@user-bp1bk8tj5x I don't usually touch comments like this because they are abnormally stupid to start but did he ask you for a history lesson? He didn't. And so what if Mel is Australian. Hes telling a story which is what he does for every movie so please stop being stupid for your sake and everyone else's
Jason Isaacs is underated. He said the reason he played villains so well was because he got bullied as a kid for being small, skinny and Jewish. Said it made him understand bullies well.
I had a childhood bully. Until my dad taught me how to fight, specifically, how to fight dirty. I broke his nose right in front of his friends. Was the day I started to become a man at twelve years old. I'd be a different man had I not broke his nose. A man I'd be ashamed to be. Good times.
its called blood lust it was recorded as happening a lot during the civil war and Vietnam both! people fixate on a single target and rush without looking around them, especially during large scale combat in close quarters.
He made one mistake. He did not stare into his evil eyes as the wicked spirit left his body. When you send evil to hell, you look them in the eye when they go, so that your righteous vengeance against their evil is the last thing they ever experience.
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The choreography and the facial expressions are so amazing. When Mel gets his hammy slashed he's not looking cool or growling in defiance, he looks terrified! Terrified! When he gets his hatchet knocked from his hand and he's forced to block with a musket he found nearby you can see on his face his character realizes he's not going to be able to block the 2nd swing and closes his eyes as if bracing for the pain lol. I love it. And I forgot to mention all the 'draw cuts' in the clinch they were doing which is just awesome. Its not all chopping and slashing!
Fun fact: As I understand it, after the surrender at Yorktown, the British troops refused to look at their American counterparts and only acknowledged the French soldiers. Marquis De Lafayette, angered at this sign of disrespect, had the French band play Yankee Doodle to force the British to accept that the Americans had played a part in their defeat.
Better than that... General Cornwallis, yes not recognizing the US separatists out of English pride, sent one of his captains (he refused to do it directly himself, the disproportionate and blind pride of the English does not accept and refuses to assume all this which he sees as a humiliation) giving his saber symbolizing his capitulation to Count de Rochambeau, general in chief of the French armies at Yorktown (for information at the battle of Yorktown, the French soldiers were twice as numerous as the US soldiers). But the French General refused the saber and sent the English Captain to give it to George Washington. Later, the votes of the first congress of the young independent republic of the USA, to thank the French and France, voted for privileged trade agreements with ... England... 😕All French honor and greatness in front of English and US Anglo-Saxon hypocrisy and perfidy.
@User Name yeah, because losing is burning your enemy's capital down, repelling his invasion and solidifying your nation as a state that would endure for hundreds of years is losing. you want to know who won cross the border into canada and pick up a dictionary
Man the shot of France arriving to help at the 11th hour gave me chills. We are forever indebted to France. Probably would not have a country without their aid.
Jason Isaacs plays a great villain. Had the chance to meet and speak with him one day. He couldnt have been further from the villains he sometimes plays.
The mark of a great actor is being able to convince you he is someone much different than he truly is. Also, he gets chosen for roles like that because, in any story, the Villain has to be the most interesting person in the room. And Isaacs knows how to do that. Even when he didn't play a major role or a villain in ARMAGEDDON, when he talks, people listened.
A French and a Spanish regiment participated in that battle. And the strategy of the battle was proposed to the American generals by the French general "De Grass" and the Spanish general "Galvez". The American generals studied the proposal and accepted it.
From my understand the colonist at the time we’re getting their asses handed to them. If it wasn’t for the French and Spanish USA would be England right now
@@codeman9145 "If it wasn’t for the French and Spanish USA would be England right now" The US would be "England now" in the same way Canada, Australia and New Zealand are "England". The biggest change is arguably the Mexican American war likely never would have happened and Mexico would still own most of the western half of the continental US.
@tsdobbi perhaps with the wealth and resources provided by the amarican colonies the British Empire might have endured to this day. But we could go on like this forever
It's not surprising. The British had the most powerful military in the world at the time, so seeing them get defeated by a bunch of farmers, shopkeepers, and tradesmen was REALLY humiliating
@@DV_Dark_Jedi The French arguably had the more powerful army (if we're talking strictly army [ground forces]). The British had the most powerful navy in the world and no doubt the most efficient, organized and disciplined army.
@@DV_Dark_Jedi You say that. During the start of the war the British army was really hammering the American forces. It wasn't until Dutch, Spanish and French military aid turned the tide of the war. People like to think it was the US militia men and continental army that won. But they received substantial help in terms of troops, supplies and money from the aforementioned nations. So in reality. It was the UK (a strong power) vs France (strong), Spain (a dwindling power but still strong at this moment) the Netherlands (financially strong with a decent navy) and the Thirteen Colonies (native defenders with the home advantage). It's not surprising the UK lost with the odds stacked against them so much. If it was JUST the colonies vs the UK, it would have been a very different outcome.
Spain was also involved in the American Revolutionary War. General Bernardo Conde De Galvez supplied the Colonists with weapons. Spain also used Revolutionary War as an opportunity to retake British West Florida, which included Mobile and Pensacola. 🇺🇸🤝🇪🇸
@@whatforaaron2494 Hispanic or Spanish American war.. either name since depending on which country they use either one of those... And it was mainly about Cuba.. unfortunately Puerto Rico got drag into it as collateral.
@@danielsuarez3198 In the US. It’s known as the Spanish-American War, because The Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico were all Spanish Colonies. The Philippines later became a American Colony, and Japan invaded the country, as soon as they were going to be given their independence.
4:17 General Cornwallis made a good choice ordering the sound to retreat, seeing from British soldiers being pushed back by the militia, which could risk the total loss of his army
Joe Ericson Stabbing a guy in the troat during the revolutionary war wasn't exactly an acceptable way to kill your opponent either. Stabbing someone in the throat is bery personal because you have to look into the face of that person and see the life leave him through his eyes not to mention it takes a deep seated hatred and cold ass heart to do something like that.
@@alanbiles9912 They only assisted because they were oppressed by England as well. The Americans were the only ones who had the balls to stand up to England, so as usual the French and the Spanish rode America's coat tails.
@@mikelaughlin270 From what I can tell, the French were in no way 'being oppressed', but had just lost the seven years' war. France saw this as a big oppurtunity to avenge itself, and openly declared its support, and declared war on England. According to wikipedia ' France was not directly interested in the conflict, but saw it as an opportunity to contest British power by supporting a new British opponent.' Spain was involved for similar reasons. The Dutch Republic was also slightly involved, as part of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, but it is also worth nothing that this war led to the decline of the Dutch Republic and led to the British Empire becoming the leading commerical power
From 1:30-1:22 left in the movie standing behind Mel Gibson the guy with long hair and no hat was my 8th grade English and History teacher. My favorite teacher ever. From small movie roles to great teacher. Thank you Mr. Moore
I love how when he misses the kill shot to the chest and hits the british officer's non-dominant arm, he's like: "Alright... we can do this the fun way instead".
"George Washington escaped from the North, undetected, and surrounded Cornwallis, who could not retreat to the seas. It was blocked off by our long lost friends... who had finally arrived." I cried.
