@@AdamTheMan1993 He spent most of his youth in England and regularly appeared on British TV up until his death. He utterly rejected Irish sectarianism.
The helmets of Longshank's bodyguards are one of the best I've ever seen, there's even a sugarloaf looking model as well. All of them are historically accurate, nice to see they got some elements of the armoury faithful to that era.
Patrick McGoohen IS Edward I. He smashed this role out of the park and into the stratosphere. Not even a villain; just a guy you don’t fuck with, like the real Edward I, who, after Edward III, was England’s finest king.
In reality 11,000 out of the 15,000 troops under longshanks were Welsh (not that they were eager to fight the scots, as Wales had been conquered by Longshanks only a few years before, they were forced to fight for England, and just before the battle, there was a mutiny among them, the English killed some of them). The battle had 2000 deaths on each side, despite the English longbow and the Scots being outnumbered 2 to 1. No Irish were present at Falkirk either.
Hard to bring historical accuracy to a movie where the love interest (after his wife of course) was a princess who was actually the age of a child around the time of this.
so the celtic soldier is the supreme warrior.....englands dirty divide and conquer strategy has now backfired on them in europe...history has taught her enemies well.......theyre copping on to them......
This was a great movie about a man many of us outside of Britain knew little about.A rebel that was a real hero in a pretty savage time in history.The historical inaccuracies aside it was definitely worthy of the awards
@@DW-nb2zc yes but the majority of this movie is fiction, he never met the queen , he didn't defeat the English using long poles , he never had an alliance with the Irish and he wasn't a commoner , he was trained by Nobels
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Saw this movie in the theater. Great acting, great soundtrack…completely Ahistorical. The Scots were as well equipped as the English and the English were not incompetent as portrayed in this film. Longshanks was called”The Hammer of the Scots” for a reason. He never lost a battle to them when he was in direct command of his troops. Also he wasn’t a pagan or a tyrant of a King as portrayed. He wasn’t a nice guy, but he wasn’t any worse than any other King. England actually did well under his rule.
I dont care much about other inaccuracies but the one thing i found weird is how they showed the scotts as wild savages and turned william wallace into Tarzan
One thing though in regards to accuracy. The Scots were in no way equipped as well as the English. Simply due to how the country was much poorer than England. They utilised spears to form Schiltrons, much like phalanx
@@13141Scott Well we can say for certain that Wallace himself was a far different character,more akin to a medieval knight.This depiction was done to make the Scots more distinctive for the audience
Realistically, what would they be able to do about it if they did smell it? The King tells the column to march, the column marches. Individual soldiers raising concerns is irrelevant.
And I love how historically this is NOT correct. Irish did fight against Scots, but on shooting day Irish reserve of Army forces blackmailed the production crew to change the script threatening that they will leave and not shoot the scene. Put against the wall by, around, one million of dollars of extra expense per day for whole filming crew, Gibson and production crew said yes and script was changed.
This bullshit is backed up by various Reddit threads that repeat the claim, but fuck all links, quotes, or references actually confirming it. If the Irish reserve of Army forces 'blackmailed the production crew' of a major film at a cost of a million a day, the producers wouldn't change the script, they'd simply sue the Army reserve for millions. I have no idea why people write shit like this online.
@@shanebell2514 Constantly since the 5th century. Scots Gaelic isn't even native to Scotland, it was brought over when the Irish were invading and overrunning parts of Scotland in the 5th and 6th century. Of course it wasn't called "Scotland" then because that name also came in with the Irish. It worked the other way too, lots of Scots fought as mercenaries for one Irish lord against another Irish lord in their endless internal wars, you may have heard of the famous "gallowglasses".
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You can't really fight with a 15' spear and a big shield like that, you need both hands on the spear. And they needed the long spears to have any chance of surviving against cavalry. Some ancient pikemen used small shields but they'd be useless against arrows. And Vikings would have been absolutely slaughtered by Edward's army with armored heavy cavalry and longbows. They never had to face anything like that.
The Bruce wasn’t at the battle (there is no record he actually met Wallace), there were no Irish and the Scots fought in a fixed defensive formation. They repelled a number of cavalry charges before being undone by the Welsh longbow men. The Scots defeat meant there was no chance of a Baliol return to the Scottish throne. If that had happened, Robert the Bruce couldn’t have taken the throne. For better or worse, this defeat made the path of the Bruce easier.
