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The one thing that I'll never understand is how the "industry" claimed that The Patriot was such a horrible movie that people were paid to go watch it in the theater and were then paid to give it a favorable review. This movie stands on its own merit and is an excellent film.
@@wedgeantilles4712 Sony admits to hiring people to watch several of their films and then paid them to give glowing reviews as they leave the theater in "honest testimonial videos". Sony Pictures had to pay the state of Connecticut over $300,000 for using its newspapers to knowingly post fake reviews.
Hollywood elites always hate on anything that is good and promotes good values. Gibson was and always has been an outsider to then because he is uncompromising in his beliefs and is a good man.
Its because Hollywood hates American values, gun culture and everything that makes the USA the greatest country on earth. The only nation capable of keeping trade lines safe and efficient to this day. GOD bless the USA!!!
He's a composite character loosely based on 4 different people. Andrew Pickens, Thomas Sumter, and Francis Marion, who were all from South Carolina (SC kicked ass in the revolutionary war). As well as Dan Morgan, who was from Virginia and led Morgan's riflemen which became an elite group of marksman.
The part where his sons look on stunned by what their father has turned into really beautifully illustrates the reality of war. Now they understand why their father was against war. Why he didn’t want him and his family to be a part of it. It wasn’t because of cowardice, it’s because he knew what it does to people, especially him. They don’t see their father anymore, they see a monster.
It’s one thing to kill the enemy from a distance using guns and cannons. Now his sons realize what it looks to have to do it up close and personal. Something he didn’t want them experiencing because it will awaken the killer inside you when not just fighting to win a battle but to survive and avenge. A darkness he didn’t want them to bear like he does.
The part where all three of Benjamin's sons stare in horror of their father drenched in blood after hacking at the lifeless body of the soldier he killed....there's a reason he never told them about his past & you only get confirmation as to why later when he explains Fort Wilderness
THIS was the reason he opposed going to war. He didn't want to see any other young men turn into the beast that HE became to survive the French and Indian War.
Most of these people don't have the same knowledge I do on firearms and firearms history. So let me teach everyone a couple of things. Back when this took place (The American Revolutionary War, ARW for short) the vast majority of weapons used in war were smoothbore muskets. There were several issues with this as they 1 - used round lead balls that were smaller in diameter than the inside of the barrel of the gun. This meant that 2 - the ball would bounce around inside it until it exited and had little to no control over where it went once it did so. That's why 3 - wars were fought with massed formations so that through sheer volume of fire some of the bullets would hit some of the enemy soldiers. Earlier in this film these children were shown to have gone out hunting and brought back squirrels and rabbits. Both of these animals are fast and rather small targets to hit. They were very likely using Kentucky Rifles rather than smooth bore muskets of the era. Two reasons why this can be deduced as so. 1 - Rifling (for those who don't know) is the practice of cutting or otherwise forming raised ridges inside a gun's barrel. The rifling, when combined with a shot that is roughly the same size, if not slightly larger than the diameter of the inside of the gun's barrel, causes the bullet to spin as it exits the gun. This spin causes the bullet to fly straighter, farther, and more accurately than a bullet fired from a smoothbore musket does. Rifling didn't become common on military issued weapons until just before the ACW (American Civil War). And 2 - They didn't miss. Smoothbore muskets even at that short range could still miss when shot at a single target rather than massed formations of soldiers. TLDR: Kids had more practice shooting small things with guns that were more accurate than the ones used by the British Soldiers in this scene. EDIT: Hollywood has a bad record in accurately showing firearms usage. Especially historical firearms such as muskets. John Wick is a glaring example of ACCURATE firearms usage.
The "aim small miss small" was added by Mel Gibson cuz the guy who trained them for shooting black powder gave them that exact same advice. Helps with any firearm actually
Most hunters that could afford it had rifled muskets for the increased accuracy. Especially when you have to make sure your shot counts and can bring home food. Armies where mass produced so most had smooth bore for large volley fire lines and only marksmen who where mostly recruited from the hunters where given rifled muskets for their accuracy. So I could see a former soldier who owns a large plantation having a few rifled muskets for hunting.