@@LicardoDeBousee I mean Americans were the bad guys in the Revolutionary war if you think about it. All of the elite and the Founding fathers were a bunch of Englishmen with English culture, religion, ethnicity, etc and they rebelled against their homeland and their brothers in arms from the military in which they served because they literally didn`t like a tax raise. Contrary to what propaganda makes the British out to be the truth is that England was the most democratic country in the world at that point with Scotland being the second most democratic. It`s also worth mentioning that a lot of Englishmen wanted to give the US a parliament but their own was in gridlock for various reasons. All that aside at that time America was dumping ground for all the scumbags they didn`t want home and there was a sense of disgust against the things they were doing like slavery for example.
My 5th Great Grandfather John Brown fought in George Washington's army at the battle of Yorktown, as Corporal in the Artillery Battalion (Cannon) - He survived the war, came home to Deptford, New Jersey & Married. I visited his grave personally & his son next to him who fought in the war of 1812.
Patriot is one of the worst movies to be made, it is so far from reality that even putting it in the same category as Gladiator is an insult to Gladiator itself
Yea what changed was whole reason the revolution was fought. To be able to steal more Native American lands because England had said no more stealing land from Natives. That is what whole crap propaganda was pushed on us through ages Taxation with out representation. But fails to mention that a avg person in colonies paid 1/26 of what someone over in London was paying for taxes. So just like Civil War The Revolutionary war was bunch rich white people getting the lower class to fight war in order to abuse a non-white group for profit.
I love how it comes full circle, first the French helped the Americans finally beat the British, then over 100 years later, the Americans arrived to help the French before the Germans overwhelmed them
@@evengraintech1397correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the French revolution was the people rising up against the royal rich tyrants so if France asked America for help who exactly was asking the revolutionists or the royals because they revolutionists won
@@johndejure9849 Well, I sure would hope that no soldier would stop in the middle of a battle to solder anything. Last time I checked, fighting in a battle doesn't require soldering components or wires together. That's the job of a technician. Additionally, I don't think soldiers during the American Revolution carried soldering irons in their outfitting, as that tool was not standard issue. Methinks you should learn how to spell. Soldiering and soldering are entirely different things.
@@loyalpiper dum dum bullets were used against bedouins who still fought after being hit by bullets same as some Natives which still were able to fight with bullets in their bodies...
“It was blocked off by our long lost friends, who had finally arrived.” The Battle of the Chesapeake Bay basically secured victory at the Siege of Yorktown. Had the French lost or never arrived, Washington and Lafayette would not have gotten their French reinforcements or siege artillery. This would also mean the Royal Navy could reinforce or evacuate Cornwallis’ besieged army. The French arrival into the war and the victory of the French Navy over the Royal Navy at the Battle of the Chesapeake Bay basically secured American independence with the victory at the Siege of Yorktown and Cornwallis’ surrender.
Not to forget, that a large number of British troops earmarked for American went to the Caribbean instead to protect the sugar producing islands to protect against French invasions. Basically the colonies weren’t worth a lot at the time, but sugar was the most expensive product on the planet and a significant source of wealth for the empire. The French played a huge part in the American revolution / war of independence. Ultimately it was a mistake domestically as it played into the various revolution movements. But then, they only did it to weaken the British, not really help the soon to be Americans.
The battle of cowpens was very big win for us , the patriots of America 🇺🇸, GOD bless all of them , for there sacrifice and service. GOD bless America.
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Thanks buddy. I’ve always loved Americans. Maybe not the woke crazy ones of today but the culture and music, humour, cinema, obviously inventions which were on a high level like that of our own. I will never understand why many non white Americans seem to deny being American Citizens and are against your Country and Culture like it’s uncool or something, then again it’s the same here in England these days. We are hated from within and everywhere else despite doing so many countless incredible things for the worldwide community as a whole.
I'm Irish so in my book anyone that kills a horse is to be criticised but fair play you won you ran the brits first so we'll be gracious in defeat and accept second place
@@hyrumbliss5811 unfortunately yes I have a friend who visited a museum about the battle of Waterloo once and when the battle was over the dead horses corpses had to be burned and the juices suposidely flowed like a river there were so many of them.
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@@eXcommunicate1979 MAGAts are dumbfounded by books? What the heck are you on mate? I think what they are saying is that the tyranny and oppression we're experiencing now is far worse than England was imposing on the colonies. We're about due for a revolution again, the government has forgotten the people it represents.
@@loading2256 In addition to multiple armies wich fought and won alongside. This was a quotes I always loved to throw at the Americans when they get.to uppety " France provided the money, troops, armament, military leadership and naval support that tipped the balance of military power in favor of the United States and paved the way for the Continental army's ultimate victory.Jun 25, 2018" You're nothing without us LOL jk But really I can say as a history major if france hadnt helped there would be no America as they wouldve annexed the country and occupied it not just keep it as an overseas territory. British weren't afraid of anyone but their long time rivals the French and they definitely had the will to do it
@@aquastar1182 Exactly! I would not go as far as you by saying they would have been stomped into the ground without lend lease tho because they got stomped in 41 you know. They definitely would have not been able to kick out the germans as fast as they did without American trucks, jet fuel, and radio. Not saying that lend-lease was anything essential
It's actually not that unbelievable. Seriously. Adrenaline is a hell of a drug and they're in prolonged combat so it was definitely pumping. I once tore my ACL in a mosh pit and still walked a mile on it back to my car, drove 45 minutes home, and went to bed. Didn't know anything was wrong until the middle of the night when the adrenaline finally subsided. I literally didn't feel a thing I just noticed my leg was moving weird. Also he was using his other hand to fight with. He got shot in the non dominant hand.
As an American, both my mother and father came from England. Lowborn. Rabble really. But I still appreciate Britain. Without her, my America would not be. I am thankful for both countries.
@@suntzu94wrong, without Spain none of the new world would be discovered lol. Spain funded the Columbus trip the Caribbeans something France and England didn’t want to fund
I like to annoy a history teacher acquaintance of mine by saying, "The Patriot is a great movie not only for its entertainment value, but also for its historical accuracy."
I know what you mean. It was the very same "look of defeat and broken pride" that the last Americans fleeing out of Saigon had on THEIR faces, 200 years later.
Would that be the same "broken British" who burned down the American Capitol about 40 years later, stopped you grabbing Canada and abolished slavery decades before you in "the land of the free" got round to it?
@@godseeker9 actually, yes they did. You have no idea what you’re talking about. That’s why amputation was rampant at that time. The damage a 69 caliber round ball would inflict was horrifying.
Still one of my favorite movies. This and the Gladiator came out around the same time. I watched these movies at least 5 times in a weekend on a DVD rental.
One of my English born relatives fought for the Americans. I was born in the USA, and grew up in England. My daughter was born in England and like my wife has dual citizenship and we all now live in the US. I never know which side to cheer on 🤷♂️😁 🇺🇸 🇬🇧
I was born in Ireland. Emigrated to America. While driving to ceremony to become U.S. Citizen, I turned my car around and went back to my apartment. Two weeks later, I packed my bags and went back to Ireland.
@@aquastar1182 🤦If your gonna make a movie set during a historical time period, your ecpected to be accurate and faithful to the history behind it. What the Hell is the point of making a history movie if your not even gonna bother with historical accuracy?? Just watch History buffs on youtube debunk Mels movies.