It's kind of funny how both sides had allies betray them here. The Irish and Welsh on the English side, and the Scottish nobles on Wallace's side. Unfortunately for Wallace, their betrayal and Longshanks's willingness to sacrifice his own troops were the deciding factor in this particular fight.
Define "free" in this context. They were mercenaries and what they wanted was to be paid to fight, and Edward did that, so they had no reason to betray him.
"Irish...." Patrick McGoodhan, who played Longshanks, was Irish by birth. He was born in the United States as his parents were Irish immigrants. After his birth, they relocated, and stayed, in Ireland.
Fun fact: in the real battle the Irish did fight the Scots. When they filmed it however the Irish actors refused to show them fighting for the English. Also, after Scotland won at Bannockburn they went on to invade Ireland for a few years...... Difference between real history and made up history....
@@rippedtorn2310 Propaganda happened on both sides so you should be careful what you read Most historians agree, the Scottish was really raiding Ireland not liberating it.
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A lot of times they'd wear a token, like the night before everyone on one side would be told to wear a ribbon of white or black cloth on their left arm. Also, as noted, they fought in pretty tight formations, battles weren't a mass disorganized scrum like we see in this movie. The friendlies were the people facing the same you were and trying to kill the enemy, and the enemies were the ones facing you and trying to kill you and your friends. And the formations would have banners or a leader with a coat of arms everyone would know. That being said, mistaken identifications and friendly fire incidents have always been a risk on battlefields from prehistory right through today.
I love the way the entire English army has been walking around all morning on soil that's been soaked in pitch and nobody noticed anything unusual. "Hey sergeant, why is the ground so sticky." "That's Scotland, lad, it's just like there here." Also, did someone at a neighboring village just happen to have 5,000 barrels of pitch just waiting around? What were they using it for? They did get one thing partly right: the English archers won the battle at Falkirk. But the Scottish cavalry didn't run away, they were run off the field by the much more numerous and better armed and armored English knights.
The barrels came from York, check the background behind Wallace when he is notified that the personal escort of the princess arrives, there are guys with the barrels.
A fucking fallacy, filmed in Ireland, the French Queen (Wallace shagged) on the English Throne was only ten years old at that time and still living in France.🏴🏴
Just came here from History Marche, so Wallace had his spearmen arranged in circular Chiltrons with archers inbetween. The English cavalry easily dealt with the Scottish cavalry then swept away the Scottish arches. The English cavalry did try to probe the Chiltrons but Edward called them off, then the Welsh Longbow men were brought up who fired into the Scottish ranks with ease. After Scottish formations broke down, English infantry and cavalry charged and the rest of the Scots fled into the woods behind.
When I first saw the inaccurate date at the start of this film, I thought oh dear. Not a good start. And sadly that continued throughout the movie. From the kilts, claymores, locations and characters. At least they got the right country.
Imagine us Italians having to watch Gladiator with medieval churches in the landscape and black women archers in the Coliseum and above all Romans speaking English. But hey Russel Crowe and Joaquim were great.
The account of this betrayal is fictional. The Scottish light cavalry, numbering around 500, engaged with the English heavy cavalry but were soon overwhelmed and fled. This retreat exposed the Scottish archers, who were subsequently routed by the English cavalry. As a result, Wallace’s four schiltrons (formations of spearmen) were left isolated. The English cavalry initially failed to break through these schiltrons, prompting King Edward I to deploy his longbowmen. The English archers unleashed volley after volley of thousands of arrows, causing devastating casualties among the Scots. An English commander at the battle remarked that "The fallen Scots lay on the ground like snow in winter." Once enough Scottish spearmen had been cut down, gaps appeared in the weakened schiltrons. Edward I then sent in his heavy cavalry again, which broke through the Scottish formations, leading to a full rout. The Scottish army retreated, forcing Wallace to flee. He subsequently resigned as Guardian of Scotland and went into self-imposed exile in Europe, embarking on a diplomatic mission to France and Rome.
