Braveheart (1995)
10/10
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17 June 2014
Warning: Spoilers
IMDb Review

Brave heart Mel Gibson – William Wallace Catherine McCormack – Murron Sophie Marceau – Princess Isabelle Patrick McGoohan – King Edward Longshanks

Theme of Brave heart I believe is FREEDOM. The movie starts with young William Wallace watching his father and brother go speak about peace with King Edward. So come back but William Wallace father and brother have died in fighting. William's uncle picks him up after the funeral and teaches him to use his head before teaching him how to use his weapon. William comes back to start a normal peaceful life however he is drawn to a woman name Murron. They secretly marry to avoid having to share her with an English Nobel lord of their first night of marriage. They hide their marriage but when she is attacked by an English solider William defends her and tries to ride off together and meet up, but Murron never showed. Her throat has been cut and now the English wait for Wallace to come to them. Wallace does just that killing all soldiers of England in the village. He inspires others when just wants to be alone to fight. However more and more people will join in his fight. William Wallace even draws the attention of Princes of France , which is the wife of King Edwards longshanks son. Wallace even wins heart heart and her body. Even though it seems William Wallace doesn't know but she is pregnant with his child and not the kings son. Wallace wins many major battles and takes the fight to England attacking YORK. Some of the fight scene reminds me of 300 or Spartacus battles where they run full blast into each other. The Camera angles in the battle scenes and motif of rainy weather, weary soldiers, make you feel the pain of being the underdog. At the height of battle he is betrayed and almost killed. Trying to build the trust with the next king of Scotland and rebuild his army through alliances, the father of the king betrays William and is captured. On the deathbed of the king (which cant not speak) the soon to be queen whispers to the king that she may kill William Wallace but his line will live on and the kings line will die with his son. She then lets the king know she is carrying Wallace unborn child. He is tortured and his last words are FREEDOM. Through his death he inspired more people to fight against the English.
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