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Or that they're holding the bow drawn for a long period of time, waiting for the order to "fire".

Long bows averaged a 200lb draw weight. Try holding that for 5 minutes.

i usually complain to the wife when horrible tactics are used in medieval battles.

like... why is everyone always doing a full frontal assault, have the wrong weapons, not use fire appropriately, never flank, use cavalry inappropriately.....

miltary tactics in movies is usually abhorrent.

“Let fly!”

One of a few movies that could've used a "Fire!" was the intro of Robin Hood: Men in Tights (fire arrows, get it?), AND THEY DON'T EVEN DO IT!

Archers... PEW PEW

Archers also didn't usually shoot upwards to arc their shots. It loses power, reduces accuracy, and makes it more likely for them to hit armor, not less.

for the haters :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volley_fire#Bows

The co-ordination and timing could probably be resolved with musical instruments, which were used to relay orders, messages etc.

EDIT : Also, what did OP expect, for all the characters to speak Old English?

Often times, I think of movies or stories as the story teller as translating for the audience. You don't watch Troy and think it's odd the characters are speaking English.

It's acceptable to complain if the work is nonfiction and meant to be for education.