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Summary: Outstanding film
Review: I am constantly amazed at the comments of the gay person and the other viewer who list the inaccuracies in the movie. People, People, IT IS JUST A MOVIE, and a great one at that. Please enjoy movies for what they are and try not to go overboard. It is people like you that we are afraid of...
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Summary: Fantastic!!
Review: One of my all time favorites. Great action, beautifully-done period work, romance, universal message. It's got everything. But, where's the DVD????
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Summary: By far the best movie of all time!
Review: Great movie, by far my favorite... however I no longer own a VCR (thing of the past) It's gotta come out on DVD, and soon :-(
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Summary: Outstanding!!!!!
Review: this epic is on my list of top five action movies of all time!!!!the beginnings a wee bit slow, but the middle and the end is incredible!!!!!
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Summary: All the ingredients are there!
Review: Braveheart is the only film that takes the three strongest film ingredients (violence, comedy, and romance) and produces one of the greatest films of all time. Few films match this one, if any. Its "Best Picture" Academy Award was well-deserved and it's a crime the picture is not in AFI's Top 100 Film's of All-time.
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Summary: Still the best after all these years!!!
Review: Frankly, when I saw this movie (about 10 times and still counting) I never thought of it as a homophobic movie but rather a very intense, gripping and beautiful movie. I for one had never heard of Sir Wallace but after seeing this movie I read books pertaining to his life and the struggle of the Scottish people and I commend Mel Gibson for bringing fort this awareness to those like I whom are lacking in information. Granted it is not historically correct it still showed much of the gist of the real story. It is still the best movie I have seen and the almost 3 hour lenght of it is so unnoticable due to the fact that it captures all the human emotions that the viewer is captured from beginning to end. I recommended it to all my friends and all of them after seeing it says the same thing IT IS ONE OF THE BEST MOVIE OF ALL TIMES!!! I can't wait for it to come out on DVD so I can see again.
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Summary: A true masterpiece
Review: Braveheart is second on my list of best films with only Saving Private Ryan ahead of it. It's a film of true epic proportions, mostly about a love story. I find it pretty funny that England could have avoided the war if that English soldier hadn't tried to rape Wallace's wife, Murron. Braveheart takes place in the 13th century in Scotland. It is about a man named William Wallace (Mel Gibson who gives his best performance to date) whose father and brother died in a rebellion against England, the country that controlled Scotland. Wallace leaves his home village with his Uncle Argyle, and returns to his home twenty years later. He falls in love with a woman named Murron, played by the lovely and talented Catherine Mckormack, and marries her in secret. However, an English guard attacks her and Wallace fights back. In order to lure Wallace, the English kill his wife, thus angering Wallace into a war against England. Despite it's near three hour running time, this film is never dull and it has battle scenes as violent and bloody as Saving Private Ryan. The film's climax is truly pulse pounding and patriotic. Braveheart deserved every award it won and more. I was surprised and dismayed this film wasn't on the AFI's top 100 list.
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Summary: Extrodinary if not accurate...
Review: First off I have to say, no this movie is not an accurate portrayal of history, but as they say at the beginning, many men have told this tale, and now we tell it as we know it. That doesn't tell me that this movie is going to be a documentary. How are we to say that the original story is true? The way I heard it the woman that he married died atop his body at his funeral, dead by sorrow, does this ring of accuracy? Interpret it how you wish, Gibson did. I think the movie did wonders for Sir William, it got the interest of a country in his life and death, and Gibson portrayed him as a kind man, pushed too far, but retaining his strength of character to the end. Second, how is this movie an attack on homosexuality? I am straight, but not narrow minded, I have multitudinous gay friends, both male and female that find the movie extrodinary. Some of the gay community have taken it unto themselves to attack this movie simply to have something to attack. Braveheart was an excellent movie finally telling the story of one of the planets truly intriguing heroes, and what he went through for his nation. It showed the world a new side of the "action hero", not as a martial arts wielding madman, but as an intelligent man, pushed into something he wanted nothing more than to avoid. Filled with excellent cinematography, albeit a bit on the gory side, that is what warfare was. I do Rennaisance faires and when I walk by in my kilt, and a child points to me and says "Look mommy, it's Braveheart" it does make me cringe granted. I play a Scotsman because it is in my blood, not because I think kilts look cool, but it also makes me proud, that a child will look to a man in a "skirt" with stars in his/her eyes, that they view Sir William Wallace now as a hero. This movie deserves every award placed upon it's back. I'm not saying that it is wrong to criticize the movie, I simply say think first.
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Summary: A classic film
Review: This is one of my favorite movies of all time, which re-earths the patriotism and sacrifices Scotland endured for their freedom. It also recognizes the bravery and efforts of two less-celebrated but worthy heroes, William Wallace, and Robert the Bruce. Yes, the film is not historically accurate, but the spirit and gyst is there with a veil of Hollywood romanticism. If you want accuracy, make a documentary and leave it at that. In terms of a film, Braveheart was excellent - superb acting, brilliant directing, a strong plot, and great battle scenes. Braveheart is an epic film in every sense, well-deserving of the awards bestowed upon it. As for the accusations of homophobia, quit judging it by our times and political correctness - the word or belief "homophobia" did not exist in the 13th century. Why should a historical film embody and follow 20th century social correctness?, for all those picking at the historical accuracy.
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Summary: Mel Gibson must have watched Kubrick's Spartacus.
Review: Gee, it seems that a few Brits are a wee bit upset with this movie. At least James Upton Briscoe's excellent review told us where the artistic license took place. Actually, who cares if it's accurate or not? I don't recall a film (based on a true story) that I thought was without artistic license. While I may agree that more movies should try to educate, anyone who believes that these types of films (or any film, for that matter) portray accuracy are living in a dream world. Are we all getting that touchy, that we must blast a film (ghastly, pathetic crap, propaganda, etc.) soley because it doesn't portray what historians studied/recorded and "believed" happened? The accuracy of any event is subject to change and challange depending upon whose side one happens to sit. The Brits, who are both our most stauchest allies and most severe critics, must have made a few movies that bent the truth just a tad (granted, Braveheart may have twisted it more than necessary). Personally, I enjoyed Braveheart the "movie" (not the documentary). I thought it was an excellent film, sweeping in scope and beautifully filmed. I thoroughly enjoyed the love story(s) in the film. It is a brutal movie replete with extremely bloody scenes, so it does take a strong stomach. Another movie that I enjoyed very much was Stanley Kubrick's "Spartacus" and I see many similarities in these films (accuracy not withstanding). Between 1 and 10, I give Braveheart a marginal 9.
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