He was also greatly feared by the the French for his brutality and scorched earth tactics and hated peasants

Cool.

@@tylermcneeley3136 Hated which peasants? French? English? Source or link, please, if not too much trouble. I will say that the average reader likely does not realize how set in stone were the stations of classes of people back then. There is an old poem about it: "The rich man at his castle; the poor man at his gate; God made them both high and low; each in his Estate."

@@sonofizzy Prince Edwards first ever solo military action was when he led an raid attack against the French countryside. He spread out his line and marched across Southern France burning, stealing, and butchering everything in his way. It's said in this attack he sacked over 50 villages. While brutal, this tactic wasn't unheard of and was ment to make the rich farmland not rich anymore, and wouldn't be rich again anytime soon. Laden with booty, the Prince marched north to meet with an Allied English force, but when that force was defeated by King John of France, Edward turned west. The overwhelming French Army caught up with Edward at Poitiers but the Black Prince's longbows won the day. He returned home to England with a fortune in French gold, grain, and the captured King John of France himself.

"We're English, we know who he is!" lol, couldn't resist.

well not now hes dead

A mark of a good potential king

It’s a movie.

@@mightloseit its a joke

@@bill2178lol cold but funny!

Kids just want to be kids. 😂

It makes sense, you know that they spent their lives being deferred to by everyone who knew them. I bet it was always in the back of their minds, "How good am I really? Are my opponents holding back to avoid striking the prince? How can I PROVE I know how to fight, and do it well?"

@@chrishubbard64 Excellent information bro.

They can't join most tourneys because they might die Jousting accidents can happen

@@thesenate5913 Tell that they cannot joust because they might die to Henry The Young King or his (and Richard Coeur De Leon’s other dead brother) brother Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany, or Henry VIII who almost died while jousting. Or a couple French kings, for that matter. It was well known to be dangerous, which is why the Church tried to consider any tournament deaths as suicide.

I only wish he somehow recognized the girl who was his blacksmith as one of his men. I know that a lot of times "men" includes everyone in a team, but it would've been a nice touch. (not trying to be PC or anything)

@@Fletchman1313 Not trying to, but you are.

not the best argument to like a person. hitler was worshipped by his own men.

And ignored the woman who was right there with hammers ready to be mauled by a crowd just like the men.

@@godemperorofmankind3.091 Because of the power Hitler could give them. Otherwise it was out of fear of his wrath. This character had no such station or power. It would be obvious to anyone his "men" were there because they wanted to be.

I tried the line at home....not the results i wanted

​@@BUILDSforDRIVING I am an English Prince and the result was the same

When he says "LANCE!" is my favorite movie quote of all time. It's just perfect in every way

He got such little screen time in this movie, but every word he spoke had the impact of a thousand cannons.

Ive heard this and seen this movie when I was a kid and this line I WILL NEVER FORGET (especially how he delivered it)

One of those actors who plays both good and dark well, he fell victim to not getting many good parts. It's a shame, he is really, really good.

He was so good in Rome playing Marcus Antonius.

@@TheMorred Exactly!

Pretty hard to act when tied down like that, but yes.

Totally agree. One of my favorite characters in the movie, by far.

although in reality Antony was kind of a treacherous sack of shit, just looking to gain power and wealth.

On the money. His Marc Antony was brilliant

You should see him in Hap & Leonard. Talk about range...

Dont forget Solomon Kane.

@@meta1152 He was iconic in that film, that I think wasnt meant to become the cult fan fav that it did...Most recently saw him in A Discovery of Witches ad Philippe De Clarmont...He still got it, great presence as usual...One of thoe actors that should be bigger than they are.

Lol you’re right. Whatever it means it must be bad. Lol

@@marcosc7375 it means can not be challenged

@daniel spittle it’s called also sarcasm. Lol

@@danielspittle7221 No shit now explain that to the crowd with no schooling.

Another fine way of saying "If you say otherwise, I dare you to test me".

Yesssss exactly!

Why do dumbasses make dumbass comments like this? We don’t need you to translate for us douchebag.

“This is my word; and as such is beyond contestation.” 😎

@@crazyman8472 Heck yeah a much more princely way to phrase it.

Makes it sound like he just made that stuff up about William being noble descend and just said “I’m the prince so deal with it.”

