Pirate Expert Reviews Famous Pirates in Hollywood Movies
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День томуIszi Lawrence, comedian, podcaster and history presenter rates more portrayals of famous pirates in Hollywood historical movies. Iszi has worked on the Netflix documentary 'The Lost Pirate Kingdom' and is the author of Blackbeard's Treasure, a tale set in the eighteenth century during the golden age of piracy in the Caribbean.
Iszi first reviews scenes from 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End' (2007), where she talks about the legend of the 'Pirate Code' and how much truth there is behind it.
She then moves onto the next film in the franchise 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' (2011) where she takes slight issue with Ian McShane's depiction of Edward Teach aka 'Blackbeard', who would have been 35 years old when he died, despite the actor in question being almost 70 at the time of filming.
The next film Iszi reviews is 'The Black Swan' (1942) in which Laird Cregar depicts infamous pirate captain and later Governor of Jamaica, Henry Morgan.
Finally, Iszi rates the classic film 'Sea Hawk' (1940) starring Errol Flynn as an English privateer, loosely based on Sir Francis Drake, who defends his nation's interests on the eve of the launch of the Spanish Armada. How accurate is Flora Robson's portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I?
Watch the video to find out!
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00:00 Introduction
00:34 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
09:18 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
15:50 The Black Swan (1942)
19:44 The Sea Hawk (1940)
26:46 More History Hit Movie Reviews!
@spencerthomas4298 8 місяців тому
"He could've also been mad because of the syphilis"...can't argue with that one 😂
@riksi3327 6 місяців тому
Wasn't the Mercury cause of his madness that he injected to his syphilis disease?
@davey3616 5 місяців тому
From personal experience 😂
@antonymilne1346 2 місяці тому
Would probably make me pretty cranky too so I get it
@ChronikTheory 2 місяці тому
Not mad like angry. Mad crazy. Syphillis makes you go nuts.
@Leftyotism 2 місяці тому
Yeah that one had me laughing because I didn't see it coming. lol It's information like that, that makes you remember. : >
@DrRipper19 6 місяців тому
They introduced her as the author of a children's book and I was like "hm, does that really make her a 'pirate expert'?" And then the first thing she pointed out was how the nooses were wrong lol she's great
@morphman86 5 місяців тому
If you're going to write for children, it's nice to be right about what you write, so the kids get the right idea from the start.
@lolomcspanky 5 місяців тому
She's an expert in the historical legends about pirates, but definitely not a historian. A lot of the stuff she said as fact about Blackbeard is either speculation with zero evidence (like Blackbeard having a wife in each port), or repeated myths that are known to be false stories invented many decades after the pirates died (like him lighting fire to his beard... she just said in the same video they avoided open flames at all cost!). I'm not hating, just want you to know that you were correct to be skeptical that a non-historian is going to give you an accurate impression of history, even if the noose detail is correct. I'm not sure that it is, I know nothing about historical knots lol
@morphman86 5 місяців тому
@@lolomcspankyShe did preface it with it being legends and didn't state it as facts. She said it would make sense, not that it happened.
@blake7587 4 місяці тому
No she’s not. She’s an idiot. I’m a classical Historian and I can say for a fact half of the stuff she said was flat out false. She’s a radical Left wing activist trying to promote revisionist history by infusing Woke extremism.
@cthulhuwept 4 місяці тому
@@lolomcspanky "A wife in every port" is a metaphor/hyperbole, not a literal statement. And a slow-burning fuse isn't the same as the open flame of a torch; the fuse is enough to set off gunpowder, probably not going to ignite anything unless it's held there, but it will give off smoke and be spooky.
@christianmandeville3429 8 місяців тому
Love Iszi, because she understands that fictional movies are fictional and mostly just points out the areas where historical accuracy is possible rater than complaining about the magic
@ezekielalimpia3048 8 місяців тому
Yessss
@gustaf3811 8 місяців тому
Yeah she is wrong about Mcshane looking too old, pirates were ragged and back then you looked much older in your late 30s than you do today.
@kristonanderson7399 8 місяців тому
Wait these movies were fiction😮😢😂
@helenl3193 8 місяців тому
@@gustaf3811 Ian McShane is 80 now, he would have been 69-70 when they made that PotC movie
@honeyreyes4384 8 місяців тому
This vid is my introduction to her and that’s def something I noticed right away and truly enjoy about her.
@Altmetalpunk 8 місяців тому
It's funny to me that Ponce De Leon believed he had found the fountain of youth because the natives looked so much healthier than his crew. When really it was just mineral water from the florida aquifers
@nubreed13 4 місяці тому
And the crew was probably in bad shape due to the lack of vitamin c
@AnAmericanMusician 3 місяці тому
Being on a ship with minimal food and water for 6 months probably doesn't help.