The British army in this time period were unprepared for this type of combat. There were documented rules of engagement that had to be followed. Hit and run tactics, stealth, trickery, and subterfuge were considered "cheating" and therefore ungentlemanly and uncivilized.
The targeting of officers was also unheard in the rest of the world. The American Rebellion was the first time that officers were targeted as first & foremost.
"Only a fool would fight the British on their terms in an open field." -Mel Gibson somewhere in this movie. Never fight the enemy their way, and if you find a tactic that makes em mad, it's probably a solid tactic
The war was fought that way until the British started killing civilians. In war its not cheating, its called winning. No other country has ever attempted to invade the main land of the United States ever since.
It might be paradoxically bad that a ten-year old wouldn't be put in this situation now. They were willing to do that because of the harshness of life. Modern convenience has destroyed that resolve.
No these days they have to hide behind their desks and pray they don't get shot by someone that didn't get mental help who had easy access to firearms. Evolution?
Up until around 25 years ago we all had to grow up "fast". You would prepare your offspring for adulthood before they turned 13. Not after they turned 20 like nowadays.
The reason they have such good aim is because hunting is how people in that time period survived. Also, Mel Gibson's character is using Native American tactics; such as using the sun as cover.
It's a Mel Gibson movie, so lots of blood will be spilled, many deaths recorded, and Mel coming within an inch of dying at the end, before ultimately triumphing.
Thomas and Gabriel were excited about fighting the good fight. Their father, Benjamin, was not. War sounds cool, until it isn't. "War is sweet to those who have no experience of it. But the experienced man trembles exceedingly in his heart at its approach." - Pindar
If you’re not Gen X, then you’re not gonna understand this by the time you see him come up with blood that means don’t mess with daddy. Yeah the belt sound.
can you really call yourself a Father? if that is not the lengths you would go to for your children? I would have been bathed in blood, were it my children. and my Son and daughter both know first hand what I would do for them.
The tactic that Benjamin Martin displays here, is the exact same reason that the british were pounded during the french/indian war. They just weren't trained in dealing with these guerilla/ambush tactics. Now, the stupidity of "you're loosing to a bunch of kids" etc. Now, I don't expect much from these types reaction channels which has demonstrated time and time again that they can't think two inches outside the box.
Why the British soldiers are not very accurate compared to the "children" is this. British soldiers are trained to fire in giant rows at large formations not individuals the children are trained to shot for hunting for food so to be more accurate. Also, the British muskets were smooth bore and far less accurate than the guns that Mel and Kids are firing that have riffled barrels making them far more accurate.
A tomahawk is a type of single-handed axe. It's similar to a hatchet, but has a few distinguishing features: Size Tomahawks are generally no longer than 24 inches long and have a cutting edge no longer than 4 inches. Handle The handle of a tomahawk is inserted through the top of the head, rather than the bottom, as is common with axes.
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The one thing that I'll never understand is how the "industry" claimed that The Patriot was such a horrible movie that people were paid to go watch it in the theater and were then paid to give it a favorable review. This movie stands on its own merit and is an excellent film.
I never heard anyone that were paid to go see it. But if that's the case, then screw people.
@@wedgeantilles4712 Sony admits to hiring people to watch several of their films and then paid them to give glowing reviews as they leave the theater in "honest testimonial videos". Sony Pictures had to pay the state of Connecticut over $300,000 for using its newspapers to knowingly post fake reviews.
Hollywood elites always hate on anything that is good and promotes good values. Gibson was and always has been an outsider to then because he is uncompromising in his beliefs and is a good man.
Its because Hollywood hates American values, gun culture and everything that makes the USA the greatest country on earth. The only nation capable of keeping trade lines safe and efficient to this day. GOD bless the USA!!!
I'm from SC. Love this movie.
Supposedly it’s a depiction of Francis Marion, SC militia leader. The British referred to him as “The Swamp Fox”
He's a composite character loosely based on 4 different people. Andrew Pickens, Thomas Sumter, and Francis Marion, who were all from South Carolina (SC kicked ass in the revolutionary war). As well as Dan Morgan, who was from Virginia and led Morgan's riflemen which became an elite group of marksman.
