Fun fact: The War Wolf was being built as the castellan to Sterling offered surrender. Edward refused because he was curious about how the trebuchet would perform.

I watched this movie and now I can't stop playing Medieval II: Total War.

Ransom of Edward II is the GDP of a nation. It's insane to think they would let him walk away.

ME, totally my reaction to when they let him walk away.

But can't you see? As a historian, it is impossible to enjoy a historically inaccurate movie at all. I shudder to my deepest core whenever I watch Braveheart, my massive brain can not simply comprehend the absolutely historically inaccurate scenes jittering before my eyes, I must quickly turn my head and watch Gods and Generals before I die of historical inaccuracy and good writing.

Couldn’t care less about historical accuracy. My boy Stannis The Mannis playing the Hammer of the Scots. It’s like Alan Rickman redeeming Prince of Thieves with his one liners.

Hit it right on the head when you said "You don't end a Robert the Bruce movie with Loudon Hill, you end it with Bannockburn", I was taken aback when they ended it with a battle that... while quite important, can't match Bannockburn in any capacity.

Doune Castle is the only privately-owned castle in Scotland, as it was in 1974, and the Scottish Historical authorities are very protective of all the others. Neither set of filmmakers had much choice.

Coors Light?! You MONSTER!!

Hahaha that ending had me dying. I loved the video overall and I thought you did a great job complimenting what it got from Braveheart!

I visited that castle while studying abroad in Stirling, really cool place. They also filmed Outlander there. The gift shop was full of Monty python and outlander stuff lol

I totally concur with the ending. It is so STUPID to have Edward walk away. And if you want to end the film at Loudon Hill, make Valence the main villain. Historically he was the commander of the English at that battle, and was the Bruce's second cousin. They could have played off that dynamic beautifully. I still enjoy the film immensely, but there was a chance for it to be even greater

I wish they'd been more historically accurate with the swan scene: it was actually Longshanks who did that. Just imagining such a dignified figure doing something so ridiculous makes me laugh.

Was shocked when I first realized Stephen Dillane played Jefferson. Completely did not connect the two

Yea totally concur my reaction to the last part left me jaw dropped and in a ten minute coma of speechless WTF disbelief!! I mean they had done so, so well up to that point! I loved "Braveheart" (Being Scottish it's in the contract along with Irn-Bru, deep fried Pizza and Buckfast Tonic wine) but I was really pleased up until that point with how they had potrayed the characters, 13th/14th century Scotland , and the costumes and armour were great. Dont get me wrong like most Scots we forgave Mel for portraying us in Kilts and even the woad face paint because secretly we kinda wished it was true as it looked cool as F**k! But as a historian I really appreciated "Outlaw King's" attempts at authenticity. Then the last scene jeezo what were they thinking? To me that last scene in Outlaw King is on a par with William Wallace getting the Princess of Wales in the family way and knowing that the progeny could only be Edward III who was arguably an even bigger c**t to Scotland than his grandfather "Longshanks"! I did not mind them leaving the story at Loudon Hill as that would then set up another movie climaxing at Bannockburn and perhaps even a wee spin off about Sir James Douglas' adventures after and his later heroic death on Crusade in Spain! But now if they continue the story this is going to hang over the whole movie because when Bruce perhaps the greatest Captain in Europe at the time does finally take the field at Bannockburn facing a far larger more powerful English Army with the fate of the nation in the balance! We will know that they could have had the whole thing sown up ten years before at Loudon Hill wi Pizza suppers and Buckie all roon for the boys courtesy of Big Rab! Anway dude great stuff enjoying yer stuff esp the Witchfinder General lol

That's Doune Castle which is up the road from me (just past Stirling and Bannockburn) and it's all the castles - exterior and interior - in The Holy Grail, they dressed it up differently and shot it from different angles. The audio guide from Terry Jones explains the history of each part of the castle and then goes on to list which scenes were filmed there.

Bravehearts battle scene was an actual battle done with LARPers with real yet dull swords, most of them were drunk and people got really injured. You can't top that with CGI and fake blood.

I think the final scene is voluntarily like that because it is quoting the Scottish anthem: "O Flower of Scotland When will we see your like again? That fought and died for Your wee bit Hill and Glen And stood against him Proud Edward's Army And sent him homeward tae think again"

06:26 LMFAO this whole exchange is gold

I’d still love to see an actual battle of stirling bridge. One that actually has a battle on a bridge.

