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It dawned on my why in "historical/medevial" movies, nothing is what it should be, be it the armor of that time, the outfits of that decade (yes, they changed that quickly), the architecture isn't of the time period, or even the accent is incorrect
Either:
A) The people behind it don't care that much
B) The items would be too expensive to produce. Just look at Henry VIII's armor; that stuff is stupid, complicated, and fancy... wait, LOTR has crews slave away at chainmail, which is very time-consuming and can get very complicated
C) You'll never tell who's who on the battlefield... oh wait, banners exist
D) History is too boring or takes forever to hit all the main points over a century... even though there are ways to show the passing of time and, just, game of thrones
E) speaking on an OP or earlier accent can get unintelligible if you're not accustomed to it... but subtitles exist
And finally. 99.99% of the time, axes and swords are worn on the hip, not the back. The only exception is the beast being oo long to wear on the side.
Spears are cheap and are stupid easy to use, especially with a sheild.
Combat is always fast and can lead to a messy ground fight. Yes, getting bonked really hard is an option. Bows were used by strong people and were fired quickly and/or with high precision (trick shots were used to pass the time, not hitting archery targets)
People snuffing it was a normal occurrence, be it from illness, infection, accidents, or fighting.
"But it's a movie," yeah, and my countless hyoerfixations say otherwise