@richardwaring8613 8 місяців тому
Always reminds me of a History teacher who always used the mantra 'Meat is hung, People are hanged!' His pupils acted as the pedant police correcting anyone who said 'He was hung.'
@Maazzzo 8 місяців тому
It was 'pictures are hung, people are hanged' where I grew up.
@bateman2112 8 місяців тому
7th grade English teacher: Horses are hung, men are hanged.
@travisinthetrunk 8 місяців тому
“They said you was hung!” “And they was right.”😉
@monkeytennis8861 8 місяців тому
Meat is hung, men are hanged. That's the saying
@RichO1701e 8 місяців тому
@@monkeytennis8861 distinction without a difference, that's also a saying
@anonnymousperson 8 місяців тому
Iszi has to be one of the most fun presenters in this sort of format. Bring her back!
@13374me 8 місяців тому
She's got a podcast with Dr. David Hone about dinosaurs called Terrible Lizards which is also pretty awesome
@ironnads7975 8 місяців тому
Who said she wasn't coming back?
@anonnymousperson 8 місяців тому
@@ironnads7975 errr... nobody from what I can see. Why?
@foldvarimarton 8 місяців тому
I missed the fun part.
@blake7587 4 місяці тому
She’s an idiot. The fact OP said she’s great immediately tells me they are a Leftist. 😂
@Adrienne557 8 місяців тому
"The hacking is great!" "The hitting of the back of the pistol is great" "Falling to the bottom of the sea...obviously...but a bit slow" Iszi is the perfect combination of charming and historically accurate!
@Billious 8 місяців тому
A bit of context for Blackbeard in the movie, it is stated that this Blackbeard shouldn’t be alive, Jack himself mentions the story of Blackbeard’s death and in the movie we know most of his knew crew are new implying the reason why is because his old crew were either imprisoned or executed. So that seals up the age plot hole but it creates a new plot hole in that the Queen Anne’s Revenge was washed up on a sandbar and lost long before his death.
@gustaf3811 8 місяців тому
Yeah she is wrong about Mcshane looking too old, pirates were ragged and back then you looked much older in your late 30s than you do today.
@Blokewood3 7 місяців тому
Right, the real Blackbeard died in 1718, and he was probably in his late 30s at the time, but based on the rulers, the fourth POTC movie probably takes place during the late 1740s, nearly 30 years after Blackbeard's death, so if he had survived he would be about the same age as Mcshane.
@Billious 7 місяців тому
@@Blokewood3 yeah and as a man who lives in the same region I can tell you the sun here does MASSIVE DAMAGE to one’s complexion over the years if your constantly in the sun all day without sunscreen
@ElysiaWhitemoonOmega 5 місяців тому
he probably used the voodoo magic to stay alive, and with that Sword of Triton, he would probably be able to unbeach the ship
@jebVlogs556 4 місяці тому
@@ElysiaWhitemoonOmega That's the thing that annoyed me the most 😡.. She acts like voodooism isn't part of carribeans trope. Many cultures and religions have their own deities as well. It is also possible that some pirates(famous or not) had a wife or different woman in different parts Of the world.
@sharonkaczorowski8690 8 місяців тому
I’m 73. When I was a teen I spent many an afternoon ironing while watching old pirate movies. Fortunately, my father balanced them with some home truths about not just piracy but the brutality of the navies at that time. He did tell me how democratic pirates were. I have no idea how he knew all that. He and my mother were history buffs and he had been a TBM bomber pilot in the Pacific in WWII. He raised me to loathe the romanticizing of human history. And yes Flynn was absolutely stunning. My mother had a huge crush on him and I admit to the occasional teen heart flutter.
@jacobwalsh1888 7 місяців тому
I don't know what he is referring to about naval brutality. If you were a sailor, your best bet was serving in the Royal Navy. They had the best and most effective logistical system. Tales of brutal captains are vastly over exaggerated. Most captains had the respect of their crews. I suggest you read feeding , Nelson's navy.
@RogueT-Rex8468 7 місяців тому
“Romanticizing of human history”?
@marilyntaylor9577 4 місяці тому
@@RogueT-Rex8468Leaving out the icky parts
@twojointsjay7330 3 місяці тому
@@jacobwalsh1888 hell yeah, you wouldn't even have to sign up for the Royal Navy, either, you were more likely to be press-ganged into it, how convenient!
@AmazingSurrogats 3 місяці тому
@@jacobwalsh1888 again the wikipedia wannabe dipsh.t knowing everything better. Yes, serving in the navy was brutal, inhuman and devastatiing. The average .lifespan of a sailor in the navy was less than that of a slave. fck of
@Chtulhu1204 8 місяців тому
"It's really hard to sail a ship with your crew filled splinters, or dead" Well said mam, well said!
