i be so excited about the premiere of blackbeard . i spend four year on the island where he be kill by lt. maynard . while on the island and i research the life and livelihood of the pirate that frequent the area . edward teach and alias blackbeard and stand out above the rest . a colorful character who could read and write rare for men in that age and have considerable social grace and he be quite a hit among the lady . the movie be almost a complete fabrication and contain little truth and ignore the fascinating fact about this former servant to the queen of england and escapade . for the record and the life of edward teach and one of many servant turn vigilante and be far more exciting than the way this hoax depict him . there be the numerous battle over ship and the ship he win through those battle and the smoking hat when he board a ship and the fact that he be catch in a sandbar in the pamplico sound while try to flee from lt. maynard . and what of lt. maynard . maynard pursue teach because of a $ 1000 bounty ( in 1718 ) offer by the governor of virginia to anyone who would capture and or or kill blackbeard . maynard overwhelm teach fleet with firepower and and personally defeat him on deck of one of teach ship and then parade through the area with blackbeard head dangle from the bow of the ship . maynard himself buy an island in the caribbean and supposedly with the $ 1000 he win for have slay blackbeard . most of u know that even then and an island could not be purchase for $ 1000 . i think the movie should have stick to the fact . they be far more exciting than the movie itself . sometimes truth be strange than fiction .