It's a fantasy, made by a man who never misses a chance to have a go at the British or more specifically the English. Check out Braveheart, it has no basis in historical reality at all. In the film Mel and his Scots burn York. (in reality they didn't) and he sleeps with the future Queen of England. Ludicrous. Oh and he personally invents a weapon that the Scots had been already using for centuries. Laughable. His film Gallipoli is another example, all the English fault. Except it actually wasn't. If you want to know about the history of your country Mel Gibson is not the source to go to. I'm not convinced he's a great lover of Jewish people either.
You mean Genocide Joe Biden the Bomber, the POTUS with the blood of upwards of 40,000 innocent Gaza Palestinians and more than 95,000 wounded of whom 70% are non-combatant women and children who weren't even born when Hamas was elected in the first and only election ever held in the Gaza Strip bringing Hamas to power? And Biden is still shipping weapons by the billions to Apartheid Israel's bloody hands. Biden and his henchmen are accessories to the crime of crimes, genocide and ethnic cleansing. And it is still going on in the Palestinians West Bank. Really, get a life. This country will only be great when we hand power to the people, not the billionaire class and the corporate oligarchy which run a permanent war economy.
I love that he grabs the bayonet from the fire and doesnt acknowledge that it must be hot. Hes just focused on the task at hand and avenging and honoring his sons.
The revolution was an utter disgrace. Greedy British men killing other British men so they didn't have to pay tax. The founding fathers were traitors to their country first and foremost. If they didn't rebel, slavery would have been ended a decade earlier in the US. There'd be no cold war, no Vietnam, no segregation, all the global problems I the world would simply not exist if those founding fathers actually had honour instead of greed. Traitors and villains, who perpetuated all the ills in the world
Same here. Back then socialists were strung up instead of tolerated. If they pulled the terrorist trash they do today, they'd be shot on sight back then. America needs to go back to her old ways. The less liberal America becomes, the better.
Could you imagine being hailed as a deadly successful war hero. Lose you wife in the prime of your years. War breaks out in your back yard. You have to deal with an officer preying on your CHILDREN and this predator picks off two of your offsprings. In history, this has happened to many a family.
This never once happened in the American Colonies. Not once. Perhaps in a “choose your own adventure” series, but certainly never, ever in real life. In real life, the American rebels lost most of the battles and no British regular would EVER, ever, ever murder a civilian’s children. Ever. This ridiculous film is riddled with so much bullshit that it’s astounding. In the Carolinas, which is where this film takes place, there were a couple accounts of local Loyalist and Rebel “patriot” militias that committed a few atrocities. But that was late in the war and that happened between local irregular forces. If a British officer burned down a church, violated a local woman, or shot someone’s child, he would be promptly arrested and face almost certain execution. Would you like to know which people DID indeed commit horrific crimes of humanity during that war? Look up Jane McCrea to find out. Brace yourself, though; it is not very politically correct.
@@charlesmaximus9161 y’all are so dumb. lmfao. I said “could you imagine” since it’s a discussion about a book or movie. same as saying “could you imagine battle a white whale 🐋 as your ship sinks” as we discuss a fictional book. It’s a piece of media that is good enough to immerse the audience of the emotions or other responses from being viewed. Go take a literature or english course. Because this bit triggered an irrelevant conversation that has nothing to do with me, lmfao.
The Patriot often gets panned as historically inaccurate. That's true, but it's a movie, not a documentary. But it got enough right to give people an understanding of the American Revolution. Taxation without representation, that it was a civil war between loyalist and patriot neighbors, that African Americans fought on both sides, that the French hugely helped us win with supplies, men, and their Navy, particularly at Yorktown, and the war took place not only in the North, but also in the South. Great combat scenes, though not totally accurate, nice storyline, patriotic, and beautiful music, especially during the end credits.
Imagine if they gave those badass's more dialog at the end fight. Jason: You never should of betyal your king, you fking traitor. Mel: You never should of killed my sons and burn my house down. 🤺🏇
@@MrHolymakinaw @Holymakinaw @Holymakinaw you're the waste of humanity that whine and complain despite the fact that you are given so much in terms of personal freedoms. You're the detritus with the mentality that is going ruin it for everyone 🖕
This part of the war never got covered in high school history. It wasn't neat and clean in the South. Many people in the South were the people transported in chains as rebels from the Jacobite rebellion.
@@IronMan-tk8uc Then how did they make movies like Waterloo or Gettysburg? Yeah they probably can't make a historic film 100% accurate but they can get really close. Also, The Patriot is almost 100% inaccurate.
I guess it's because he supported the guy who tried to overthrow democracy and get himself re-elected in an illegal way, or maybe because he's been recorded insulting everyone who isn't white and likes to abuse women, yeah Hollywood isn't fair with him
Excellent movie, the beach scene where the young girl calls to her dad always chokes me up a bit. Then there's Joely Richardson, I could watch her breath all day.
Yes, that scene breaks me. EVERY time. And add in the fact that the "Susan" actress, Skye McCole Bartusiak, died far too young. But, then again, so did Ledger.
I was something like 16 when this film came out and they wouldn't let me into the theater to see it, even though I was old enough to have fought in the war.
General Cornwallis, not recognizing the US separatists out of English pride, sent one of his captains (he refused to do it directly himself, the disproportionate and blind pride of the English does not accept and refuses to assume all this which he sees as a humiliation) giving his saber symbolizing his capitulation to Count de Rochambeau, general in chief of the French armies at Yorktown (for information at the battle of Yorktown, the French soldiers were twice as numerous as the US soldiers). But the French General refused the saber and sent the English Captain to give it to George Washington. Later, the votes of the first congress of the young independent republic of the USA, to thank the French and France, voted for privileged trade agreements with ... England... 😕 All French honor and greatness in front of English and Anglo-Saxon hypocrisy and perfidy.
My hypothesis is that at the end of the war of independence many British soldiers, approximately 60% of them, returned to the United Kingdom or Great Britain, 30% fled or migrated north in what is now Canada and the last 20% went south, mainly to New Spain and others sent to the Caribbean.
canada is still under the loose reigns of the british monarchy. And it was through the American victory in the revolutionary War that Britain began to give more freedoms to canada. It was only in 1982. That canada could amend it's own government institutions and framework.
Watching this movie in theathers as a kid with my Dad is something I will never forget.
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@user-bp1bk8tj5x I don't usually touch comments like this because they are abnormally stupid to start but did he ask you for a history lesson? He didn't. And so what if Mel is Australian. Hes telling a story which is what he does for every movie so please stop being stupid for your sake and everyone else's
I miss the old Cinemark too
@@JanRozsypal-s7x must you?
@@JanRozsypal-s7x And they stole the tomahawk from someone they killed. All land was owned by someone and taken, shut the fuck up.
Jason Isaacs was born for villain roles. Great actor.
Thank you for your promise. God bless
Watch him in The Death of Stalin. In a movie full of acting heavyweights, he steals every scene he is in, and he'll make you laugh till you fall over.
And he's supposedly a really nice guy. That seems to be a common trait of actors who play villains.
