss the oldschool intro but this is channel will always be my fav
im a scot and there's actually still a statue of robert the bruse in my home town i pass it all the time but this is most iv ever learned about him
Ewan McGregor from Scotland.
Robert the Bruce: King of Scotland and used the High ground effectively in Glen Trool.
Obiwan Kenobi: Master of the Highground.
Coincidence I think not!
I always felt The Outlaw King (2018) paired well as a double feature with The King (2019). Both Netflix movies.
As a proud Scot I love your video on the Outlaw King! Really well done. I did however want to add a couple pronunciation tips. Falkirk is pronunciation like "fallkirk". I don't know how to explain it properly but hopefully it helps. Also Angus of Islay, islay is pronounced like "ila". Fun Fact - the coronation scene was filmed at Linlithgow Palace and those people on boats are in Linlithgow Loch 😂
According to my grandfather i am descended from the black Douglas but not quite as mad!
Same here, though my lot are quite mad 😂 Jamais arrière.
The Feast of the Swans seemed absurd, but actually it's one of the most accurate parts of the movie.
Would love to see a history buffs video on Public Enemies (2009) and more info on the golden age of crime
Slight problem with the assassination of Comyn at Dumfries. The Clan Kirkpatrick's motto is derived from the fact that Bruce wasn't sure if he had killed him and Roger Kirkpatrick ran in and finished him off then came back and declared "I make sure!"
History buff! Hell yeah
Loved this! As a Scot and history buff it was just so good! Also, despite inaccuracies (and as you pointed out Nick, the nonsense movie showdown between The Bruce and Edward II!) thought it was enjoyable overall and generally a pretty good movie. Hoolywood gonna Hollywood after all! Small note on pronunciation, Islay should be pronounced AI-luh, not EE-lay (pedantic I know, but I love Islay whisky as well so it matters!)
I've never heard Islay being pronounced Al-luh.
The girl's name Isla (Isle-ah) is how I'd pronounce it, and it's the most common pronunciation in my experience.
I love the movie Braveheart. But you were right it is historically in accurate as hell. My favorite character in the Outlaw king was Black Douglas. Please tell me he was real. Lol
This is, in my opinion, the best channel on TH-cam.
I love this movie, and it always makes my day better that you broke down this movie. I find Scottish history fascinating to read, it is a history similiar to that of ancient Rome. For your next video would you do Cromwell (1970) or 71 (2014). I feel you will find these films fascinating when you dive into the history behind them.
The intro is so heroic! Every time I click on a HB vid, I know it’s always gonna be a good one.
Just noticed that the castle courtyard that can be seen at 39:05 is the same from Monty Python and the Holy Grails wedding crash scene. From writings on the internet it is most likely the courtyard of Doune Castle in Stirling.
I recognized the "huge tracts of land"
The scene with the Scot’s jumping out of the farmers cart did happen, but it was at Linlithgow castle, which was used as a set during the filming
FINALLY! I've been waiting for you to cover this one Nick. can't wait.
I personally was impressed by how many details of Outlaw/King were accurate. Like the alleged "Kings and Queen of May" comment, the Douglas chapel attack and the night attack.
Absolutely loved this. Always looking forward to one of your videos. This movie was brilliant and as a Scottish man myself, a hugely soothing experience after the pain of Braveheart. Great review.
Oh good! I was hoping to see this movie reviewed by you. I’d love to see The King done also.
Best channel ever thanks for your work.
I’m glad you did this episode. I went to Scotland this past summer. One night we were flipping through movies and we decided to watch this. I mean why not watch a movie about Scotland in Scotland. Thank you!
I love this movie so much, it's like the only netflix original movie that actually feels like a movie-movie
Read the 3 arrows of fate . Of Douglas. An old woman wanders into Douglas camp. N meets James. She has three arrows one killed her first son next her second 3rd her last leaving her childless. I am a good woman and just want to return to the English.. what they sent. DOUGLAS says good woman i do not use the bow i use the axe abd dagger. I will see you again on the eve of the feast of st James. Throughout the year douglas keeps the arrows. N kills three top english knights.. with dagger n axe.. sure enough each arrow came from these mens troops... n old woman appears on eve of feast of st James. Youve rehurned to what the english sent to me .. but good woman i dont use the bow. The woman cackles.. taunt of knight of gsscony. The peacock of the north . And another are repaid.
Yeah Boy!!! Always a good day when history buff drops a new video. Thank you for your gifts to us all " The more we understand about history, the more we can learn about ourselves "thank you Nick. I would've love to see a history buff video about the alamo. I think it is a great convergence of interesting people.
I love this part of Scottish history, as it reminds me of Serbian big uprisings against ottomans, first one led by Djordje (george) Petrovic, named by turks Karadjordje (Black George), so its no secret that black Douglas is my favorite character. :)
Very nice to get a proper historical review of this movie :) Thank you. Meeting a sponsor deadline must be challenging for the History Buff :)
Love the channel, I've read countless history books as a hobby for many years, life wouldn't allow me to pursue history as a career, though I have been involved in a few archaeological digs and met some amazing historians over the years. Your channel is clean and the information is clear and unbiased which I enjoy. I don't envy people who watch Hollywood movies and see them as "truth" and almost everything this channel points out are things people like me point out when watching.. anyway all praise aside there is one common complaint I have, the in video advertising, it is a minor annoyance but paying for youtube premium to avoid adverts only to have them built into the content by creators is getting out of hand.. at work I can't sign into my premium account so I'd have constant annoying sometimes unskippable adverts then an in video advert aswell. Just a minor issue but it's with most TH-cam Creators, I guess I'm grateful you didn't shout out manskaped.. 😅
Bro I just watched this last night, Nick man you’re timing is perfect
As a Scot and someone from Dumfries- Greyfriars Church is still a church but is actually across the road from the original...which is now a Greggs bakery
So glad to see this channel still going.
That last story about where "Braveheart" came from is so incredible, I had actually forgotten that I had visited Melrose Abbey until I dug through the pictures to see that I had taken one of the internment site. But gosh that story stuck with me.
Awesome video!
There's a distinction between Sir James Douglas' mission to Spain with the embalmed heart- with its alleged rediscovery at Melrose- and the legends about Douglas throwing the casket and various literary versions of what he might have said as he did so.
I really enjoyed this movie. I would really like to see more movies like this. A William Wallace story done by this team would be very nice to see.
From a movie perspective, Braveheart is by far a better movie than this one.
A movie is not a documentary. A story doesn't have to be historically accurate. Fiction art is not about what happened, but about what happens with men
I love your work but I really wanted to say thanks for the Displate link, lol. I just got 3 xmas gifts in 10 minutes lol. Cheers.
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Lindybeige: “Ugh, fire arrows 🙄!”
@HistoryBuffs . The cherry on to about the nickname of Bravehearth is that although Robert's nights wanted to carry his heart to Holy Land, they never reached that place. They stopped in the south of Spain and knowing that the chistian kingdom of Castille was fighting the muslim there, they joined them. It was in the battle of Teba Castle (Malaga province) were the scotish crusaders were killed in action and where Dougles suppossly said his famous last words. So they finally engaged in a crusade to defend Christendom but far from they planned at first. Nice video btw, I also loved the film.
I love history movies, and then come back here and see if you've posted a video to hear the real history. loved this movie. thanks for the vid!