I love this movie but it's a great example of why people shouldnt learn history from movies and TV. Most people knowledge of the slave trade comes right from the box set of roots
I know this movie gets a lot of stick for its historical accuracy but from a movie point of view it’s a master piece. If they stook to the historical view of William Wallace it would have ended up like Alexander 2004. I think Mel Gibson got it spot on and it’s made a hell of a lot of money for Scotland. If you look at all historical references to William Wallace and the Scottish wars of independence, a documentary has a figure of a man with long hair with blue paint, you play games like total war the Scottish units are waring kilts and waring blue paint, they even have a statue outside Stirling next to Wallace’s memorial that looks the double of Mel Gibson. The bloke put Wallace on the map like know one has done to a character in history. And if you actually delve into the history of Wallace he sort of shouldn’t have been as popular as he was and probs wasn’t until Braveheart was made.
Robert the Bruce was not at this battle. He did not betray William Wallace but he didn’t an awful lot to help him either. He did burn down Ayers in England so the English could not use the town on their way back from Scotland.
@@Rydonittelo Naw mate he is a yank don't let the accent fool you,he is a duel American/Irish citizen,he went to Australia when he was 12 years old,Google is god lol.
"Hey colour sergeant, why is the ground all sticky and black?" "Shut up, lad, the king's not paying you to ask foolish questions. Anyway, that's Scotland for you."
This battle utterly broke my heart as a kid.
Me too heart 💔
Me too 💔
It was a fantastic victory it filled my English heart with glee yours Edward longshanks ,,🏴🏴
@@craigmullen9046 Exactly. What a load of Hollywood BS, this is.
Same
Patrick McGoohen nailed the role of King Edward I. Loved his no nonsense character written in the movie.
I'm surprised he played the role of an English King since he's Irish-American
@@AdamTheMan1993 With enough money to play the role anyone can be bought, just like the Scots traitors in the film.
@@AdamTheMan1993 He spent most of his youth in England and regularly appeared on British TV up until his death. He utterly rejected Irish sectarianism.
That scene when he handled both his son and the lover of his son is nothing but priceless.
@@AdamTheMan1993
He's so bad ass, he looks like a King himself!
The helmets of Longshank's bodyguards are one of the best I've ever seen, there's even a sugarloaf looking model as well.
All of them are historically accurate, nice to see they got some elements of the armoury faithful to that era.
Patrick McGoohen IS Edward I. He smashed this role out of the park and into the stratosphere. Not even a villain; just a guy you don’t fuck with, like the real Edward I, who, after Edward III, was England’s finest king.
Not a villain? All he misses is moustache twirling.
2:44 this is the moment that the noble man had to make a compromise with himself! Great acting!
yes he really didnt want to kill his people
I love when he says: Irish.
Yeah, you can feel it, he really hate them.
Massive contempt 😂
the Irish have always hated the English even more than the Scots.
lol Never trust an irishman - especially one that sides with the english.
@@KaiserLandsknecht 🤣🤣 indeed the contempt was palpable
3:51 "Bring me Wallace: alive if possible...DEAD...just as good!" LOL
The problem with Scotland is…
…it’s full of Scots!
Fantastic 🏴🏴
Love that line.
3:12 This soundtrack is so beautiful.
so sad for the scottish 😢
James Horner is a brilliant composer and has worked with Mel Gibson on quite a handful of film scores.
Hauntingly beautiful
One of the best 👍
It would be a mistake to think that Monarchs(or Plutocrats for that matter) today are any different from this guy.
Donald trump is the greatest president of our time.
You get good ones and bad ones.
You have done for all of history. Ancient Rome had some great rulers but also some awful ones.
Err sorry dumbass here, what does Plutocrats mean?
@@AL-ts6iv Your altered state of mind is truly disturbing.
@@Dylanesque and your altered state of being is beyond my recognition.
One of the greatest movies ever.
In the comedy genre I agree with you.
You must be American lol, the movie was total piss
@@Mk1Male Nope
@Roniixx it was garbage, a 5ft auzzie gnome playing William Wallace gimy a break ffs
@Roniixx Don't
In reality 11,000 out of the 15,000 troops under longshanks were Welsh (not that they were eager to fight the scots, as Wales had been conquered by Longshanks only a few years before, they were forced to fight for England, and just before the battle, there was a mutiny among them, the English killed some of them). The battle had 2000 deaths on each side, despite the English longbow and the Scots being outnumbered 2 to 1.
No Irish were present at Falkirk either.
Hard to bring historical accuracy to a movie where the love interest (after his wife of course) was a princess who was actually the age of a child around the time of this.
@@JonAddisonFilms Reminds me of muhammed and aisha.
so the celtic soldier is the supreme warrior.....englands dirty divide and conquer strategy has now backfired on them in europe...history has taught her enemies well.......theyre copping on to them......