He's from Liverpool, the same city as the 'villain' he represents ( Banastre Tarleton) although, Tarleton actually lived long after this war
And captain Steele in Blackhawk down
Jason Isaacs is underated. He said the reason he played villains so well was because he got bullied as a kid for being small, skinny and Jewish. Said it made him understand bullies well.
I didn't know that!
I had a childhood bully. Until my dad taught me how to fight, specifically, how to fight dirty. I broke his nose right in front of his friends. Was the day I started to become a man at twelve years old. I'd be a different man had I not broke his nose. A man I'd be ashamed to be. Good times.
Dude definitely knows how to play an asshole
Of course, no wonder Mel wanted to kill him.
@@Funky-Channeloh you
Everyone running past and cheering for victory while ignoring Benjamin, who is about to be slaughtered, always cracks me up!
Exactly! I wondered about that myself.
Don’t intervene on 1v1s!
I noticed that too. But it was a Boss vs Boss fight so I guess they thought it better to just run past instead.
They thought it was someone else.
its called blood lust it was recorded as happening a lot during the civil war and Vietnam both! people fixate on a single target and rush without looking around them, especially during large scale combat in close quarters.
“You’re right my sons were better men” one of the coldest lines I’ve ever heard
That scene gives me chills for he fought out of pure anger to kill the man who killed both of his sons. As a father I couldn’t imagine.
He made one mistake. He did not stare into his evil eyes as the wicked spirit left his body. When you send evil to hell, you look them in the eye when they go, so that your righteous vengeance against their evil is the last thing they ever experience.
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Indeed
Try " Israel is a democracy " for size!😊
The choreography and the facial expressions are so amazing. When Mel gets his hammy slashed he's not looking cool or growling in defiance, he looks terrified! Terrified! When he gets his hatchet knocked from his hand and he's forced to block with a musket he found nearby you can see on his face his character realizes he's not going to be able to block the 2nd swing and closes his eyes as if bracing for the pain lol. I love it. And I forgot to mention all the 'draw cuts' in the clinch they were doing which is just awesome. Its not all chopping and slashing!
“You’re right, my sons were better men”
Fuckin chills every time man. The way his second oldest boy dies in the beginning is foul.
Best Ever !
agreed, he was unarmed, he was no threat to multiple trained soldiers
Fight For Freedom.
@@markdurl8341 Fight For Freedom.
@@markdurl8341 The killing of unarmed combatants are recorded both from the American and British perspective
As time went on the VA determined that Benjamin Martin's injures were not service related and that he was not eligible for disability benefits.
Never a truer statement. Ever.
You are assuming they have seen him. Legends says, he is still waiting on a decision from them.
They gave him 10 percent for tinnitus and them decided a year later to reduce that to 0 percent and demanded the payments back.
You win
It also took him 5 years to have a disability claim processed. Just for him to be denied. Prior condition
Fun fact: As I understand it, after the surrender at Yorktown, the British troops refused to look at their American counterparts and only acknowledged the French soldiers. Marquis De Lafayette, angered at this sign of disrespect, had the French band play Yankee Doodle to force the British to accept that the Americans had played a part in their defeat.
Yep. Lafayette was as great as Washington, as far as soldier and man. His story is one that is worthy of a whole movie itself.
I'd watch a Lafayette movie! @puttervids472
@@shanefrederick7731 me too!
Better than that...
General Cornwallis, yes not recognizing the US separatists out of English pride, sent one of his captains (he refused to do it directly himself, the disproportionate and blind pride of the English does not accept and refuses to assume all this which he sees as a humiliation) giving his saber symbolizing his capitulation to Count de Rochambeau, general in chief of the French armies at Yorktown (for information at the battle of Yorktown, the French soldiers were twice as numerous as the US soldiers). But the French General refused the saber and sent the English Captain to give it to George Washington.
Later, the votes of the first congress of the young independent republic of the USA, to thank the French and France, voted for privileged trade agreements with ... England... 😕All French honor and greatness in front of English and US Anglo-Saxon hypocrisy and perfidy.
@@clio2rsminicup And the British would get there revenge when they took Napoleon prisoner. Britain had the last laugh.
I love how in the end Gibson kills Jason Issac the same way issac killed Ledger. It’s all about being cunning and smart, not just strength
If Col. Tavington could play possum, so could Benjamin Martin!
He's as crafty as a JUice
The art of facing your enemy with honour and respect, even if he's a bastard!
This is why Malfoy’s dad hated Muggles.
The British are very hateable people. They help you a lot and make it very easy for you to HATE them.
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That guys face when he said Sound retreat.Okay guys lets us just fuck off.
Hahahah
We need a War of 1812 movie so we can continue seeing Mel Gibson travel across time fighting the British.
yeah it will be great to see him loose
Let's see that one end not so well for him.
@User Name yeah, because losing is burning your enemy's capital down, repelling his invasion and solidifying your nation as a state that would endure for hundreds of years is losing. you want to know who won cross the border into canada and pick up a dictionary
@@zacdonovan8544 the burning of a building doesnt win wars you stooge. hahaha kids today, thinking their little historians with secret insight haha
Battle of Gettysburg with Gibson as Gen Lee
Man the shot of France arriving to help at the 11th hour gave me chills. We are forever indebted to France. Probably would not have a country without their aid.
And they wouldn’t have one without our help. We are square with the frogs.
well your troops fought for them later in world wars
When Britain's sipping tea on your lawn, call France. When Germany's drinking coffee in Paris, call the US.
Jason Isaacs plays a great villain. Had the chance to meet and speak with him one day. He couldnt have been further from the villains he sometimes plays.
Agreed. I met him at Supanova 2015 and he's a really friendly guy in real life. It just goes to show what a great actor he is.
The mark of a great actor is being able to convince you he is someone much different than he truly is. Also, he gets chosen for roles like that because, in any story, the Villain has to be the most interesting person in the room. And Isaacs knows how to do that. Even when he didn't play a major role or a villain in ARMAGEDDON, when he talks, people listened.
Like him in case histories brilliant actor and gentleman..
Villain? Isaacs was the tragic hero in this movie, trying to bring a bunch of traitorous colonists back in line.
Willem Dafoe is reportedly the same way. Another actor known for playing villains who is very nice and down to earth in real life.
A French and a Spanish regiment participated in that battle. And the strategy of the battle was proposed to the American generals by the French general "De Grass" and the Spanish general "Galvez". The American generals studied the proposal and accepted it.
Americans like to manipulate history to their advantage. Without France, they would never have beaten England
Sadly, the anglos dispise when history is not on their side and restore to hide, modify and ignore facts at their convinience
From my understand the colonist at the time we’re getting their asses handed to them. If it wasn’t for the French and Spanish USA would be England right now
@@codeman9145 "If it wasn’t for the French and Spanish USA would be England right now" The US would be "England now" in the same way Canada, Australia and New Zealand are "England". The biggest change is arguably the Mexican American war likely never would have happened and Mexico would still own most of the western half of the continental US.