@moreartthantime 8 місяців тому
We need more videos with Iszi! There's so much material still! Black Sails, Our Flag Means Death, video games like Sea of Thieves and the Assassins Creed: Black Flag, older movies like Pirates of Penzance and stuff with Errol Flynn, and the infamous YellowBeard! There;s also Cutthroat Island (How did a movie with so much potential end up so terrible?) and movies that are not pirate-centric but have pirates like Hook or the Goonies.
@octogonSmuggler 5 місяців тому
Dont forget all the pirate video games. AC Black Flag has A LOT of history stuff in it. I'd love to see her take on that.
@octogonSmuggler 5 місяців тому
@@Zoroasterisk Yes thank you, Sherlock. But there's more than just those two popular ones. There's also Skull and Bones, Another Sight, Masters of Mystery, the One Piece games, Wind Waker has pirates, Sid Meier's Pirates... I was just adding onto the comment about AC Black Flag. Not to mention the fact that there's several pirate anime besides One Piece, all of which probably get the history entirely wrong considering the fact that the Japanese think the Middle Ages included Victorian England and the Renaissance for some reason. Therefore every comment section on manga and anime also believe that those time periods were the middle ages. But I digress.
@thebeardeddragon1713 5 місяців тому
@@octogonSmuggler can’t forget about monkey island lol
@candicabaniss2560 4 місяці тому
Captain Blood perhaps? Oh Errol Flynn be still my heart.
@Daniel__Nobre 3 місяці тому
Also could be interesting to see her reviewing Master and Commander
@jordanc2019 8 місяців тому
Iszi has David Tennant energy and I think that’s one of the reasons I love to watch her pirate breakdowns
@alicec1533 8 місяців тому
you're so right
@gustaf3811 8 місяців тому
Yeah she is wrong about Mcshane looking too old, pirates were ragged and back then you looked much older in your late 30s than you do today.
@nox3833 8 місяців тому
Oh my god yes she does lmao
@anarchocyclist 8 місяців тому
Are you American?
@luciekulhankova7278 7 місяців тому
SOmetimes it goes a tad into emma thompson
@dramask8rgrl 7 місяців тому
I would LOVE to hear Iszi's opinions on the series Black Sails, considering it is incorporating pirate history with the story of Treasure Island.
@mjinba07 7 місяців тому
They never do Black Sails. Maybe because it was a series rather than a movie. But I'd love to see it in one of these expert reviews.
@dramask8rgrl 7 місяців тому
@@mjinba07 I know they wouldn't mention it in this video since it's not a movie. I was just saying that I would love to know their opinions on the historical aspects of the show, generally speaking. lol!
@Wolfintery 8 місяців тому
Love that she acknowledges that certain things make great filmmaking while still teaching us the factual. Love her!
@chazzn121 Місяць тому
is she really teaching the the factual? this retired sailor would argue that her origin story for shake a leg is very very wrong.
@RhinoBarbarian 8 місяців тому
I love the sarcasm when she's talking about the fantasy aspects of 'Pirates of the Caribbean.' I've seen so many of these with such uptight people that are just so dismissive of the fantasy elements of films. This is refreshing!
@chuchulainn9275 4 місяці тому
The thought of anyone seeing Blackbeard's flag and saying, "Oh it's alright, it's only Blackbeard. We'll be fine!" made me laugh so hard! 😅😂🤣
@WezelLispProductions 5 місяців тому
The queen would never stoop so low as to take plunder from a pirated ship. She was so kind to pardon privateers protecting their country, and would accept.... GIFTS given as thanks for her graciousness
@samuelhaverghast2442 8 місяців тому
Mistress Chang I think was the most feared asian pirate, I remember watching behind the scenes for this film and on the extras they actually told you about some of the historical pirates they added in this scene, and they mentioned her
@keenoled 2 місяці тому
I love that they gave the part to an old actor, and not someone more traditionally Hollywood prostitute looking.
@marmelos9453 20 днів тому
Mistress Chang only embodies the Pirate Queen Zheng Yi Sao. Which had the command of over 400 Pirate ships and about 60.000 Pirates. Queen of Guangzhou. Mistress of the Silk Road, Mother of Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Yes, she was the most feared Pirate in all 7 Oceans.
@williamclarke9394 4 місяці тому
Another important fact (in my opinion) about Blackbeard that was missed was his height. It was reported that he was around 6’6”, which was incredibly taller than average at the time, adding to his frightening image. In the movie he seems so small
@willmfrank 4 місяці тому
Ian McShane was fine in the part; Robert Newton (so far, the only actor to have played both Blackbeard and Long John Silver) was all right; but wouldn't Christopher Lee have been great?
