tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post6852863374708504208..comments2022-03-27T04:40:18.156-07:00Comments on I Was Just Watching a Movie ...: I've Just Seen: Braveheart (1995)Julia Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-75287549468107069932016-10-03T08:19:33.828-07:002016-10-03T08:19:33.828-07:00I agree. Amadeus is a case where the movie is almo...I agree. Amadeus is a case where the movie is almost entirely whole-cloth fabrication, but I don't care at all because the story is so good and the characters so rich and vibrant and real. There's a large element of melodrama in Braveheart and it doesn't work to the film's benefit.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-63735882474390072172016-10-03T08:05:41.747-07:002016-10-03T08:05:41.747-07:00Mel always has to ruin his movies with a lot of si...Mel always has to ruin his movies with a lot of silly b.s., flagrant inaccuracies, his gibberish agenda, his not-at-all clever or charming winks to the audience. It's a shame because his film are very entertaining. I was vising my ailing father a few years ago and he was watching Braveheart and I got quite caught up in it. (Luckily, I came in after the allegedly hilarious scene where the king throws an effeminate man out the tower window.)<br /><br />The Patriot could be the best film about the American Revolution ever, but there's just too much flagrant historical b.s. in it to even consider it.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-47465941806361259662016-10-02T22:39:48.053-07:002016-10-02T22:39:48.053-07:00Haha! It feels close to parody, to the point where...Haha! It feels close to parody, to the point where I wished Monty Python had made it. The King pushing his son's lover out the window was almost hilarious in its evilness.<br /><br />Good to know I am not alone in my feelings. Sometimes historical inaccuracies are okay if they reveal something greater for the story. But this just made everyone either good or bad. Julia Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-64965080225759837712016-10-02T20:09:24.162-07:002016-10-02T20:09:24.162-07:00The best comment I've ever heard about this fi...The best comment I've ever heard about this film is that it wouldn't have been less historically inaccurate if it contained a plasticine dog and had been called "William Wallace and Gromit."<br /><br />I like it less and less as the years go by.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.com