Patriot goes starwars? *JOKE*

Found this hilarious clip on youtube resently and just whanted to bring some comedy to the forum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvSmK...eature=related

Seen that before. Its pretty funny and well made. I love the muskets firing lasers, it just looks awesome XD

Originally Posted by ACMilan88

Found this hilarious clip on youtube

Yes. The most ridiculous scene from the patriot explained.
+rep.

Agreed, it is the most ridiculous scene (original and lasered) and doesn`t make much sense. I mean why can`t the Brits at least have lasers too?

Never liked that film anyway.

Sucky Film Terrible acting !!!

Decent lazer crap

Pfft I posted this on another thread a month ago.

NO there was a worse scene than this. Remember the moment when the priest died and throw his musket into the air for Gabe to grab and fire? Or the Fire Pistol from 300 yards and hit a man on horse back?

Well, Americans wielding light sabers in the revolutionary war makes more sense then a father and his 2 boys killing an entire British regiment.

Originally Posted by Horatio

Well, Americans wielding light sabers in the revolutionary war makes more sense then a father and his 2 boys killing an entire British regiment.

It was more like a company or two
But yes it still makes more sense

what i dont understand is how 20 proffesional british soldiers are massacred by one old farmer, a todler and a 1 year old?
That has got to be the most ridiculously anti-British pro-American film ever made.

And those scenes where the British shoot wounded, prisoners, civilians and burn down a church with people in it? Maybe Waffen SS would do it to Polish Jews, but not British to their own people.

Originally Posted by HMS Empire Broadsword

what i dont understand is how 20 proffesional british soldiers are massacred by one old farmer, a todler and a 1 year old?
That has got to be the most ridiculously anti-British pro-American film ever made.

And those scenes where the British shoot wounded, prisoners, civilians and burn down a church with people in it? Maybe Waffen SS would do it to Polish Jews, but not British to their own people.

In reality Tarleton (who the baddy is based on) did accidentally ignore white flag on one occasion - white flag raised, then someone shot his horse out from under him....

And while he was mostly famous for acts of cruelty against the civillian population though the closest he came to actaul church burning though is when Tarleton burnt the house, out houses, corn and fodder, and a great part of the cattle, hogs and poultry, of the estate of Gen. Richardson.

Originally Posted by HMS Empire Broadsword

what i dont understand is how 20 proffesional british soldiers are massacred by one old farmer, a todler and a 1 year old?
That has got to be the most ridiculously anti-British pro-American film ever made.

And those scenes where the British shoot wounded, prisoners, civilians and burn down a church with people in it? Maybe Waffen SS would do it to Polish Jews, but not British to their own people.

Just admit the rebel was more badass.

But really your right about that scene maybe they will kill like 10 of them but not the entire regiment.

Originally Posted by HMS Empire Broadsword

That has got to be the most ridiculously anti-British pro-American film ever made.

Open to interpretation, really. The main character wasn't portrayed as having any real higher motives for his actions other than bloodlust and revenge. The British in the film are very obviously the good guys, as far as I can tell. That's what I get when watching it, anyway.
In any case, it's whatever. The movie really isn't bad; it's entertaining, action-packed, and at least has a coherent plot.

And those scenes where the British shoot wounded, prisoners, civilians and burn down a church with people in it? Maybe Waffen SS would do it to Polish Jews, but not British to their own people.

Well, the shooting wounded prisoners happened. The Colonel villain in the movie is based on a real British cavalry commander in the war.
But the locking people in a church and burning it? It happened in the war, but the other way around.

Originally Posted by MaximiIian

Open to interpretation, really. The main character wasn't portrayed as having any real higher motives for his actions other than bloodlust and revenge. The British in the film are very obviously the good guys, as far as I can tell. That's what I get when watching it, anyway.
In any case, it's whatever. The movie really isn't bad; it's entertaining, action-packed, and at least has a coherent plot.