I couldn't stop laughing at the "real audio recording" thingy 😂😂

Other than the ending, I see Outlaw King as being less silly than Braveheart in terms of minute accuracies and anachronisms, or lack thereof. But Braveheart's battle scenes are better.

Yeah, Edward II wasnt even present at that battle

What's funny is that I still cried at the scene of the dying guy giving Robert his crown, even with Atun's voice over xD

You have many fantastic videos, this is now my fave because of that outro

Excellent editing!! Kudos

I was just wondering whether or not to watch this film with my family, thank you for the helpful review and input. We will take a watch tonight!

Happy Mothers Day Mom!

i recognized the castle the moment you mentioned it

I am now a huge fan of yours. Thank you for your references, and baddass humor.

That was fantastic. Great review.

Oooooooo you didn't, you just didn't, you just DID NOT make me feel a feeling of unsatisfaction, and longing for more, just like you felt, through art.

I was thinking the exact same thing, movie ended super abruptly, it needed like 45 min more to finish up bruce's story but i guess they ran out of money

I'm very biased in my hatred for braveheart as I'm from scotland and we are taught in school how it butchers our history

I'd love to see a review of Holy Grail, I've seen so many worse Medieval period pieces on a much higher budget

Great video but you mispronounced Loudoun as lewdon it's okay I'm Scottish and had always mispronounced Antietam until I watched your video.

The only historical accuracy I'd like to see is all these Scottish and English heroes speaking _French_

as a history nerd, Braveheart is a great movie. yes it has inaccuracies but its still a good Movie. same with Kingdom of Heaven and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. (radical opinion, i know) And this movie just made it onto my, watch ASAP list.

Nah. I loved this way more. Longshanks in Braveheart, as much as i loved that film, was more like Voldemort than an actual historical king. In Braveheart, the English were comic book villains. In this, they and the Scots were actual people. The portrayal of Edward II as a violent psychopath rather than the traditional portrayal of him as an effeminate wimp was an interesting change. Bruce was portrayed as an excommunicated murderer with real flaws.

Ah the Bruce's such a lovely Norman family

You had me at the Monty Python connection!

Great movie. I really appreciated how it picked up right where Braveheart left off…. Ive already watched the recap of Braveheart and am just watching this now. This movie, to me, was way better than Braveheart on so many levels.

I showed my mom who is a big Monty Python fan the scene at 1:42 and within seconds she recognized it

Lmbo, no words just laughter and tears! Another great video :-)

Thank you for roasting the history buff channel I am now a subscriber

As someone who, to the annoyance of many, just can’t let myself like Braveheart because I’m just awful like that, Outlaw King kicked ass. Outlaw King was incredibly good and, save for that last part, had me happy the entire time. And whaddya know, it made me dislike Braveheart less, so good job Outlaw King

A Midsummer Night's Dream set as on the moon sounds awesome tbh.

Doune was also used for filming in game of thrones if im not mistaken.

That's Doune Castle. It's also Castle Leoch in Outlander.

Bannockburn has some amazing parts to the battle, like where the camp followers supposedly made themselves into a fourth column to break English moral. Or when the Princes bodyguard fought like a mad man to get him free only to tell the Prince his honour wouldn't let him run and so he just rode right ack into the battle to die honourably. Bannockburn could be an hour and a half movie all on it's own (with the build up included obviously).

Totally agree about the ending - maybe they ran out of money?

Thank you.

I need to see this man going over recent movie about Žižka called "Medieval"

historically accurate, except where it wasn't. and as a proud Coloradan I can confirm, Coors light is not beer.

It was a great 4-hour epic, crammed into 2 hours of screentime.

Great Review...! But what's with the "take that!" to History Buffs?

Saw what you did there .. at the end

Way to go chap!. Well done. Let me get a swing at those two-finger salutes. Hint: Wait for Agincourt to unlock them. :)

Those poor horses. The only stakes they had in any of this were the improvised Scottish pikes.