@alice5790 29 днів тому
@@willmfrankChristopher Lee as Blackbeard in POTC would have been amazing
@Miroslava_Ivanova 8 місяців тому
I am once again hoping for an episode where Iszi is shown Our flag means death clips, would love to hear the same type of analysis of that show!
@sergarlantyrell7847 8 місяців тому
From experience fencing, it's very difficult to snap a sword, even relatively dainty-looking ones. Granted, we have modern steels, but in general, a steel blade (even an old one) is stronger than your grip! The real disadvantage of such a light sword is you struggle to parry with much authority, especially if something top-heavy like an axe, the butt of a gun or a polearm (eg spear) is being swung at you.
@keenoled 2 місяці тому
And also getting attacked form all sides and trying to swing your long blade around which is a stabby weapon, when everyone else has a swingy choppy weapon...
@howardg396 8 місяців тому
I'd love to hear what you have to say about the series "Black Sails".
@Maazzzo 8 місяців тому
My favourite genre of video is academics/experts against movies. Really enjoy Iszi Lawrence, please bring her back for another one.
@paul3v767 8 місяців тому
Pirate history is undoubtedly fascinating in and of itself, but she is great at presenting and explaining!
@leolegendario1 7 місяців тому
One Piece, Black Sails and Our Flag Means Death need to have a review video too! "Pirate Expert Reviews Famous Pirates in Hollywood TV Shows"
@Count_of_shadow_lands 7 місяців тому
About Blackbeard's age - If I remember it correctly, Jack once dropped a line about "I heard your body made few rounds around the ship and body was like new", therefore it could've happened after his real life death
@Bei91 8 місяців тому
@HistoryHit Please give this lady a show! I would totally watch her tell interesting tales of piracy and privateering.
@tshelby5212 8 місяців тому
She thinks she knows a single thing a bout pirates And she doesn’t
@sjcommander91 7 місяців тому
@@tshelby5212Let's see your credentials then, little buddy.
@andrewholdaway813 7 місяців тому
@@sjcommander91 Some of her stuff does seem a bit dubious and her 'origin of pulling your leg' particularly so.
@thegirlwholovesmusic 7 місяців тому
Proof that if you’re a pirate expert, you’re definitely cool and definitely don’t take things too seriously.
@whuuuut2035 7 місяців тому
As to Blackbeard's age, they said in the movie that he had "had his head cut off and his body thrown to sea where it swam around the ship 3 times before coming back aboard," like the legend of his death in history, but the film Blackbeard had somehow reconnected his head to his body and started to live again.
@dustinwashburn1283 4 місяці тому
I think it was spread as a rumor, or he may have switched with someone to make it seem like he was dead. They never explained that, but they did bring up the legend of his death, indicating this takes place afterward.
@Baalslegion07 4 місяці тому
Yeah, in the movie he is a full on necromancer that has revived a few of his old crew as Zombies - and in this case like actual mythological jamaican zombies. So basicly every officer on board is a mindless husk he puppateers and has given orders to that they follow in complete obedience. I think its rather openly stated, that he indeed was killed like in actual history, but through his access to black magic managed to survive his death. So in the pirates of the carabean franchise, Blackbeard really did just come back to life. So at least the age is explained and I mean, he has a flamethrower built into his ship, so I doubt that any other open fires matter at this point... oh and I think those skulls would really fit in with blackbeard. He might nkt have done that in real life, but gaving the skulls of your enemies adorn every crevice of your ship, you certainly drive the point of "I'm not to be trifled with" home further than any guns or creepy attire ever could. So I think its at least in character - also, I mean, if you are already an undead necromancer, its kinda part of the deal to go with the whole skull motif.
@FelixstoweFoamForge 8 місяців тому
Iszi Lawrence is great. Funny, witty, and very very knowledgeable in her field.
@andrewholdaway813 8 місяців тому
Maybe but her origin of pulling my leg is pretty dubious to say the least.
@FelixstoweFoamForge 8 місяців тому
@@andrewholdaway813 Actually, she wasn't the first to make that link. And it's only applicable in English. No other language has an equivalent, at least as far as I know. But, i'd be prepared to at least give it credence.
@andrewholdaway813 8 місяців тому
@@FelixstoweFoamForge Much more likely to be related to a distraction technique used by pickpockets
@gustaf3811 8 місяців тому
@@FelixstoweFoamForge Yeah she is wrong about Mcshane looking too old, pirates were really ragged and back then your average individual looked much older in your late 30s than you do today. You didnt have really have much medication at all back then and they lived very tough lives unless you were part of the aristocracy of course. In your early 30s you looked like what people in their middle 40s would look like today.