How are the British the good guys and where is that "very obvious" ?
The main character was portrayed as initially seeking only revenge but ending up fighting for "the cause", surely you must have noticed him grabbing the flag to hold the line during the final battle. You can't get any more symbolic than that.

Originally Posted by Rapax

How are the British the good guys and where is that "very obvious" ?

For one, because they were in the real war.
Second, they're generally (with the exception of Colonel Tavington) portrayed as honourable and fighting for a good cause- to keep the transatlantic British nation united and whole. Whereas the American characters are shown as brutish and violent, fighting for a cause that barely has a leg to stand on. Hardly positive traits.
I can only conclude that the real villains are the protagonists: the murderer Benjamin Martin and his motley crew of terrorists.

The main character was portrayed as initially seeking only revenge but ending up fighting for "the cause", surely you must have noticed him grabbing the flag to hold the line during the final battle. You can't get any more symbolic than that.

I don't think it was sincere. He still was motivated by revenge against Colonel Tavington, hence why he sought him out in the final battle. And, even if he did "go over to the cause", which isn't necessarily a good thing, it doesn't cancel out the fact that he took up arms for crap reasons, and was a brutal, vicious murderer during the French and Indian War.

Originally Posted by MaximiIian

For one, because they were in the real war.
Second, they're generally (with the exception of Colonel Tavington) portrayed as honourable and fighting for a good cause- to keep the transatlantic British nation united and whole. Whereas the American characters are shown as brutish and violent, fighting for a cause that barely has a leg to stand on. Hardly positive traits.
I can only conclude that the real villains are the protagonists, the murderer Benjamin Martin and his motley crew of terrorists.

Sorry but are you still talking about the movie or have you grabbed a history book? Tavington is the main villain, the principal British soldier that we see. Cornwallis and his second in command are only shown as pompous and arrogant leaders "from the rear". I fail to see where the movie has ever attempted to portray or justify the British "cause". If anything, the British taking over is presented as a doom and gloom event, not anything positive.
If you think the Americans are only shown as brutish and violent you apparently missed the entire character of Heath Ledger and the band of "patriots" he recruited from the village, himself repulsed by the men that his father recruited. Not to mention Chris Cooper's character and the regular colonial army. Even Adam Baldwin's loyalist ends up being discussed by his British commander's actions.
So, I really don't care about your personal opinion of the American Revolution, but try sticking to what the movie actually shows instead of making up.

I don't think it was sincere. He still was motivated by revenge against Colonel Tavington, hence why he sought him out in the final battle. And, even if he did "go over to the cause", which isn't necessarily a good thing, it doesn't cancel out the fact that he took up arms for crap reasons, and was a brutal, vicious murderer during the French and Indian War.

Of course he sought him out, why wouldn't he? He still grabbed the flag and rallied the fleeting center though and in that case it was a selfless move, not a selfish one.
I kinda fail to see how having your sons killed is a "crap reason" to fight, but I guess you gotta support your strange argument somehow. Not that it is in any way relevant for the movie what Benjamin Martin used to do in the past. If anything he's portrayed as someone who experienced and did things in war that he's not proud of and tries to forget and more importantly, doesn't want his children to experience what he did. Hence his pacifist attitude at the beginning.

I haven't even seen it (Thank God) and I know from watching a couple of scenes that it's a steaming pile of balls. That clip was on here a while ago, it is hilarious after all.

I really don't know what the hell I just watched... But I agree The Patriot is an American flag waving piece of crap movie.

Originally Posted by GenWolfe

I really don't know what the hell I just watched... But I agree The Patriot is an American flag waving piece of crap movie.

It really wasn't that bad....

Originally Posted by EvilNelson666

It really wasn't that bad....

I never face palmed more in my entire film watching life and I'm an American and I'm supposed to think that movie was good? I thought it enbarrasing.

Originally Posted by Lumina

I never face palmed more in my entire film watching life and I'm an American and I'm supposed to think that movie was good? I thought it enbarrasing.

Lol dude, fix your sentence cause it makes sence like balls now