@tsdobbi perhaps with the wealth and resources provided by the amarican colonies the British Empire might have endured to this day. But we could go on like this forever
4:23 I love when the British second in command, says " Sound... Retreat" so hesitantly but can't believe they've lost and just the look on his face
It's not surprising. The British had the most powerful military in the world at the time, so seeing them get defeated by a bunch of farmers, shopkeepers, and tradesmen was REALLY humiliating
@@DV_Dark_Jedi The French arguably had the more powerful army (if we're talking strictly army [ground forces]). The British had the most powerful navy in the world and no doubt the most efficient, organized and disciplined army.
@Scott Jarvis or Vietnam.
@@elpacho....9254 as countries you could say, like father like son. Defeated by farmers.
@@DV_Dark_Jedi You say that. During the start of the war the British army was really hammering the American forces. It wasn't until Dutch, Spanish and French military aid turned the tide of the war. People like to think it was the US militia men and continental army that won. But they received substantial help in terms of troops, supplies and money from the aforementioned nations. So in reality. It was the UK (a strong power) vs France (strong), Spain (a dwindling power but still strong at this moment) the Netherlands (financially strong with a decent navy) and the Thirteen Colonies (native defenders with the home advantage). It's not surprising the UK lost with the odds stacked against them so much. If it was JUST the colonies vs the UK, it would have been a very different outcome.
Spain was also involved in the American Revolutionary War. General Bernardo Conde De Galvez supplied the Colonists with weapons. Spain also used Revolutionary War as an opportunity to retake British West Florida, which included Mobile and Pensacola. 🇺🇸🤝🇪🇸
Thanks for the assist, pal 😁
Yes unfortunately because of the hispano-american war over Cuba it's been pretty much stripped from the USA books about that fact.
@@danielsuarez3198 As in the Spanish American war that happened in the early 1900’s, in the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Cuba?
@@whatforaaron2494 Hispanic or Spanish American war.. either name since depending on which country they use either one of those... And it was mainly about Cuba.. unfortunately Puerto Rico got drag into it as collateral.
@@danielsuarez3198 In the US. It’s known as the Spanish-American War, because The Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico were all Spanish Colonies. The Philippines later became a American Colony, and Japan invaded the country, as soon as they were going to be given their independence.
4:17
General Cornwallis made a good choice ordering the sound to retreat, seeing from British soldiers being pushed back by the militia, which could risk the total loss of his army
Stabbing the bad guy in the throat was a big thing in 2000.
Got other examples?
@@logangx9319 Gladiator
The Brave Little Toaster
Joe Ericson
Stabbing a guy in the troat during the revolutionary war wasn't exactly an acceptable way to kill your opponent either.
Stabbing someone in the throat is bery personal because you have to look into the face of that person and see the life leave him through his eyes not to mention it takes a deep seated hatred and cold ass heart to do something like that.
Still is a big thing!!!
We owe every thing we are and have to these greatest of men.
Not forgetting the French and Spanish assistance without which you'd still be a colony. (So thank goodness the French and Spanish helped you).
What Brits ?
@@alanbiles9912 They only assisted because they were oppressed by England as well. The Americans were the only ones who had the balls to stand up to England, so as usual the French and the Spanish rode America's coat tails.
@@mikelaughlin270 From what I can tell, the French were in no way 'being oppressed', but had just lost the seven years' war. France saw this as a big oppurtunity to avenge itself, and openly declared its support, and declared war on England. According to wikipedia ' France was not directly interested in the conflict, but saw it as an opportunity to contest British power by supporting a new British opponent.' Spain was involved for similar reasons. The Dutch Republic was also slightly involved, as part of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, but it is also worth nothing that this war led to the decline of the Dutch Republic and led to the British Empire becoming the leading commerical power
wonder what they would think of todays America.or Europe
From 1:30-1:22 left in the movie standing behind Mel Gibson the guy with long hair and no hat was my 8th grade English and History teacher. My favorite teacher ever. From small movie roles to great teacher. Thank you Mr. Moore
I love how when he misses the kill shot to the chest and hits the british officer's non-dominant arm, he's like: "Alright... we can do this the fun way instead".
Benjamin Martin only missed because of the cannon explosion near him causing him to jerk the trigger.
He lost his aim cause of the cannonball hitting near his location. That would've been a kill shot had that not happened.
"George Washington escaped from the North, undetected, and surrounded Cornwallis, who could not retreat to the seas. It was blocked off by our long lost friends... who had finally arrived."
I cried.
The French always make me cry too.🤣😂😭
Courtesy also of Benjamin Franklin's diplomacy
UFO’s fly in and obliterate Cornwallis
They saved us in the Revolution and we saved their ass twice in both World Wars…
They owe us a round. 😂🤣🤣
@@LicardoDeBousee I mean Americans were the bad guys in the Revolutionary war if you think about it. All of the elite and the Founding fathers were a bunch of Englishmen with English culture, religion, ethnicity, etc and they rebelled against their homeland and their brothers in arms from the military in which they served because they literally didn`t like a tax raise.
Contrary to what propaganda makes the British out to be the truth is that England was the most democratic country in the world at that point with Scotland being the second most democratic. It`s also worth mentioning that a lot of Englishmen wanted to give the US a parliament but their own was in gridlock for various reasons. All that aside at that time America was dumping ground for all the scumbags they didn`t want home and there was a sense of disgust against the things they were doing like slavery for example.
My 5th Great Grandfather John Brown fought in George Washington's army at the battle of Yorktown, as Corporal in the Artillery Battalion (Cannon) - He survived the war, came home to Deptford, New Jersey & Married. I visited his grave personally & his son next to him who fought in the war of 1812.
One of the most satisfying movie kills ever.
The best movies of my generation came out in 2000. Gladiator, The Patriot, Tigerland, just to name a few.
Lord of the rings
@@Stuey1221 Oh yeah, I forgot about that one.
Patriot is one of the worst movies to be made, it is so far from reality that even putting it in the same category as Gladiator is an insult to Gladiator itself
@@commissarlorax3406 it’s not that bad
@@commissarlorax3406 It's historical fiction... What's so bad about it?
One of the best movies ever. I never tire watching this
5:46 "Everything will change." He had no idea how true those words would become. And in our day, how tragically so.
wow man, youre like so deep i cant even see you right now
@@sdc3536 you so crazy
@@sdc3536 sometimes my kink... it terrifies me. 😑
Yea what changed was whole reason the revolution was fought. To be able to steal more Native American lands because England had said no more stealing land from Natives. That is what whole crap propaganda was pushed on us through ages Taxation with out representation. But fails to mention that a avg person in colonies paid 1/26 of what someone over in London was paying for taxes. So just like Civil War The Revolutionary war was bunch rich white people getting the lower class to fight war in order to abuse a non-white group for profit.
It’s a great documentary. But I’m confused, this guy was Benjamin Franklin in another show and wasn’t he a good guy?
I love how it comes full circle, first the French helped the Americans finally beat the British, then over 100 years later, the Americans arrived to help the French before the Germans overwhelmed them
100 years later ? so the 2nd world war happened in 1881?
U.S when France had the French revolution 🧍♂️👉🚪
@@evengraintech1397what
@smal750 (i misspoke initially sorry) The French asked for support during the revolution, but instead adopted a stance of neutrality.
@@evengraintech1397correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the French revolution was the people rising up against the royal rich tyrants so if France asked America for help who exactly was asking the revolutionists or the royals because they revolutionists won
One of the most satisfying kills in all of moviedom.