@sjcommander91 7 місяців тому
@@andrewholdaway813Yes, you would pull the leg of someone you're trying to pickpocket. What are you going on about?
@Dayvit78 8 місяців тому
When they said pirate expert, I didn't expect it would be a real expert. She knows her stuff!
@salishseaquest7952 8 місяців тому
Loved every minute of Iszi Lawrence's commentary! Learned so much yet felt entertained at the same time. Wonderful!
@Tsumami__ 8 місяців тому
I will give y’all one of my kidneys if you have a show with Iszi and Dan Jones talking about pirates.
@Tadicuslegion78 8 місяців тому
Disappointment they don't have Black Sails or Assassin's Creed Black Flag for much better Blackbeards or some other famous pirate properties
@Tsumami__ 8 місяців тому
But one is a tv show and one is a game, the theme is Hollywood films
@Algorithmicgeneratedwordsalad 8 місяців тому
I like the fan theory that Pirates of the Caribbean was a bunch of stories that young Elizabeth had read
@heybuddyyouincapetown 2 місяці тому
I LOVE LOVE LOVE how she goes in depth! In my teens my friend and I were obsessed with the golden age of piracy, especially Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet (before the show, we freaked when it came out), Mary Read and Anne Bonny. This video just brought it all back
@Mma-basement-215 8 місяців тому
I really like her and the way she tells stories she's awesome
@13374me 8 місяців тому
She's got a podcast with Dr. David Hone, a paleontologist, about dinosaurs called Terrible Lizards
@K1NG0FW0LV35 7 місяців тому
my favorite part of golden age history will always be the fact that there was a female pirate whom dressed as a man and when she bested someone in a duel she'd flash them to let them know they were bested by a woman. I can't remember if it was Anne Bonny or Mary Read.
@steveericson9137 8 місяців тому
I'd love to see her take on the show Black Sails!
@AnneliLMendozaArt 8 місяців тому
I can’t believe they didn’t include it 😮
@Morhgoz 8 місяців тому
@@AnneliLMendozaArt Well, in video about Pirate Movies, Pirate TV Show is bit in wrong place... 😉
@AnneliLMendozaArt 8 місяців тому
@@Morhgoz my bad, got carried away 🤣🤣🤣🙈🙈🙈🙈
@Morhgoz 8 місяців тому
@@AnneliLMendozaArt Happens to us all sometimes... 😅😁😁
@gustaf3811 8 місяців тому
@@AnneliLMendozaArt They confimed in an interview thaht they consulted real historians and archaeologists so a lot of the things you see in the show is more or less historically accurate. Of course that tv show never dealt with mythical creatures and other fantasy elements so they could focus a bit more on realism.
@steev927 3 місяці тому
Her insight and knowledge of pirate lore and history is amazing... along with her understanding that you need to tell a story for a movie like this and her enthusiasm is just heart-warming. Wonderful video!
@foreverinafantasy 7 місяців тому
I'm surprised in her talk about female pirates she didn't mention Zheng Yi Sao who commanded over 40,000 pirates and is considered one of the most successful pirates in history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_Yi_Sao
@chuchulainn9275 4 місяці тому
Isn't that who Misstres Ching supposed to be or based on?
@arbitrary_raspberry 4 місяці тому
@@chuchulainn9275 Yes
@theylied1776 8 місяців тому
I was undecided at the start but her passion for the subject matter won me over. I like her.
@davidhopley2661 8 місяців тому
Iszi is so awesome! I could listen to her all day talk about this stuff, so knowledgable and a great abillity to present information.
@avengersfan9722 8 місяців тому
Yay, she's back! I loved her the first time and she was just as enjoyable to listen to the second time :D
@Eris66666 3 місяці тому
I've watched this video more than once since it came out. Iszi is wonderful. So knowledgeable and entertaining without being pedantic. She's so pleasant to listen to. Definitely would watch more content with her! ❤
@peterjones7673 8 місяців тому
What a great video and made better by Iszi's great presentation, i could listen to her talk for hours she is very knowledgeable and puts it across in a fun and brilliant way, thank you Iszi, more from you please.
@gustaf3811 8 місяців тому
Yeah she is wrong about Mcshane looking too old, pirates were ragged and back then you looked much older in your late 30s than you do today.
@Isaidwhatisaiddear Місяць тому
I love people who are this straight up and confident about their knowledge without being arrogant or cocky. It’s a fantastic trait to have. She brilliant. 👏🏾👌🏾
@swordmonkey6635 8 місяців тому
Commoners: "Blackbeard was a famous and successful pirate!" Me: **Laughs in Bartholomew Roberts**
@TheMadPoetHimself 7 місяців тому
"The most famous and successful pirate SO FAR!"