@@SwordsmanMercenary Ir's also beyond contestation because of divine right. The ruling family was said to be chosen by God. To question the prince woukd be oi question God.

@@AdeptKing That’s just how he rolls. 😎

And Edward respected him for it

Adamar must have been furious to hear that he would have to face Thatcher, as he called him, after all. When he learns that it was mercy, which he said was a weakness, saved Thatcher from shame, must have made him more angry.

If you notice, he doesn’t even move until the prince nods to let him know he really means it

I think he though he was going to chop his head off for mercy. Wasn't that an honorable way to die back then? So that he wasn't brutally killed by the crowd.

It's technically not Tyranny.

"My personal historians" is just olde Anglisch for "alternative facts" ;)

LOL.... his chancellor must have diplomacy at 35 pull off such a quick fabrication

Is Character creation possible for CK3 yet? Or at all?

@@johnmooney5829 Yes it is

In a deleted scene it was Geoff who had the crowd cheering before Edward shows himself. That's why the old lady was waving her fist. The crowd was chanting "William! William" at that point. I guess that in editing they decided that this scene was more powerful.

@@Rockhound6165 I saw an alternate ending where Geoffrey Chaucer used his elegant words to calm the crowd. He was hit with a cabbage and said, "Mother? Is that you? That must be you, I could recognize your cooking anywhere." I also found out from reading, that the Real Geoffrey Chaucer, supposedly took a break in writing, around the timeframe this movie was to emulate.

"I'm pulling rank, you can go fark yourself, and anyone who wants to argue can do so with the Crown & Court. Fight me. Beyotch."

@@robinfro The modern equivalent 😂

Couple people have said the same, I put that on Purefoy. Lesser actor wouldn't have gotten the emphasis right and messed up the gravitas.

@@brew1116 or vis versa

*Geoff

@@noorykorky5056 Always one in every crowd...

I love lines like that :) It's okay for one character to explain it to another Englishmen as long as one of them points out that it's unnecessary and the speaker is just being rhetorical, which is very lucky for half the audience who are non-Englishmen who do not totally know who the Black Prince is.

It's funny, because the guy saying that is American, and Will is an Aussie.

​@@EGRJAlan Tudyk... He's hilarious in resident alien. Have you seen it?

Craig Perkey ....Means????

Personally, I found the modern music in this context quite jarring.

@@alainarchambault2331 That was the point.

@@adamwsaxe Which makes it a lousy "Hollywood" film then.

Based loosely on the life of Sir William Marshal, arguably the greatest knight that ever lived

Small detail I really like here. He has a scar under one of his eyes, which would match up with the scars he got after being shot in the face with a longbow while fighting Welsh rebels in his youth, a battle where he carried on fighting, the whole day with an arrow sticking out of his face before undergoing complex surgery to remove said arrow.

Being badass doesn’t make a great leader... and

Best king England never had

@@weldonwin Are you sure? I would say that your whole claiming belongs to Henry V who got shot in the face with arrow in his youth and get his famous scar.

Indeed, he would have been a great king.

yeah basically 0:25 "shit,no this again." and 0:34 "FINALLY! LET´S HAVE SOME FUN!"

“LANCE!” is done so well. Glad to see others appreciate it.

James Purefoy is JUST GORGEOUS..end of :)

He owned that role. at 0:30 when he saw William charging out of the gate, after the disappointment comes the realization, then the joy and then the short, elated command, "LANCE!"...and then the charge as he follows his warrior's heart. A girl could fall in love in that moment.

@@karazor-el6085 I fell in love with him in Solomon Kane which is such an underrated film.

Um yea! He's beautiful!! 61 year old lady here..

Stephen Maturin finally sees his friend Jack Aubrey named post captain. Oh, wait....

The mark of a TRUE leader

That line always gets to me.

But you also tilt when you should withdraw...and that is knightly too.

@@blpalv15 same, the loyalty that his people showed here was crazy, especially because they were literally putting their lives on the line for him, not many can say they have friends that would go so far for them.

@@juliosantana3536 Good point. If the crowd surged forward Will's team could have got seriously hurt. They knew that and stood with him anyway. Nice storytelling

When I found out he was to be Joker I knew he was gonna kill that shit. Batman shall be weighed, measured and found wanting!