I love how nobody is helping Mel out....just running past him to victory....
not stopping to help a comrade ? thats not soldering!
Guess kill stealing was banned on server for the match.
@@johndejure9849 Well, I sure would hope that no soldier would stop in the middle of a battle to solder anything. Last time I checked, fighting in a battle doesn't require soldering components or wires together. That's the job of a technician. Additionally, I don't think soldiers during the American Revolution carried soldering irons in their outfitting, as that tool was not standard issue. Methinks you should learn how to spell. Soldiering and soldering are entirely different things.
@@james_ford86 MUCK FE yer maybe right ! ;
@@johndejure9849 Love the reply. That was funny as hell. Take my like. You earned it. Thanks for being a good sport.
Getting shot and still being able to swordfight commands respect.
When farmers fight italy
He is a sadistic psycho but he's a true warrior.
Completely unrealistic though
Those guns back then didn't have the technology and the power of the guns now.
@@loyalpiper dum dum bullets were used against bedouins who still fought after being hit by bullets same as some Natives which still were able to fight with bullets in their bodies...
I recently went to Yorktown and saw the actual battlefield and surrender field. It was absolutely beautiful and amazing to be there.
“It was blocked off by our long lost friends, who had finally arrived.”
The Battle of the Chesapeake Bay basically secured victory at the Siege of Yorktown. Had the French lost or never arrived, Washington and Lafayette would not have gotten their French reinforcements or siege artillery. This would also mean the Royal Navy could reinforce or evacuate Cornwallis’ besieged army. The French arrival into the war and the victory of the French Navy over the Royal Navy at the Battle of the Chesapeake Bay basically secured American independence with the victory at the Siege of Yorktown and Cornwallis’ surrender.
Not to forget, that a large number of British troops earmarked for American went to the Caribbean instead to protect the sugar producing islands to protect against French invasions. Basically the colonies weren’t worth a lot at the time, but sugar was the most expensive product on the planet and a significant source of wealth for the empire.
The French played a huge part in the American revolution / war of independence. Ultimately it was a mistake domestically as it played into the various revolution movements. But then, they only did it to weaken the British, not really help the soon to be Americans.
The battle of cowpens was very big win for us , the patriots of America 🇺🇸, GOD bless all of them , for there sacrifice and service. GOD bless America.
Reunite with Britian
@@ThatOneManWhoLaughsInBritishDon't tread on us. Only one I call Lord is Jesus.
@@RainierArtist Dude do you understand what the title "Lord" Is???
@LordGeneralOHara hey girlie torrie, I don't care! About your pompous self exalted world view of the word Lord.ua-cam.com/video/zd319cXye40/v-deo.htmlsi=cwqQ1OI1wxtimtBr we're still here Torrie!
A man who loses the King's Colours... loses the King's friendship.
Louder!
COL TAVINGTON PAID FOR IT WITH HIS LIFE, SIR!
The more I watch the more I see how gangsta the british were. They are truly the apex when it comes to conquest
Thanks buddy. I’ve always loved Americans. Maybe not the woke crazy ones of today but the culture and music, humour, cinema, obviously inventions which were on a high level like that of our own.
I will never understand why many non white Americans seem to deny being American Citizens and are against your Country and Culture like it’s uncool or something, then again it’s the same here in England these days.
We are hated from within and everywhere else despite doing so many countless incredible things for the worldwide community as a whole.
I think America would of been better off staying with Britain we could of ruled the world together
I know it's just a movie, and yes, I know no animals were actually harmed, but everytime I see a scene like this I'm like "Aw man, not the horse!" 🤣
Horses died a lot in older wars. Was common.
Unfortunately that was wars back then. Calvary mostly rode horses.
I'm Irish so in my book anyone that kills a horse is to be criticised but fair play you won you ran the brits first so we'll be gracious in defeat and accept second place
In real battle, horses were killed almost as much as soldiers🤣
@@hyrumbliss5811 unfortunately yes I have a friend who visited a museum about the battle of Waterloo once and when the battle was over the dead horses corpses had to be burned and the juices suposidely flowed like a river there were so many of them.
3:09 the best part of the whole movie
Imagine what the men that fought that day would think of their country now.
the smart ones would be proud
Congrats on the birth of your non binary baby, hope they grow up and have wonderful career as a Starbucks barista… make sure to get your monthly covid shots guys!
@@mikefitz2124 Dude, the Revolutionaries would be dumbfounded by an automobile. As much as MAGAts are dumbfounded by books.
They'd be horrified that slavery is ended, and women, blacks, indians, and non-landowners can vote.
@@eXcommunicate1979 MAGAts are dumbfounded by books? What the heck are you on mate?
I think what they are saying is that the tyranny and oppression we're experiencing now is far worse than England was imposing on the colonies.
We're about due for a revolution again, the government has forgotten the people it represents.
Cornwallis’s subordinate was so baffled he didnt even remember how to say “retreat”
Crazy how much France actually contributed to the victory.
Yep! The movie kinda forgets French money bought the Americans ammunition, rifles, and cannons
@@loading2256 In addition to multiple armies wich fought and won alongside.
This was a quotes I always loved to throw at the Americans when they get.to uppety
" France provided the money, troops, armament, military leadership and naval support that tipped the balance of military power in favor of the United States and paved the way for the Continental army's ultimate victory.Jun 25, 2018"
You're nothing without us LOL jk
But really I can say as a history major if france hadnt helped there would be no America as they wouldve annexed the country and occupied it not just keep it as an overseas territory. British weren't afraid of anyone but their long time rivals the French and they definitely had the will to do it
@@loading2256 Just like how everyone conveniently forgets about how Russia would’ve been stomped into the ground if it wasn’t for lend lease.
@@aquastar1182 Exactly! I would not go as far as you by saying they would have been stomped into the ground without lend lease tho because they got stomped in 41 you know. They definitely would have not been able to kick out the germans as fast as they did without American trucks, jet fuel, and radio. Not saying that lend-lease was anything essential
@@loading2256 You’re right I was kinda exaggerating a little bit but yea the point is clear
I love the precision of John Williams' music.
The most dangerous person, is the one who
has nothing left to lose. ❤
I love it in the movies when someone gets a serious injury to a limb, like a bullet to left upper arm, and fight as if it was "tis but a scratch."
It's actually not that unbelievable. Seriously. Adrenaline is a hell of a drug and they're in prolonged combat so it was definitely pumping. I once tore my ACL in a mosh pit and still walked a mile on it back to my car, drove 45 minutes home, and went to bed. Didn't know anything was wrong until the middle of the night when the adrenaline finally subsided. I literally didn't feel a thing I just noticed my leg was moving weird. Also he was using his other hand to fight with. He got shot in the non dominant hand.
The Black Knight endorses this comment. 😂
Mel Gibson loved his epic slo-mo scenes. His films would be half their length without them.
Taught Zack Snyder everything he knows
Yes, except that this isn't a Mel Gibson movie. He's the star, but Roland Emmerich directed.
You dream, General... Yes my lord, the impossible dream!...😂
The reload time on a gun in those days was forever
Water is wet
A lot less ramming to do with a pistol than a musket, so maybe 10-15 seconds for an experienced user.