@@jamescopen9817
What the hell are you wittering on about?
I didn't know this was based on a true story...
This was a great movie about a man many of us outside of Britain knew little about.A rebel that was a real hero in a pretty savage time in history.The historical inaccuracies aside it was definitely worthy of the awards
Great bit of fiction
@@makeitsonumberone1358 This ain't fucking ET or even Gladiator.William Wallace was a real dude
@@DW-nb2zc He was real,but a lot of stuff in the movie was made up.
@@DW-nb2zc yes but the majority of this movie is fiction, he never met the queen , he didn't defeat the English using long poles , he never had an alliance with the Irish and he wasn't a commoner , he was trained by Nobels
lol this film is so historically inaccurate its unreal about the only true part is him being hung drawn and quartered
Для меня это очень горький, очень тяжёлый фильм, полный человеческого предательства и черствости. Но он и про настоящее и очень ценное. Про честь, про любовь, про верность и искренность. Я плачу о судьбе Уолиса, Храброе сердце, чистая душа, целеустремлённость, доброта, честь, искренность, ум, находчивось и благородство. Сколько всего прекрасного было намешанно в человеке. А вокруг? Какие люди вокруг? Насколько меньше всего этого в них? Жаль, как жаль, что таких добрых и чистых душою людей мало и что их в "Богов войны" превращают те кто скуп на человечность.
Us as a people have been dumbed down and zombiefied. As long as we have what we think we need we’re “happy” but not really as free as we should be. Definitely a shame people turned out to be because of tv
@@rileydd08 couldn’t agree more
Really great comment ❤
Это сказка, не имеющая отношение к реальному Уоллесу
0:12 Longshanks stare and saying "irish" with massive contempt is the best part of the movie. Long live the king
Longshanks lost in the long run. Fug him.
The gentleman playing is actually Irish 😅
@@stefjevtic Actually, McGoohan was born in New York state.
@@bluerock4456 oh aye... like a pig in a stable.
@@bluerock4456 Both his parents were Irish though.
1:07 - nice moment! Great actor! Nice play! Like real king!
This betrayal is so disgusting.
I dont believe it genuinely happened
I know. But then you couldn't trust the Irish back then.
@@davidjohnson7480 it didnt happen
@@thebritishhistorian5717 it was a joke predicated on the notion that the original poster was referring to the betrayal of the Scottish nobles.
@@davidjohnson7480 oh ok sorry i dont understand some humour sometimes
Loved your account of Wallace-the facial reconstructions are fantastic, thanks!
Re-enacted every Friday night in Falkirk.
Despite that awful betrayal by the Scottish nobles I love that the Irish joined Wallace and his force
Typical day at Ibrox stadium or celtic Park.
Saw this movie in the theater. Great acting, great soundtrack…completely Ahistorical. The Scots were as well equipped as the English and the English were not incompetent as portrayed in this film.
Longshanks was called”The Hammer of the Scots” for a reason. He never lost a battle to them when he was in direct command of his troops. Also he wasn’t a pagan or a tyrant of a King as portrayed. He wasn’t a nice guy, but he wasn’t any worse than any other King. England actually did well under his rule.
I dont care much about other inaccuracies but the one thing i found weird is how they showed the scotts as wild savages and turned william wallace into Tarzan
@@zahinelahi2655 lol
One thing though in regards to accuracy. The Scots were in no way equipped as well as the English. Simply due to how the country was much poorer than England. They utilised spears to form Schiltrons, much like phalanx
@@13141Scott fair enough, but they weren’t using animal bone for weapons.
@@13141Scott Well we can say for certain that Wallace himself was a far different character,more akin to a medieval knight.This depiction was done to make the Scots more distinctive for the audience
Can’t believe he fought this battle then the revolutionary war then Vietnam
🤣
And Gallipoli.
@@CIMAmotorGallipoli was first.
@@Luke-pc5rb Yeah.
You are about 800 years apart.
"I told you, It's my island."
Sad part is people still betray like that..don’t seem to get better
Aha, again the burning arrows so beloved by film makers !
"what's that on the ground looks like oil or something"
- "don't think about it"
You'd think they'd be able to smell it.
Realistically, what would they be able to do about it if they did smell it? The King tells the column to march, the column marches. Individual soldiers raising concerns is irrelevant.