@lunahyacinth6335 7 місяців тому
I need to see her take on Our Flag Is Death now. I love it’s take on Blackbeard despite it being comedic satire
@Itiswhatitisitiswhatitiswhatit 5 місяців тому
I'd love to hear her opinions on Our Flag Means Death. I have never enjoyed listening to someone discussing pirate history as much as I am listening to Iszi!
@martensj9 3 місяці тому
This was amazing! Honestly, I couldn’t stop watching. Thank you so much.
@gazlator 8 місяців тому
The most annoying anachronism, I reckon, is the fact that the the "glory days" of Spanish Main piracy (1690s to 1720s, the time such adventures ought to be set, you'd think) is shown in Jack Sparrow's costume & looks and one or two other character appearances from Pirates of the Caribbean movies; but so many other costumes, details and settings suggest a time from the 1750s or later, for the period of the movies - long after the great age of Caribbean piracy was finished.
@badfoody 8 місяців тому
lol true and the Pirates films are set during the 1690s haha
@3DAA2 8 місяців тому
Just want to point out: Iszi didn’t say Keith Richards isn’t a real and true pirate…
@TheHarrip 8 місяців тому
Jamaican Patwa originated from Irish slaves teaching African slaves the English language. You can actually hear it. Fascinating.
@monkeytennis8861 8 місяців тому
Firstly, it's patois and secondly "Irish slaves"? Yeah no
@TheHarrip 8 місяців тому
@@monkeytennis8861 yea I knew I'd spelt it wrong. Bugged me a bit. Irish slaves in Jamaica 🇯🇲. Google it. Why would I lie just because I can't spell.. one love.
@dcarson89 8 місяців тому
Fascinatingly wrong
@MeonLights 4 місяці тому
I love how we go from very accurate detailed descriptions from nooses and pirate codes and open flames, to "yeah funnily enough he could not command the rigging by looking at it". Iszi is great lmao.
@MrBluetini 8 місяців тому
I love these kinds of videos. I'd happily sit and listen to their history lessons for hours.
@TroyTheTory 8 місяців тому
Iszi Lawrence is phenomenal.
@dianematt7837 7 місяців тому
This lady is so fun! I love the way she explained things, and the context! More of her for sure.
@meganann3876 3 місяці тому
I appreciate this video so much and Isza’s passion/knowledge just started a new “rabbit hole” for me.
@nefelichristogoula316 8 місяців тому
This just came up on my feed out of the blue and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it, very educational. Iszi's descriptions are very captivating!
@HistoryHit 8 місяців тому
Glad you enjoyed it!
@Artaimus 8 місяців тому
Errol Flynn was indeed a very handsome man.
@pfranks75 6 місяців тому
If I was going to be ravished by a pirate I would prefer it be Errol Flynn!
@XaviRonaldo0 5 місяців тому
Can't believe she never mentioned Edward Kenway
@Blokewood3 7 місяців тому
Anne Bonny did not captain a ship. She and Mary Read were both part of Jack Rackham's crew, which was very small, only 14 people or so. Too few to have more than one ship sailing together. Bonny's pirate career lasted two months, from late August 1720, when the crew seized a ship and sailed out of Nassau, to late October 1720, when they were captured.
@slytheringingerwitch 5 місяців тому
They were captured I believe because all the men were drunk and incapable of fighting.
@lolomcspanky 5 місяців тому
I can't tell what the point of this random info, it's so random and not connected to the video. I couldn't come up with any explanation other a bizarre attempt to cast shade on women pirates as not successful. If that's the case, please consider the legendary pirate known as Zheng Yi Sao (among other things, like many pirates including Blackbeard, her exact name is unclear in the historical record), who was much, much, much more badass at warfare than any male pirate who ever lived. She was the only successful pirate, who was never defeated but retired with full amnesty and died of old age, because literally no navy, no government on earth could defeat her. They had to make a deal. And she pulled this off decades after the "classic age' of piracy ended, when no one else could manage to do piracy at all. Maybe they should have made Mary Read captain and they wouldn't have been captured so quickly :,D
@Blokewood3 5 місяців тому
@@lolomcspanky The expert referred to Bonny as a captain, which is wrong. If someone is going to act as an expert on something, it's important they get their facts right. There is a lot of misinformation regarding Bonny and Read already that keeps getting spread around. Way to completely miss the point.
@slytheringingerwitch 5 місяців тому
@@lolomcspanky Also Anne and Mary were captured because they had been left to fight alone as the men were drunk and in the end surrendered. Not quite sure if you were meaning that as 'shade' but had the men helped, they wouldn't have faced execution.