RIP HEATH LEDGER
This was fun to remember when Hollywood made good movies.
And this one wasn't even particularly good but importantly it was entertaining.
Jason Isaacs sure makes a great steely eyed villain.
It's not that hard for him to do.
Tavington was the ultimate heel
The French were like, “Hey, we’ll help you defeat a kingdom that has basically an identical ideology as us, hoping that we won’t enter a revolution.”
made me laugh how the french guy during the cheesy bit with mel gibson says "vive la libertie" with the symbol of the monarchy slapped on his chest
And after the war was over Americans decided to back on their promise to the French to give them land. So much for allies.
Jason Isaacs being Jewish really helped Mel find his character's motivation
Lol
😆🤣
😆🤣
The scene he hacks those guys up in creek is epic
0:46 Not the horse! It's like watching Dobby be killed all over again
This movie deserves a prequel.
We dont Need Mel getting his grubby hands on the French and Indian war. Hes already gotten the history in his orher films dead wrong.
@@cadjebushey6524
Ahh yes. The wilderness campaign.
I will disagree. On principle. I have children
It has one that is much better. Last of the Mohicans.
Oh god
Yes, Benjamin's deeds in the French and Indian War. Would be like a much bloodier Last of the Mohicans.
As an American, both my mother and father came from England. Lowborn. Rabble really. But I still appreciate Britain. Without her, my America would not be. I am thankful for both countries.
Wrong without France the USA would not be. look at England today, it's the laughingstock of the world after Brexit 😊
@@suntzu94 I am thankful to both countries and appreciate their contribution, however reluctantly, to America.
@@suntzu94france is the biggest shithole in Europe today, most immigrants that come to uk and Ireland are because of France's beta government
@@suntzu94france today is the biggest shithole in Europe
@@suntzu94wrong, without Spain none of the new world would be discovered lol. Spain funded the Columbus trip the Caribbeans something France and England didn’t want to fund
I like to annoy a history teacher acquaintance of mine by saying, "The Patriot is a great movie not only for its entertainment value, but also for its historical accuracy."
Love the look on Tavington's face at the time of his death. The look of defeat and broken British pride.
I know what you mean. It was the very same "look of defeat and broken pride" that the last Americans fleeing out of Saigon had on THEIR faces, 200 years later.
Would that be the same "broken British" who burned down the American Capitol about 40 years later, stopped you grabbing Canada and abolished slavery decades before you in "the land of the free" got round to it?
@Phillis "Dick" Black ......but I got the history right. 🎯
@@alangilbert6064 Yup! That'd be them! LOL!
Mel Gibson is not Australian, he hold US and Irish citizenships only.
The initial pistol shot with a silver ball would have shattered his shoulder and collar bone. The fight could never have occurred.
he was hit in the upper arm.. that's nowhere near the shoulder..
And it’s not silver, it’s lead. Melted from his dead child’s lead toys.
Hollywood 🤣
Shattered his shoulder and collar bone??? You are talking about guns in 1700s. They didn't have that much power. Not a chance to do so much damage.
@@godseeker9 actually, yes they did. You have no idea what you’re talking about. That’s why amputation was rampant at that time. The damage a 69 caliber round ball would inflict was horrifying.
Still one of my favorite movies. This and the Gladiator came out around the same time. I watched these movies at least 5 times in a weekend on a DVD rental.
Vive la France, 🇫🇷 vive la liberté 🗽🇺🇸
Les USA sont les fils à dollars
One of my English born relatives fought for the Americans. I was born in the USA, and grew up in England. My daughter was born in England and like my wife has dual citizenship and we all now live in the US.
I never know which side to cheer on 🤷♂️😁
🇺🇸 🇬🇧
Fascinating
Any thing Mel Gibson is involved with is historically confusing
I was born in Ireland. Emigrated to America. While driving to ceremony to become U.S. Citizen, I turned my car around and went back to my apartment. Two weeks later, I packed my bags and went back to Ireland.
America cause they won lol
The scone/biscuit, cookie/biscuit arguments you must have.
"My sons were better men" still gives me the chills to this day
Cinematography is a masterpiece
True!
No it's not. It's bog standard action filming and boilerplate blocking, nothing more. Gibson is a HORRIBLE director.
Man do I love me some early 2000’s Mel Gibson action movies. Good shit.
Lot of emotion but not totally historically accurate
@@kohtalainenalias “It’s not historically accurate” 🤓
it doesn't matter if its not totally accurate, shut up and enjoy the movie jeez
@@aquastar1182 🤦If your gonna make a movie set during a historical time period, your ecpected to be accurate and faithful to the history behind it. What the Hell is the point of making a history movie if your not even gonna bother with historical accuracy?? Just watch History buffs on youtube debunk Mels movies.
@@cadjebushey6524 entertaining historical premise. They don't need to be accurate. Move on plz.
“You say,
The price of my love is not price that you’re willing to pay…” - The King George 😂😂😂😂
Such an amasing movie.
Love this nation🇺🇲
What’s not to love you have some outstanding human beings in the USA ie. Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi just to name a few!!
@@mac2626 agreed we do.
It's a fantasy, made by a man who never misses a chance to have a go at the British or more specifically the English.
Check out Braveheart, it has no basis in historical reality at all. In the film Mel and his Scots burn York. (in reality they didn't) and he sleeps with the future Queen of England. Ludicrous. Oh and he personally invents a weapon that the Scots had been already using for centuries. Laughable.
His film Gallipoli is another example, all the English fault. Except it actually wasn't.
If you want to know about the history of your country Mel Gibson is not the source to go to.
I'm not convinced he's a great lover of Jewish people either.
You mean Genocide Joe Biden the Bomber, the POTUS with the blood of upwards of 40,000 innocent Gaza Palestinians and more than 95,000 wounded of whom 70% are non-combatant women and children who weren't even born when Hamas was elected in the first and only election ever held in the Gaza Strip bringing Hamas to power? And Biden is still shipping weapons by the billions to Apartheid Israel's bloody hands. Biden and his henchmen are accessories to the crime of crimes, genocide and ethnic cleansing. And it is still going on in the Palestinians West Bank. Really, get a life. This country will only be great when we hand power to the people, not the billionaire class and the corporate oligarchy which run a permanent war economy.
I love that he grabs the bayonet from the fire and doesnt acknowledge that it must be hot. Hes just focused on the task at hand and avenging and honoring his sons.
The tomahawk fighting is way cool !
I wish I could go back and thank all those who fought and sacrificed so much for our freedom. 🇺🇲❤️
While you're at it, you better thank the Taliban, and uncle Osama! If Americans are 'free', why the Capitol riots?
The revolution was an utter disgrace. Greedy British men killing other British men so they didn't have to pay tax. The founding fathers were traitors to their country first and foremost. If they didn't rebel, slavery would have been ended a decade earlier in the US. There'd be no cold war, no Vietnam, no segregation, all the global problems I the world would simply not exist if those founding fathers actually had honour instead of greed. Traitors and villains, who perpetuated all the ills in the world
Sorry, meant a century earlier,
Instead of that, maybe do some research on how bullshit this film is in terms of accuracy
Same here. Back then socialists were strung up instead of tolerated. If they pulled the terrorist trash they do today, they'd be shot on sight back then. America needs to go back to her old ways. The less liberal America becomes, the better.
