World Famous Comics: Braveheart (Widescreen Edition)
Braveheart (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Alun Armstrong, Stephen Billington, Mhairi Calvey, James Cosmo, Brian Cox Average Rating: Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Paramount Number of Items: 2 Release Date: August 27, 1996 Running Time: 177 minutes Theatrical Release Date: May 24, 1995
Amazon.com essential video: Mel Gibson's Oscar-winning 1995 Braveheart is an impassioned epic about William Wallace, the 13th-century Scottish leader of a popular revolt against England's tyrannical Edward I (Patrick McGoohan). Gibson cannily plays Wallace as a man trying to stay out of history's way until events force his hand, an attribute that instantly resonates with several of the actor's best-known roles, especially Mad Max. The subsequent camaraderie and courage Wallace shares in the field with fellow warriors is pure enough and inspiring enough to bring envy to a viewer, and even as things go wrong for Wallace in the second half, the film does not easily cave in to a somber tone. One of the most impressive elements is the originality with which Gibson films battle scenes, featuring hundreds of extras wielding medieval weapons. After Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky, Orson Welles's Chimes at Midnight, and even Kenneth Branagh's Henry V, you might think there is little new that could be done in creating scenes of ancient combat; yet Gibson does it. --Tom Keogh
Abba Kablah!!!! Rising up in the morning sundale of towering castles, effic battles, mad kings and the legendary love-affaire that helped the course of history. This is the heroic pallage of Braveheart winner of 5 academy awards...
Returning to his birthplace in the roughed highlands, William Wallace, an ordinary man with an extraordinary vision, frees his people and becomes Scotlands greatest true-life legend...
Also starring as William Wallace, director Mel Gibson himself changes the course of history in this three hour epic. Similar to directors like Akira K. & Sergei Eisenstein, Mel Gibson shows us that editing still is the finishing touch to complete a masterpiece. This breakthrough digs deep in the roots of history. Quoted from Robert DeBruce(opening scene):'I shall tell you the story of William Wallace. Some say I'm a liar...'.
Bottom line is that this film shows us what filmmaking really is all about. Sharp and smart editing, an unforgettable cast, the best up till now of James Horner, brilliant first featuring directing by the promising Gibson, great cinematographie by John Toll. In two words.......Magic & Mooning!!!
If you don't own this DVD...REMEDY IT!!! Hopefully, the furor over THE PASSION will not obscure this, Gibson's masterful account of the life and death of Scottish patriot William Wallace. Short on facts but long on legend, BRAVEHEART is an epic in the grand style of David Lean, possibly the best character biodrama since LAWRENCE OF ARABIA.
This Academy-Award winning film, Gibson's directorial debut, is lavish, colorful, and long. Gibson's portrayal of Wallace is mythic, but threaded with a fine appreciation of the human frailties of Wallace, who led his countrymen in a protracted War of Independence against English rule in the early 1300s.
Gibson's Wallace is balanced, a leader amongst men who accepts his role and the attendant lionizing that accompanies it, with bemusement and wit. The character of Wallace is nearly the perfect man, being forceful, ruthless, civilized, passionate, crafty, educated, and sensitive as the occasion demands. His slow downfall in the second half of the film (and his horrible death) are envisioned not as failures in the man but as born of a need to believe, even in the face of the treachery and self-interest of others.
The Scottish nobles are drawn as amoral and torn between alliance with England and a fractious independence (as they historically were). Although they fail Wallace miserably, he is so convinced of the rightness of his cause that he returns time and again to them to bolster his military and political clout. The vicious betrayal of Robert The Bruce (and his ultimate redemption) is a plot within a plot, and is played beautifully by Angus McFadyen.
Gibson's vision of the battle scenes, drawn as they are with hundreds of extras, screaming horses, and gore enough for a teenage "slaughter" movie, are singularly exciting and propel the film forward at a literal gallop. The bloody-handed Wallace is a vision in violence and determination, and ultimate passion.
Fine performances are supplied by Patrick MacGoohan as King Edward "Longshanks" Plantagenet, Sophie Marceau as the Princess of Wales/French King's daughter, and by Catherine McCormack, who plays Wallace's wife Murron. Murron, and her memory, animate Wallace, and therefore, animate the film. McCormack is angelic and sensual by turns as need demands and carries this brief but crucial role with grace.
BRAVEHEART is creatively fictionalized history and fine inspiration. It is a story in which, as Wallace says: "Every man dies...not every man really lives."
ONE OF GREATEST MOVIES/EPIC EVER MADE; WALLACE ,LIKE STUDENT RACHEL CORRIE, PURE, HEROIC & SELFLESS MARTYRS FOR JUSTICE. As I watched this movie, I kept thinking of an analogy: The English are brutally suppressing the Scottish. The english, at this time in history, treated the Scots like animals: murdering, demeaning and disregarding any kind of human rights whatsoever. This Treatment of the Scots reminded me of the way Israeli Jews treat the Palestinians today - right now! The English like the Israelis, and the Scots victimized and being murdered like the Palestinian Today! These were more barbaric times in history, and the English have long since changed their ways to be a decent, civilised and human rights-minded nation. This cannot be said about Israel, which is choosing to be contemporary Nazi's. This analogy has a lot of creibility. The Palestinians need a William Wallace fast. Great, great movie that you'll watch and be inspired to help the underdogs in the world: Darfurians, Palestinins and all victimd of genocide and savagery. Get it, now - WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Braveheart Review After watching the movie, I became totally interesting in learning the history of William Wallace. I enjoy watching this movie so much. Mel Gibson did an excellent job in protraying William Wallace. This movie capture the reality between the warfare of England against the Scottland country. This movie can enrich the mind with a different aspect of warfare between this two remarkable nation. There are many good and outstanding battle between these two countries. This movie can intricate the person mind, and many people would enjoy the plot of this movie, braveheart. Braveheart displays a totally reality between two struggling nation of war. I wasn't aware of the battle between nation. I was totally enrich with the action and the scence between these two nation. I recommended this movie to anybody who want to view the action of the movie.
Braveheart Mel Gibson shines in this movie. Well scripted and plenty of action. Battle scenes are tremendous and reminds one of the slaughter the Scots went through. I highly recommend this movie.
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