@doggyteabreaks9362 7 місяців тому
Love this children's author, Izzie Lawrence, and how knowledgeable she is about pirate history, but not at all snobby or condescending about the inaccuracies of pirate films. She also has the same accent as David Baddiel lol
@TheMadPoetHimself 7 місяців тому
Great review overall, but I came out of this with a couple pedantic nitpicks: 1. While Wapping/Execution Dock was a favorite spot for pirate hangings at this time, there are examples of pirates being hanged elsewhere in the early 18th century. Jack Rackham and Charles Vane were both executed at Port Royal, Jamaica, not to mention about a dozen pirates hanged at Nassau. 2. Anne Bonny was never a captain. A pirate, yes, a fighter, yes, but never a captain. (Source - Google... and a lot of actual books detailing her career). 3. The cutlasses used in a lot of old pirate movies, with their huge handguards and what not, are more similar to U.S. Navy cutlasses of the previous century than those carried in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Kinda surprised those got a pass... But whatever. 'Tis but a movie. Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day!
@TheMadPoetHimself 7 місяців тому
Also, the crew of Bart Roberts were hanged in Madagascar if I recall correctly.
@lolomcspanky 5 місяців тому
Also, almost nothing she said about Blackbeard is backed by any historical evidence, and some of it is directly contradicted by her own claims (lighting his beard on fire is a story that originated looong after his death, and as she said herself, pirates would never want an open flame on a ship!) I love this content so much, but it'd be awesome if they'd consult an actual historian. Because I'm questioning all the info that I don't already know about, it may be apocryphal).
@TheMadPoetHimself 5 місяців тому
@@lolomcspanky Yeah, this kind of stuff likely fuels as many misconceptions as it dispels. someone like Benerson Little or Colin Woodard might be more worthwhile to hear from though.
@factionanarchy4649 7 місяців тому
Absolutely love her approach and presentation. By far, one of my favorites.
@elenagomezgarrido 3 місяці тому
Love Iszi's energy on the whole video! I came here interested and invested and she actually made me more interested on the topic (and I thought that was not possible)
@morgangallowglass8668 8 місяців тому
Absolutely brilliant presentation by Iszi Lawrence! I admit, the child in me wished she had also included the film Yellow Beard.
@fredbays 8 місяців тому
The Queen Ann's Revenge Was a 200 ton Frigate with 40 guns She had no Castle for or aft She could carry 300 men was 103ft, 32ft wide with 2 decks So the way she is shown in movies is all wrong. She was a new type of ship in 1710 when built for the French Navy When Eddie got her she had less then 40 cannons> More then likely less then 20 as a slaver did not want the weight of so many guns. A 330 lb cannon was 2 or 3 more slaves. From what I can find her largest gun was but a 4lb and the smallest was a 1/2lb
@robertkarp2070 Місяць тому
No, Frigates didn't come about until 1741. Prior to that were Corvettes.
@CharleyMarlowe 3 місяці тому
Mass hangings aren't a thing in-universe either, it's just that Lord Beckett just gained the ability to teleport to any pirate by taking control of Davy Jones.
@Chevy-jordan 8 місяців тому
This video was the highlight of my week!!! Iszi is amazing!!!!!
@Rime_in_Retrograde 5 місяців тому
Aw, they didn't mention Ching Shi with the other female pirates, even when she was on screen 😔 - she has to be my favorite female pirate. At least I learned a lot of interesting tidbits about Black Beard... and pirate democracy 👍🏻
@carole6779 8 місяців тому
Awesome! I was surprised to learn that anything in these movies might even be remotely accurate. I always hope for continuity as a story progresses, but never expect historical accuracy from Hollywood. After all, these are the same people that take liberties with works of fiction, lol. Anyway, this was informative and fun. I hope there are more like it in the future. Thank you, History Hit & Iszi! 😄
@iridiumSerpent 8 місяців тому
I love that the video starts with a warning and immediately cuts to a scene of people being hanged
@kodguerrero 4 місяці тому
I thought I'd watch like 5 mins and watch something else but that was incredible. Finished it before I even realized. Great content!!
@dawidscheffler7152 8 місяців тому
Any chance you could get Iszi's take on the series "Black Flag" for accurate portrayal? Feels like they would be a perfect fit.
@dimitritzer5028 6 місяців тому
YASSSSS THIS ^^^
@elmsigreen 8 місяців тому
The only thing I really dislike about these historians reviewing fantasy movies is when they point out that the fantasy elements are not accurate. That's pretty obvious. Nobody thinks Blackbeard could actually control his ship through magic.
@stefankrunic8188 8 місяців тому
Damn right. Until this video, I was damn sure that there were magic swords that can control ships. What's next? She's gonna tell me that the Davy Jones wasn't real? :O
@nan3271 8 місяців тому
Great stuff. Loved it, Iszi !