@@Josh-fg5ifcame here to say this 😂 do you watch the fat electrician?
@@Josh-fg5if☝️was just about to say that!
This was the best scene in the movie, a fathers rage.
Early American Guerrilla warfare plus an example of what every man is capable of defending and avenging his children.
Amen, brother.
The part where his sons look on stunned by what their father has turned into really beautifully illustrates the reality of war. Now they understand why their father was against war. Why he didn’t want him and his family to be a part of it. It wasn’t because of cowardice, it’s because he knew what it does to people, especially him. They don’t see their father anymore, they see a monster.
It’s one thing to kill the enemy from a distance using guns and cannons. Now his sons realize what it looks to have to do it up close and personal. Something he didn’t want them experiencing because it will awaken the killer inside you when not just fighting to win a battle but to survive and avenge. A darkness he didn’t want them to bear like he does.
Period pieces like this always make me think back to fury when Brad said ideals are peaceful, history is violent
Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) was generous. He gave the one soldier a splitting headache that was simply to die for.
The part where all three of Benjamin's sons stare in horror of their father drenched in blood after hacking at the lifeless body of the soldier he killed....there's a reason he never told them about his past & you only get confirmation as to why later when he explains Fort Wilderness
This legit hurt my heart. I'm American, but when I saw that British officer get shot who had previously been compassionate it was a gut punch
I always felt the rage displayed was at himself, projecting out the pain of losing his son due to his inaction.
There is a term in combat, called action of violence, the more violent the attack, the quicker it will be over, this, is a pure example of that term
It's called "Violence of action." You had it backwards.
@@Keti9ercorrect
Dear Lord, make me fast and accurate ❤
THIS was the reason he opposed going to war. He didn't want to see any other young men turn into the beast that HE became to survive the French and Indian War.
Most of these people don't have the same knowledge I do on firearms and firearms history. So let me teach everyone a couple of things. Back when this took place (The American Revolutionary War, ARW for short) the vast majority of weapons used in war were smoothbore muskets. There were several issues with this as they 1 - used round lead balls that were smaller in diameter than the inside of the barrel of the gun. This meant that 2 - the ball would bounce around inside it until it exited and had little to no control over where it went once it did so. That's why 3 - wars were fought with massed formations so that through sheer volume of fire some of the bullets would hit some of the enemy soldiers. Earlier in this film these children were shown to have gone out hunting and brought back squirrels and rabbits. Both of these animals are fast and rather small targets to hit. They were very likely using Kentucky Rifles rather than smooth bore muskets of the era. Two reasons why this can be deduced as so. 1 - Rifling (for those who don't know) is the practice of cutting or otherwise forming raised ridges inside a gun's barrel. The rifling, when combined with a shot that is roughly the same size, if not slightly larger than the diameter of the inside of the gun's barrel, causes the bullet to spin as it exits the gun. This spin causes the bullet to fly straighter, farther, and more accurately than a bullet fired from a smoothbore musket does. Rifling didn't become common on military issued weapons until just before the ACW (American Civil War). And 2 - They didn't miss. Smoothbore muskets even at that short range could still miss when shot at a single target rather than massed formations of soldiers.
TLDR: Kids had more practice shooting small things with guns that were more accurate than the ones used by the British Soldiers in this scene.
EDIT: Hollywood has a bad record in accurately showing firearms usage. Especially historical firearms such as muskets. John Wick is a glaring example of ACCURATE firearms usage.
The "aim small miss small" was added by Mel Gibson cuz the guy who trained them for shooting black powder gave them that exact same advice. Helps with any firearm actually
@@BigBWolf90 There is some truth to that.
I always liked heat with Val kilmer
Most hunters that could afford it had rifled muskets for the increased accuracy. Especially when you have to make sure your shot counts and can bring home food. Armies where mass produced so most had smooth bore for large volley fire lines and only marksmen who where mostly recruited from the hunters where given rifled muskets for their accuracy.
So I could see a former soldier who owns a large plantation having a few rifled muskets for hunting.
Our children will learn of it with their own eyes.
The British army in this time period were unprepared for this type of combat. There were documented rules of engagement that had to be followed. Hit and run tactics, stealth, trickery, and subterfuge were considered "cheating" and therefore ungentlemanly and uncivilized.