1 of the best that's gorgeous sure

Basically.... I said so bitch.

Ultron could have settled things quickly if he wanted to, along with K2SO.

Oh yes.... I remember now.... last time I seen Beratheon he was doing the Full Monty 🤫🤫🤫

Mace Tyrell was singing in the church 🤣

With Wash and Vision for company

he seems way more happy

Haha

With Steve the Pirate watching on.

@@mwnciboo arrrrrgh

@@AgnotologyTV And Vision records it all.

King Robert Baratheon too

Yes, I prefer her to William's love interest, in beauty & personality.

I mean, realistically, so what? Its one knight who brings nothing but himself to the table. No men at arms, no supplies, no real connections to other nobility to garner further support. At best he gets someone he can rely on for a friendly joust from time to time. Yes having a truly loyal knight is good and all, but its hardly a game changer. I cant remember offhand who his girlfriend is when it comes to noble families so maybe if he married her he would have some sort of pull.

@@chrishubbard64 not just a friendly joust, he also was able to beat any knight he came across in swordsmanship so as a training partner or for training his troops he could have had a lot of use but true he'd bring no immediate power to his side.

@@Jayzl101 He could train his troops how to joust. Thats really his only skill. I honestly never liked the sword thing. I mean, being a self taught jousting prodigy was enough, but to make him a swordmaster as well? Also, its been a very long time, but wasnt a large part of his sword fighting victories the light and mobile armor his lady blacksmith made for him? Basically, he was able to move faster than most of the turtle knights and so was able to bang away at them easier.

@@chrishubbard64 have you heard of William Marshal? He was from a noble family and was knighted rightfully, yet he had nothing as his father didn't gave him nothing: no lands, no men and no gold. He started to gain power from tournaments like those in this movie, and eventually he achived so much power and influence that he even become regent of England for a while and saved the kingdom from the french crown. William Marshal died before Edward was born, he definitely knows Marshal's story and is likely that he saw some similarities between both Williams, so for Edward, William Tatcher is a investment to the future that could pay-off really well and have little risk attached to it. Edit: also, if I am not wrong, he stopped fighting in the sword's category before he got the lighter armour.

@@chrishubbard64: Found the killjoy

YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Like accidentally killing your monarch... At least Jaime Lannister wanted to kill the King. For a knight it is career limiting to kill the reigning monarch!

I thought the lesson was "fake it till you make it"

@@mwnciboo Probably would have definitely sucked for William then. But since Edward survived and was a seasoned warrior like his warrior king father who said he had to earn his spurs when he was in mortal danger at the battle of Crecy. He respected William for taking that risk to give him a real fight and respect him as a knight before a prince. It was a gamble, you know it, I know it and the prince knew it. But since the prince survived he was able to pay out a jackpot.

Don't forget when Will shows mercy to him instead of finishing him, the first time they meet. It's a great but often overlooked scene.

A little bit of both and an added bonus: he knew Adehmar was a bitch in noble clothing. Edward was not only a knight but a royal and a crown prince to boot. As such, certain behaviors are expected of him and thus, could not show the world just how much of a bitch Adehmar is directly. William, as a knight and now an official peer to Adehmar not a royal, is not bound to the unwritten rules and behavior expected of royals.

Probably set it in motion as soon as he heard what happened so that the ink would be dry when he announced it.

Theres plenty of time to fabricate something as theres not going to be anyone saying otherwise for quite a while.

well, there was like dozen kingdoms in Britain over the centuries, most of this kings had plenty of kids, legitimate or not. There like 99% probability that he really descend from some royal family.

if you dig deep enough we all have blue blood ;)

Yes, Edward got to know this man even before he learned of the fraud but he looked for the quality of men and not what a piece of paper or being born into the right family says because that has no value. He measured him by his actions, he knew that William could be merciful when the situation called for it but also be bold and courageous when it was time to be so. The final proof that there was a man of worth was what he said in his "Your men love you" line - Edward has found a true knight and just corrected a small clerical error afterwards ( while bending the rules himself with that little white lie). I love it so much in the end how he loses his composure when William wins, that was true admiration and respect.