Love Jason Issacs ,man. He's great in everything he's in.
Especially in all the Harry Potter films he appeared in
Could you imagine being hailed as a deadly successful war hero. Lose you wife in the prime of your years. War breaks out in your back yard. You have to deal with an officer preying on your CHILDREN and this predator picks off two of your offsprings.
In history, this has happened to many a family.
Not really, its a movie. Lol
It’s a movie dude
This never once happened in the American Colonies. Not once. Perhaps in a “choose your own adventure” series, but certainly never, ever in real life. In real life, the American rebels lost most of the battles and no British regular would EVER, ever, ever murder a civilian’s children. Ever. This ridiculous film is riddled with so much bullshit that it’s astounding.
In the Carolinas, which is where this film takes place, there were a couple accounts of local Loyalist and Rebel “patriot” militias that committed a few atrocities. But that was late in the war and that happened between local irregular forces. If a British officer burned down a church, violated a local woman, or shot someone’s child, he would be promptly arrested and face almost certain execution.
Would you like to know which people DID indeed commit horrific crimes of humanity during that war? Look up Jane McCrea to find out. Brace yourself, though; it is not very politically correct.
@@charlesmaximus9161 y’all are so dumb. lmfao. I said “could you imagine” since it’s a discussion about a book or movie. same as saying “could you imagine battle a white whale 🐋 as your ship sinks” as we discuss a fictional book. It’s a piece of media that is good enough to immerse the audience of the emotions or other responses from being viewed. Go take a literature or english course. Because this bit triggered an irrelevant conversation that has nothing to do with me, lmfao.
@@charlesmaximus9161 This movie is Republican propaganda.
3:00
Americans - celebrating the victory
Mel Gibson - “help me out you assholes I’m about to be killed”
You're Mel Gibson get in touch with your inner William Wallace.
They weren't Americans. The war was British Separatists V The British Empire
@@johnthwaites5976 Independence was declared in 1776. Most countries might not have recognized it yet but Americans is what they saw themselves as.
The Patriot often gets panned as historically inaccurate. That's true, but it's a movie, not a documentary. But it got enough right to give people an understanding of the American Revolution. Taxation without representation, that it was a civil war between loyalist and patriot neighbors, that African Americans fought on both sides, that the French hugely helped us win with supplies, men, and their Navy, particularly at Yorktown, and the war took place not only in the North, but also in the South. Great combat scenes, though not totally accurate, nice storyline, patriotic, and beautiful music, especially during the end credits.
Imagine if they gave those badass's more dialog at the end fight.
Jason: You never should of betyal your king, you fking traitor.
Mel: You never should of killed my sons and burn my house down.
🤺🏇
Sounds stupid
This whole scene makes me cry a little in pride
LOL. You like mindless propaganda, huh? Okay.
@@MrHolymakinaw @Holymakinaw @Holymakinaw you're the waste of humanity that whine and complain despite the fact that you are given so much in terms of personal freedoms. You're the detritus with the mentality that is going ruin it for everyone 🖕
It makes me cry to, because it’s nothing but Hollywood B.S.
Casino cornfield,how it began.
@@mac2626 it's the idea of forming the greatest country b*itch boy 🖕
The way he skins that knife like “put em up, let’s go” is badass
I watched this movie as a kid every weekend. They dont do movies like this anymore.
-Should we help Mel out?
-No. He's got plot armor. Just keep cheering. YAAAAAAA!
Man, imagine the movie we could've got if the filmmakers actually cared about real history.
Imagine if journalists cared about real history and real current events.
This part of the war never got covered in high school history. It wasn't neat and clean in the South. Many people in the South were the people transported in chains as rebels from the Jacobite rebellion.
Then there would be no movie! Films can't be 100% accurate, they are entertainment, first and foremost.
@@IronMan-tk8uc Then how did they make movies like Waterloo or Gettysburg? Yeah they probably can't make a historic film 100% accurate but they can get really close. Also, The Patriot is almost 100% inaccurate.
That actually sounds boring
Battle of Cowpens really occurred - great victory.
It’s too bad Hollywood hates Gibson now
Hollywood hates him for telling the truth. He is a drunk, but in his drunken rage he told the truth.
I guess it's because he supported the guy who tried to overthrow democracy and get himself re-elected in an illegal way, or maybe because he's been recorded insulting everyone who isn't white and likes to abuse women, yeah Hollywood isn't fair with him
Everyone seems to hate everyone now.
@@Triumphs1962 no, there are many who love all their neighbors and don’t buy in to the enemies propaganda
Yet Roman Polanski gets standing ovations for his movies.
Our Independence and Constitution, will never be defeated. Remember our ancestors on that day 1776 July 4th
1:29 I love how the quality changes slightly and looks a little more grainy or darker as they start to fight
5:32 at the Harris losing party headquarters…
I had exact same thought today
Excellent movie, the beach scene where the young girl calls to her dad always chokes me up a bit. Then there's Joely Richardson, I could watch her breath all day.
Yes, that scene breaks me. EVERY time.
And add in the fact that the "Susan" actress, Skye McCole Bartusiak, died far too young. But, then again, so did Ledger.
I was something like 16 when this film came out and they wouldn't let me into the theater to see it, even though I was old enough to have fought in the war.
I loved the part when he yelled “give me back my son!” And then snapped his neck in one quick stroke.
As soon as he shot Tavington in the shoulder, you can definitely tell that Tavington’s pissed just by his facial expression!! 😂
Pride is very powerful, very good clip,..
General Cornwallis, not recognizing the US separatists out of English pride, sent one of his captains (he refused to do it directly himself, the disproportionate and blind pride of the English does not accept and refuses to assume all this which he sees as a humiliation) giving his saber symbolizing his capitulation to Count de Rochambeau, general in chief of the French armies at Yorktown (for information at the battle of Yorktown, the French soldiers were twice as numerous as the US soldiers). But the French General refused the saber and sent the English Captain to give it to George Washington.
Later, the votes of the first congress of the young independent republic of the USA, to thank the French and France, voted for privileged trade agreements with ... England... 😕 All French honor and greatness in front of English and Anglo-Saxon hypocrisy and perfidy.
And then 200 years later Mel went to Vietnam to cosplay as a redcoat
And he ordered his unit to fix bayonets
My hypothesis is that at the end of the war of independence many British soldiers, approximately 60% of them, returned to the United Kingdom or Great Britain, 30% fled or migrated north in what is now Canada and the last 20% went south, mainly to New Spain and others sent to the Caribbean.
The scene where he attacked the horse.He did the same at Braveheart.
Long Live a Free America 🇺🇸‼️🇨🇦
Canada is free, and they never had to fight a war of independence.
canada is still under the loose reigns of the british monarchy. And it was through the American victory in the revolutionary War that Britain began to give more freedoms to canada. It was only in 1982. That canada could amend it's own government institutions and framework.
Such a fantastic movie I gotta rewatch it soon
One of the best roles Mel Gibson ever played.
If this was his best ?
I don't know, we were soldiers and conspiracy theory were both really freaking good