This is the better movie, you know why? Because it's actually respectful of Scottish culture, rather than sticking us in kilts and Pictish war paint or mooning the English at the Battle of Sterling Bridge (yeah, sticking your butt out at a bunch of dudes holding pointy sticks... that's a great idea). This movie actually depicts Scotland as it was in the middle ages, a complex and not necessarily unified country, rather than the one dimensional hicks from Braveheart. I agree that the movie was too short and the end could have been better, but at least it didn't end with a scene that would serve as a prototype for the Passion. It is undeniably the more accurate movie, especially when it comes to Scottish history.

1:49 - Dounne Castle is privetly owned, so it gets rented out a bit for film usage. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doune_Castle

this tho, this i wanna watch

Sure, historical accuracy in movies plays second fiddle to good story telling and is never truly achievable (I'm with you all the way), but I can't unsee that horrible draw at 3:10.

At the end of the battle : "Ok that was the last cent of the budget, wrap it up people!"

7:12 HAH - could not stop laughing

There’s simply no way that the nobles would’ve allowed Edward to fight de Brus like that, precisely for that reason. The reason that the nobles got Edward’s ass away from Bannockburn post haste. Without Edward as ransom, the Scots cleaned up on ransoms between the captured nobles, though de Brus allowed Marmaduke Tweng to go home w/o ransom.

Edward II wasn't at Loudon hill

Tried making this in total war It was awesome

Excellent video. small point, this movie stars Chris Pine, not Chris Hemsworth.

Mommm. I need a beerrrr.

3:40 pretty sure Mel didn't invent Point-Sharp-Stick-at-Horse.

Honestly the biggest disappointment is that with how well they portrayed the Black Douglas, they cut off before reaching his best exploit, namely his capture of Roxburgh. That would've been awesome to see in the movie, just a bunch of guys crawling across the fields hidden by their cloaks, trying to get up the walls before they're noticed.

A shark was jumped in that review somewhere 😂

I don’t know if it was the way The Bruce is supposed to be played but I felt like Pine was just standing around like he had no idea what was going on for most of the movie.

Uh, pretty sure Chris Hemsworth is the Australian Chris.

They did shoot the Holy GRRRRail in Scotland :)

they let him go at the end i imagine because he was never at that battle in history.

They appear to have confused Ed II with Henry V in looks. Also, Edward II was more interested in hedging and ditching than fighting.

As a Scottish person and medieval history enjoyer (I minored in it, woo), I absolutely loathe Braveheart. Outlaw King was much better, but yes, the swordfights with Edward II were very stupid, especially at the end as you note.

Damn it, now I want to watch the movie again and go play some Medieval Kingdoms 1212 😁

MA! THE MEATLOAF! FUCK!

Oh he did the sopranos thing

I should've waited until I watched the whole video to comment I laughed my ass off the last minute of the video.

Have you checked out 'Redbad'?

Hey Mom! Get me a beer lol

So you have to complete the whole set with BANNOCKBURN the documentary, greaat.

Braveheart used Irish army reservists. Kept on fighting

"...james cosmo" lol

Calling out History Buffs like that lol

I don’t care so much if a movie is historically accurate as much as I care if it’s historically authentic if that makes sense.

I, funny enough, watched both Braveheart and the Outlaw King more or less back to back, and yeah I think as far as visual representation of the forces and tactics Braveheart takes the cake, but the action, and accuracy (and therefore believability), blows Braveheart out of the water. I think Outlaw King could be cleaned up around the board but honestly, I will never have to watch Braveheart again because of this movie. Outlaw King was incredible, and the Battle at Stirling Bridge may beat the Battle of Loudon Hill, but the ambush by the highlanders beats the Battle at Falkirk.

6:00 I don't know why the writers would make such a dumbest decision. Irl they would just capture Edward II, the war would be over and The Bruce would likely get his family back, maybe that didn't sound like a satisfying conclusion to them but it does to me.

Och laddie if ye are watching a movie aboot Scotland ye should be drinking whisky nae beer,leave thon for the Sassanachs.

It’s pronounced loudoun like loud don not “lewdoon” hahaha

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LOL ... a Monty Python Ending :D lol

Horses charging onto stakes or spears annoys me in whatever movie I see it, horses will do whatever it takes to avoid such barriers no matter how well disciplined.

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Florence... this is all I am gonna say!!

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