@@FPAlpha Amen. You illustrated this perfectly. Well done.

His Antony in HBO's Rome is the best in history.

Except for the fact he is the Prince of England and answers only to his father the King.

@@smk3390 ...which has _what_ to do with Matt McDonald's comment? Wikipedia _doesn't_ answer to King Edward III? Not much does nowadays.

@@BloodyBay Okay ill explain this, he just said Old school

@@smk3390 But that doesn't take away from Matt's comparison in regards to editing history to suit one's own goals. Want to falsify or "edit" someone's lineage? Make it so. The fact that Wikipedia edits can be easily reversed - while a royal prince's edits can't - is nonwithstanding; history is still being altered or filled in to suit someone's goals. And I can't think of a better Modern Age equivalent to Prince Edward's Fiat Lux than Wikipedia, save for various Presidents and Congresspeople presenting inaccuracies as truths to support their own political agendas (which aren't _nearly_ as amusing as taking jabs at Wikipedia). How about you?

Actually, at that time, only royalty had access to such records as they are the only ones with access to chroniclers. Basically, he is certified to be really learned when it comes to history.

Wow a lovely thing to share. Movies can affect people in positive ways- they can strengthen their bond. This was the perfect movie for that! In my case, it is my little brother that has always been there for me, 100%. Hold your sweet sister close to your heart, always!

Hey, I still miss Kevin "Ares" Smith. He was on his way to stardom (he was going to be in a Bruce Willis movie) when that accident in China took his life. His is one of only a few celebrity deaths that hurt my heart. So, I understand how you still miss Heath.

James is like that. He has a small role in Jack Carter as well but he easily steals the show.

Exactly!

Very very true.

the Prince. he literally says "my father the king"

or the medieval equivalent of today's covid84 fact checkers sorry for going dark couldn't resist :3

It has a great cast and atory

Most definitely

And when he reunited w/his father."And has he come home?" "Yes". "Oh,muh boy!"

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z72nn6unm5_PmZ8.html I found it.Hope you all like.

The Prince of Wales actually. Edward III, his father was the King at the time.

He was the absolute best part of Rome

@@lujavjuarbe Have you seen him in 'Ironclad'?

@@lujavjuarbe have you seen him in season 2 of A Discovery of Witches?

@@alondraperez-ramirez8363 Have you seen him in Sharpe's Sword?

@@billwithers7457 Have you seen him in Bad Blood with Sean Bean?

Perhaps of All Time! (I've no doubt that if there was a way to bring him to, let's say 1941 Africa, and give him knowledge of (then) modern warfare, that the Italians probably would have been defeated before Rommel got there!)

He got all the credits being a royal, clearly he wouldn't have achieved a fraction of all his accomplishments without his trusted and veteran advisers such as Chandos en Knollys. He was the rockstar tho :)

Girlfriend: No, it’s not in you, it’s in me. So withdraw.

@@FerroMancer Fine, but it's going in your eye...

Ew

@@FerroMancer yyeessss

I KNEW I HAS SEEN WILLIAM SOMEWHERE ELSE

Door, from Neverwhere.... Solomon Kane, also.

Killed first man at 12. Barbarian character from a RPG -- "In my tribe we train our daughters ro kill orcs by the age of 6."

he was never king. he died befor his father

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_the_Black_Prince

@@BloodAngel500 I know, that's what I meant when I said "never had."

Haha I had to reread it human mind just automatically misreads it

@@CraftySouthpaw lol the dude was so full of himself too. Linking wiki and shit.

"I'm obviously lying to your faces and none of you bastards are gonna say a GODDAMN THING." Yeah it's a great line :D

Prince Edward "as such as beyond contestation" Well what I think is that you don't have to be A knight to compete in competition's as long as you are A great sword fighter you can compete in sword fighting.

That is the ultimate goal. To be that badass you can say that, and it’s fact.

worry not, king geoffrey did a fun job,i mean king richard II....richard was what i meant. XD

He would have been great

Would Richard II have been better as king if he ascended as an adult instead of at age 14?

@@nrkgalt he was pretty neglected by his parents that's something which stays forever

Think the peasants revolt really went to Richard II's head. Making a mob stand down with your word alone when your a teenager probably aided in the massive nature of his ego.