Braveheart
1995 Directed by Mel Gibson
Synopsis
Every man dies. Not every man truly lives.
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, legendary Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
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I apologize in advance for coming across as an even bigger pedantic dick than usual, but I just cannot step over this film's fabricated history lesson.
I know, I know, historical accuracy is always a tricky thing and most films present a romanticised version of events. But this film portrays 'recent' history from a rather well documented time period. And it isn't so much the small things that were changed for cinematic convenience that bother me, it's the big things.
So it's not the fact that the Scots didn't wear kilts in those days, not did they paint their faces. There are many of those things in it, changed for the audience's understanding. Search the internet and you'll find lists…
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There is plenty to criticise in Braveheart.
Mel Gibson's accent is worse than mine after 8 years in London, it is somewhat historically inaccurate, it is cheesy, and it is certainly full of Hollywood schmaltz.
But you know what?..
It is still fucking brilliant.
Those fight scenes are filmed in such an epic and brutal way that they will never be topped. Patrick McGoohan is brilliant as Longshanks, and it makes Scotland look amazing, despite most of it being filmed in Ireland. It has enough violence, humour, cheese, romance and film making skills to please everyone.
As a Scot, it has enough punch the air moments to make even a cynic like me vote for independence.
An epic of epic proportions.
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Film #21, Year 1995 in the June Summer Blockbuster Challenge
Ranked 1st on Best of 1995
Ranked 17th on MovieMaestro's All-Time Favorites
Hamish: Some men are longer than others.
Campbell: Your mother been telling ya stories about me again, eh?
My summer blockbuster pick for 1995 was an easy one. Braveheart was my favorite movie of 1995 (and I also thought it was the best), in a very solid year for movies. It is very rare that I get to see a film like this in the movie theater. If I see one or two movies like this in a given year, I will consider myself lucky.
Braveheart is a biography on the Scottish warrior and leader William Wallace. Accordingly… -
They may take our butts, but they'll never take... OUR SEMEN!!!
The MelGib gets jiggy with it while indulging his face paint fetish.
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I'm Scottish, I'm born and then automatically shown this film. In schools, we're shown this maybe three-four times. We don't exactly learn anything from it or actually take anything in from the film. We just watch it cause we're Scottish and somewhere someone thought it was important that all children in Scotland saw this. In all honesty, it's not that good and once you've seen it you've pretty much seen everything there is to see.
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You know , as crazy crazy as Mel Gibson may be there was a point in time where was a gifted and respected actor
Well at least in this film
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Epic storytelling at its finest.
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Film #21, Year 1995 in the June Summer Blockbuster Challenge
Ranked 1st on Best of 1995
Ranked 17th on MovieMaestro's All-Time Favorites
Hamish: Some men are longer than others.
Campbell: Your mother been telling ya stories about me again, eh?
My summer blockbuster pick for 1995 was an easy one. Braveheart was my favorite movie of 1995 (and I also thought it was the best), in a very solid year for movies. It is very rare that I get to see a film like this in the movie theater. If I see one or two movies like this in a given year, I will consider myself lucky.
Braveheart is a biography on the Scottish warrior and leader William Wallace. Accordingly… -
William's relationship with Murron felt a bit contrived and rushed. I would have liked to see a more fleshed-out motivation for William's actions in the main part of the movie.
The movie made use of a lot of cliche tropes, especially during the first hour or so. For a lot of the movie, it seemed like I had seen it before.
It seemed like the filmmakers couldn't wait to finish the first act, so they could get to the battle scenes. However, what the film lacks in strong exposition it more than makes up for with the sheer manliness of the battles. Hacking of limbs and heads, displaying of genitals, and bagpipes. I don't know what more I could ask… -
1995's Braveheart Is One Of My Favorite Films, I Like It Because This Is My Favorite Mel Gibson Film.
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In this rousing fantasy adventure, Aragorn, played by Mel Gibson, must resist the tyrannical King Longshanks and defend his homeland "Scotland" from evil invaders. Travel with Aragorn as he visits the beautiful and dangerous locations of Middle-earth, meets a colorful cast of exotic characters, and battles many foes. Can Aragorn put a stop to Longshanks' treachery and secure peace for his people?
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While the extreme violence is excessive and occasionally takes away from the drama, this is a good film as fiction. As history, it's utterly despicable, showing types of warfare not developed for another hundred years, using phrases that were not developed until William Shakespeare 300 years later, and having William Wallace sleep with a woman who would have actually been 3 at the time this movie is supposed to take place.
But that's all okay, because this is a very entertaining and powerful film. It's never dull despite its three-hour length, and it looks beautiful even when the ugliest of things are happening onscreen.
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Probably one of the best films ever. I cant really explain in words how good this movie is, all i can say, is you need to watch it.
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This is a classic masterpiece.. mel gibson is Superb
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Egyesek szerint alapmű, de szerintem csak egy látványos középkori film egy parasztlázadásról, ami ráadásul indokolatlanul hosszú. A táj szép benne.