@@shanebell2514 I thought pitch for war was masked by a lavender scent or some such. Resembled mud, no odor, lots of slogging. Honestly I forget.
And I love how historically this is NOT correct. Irish did fight against Scots, but on shooting day Irish reserve of Army forces blackmailed the production crew to change the script threatening that they will leave and not shoot the scene. Put against the wall by, around, one million of dollars of extra expense per day for whole filming crew, Gibson and production crew said yes and script was changed.
Well,.. if so, the blackmailed change ended up being better for the movie, it got several pluses on that.
When did the Irish fight the Scots?
@@powerdriller4124 as long Irish are heroes.... never mind it was a lie
This bullshit is backed up by various Reddit threads that repeat the claim, but fuck all links, quotes, or references actually confirming it. If the Irish reserve of Army forces 'blackmailed the production crew' of a major film at a cost of a million a day, the producers wouldn't change the script, they'd simply sue the Army reserve for millions. I have no idea why people write shit like this online.
@@shanebell2514 Constantly since the 5th century. Scots Gaelic isn't even native to Scotland, it was brought over when the Irish were invading and overrunning parts of Scotland in the 5th and 6th century. Of course it wasn't called "Scotland" then because that name also came in with the Irish. It worked the other way too, lots of Scots fought as mercenaries for one Irish lord against another Irish lord in their endless internal wars, you may have heard of the famous "gallowglasses".
Something like this must of been absolutely horrific (best case scenario)and brutal to be apart of and witness in real life.
Those were the days
Villain or not, that's the way to be a king.
There is a Greek saying that says: There is no betrayal without trust
Wow so amazing the actual definition of betrayal the Greeks are really smart.
Can you clarify on this? Who said it?
If this is the Battle of Falkirk I am Santa.
Hi Santa
What a King…
"I gave Mornay double his lands in Scotland and matching estates in England. Lockland turned...for much less."
Fucking cold lol
Whenever I see this movie all I can think of is that hilarious statue of William Wallace in Scotland 🤣
One of the best movies 🎬 ever for me, we all know it's not historically correct but who cares it's a movie.
Politicians all the same. Would stab you in the back at a moments notice for 5 English pounds lol
This masterclass king defeated scotts just in 5 mins. Bravo 🤌
Beyaz, The Hammer of Scots.
maybe there was a Scott who fought in that battle ;) but the Battle took longer than 5 mins
Bravo? This is OK with you? What country are you from that you would down anyone trying to defend your country?
Who are the 'scotts'?
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Should’ve adapted shield formation from the Vikings!
You can't really fight with a 15' spear and a big shield like that, you need both hands on the spear. And they needed the long spears to have any chance of surviving against cavalry. Some ancient pikemen used small shields but they'd be useless against arrows.
And Vikings would have been absolutely slaughtered by Edward's army with armored heavy cavalry and longbows. They never had to face anything like that.
Great movie! Longshanks fought out of greed and bigotry. The Scottish for freedom.
If only it was all so simple.
@@JimYeats At that time, it was Scotland fighting houseboys and their English masters.
@@marschlosser4540 "English bad Scottish good" is not history.
Longshanks is darn good
The Bruce wasn’t at the battle (there is no record he actually met Wallace), there were no Irish and the Scots fought in a fixed defensive formation. They repelled a number of cavalry charges before being undone by the Welsh longbow men.
The Scots defeat meant there was no chance of a Baliol return to the Scottish throne. If that had happened, Robert the Bruce couldn’t have taken the throne.
For better or worse, this defeat made the path of the Bruce easier.
This is a film. Not a documentary. It didn't happen like this at all. Go read about it in a library.
Stop bringing rationale and logic into this argument! 😁
As I watched, about every 15 seconds I said "Well, that didn't happen.".
It's kind of funny how both sides had allies betray them here. The Irish and Welsh on the English side, and the Scottish nobles on Wallace's side. Unfortunately for Wallace, their betrayal and Longshanks's willingness to sacrifice his own troops were the deciding factor in this particular fight.
That's just history, often times many generals of opposing sides were either bought off or switched sides because there was an advantage to.
Longshanks didn’t care how many men he lost, as long as he won.
Wow! Thanks for pointing out 😂
sign of a sociopathic leader - still have those today!
A bit like putin.
