Braveheart

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Summary: Excellent movie, (it should be out on DVD)
Review: Braveheart is the most incredible movie I have ever seen. It may not be completely historically accurate, but the storyline is superb, the score is fitting and very moving, and the overall effect is a knockout. Some gory battle scenes do not detract from what is one of the best movies ever made.

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Summary: I love this movie! Get this one!
Review: Mel Gibson has done a truly incredible job with this film in both acting and directing roles. I believe that Braveheart deserved to win the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture of 1995. Since the release of Braveheart, the interest in the life of Sir William Wallace as the Scottish National Hero has increased at an exponential rate all over the world. If you enjoy watching great epics, then this film is for you. Braveheart is outstanding entertainment!

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Summary: The greatest movie ever
Review: When I saw this movie, I knew it is the best movie ever! Mel Gibson playes the perfect role for William Wallace. Further I wanted to say that all his movies are great, like Lethal Weapon 1,2,3,4 etc.

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Summary: BRAVEHEART OR HOW TO SHOT OVERSTIMATED TRASHES
Review: I have nothing against Mel Gibson and nothing against historical movies (because I love them!), but I was rather disappointed by this pseudohistorical spectacle that is closer to such classical trashes like Cleopatra or Spartacus than to the very best examples of the genre like The War Lord, Ben Hur (without last 30 minutes) etc. Gibson's "modification" of history is sometimes awful, but, on the other hand, I must appreciate his direction of the action battle scenes and good scenery. I understand that many people like this movie, but this really isn't the best example of the genre. This is rather a fairy-tale about love of a heroic Scottish prince and a beautiful English princess and if they didn't die, they lived eternally... Sorry.

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Summary: It's a Hollywood movie
Review: When I first saw the movie "Braveheart" I wasn't sure if I was impressed, or dissapointed. I am deeply interested in Scottish history, and I know the facts. Why I say its a Hollywood movie? Its because of simple facts that should of been in the movie, such as the battle of Stirling BRIDGE would of been nice, and perhaps the year(September 11th 1297) plus that William Wallace wasn't always accepted by the Scottish high marks. He was first known as a Guerrilla fighter until the the battle of Stirling bridge happened. Then was considered a Commender, and the Gaurdian Of Scotland, not only was he knighted he was also given lands, plus Andrew De Moray never betrated William, nor did Robert the Bruce, like shown in in the movie. Robert the Bruce is actully considered the most famous Scot, not William Wallace. In the battle of Falkirk that happened in July 22nd, 1298, which Wallace did lose. The Scots lost faith and willing to fight agasint the "stuggle" and Wallace patriotism and political status fell, and had no specific role agasint the war for independence. Plus the Battle of Bannockburn happened on June 24th 1314, 9 years later after Wallace's execution on Monday August 23rd 1305. I say if you want to know the facts, read a book, and not take everything from a movie.

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Summary: Big, brutal, bloody, but entertaining
Review: This film has its shares of ups and downs. On the upside, the scenery is gorgeous and the music score by James Horner adds greatly to the emotional feel. On the downside, Braveheart is too long and too violent. Do all period epics nowadays need to show every little graphic detail (severed heads, arms, legs, etc.)? Performances also ran hot and cold. Mel is OK when he's not making noisy speeches, but it is Sophie Morceau who really steals the film. She's an excellent actress. As far as its Academy Award victory for Best Picture goes, Apollo 13, Babe, and Sense & Sensibility were more deserving. Braveheart is a very big and picturesque movie, but its brutality and Gibson's smug performance will prevent this from ever ranking alongside Ben-Hur, Bridge on the River Kwai, and others as a great epic film.

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Summary: #1 MOVIE ALL TIME ON MY MOVIE LIST
Review: BraveHeart was amazing, awesome, inspirational, and all the other words that can describe this wonderful and powerful movie. It has love, drama, action, comedy and sex all together in one great adventure filled true story about William Wallace. To miss this, would be a big mistake.

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Summary: When criticizing, retain relevancy...Braveheart is good.
Review: Well, I struggled through many bashings of Braveheart and a line by tomdan34 finally sparked my actualy writing a response. Tomdan34 wrote: "who wouldn't rather hang out with their loved ones than engage in monstrous bloody warfare?" Well, it may be true that the message was not strongly emphasized, but Wallace attempted to communicate that he did not wish to fight. He claimed his desire to grow crops and raise a family in peace. I don't interpret this to mean that Wallace preferred hacking off limbs to enjoying a horse ride in the rain with his loved one. Others trounced Braveheart mocking of the "freedom" that Wallace searched for but Gibson did not explain. But I think the ability to marry whom you wish and to expect that person not to be raped by rulers because it is "their right" is a pretty clear example of what freedom is.

Wallace may have been wrong that fighting was the only way to attain the freedom he envisioned, but the movie depicted that he saw it as his only option. Wallace's personal obligation to freedom was more important than avoiding brutality. We may not agree with his priorities, but freedom was more important than brutality to the character in the movie. That last phrase is particularly important I think: to the character in the movie. The character and the story as Mel saw them. Not a claim of truth of fact, but a character and a story as Mel saw them.

I would rather spend time with my loved ones than pillage a town, but I won't call Braveheart a bad movie because it doesn't glorify my own ideals and life goals.

Of homophobia. One bashing review claimed that the prince was not shown in a humanistic light. I challenge, were any of the characters? I did not see Robert the Bruce's father in a humanistic light. I saw him as a ruthless, power hungry, back stabbing eel, lacking any of his own convictions. Not very human in my thinking. Not when I think of honor and integrity and compassion as some of the more important human capacities. I hated the Bruce's father. I had no hatred of the prince. I held only compassion for a man who did not know how to fit into a world that would not accept his non-aggressive nature, which I do not understand why must be attributed to his homosexuality. The prince and his advisor desired for more non-aggressive tactics for maintaining rule. How is this inhuman? The king was a most dispicably ruthless man, inhuman in his lack of compassion and understanding. The prince may have been the most human character of all, just one that did not fit in his surroundings. I do not see why this must be homophobia.

In general, those who bash Braveheart seem to be looking for something to dislike and not appreciating the beauty of what the movie offers. Sometimes that beauty is horrifying, but it is the beauty of accurately recreating the horror of war. For some it is disbelief in a love story, when it is creating the beauty of "true love". For some it is historical inaccuracy, when it is the beauty of his story, Mel's story and not someone else's story. All in all, it is art in the 90's genre called "movie" which encompasses acting, costuming, creating sets, writing dialogue, making special effects, directing, and the telling of a story. For those who bash Bravheart, it seems they miss trying to appreciate the merrits of the film in these categories opting for degrading it on irrelevant criteria. This also does not mean that their claims are inaccurate--they may be right on in some cases. I'm just saying that it seems out of place to judge the quality of the movie on those criteria. Certainly Braveheart has its mistakes, but on the whole I find it a very professionally created piece of art.

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Summary: Help The Cause
Review: Braveheart is simply an amazing film, with one big BUT, Why isn't it available on DVD! There is a solutions however.

If you search for "Braveheart" for DVD on this site, you are greeted by a message which allows you to be informed when the DVD is available. It also states that the studio will be informed that a customer is waiting for this release. So if lots of us DVD fans start giving our Email addresses to Amazon for this movie, then the Studio might get the hint!

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Summary: Formats of Braveheart......
Review: I would really like to see this video appear on DVD in the near time future. I know a lot of people that are dying to see it appear. It was a fantastic movie, plot and score (music) wise!