@DocAcher 3 місяці тому
This was fantastic! Iszi is great to listen to
@bijibadness 8 місяців тому
okay, fine, the Pirate Codex is "completely stupid" in _Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest._ but what about Davy Jones' Kraken -- was it really that big? did they make Davy Jones' Kraken too Hollywood??
@volpe7436 8 місяців тому
I know this is supposed to cover movies and all But i wish we could see her thoughts about assassin's Creed 4 black flag Especially all the historical characters that appear in it
@The_Big_G_765 7 місяців тому
I love iszi’s work, especially in the Netflix series/documentary “The lost Pirate Kingdom” great stuff!
@rachelburns1461 7 місяців тому
because most pirates drank alcohol, had poor nutrition, and a lot of sun exposure, they would look weathered at 38. Life was rough and people looked rough. i appreciate that movies cast old folks. A captain has probably been out there longer, resulting in rapid aging
@MrThegreatwhitepork 5 місяців тому
I would like to thank her for telling me that the rigging wouldn't actually come to life and suspend the pirates. I have long dreamed of becoming a pirate but never pulled the trigger because I was scared of the rigging attacking me.
@13374me 8 місяців тому
Dang it, I knew I recognized Iszi's voice when I started her podcast: Terrible Lizards, it was from watching an earlier video on History Hit about Pirates. That solves that maddening mystery, it was really bugging me why I couldn't figure out where I recognized it from.
@davidsmarrt4049 7 місяців тому
The impression of the pirates wife killed me 😂
@bobbob-dg1kt 8 місяців тому
Well done to whomever came up with the idea of the flint-lock cocking sound for the pause button.
@Boozer13 8 місяців тому
It’s alarming how much she knows about 18th century nooses from around the globe😂🤣😂🤣😂
@Leon-bc8hm 8 місяців тому
A noose connoisseur.
@MissBentuy 8 місяців тому
Would love to see her react to AC Black Flag! There are so many actual pirates in that game and I would love to hear her opinion on their portrayal.
@ohheyemmi 8 місяців тому
I had a grade school geography teacher who would correct anyone who said "hung" when referring to rope based executions. Without missing a beat, she would say "Pictures are 'hung', people are 'hanged' ." She was super weird. Her car was always full to the brim with random stuff. She would also say, "close only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades" whenever someone said anything like "I was so close" or "89 is close to an A." I'm writing a book on pirates.
@kimismith18 Місяць тому
Love how passionate she is about this! Makes it more fun to learn.
@hiTocopter 7 місяців тому
I realize Black Sails isn't a Hollywood movie, but I'd love to see what Iszi thinks of it. It's definitely still fiction, but perhaps not as silly as PotC
@robertkarp2070 Місяць тому
Some if it was legitimate. The demise of Jack Vane and Black Beard, were done appropriately and they were real people. Long John Silver and Captain Flint were both fictitious.
@hiTocopter Місяць тому
@@robertkarp2070 Charles Vane, you mean? ;) They used the names of several historical real life pirates (and non-pirates), but I'm pretty sure none of the events were ever meant to be more than fiction.
@robertkarp2070 Місяць тому
@@hiTocopter Yes, I don't know why I put Jack, I was thinking Charles when I wrote that. Calico Jack crossed my mind.
@robertkarp2070 Місяць тому
@@hiTocopter Charles Vane was hanged. Blackbeard was keel hulled.
@powerfrenzy 8 місяців тому
I really like Iszi Lawrence. Should have given her more to look at though - this video was 50% bad Pirates of the Carribean films (granted, only the first one was real gold).
@greasercody0147 20 днів тому
She's a part of an entire golden era of piracy miniseries/documentary type deal that's actually pretty amazing
@Kris_Toffer 2 місяці тому
I could listen to her talk about pirates all day. You can feel the passion
@bateman2112 8 місяців тому
"There's precious little entertainment on this ship. If you can't attend the odd public execution, what have you got left?" - Arnold Rimmer, BSC SSC
@charleslarrivee2908 8 місяців тому
Ok the Sea Hawk commentary was great. I love her face at 23:14 🤣
@fabman132 2 місяці тому
I loved this video so much. The port wife bit.. "'Oh hes lovely, he always comes home!"
@Raikiir 7 місяців тому
She might be the best presenter of these "expert react" type Videos on UKposts. This was my first time seeing her / this channel and I loved it^^
@joshuagrant3299 4 місяці тому
I think people used to go to hangings for the same reason we watch True Crime/Serial Killer documentaries and death penalty cases these days... it's fascinating to us to see someone who has flouted the law and societal norms so deeply that their life is in jeopardy and the depth of their crimes is made public. Humans haven't really changed much, the same things that entertained us back then still do!
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