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I love how the Irish join forces with Wallace they want to be free too
Define "free" in this context. They were mercenaries and what they wanted was to be paid to fight, and Edward did that, so they had no reason to betray him.
so if your a peasant fighting another peasant, how do u know which side your suppose to fight? they all look the same 😂
"Irish...."
Patrick McGoodhan, who played Longshanks, was Irish by birth. He was born in the United States as his parents were Irish immigrants. After his birth, they relocated, and stayed, in Ireland.
Sweet sweet victory.
Fun fact: in the real battle the Irish did fight the Scots. When they filmed it however the Irish actors refused to show them fighting for the English.
Also, after Scotland won at Bannockburn they went on to invade Ireland for a few years......
Difference between real history and made up history....
Bruce helped liberate english controlled Ireland .
@@rippedtorn2310
Propaganda happened on both sides so you should be careful what you read
Most historians agree, the Scottish was really raiding Ireland not liberating it.
The guy who plays the king of England Longshanks is himself an Irishman lol.
All the armies were made up of extras from the Irish Army
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When the king say to attack because he hás reserves...... This Mark me
there were doing so well in the beginning.....😢
No blood,
No freedom...
For lands and a false promise...
Best film of Mel Gibson 😊👍
Apocalyptico is better about the ancient myans 👊
Original madmax for me.😊
Did William Wallace believe in God Braveheart love that movie
Yes he beieve
Yeah he was a Christian.
Who do you even know who is your enemy in battle when everyone is dressed the same? And then covered in blood and mud on top of that…
That's why armies move in ranks and don't break formations.
@@irfanhekimoglu2294 Yup. All the wild 1v1 melee stuff is the Hollywood touch. People were hard back then but not suicidal.
Your main goal is to keep your formation. Nobody fought like them, this is Hollywood nonsense. Once your formation is broken the battle is over.
A lot of times they'd wear a token, like the night before everyone on one side would be told to wear a ribbon of white or black cloth on their left arm. Also, as noted, they fought in pretty tight formations, battles weren't a mass disorganized scrum like we see in this movie. The friendlies were the people facing the same you were and trying to kill the enemy, and the enemies were the ones facing you and trying to kill you and your friends. And the formations would have banners or a leader with a coat of arms everyone would know.
That being said, mistaken identifications and friendly fire incidents have always been a risk on battlefields from prehistory right through today.
As Robert Baron would aptly say - violence without the paperwork
I love the way the entire English army has been walking around all morning on soil that's been soaked in pitch and nobody noticed anything unusual. "Hey sergeant, why is the ground so sticky." "That's Scotland, lad, it's just like there here." Also, did someone at a neighboring village just happen to have 5,000 barrels of pitch just waiting around? What were they using it for?
They did get one thing partly right: the English archers won the battle at Falkirk. But the Scottish cavalry didn't run away, they were run off the field by the much more numerous and better armed and armored English knights.
The barrels came from York, check the background behind Wallace when he is notified that the personal escort of the princess arrives, there are guys with the barrels.
No Scotsmen were harmed in this battle
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this noble general didnt wanted to kill his own people , not happy to call the archers after the kings orders , great acting tho.
A fucking fallacy, filmed in Ireland, the French Queen (Wallace shagged) on the English Throne was only ten years old at that time and still living in France.🏴🏴
Patrick made a great king.
Wallace should've dealt with those 2 Nobelmen before he fought Longshanks, he wouldn't have been betrayed (in context to the film).
i always wondered how do u know who the enemy is they for the most part look alike except the ones in armor.
Great movie man
😢 0:45 poor horses
Excelente película
El crapo,lol x
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Historically the calvary did retreat but it was because there was no winning the battle not a betrayal of Wallace like this shows
Just came here from History Marche, so Wallace had his spearmen arranged in circular Chiltrons with archers inbetween. The English cavalry easily dealt with the Scottish cavalry then swept away the Scottish arches.
The English cavalry did try to probe the Chiltrons but Edward called them off, then the Welsh Longbow men were brought up who fired into the Scottish ranks with ease.
After Scottish formations broke down, English infantry and cavalry charged and the rest of the Scots fled into the woods behind.
When I first saw the inaccurate date at the start of this film, I thought oh dear. Not a good start. And sadly that continued throughout the movie. From the kilts, claymores, locations and characters. At least they got the right country.
it’s entertainment, not a history lesson.