The targeting of officers was also unheard in the rest of the world. The American Rebellion was the first time that officers were targeted as first & foremost.
"Only a fool would fight the British on their terms in an open field."
-Mel Gibson somewhere in this movie.
Never fight the enemy their way, and if you find a tactic that makes em mad, it's probably a solid tactic
There are no crimes behind enemy lines
The war was fought that way until the British started killing civilians. In war its not cheating, its called winning. No other country has ever attempted to invade the main land of the United States ever since.
@@andrewceballos5404Bullcrap. "There are no crimes behind enemy lines"
It might be paradoxically bad that a ten-year old wouldn't be put in this situation now. They were willing to do that because of the harshness of life. Modern convenience has destroyed that resolve.
Yea that's not really a bad thing.
No these days they have to hide behind their desks and pray they don't get shot by someone that didn't get mental help who had easy access to firearms. Evolution?
I echo Robert E. Lee’s sentiment: “It is good that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it”.
Up until around 25 years ago we all had to grow up "fast". You would prepare your offspring for adulthood before they turned 13. Not after they turned 20 like nowadays.
It's all about survival , no rules of engagement , nuff said , San Antonio , Texas 🌞😃
Birth of a Nation guys....
It's like finding out your daddy is secretly Batman 😂
The reason they have such good aim is because hunting is how people in that time period survived. Also, Mel Gibson's character is using Native American tactics; such as using the sun as cover.
It's a Mel Gibson movie, so lots of blood will be spilled, many deaths recorded, and Mel coming within an inch of dying at the end, before ultimately triumphing.
No child, no person should have to experience war. I have, and after what I saw, I’m genuinely angry I came home alive
It's not an axe it's a tomahawk 😊
That boy's face so familiar. I saw him before...wait a minute...Is that the kid from Jurassic Park 3
Thomas and Gabriel were excited about fighting the good fight. Their father, Benjamin, was not. War sounds cool, until it isn't.
"War is sweet to those who have no experience of it. But the experienced man trembles exceedingly in his heart at its approach." - Pindar
Nice neighborhood in the first few seconds. I'm getting "Time Bandits" vibes.
Nice bike as well. It's on my short list of bikes to buy.
Revenge is a meal best served cold.💪
The poor popcorn women... they'll never understand testosterone fueled rage
Its a tomahawk 😂 not a axe 😂
If you’re not Gen X, then you’re not gonna understand this by the time you see him come up with blood that means don’t mess with daddy. Yeah the belt sound.
can you really call yourself a Father? if that is not the lengths you would go to for your children? I would have been bathed in blood, were it my children. and my Son and daughter both know first hand what I would do for them.
34.7k subscribers but only 737 likes? What is wrong with this fan base?
The tactic that Benjamin Martin displays here, is the exact same reason that the british were pounded during the french/indian war. They just weren't trained in dealing with these guerilla/ambush tactics. Now, the stupidity of "you're loosing to a bunch of kids" etc. Now, I don't expect much from these types reaction channels which has demonstrated time and time again that they can't think two inches outside the box.
just don't piss off a patriot!!
Why the British soldiers are not very accurate compared to the "children" is this. British soldiers are trained to fire in giant rows at large formations not individuals the children are trained to shot for hunting for food so to be more accurate. Also, the British muskets were smooth bore and far less accurate than the guns that Mel and Kids are firing that have riffled barrels making them far more accurate.
Western society has become way to soft.
It's a Tomahawk for crying out loud, not an axe,a tool,or a sword.
A tomahawk is a type of axe.
A tomahawk is a type of single-handed axe. It's similar to a hatchet, but has a few distinguishing features:
Size
Tomahawks are generally no longer than 24 inches long and have a cutting edge no longer than 4 inches.
Handle
The handle of a tomahawk is inserted through the top of the head, rather than the bottom, as is common with axes.
A tomahawk is considered a tool:
Tomahawk
Purpose
General-purpose tool, weapon, and symbol of war and peace.
It would seem that the only thing you said that stands up to scrutiny is the fact that a Tomahawk isn’t a sword.
do some research next time before talking