@@anaccount8474 If it pretends to be a true story then it deserves to be ripped into.
Filmed in Ireland and Scotland
Imagine us Italians having to watch Gladiator with medieval churches in the landscape and black women archers in the Coliseum and above all Romans speaking English.
But hey Russel Crowe and Joaquim were great.
Sempre a um judas traição é a pior covardia
Sooo historically inaccurate, but so good too!!
When you need loyal badasses to help after your own countrymen have betrayed you, call the Irish.
Said nobody, ever
The account of this betrayal is fictional. The Scottish light cavalry, numbering around 500, engaged with the English heavy cavalry but were soon overwhelmed and fled. This retreat exposed the Scottish archers, who were subsequently routed by the English cavalry. As a result, Wallace’s four schiltrons (formations of spearmen) were left isolated.
The English cavalry initially failed to break through these schiltrons, prompting King Edward I to deploy his longbowmen. The English archers unleashed volley after volley of thousands of arrows, causing devastating casualties among the Scots. An English commander at the battle remarked that "The fallen Scots lay on the ground like snow in winter."
Once enough Scottish spearmen had been cut down, gaps appeared in the weakened schiltrons. Edward I then sent in his heavy cavalry again, which broke through the Scottish formations, leading to a full rout. The Scottish army retreated, forcing Wallace to flee. He subsequently resigned as Guardian of Scotland and went into self-imposed exile in Europe, embarking on a diplomatic mission to France and Rome.
I love this movie but it's a great example of why people shouldnt learn history from movies and TV. Most people knowledge of the slave trade comes right from the box set of roots
Bullseye my friend and look at the mess we have now. Lot of guilty parties(Africans) were left free of any blame according to that mess of a series.
Gready rich nobles betraying there own people nothing much has changed eh rich get richer poor poorer
In reality there was no betrayal, the Scottish cavalry was routed off the field by the more numerous and much better equipped English cavalry.
I know this movie gets a lot of stick for its historical accuracy but from a movie point of view it’s a master piece. If they stook to the historical view of William Wallace it would have ended up like Alexander 2004. I think Mel Gibson got it spot on and it’s made a hell of a lot of money for Scotland. If you look at all historical references to William Wallace and the Scottish wars of independence, a documentary has a figure of a man with long hair with blue paint, you play games like total war the Scottish units are waring kilts and waring blue paint, they even have a statue outside Stirling next to Wallace’s memorial that looks the double of Mel Gibson. The bloke put Wallace on the map like know one has done to a character in history. And if you actually delve into the history of Wallace he sort of shouldn’t have been as popular as he was and probs wasn’t until Braveheart was made.
Could the cavalry really not know they were standing in flammable pitch?
best ever
Time to Play Age of Empires 2 - William Wallace lol
The past catching up with the rebels.
So this is where the Scots Irish thing started.!!!!
2:48 his own men are nothing but expendable pieces of meat or pawns to him.
2:16 பெரிய துரோகம்😠
Robert the Bruce was not at this battle. He did not betray William Wallace but he didn’t an awful lot to help him either. He did burn down Ayers in England so the English could not use the town on their way back from Scotland.
Columbo brought mcgoohan down twice
00:9 The Irish chap on the left, "Stephen, why you wearing that blue crap on ye face?".
you fail at using timestamps
@@power2084 what do you mean?
@@shanebell2514 the timestamp you tried to link didn't work because you didn't use the correct format. You should have typed 0:09
"send in the reinforcements...(couuuggghhhhh.....cough....cough....)
An Irishman playing the English King ,a Yank playing Wallace only Hollywood could make it up.!!!!
I mean Irish and British actors play Americans all the time. No big deal in my opinion.
Mel Gibson is Australian
Steady on mate! It is only a movie!
@@Rydonittelo Naw mate he is a yank don't let the accent fool you,he is a duel American/Irish citizen,he went to Australia when he was 12 years old,Google is god lol.
@@iangreenhorn544 fair play bro👍🏻
I find it hard to believe that the English soldiers did not notice the ground was soaked in oil.
"Hey colour sergeant, why is the ground all sticky and black?"
"Shut up, lad, the king's not paying you to ask foolish questions. Anyway, that's Scotland for you."
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Mel Gibson greatest living Scot.....
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This really does some
Up the world where gold is thrown around , corrupt and will betray their own blood
McGoohan was so good as a baddie.