Brave Heart

Does anyone know what he is saying, and what it means?

He shouts "Alba gu bra!",

It means "Scotland forever!".

I’ve always wondered wouldn’t a native born Englishman’s pride be a bit disturbed by the way Brits are portrayed in otherwise one of the most emotionally powerful movies ever made?

I’m not particularly bothered about the portrayal of the English in ‘Braveheart’.

The movie depicts - with a certain degree of artistic licence - events which took place around 700 years ago during the rule of an English king who was well documented as a cruel and ruthless man. What is shown may not be pleasant, but it’s behaviour which would have happened during medieval warfare and conquest.

In any case, we may have lost 1-0 to the Scots at Bannockburn, but we beat them 3-0 at Culloden and there hasn’t been a re-match since.

There have been movies where particular national or ethnic groups have been shown in a much more negative light, and in relation to much more recent events.

When ‘Black Hawk Down’ came out in 2001, there were complaints that the portrayal of the Somalis was racist, showing them as brutal and ignorant savages.The Malaysians and Pakistanis were also unhappy because their troops had been shown as mere ‘bus drivers’ evacuating the Rangers from Mogadishu when in reality several of their units were involved in firefights with the Somali militiamen.

I downloaded:

Percy Jackson
The whole lord of the rings trilogy
Boondock Saints 1 and 2
Law Abiding citizen
The Other Guys
Ispy
Rush Hour
Pineapple Express
Troy
Alexander
Braveheart
Avatar
Apocalypto
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

downloaded all for free off the internet
I plan on downloading more

LOL NOOB

Nunyo- When Mel Gibson was getting castrated, I felt a little pain down there.

Not at all.

I really liked the songs in Braveheart, and I got the soundtrack but I can’t seem to find any more good songs.

What’s the difference between a bagpipe and a lawnmower?
Answer: You can tune a lawnmower.

Sorry, couldn’t resist. First of all, the music from "Braveheart" was written by movie soundtrack composer James Horner, who also wrote the soundtrack music for "Titantic", "The Mask of Zorro", and "Avatar"–among others. You might check those out.

For real tradtional Scottish music, you can go here–it’ll link to several different sites where you can listen and download various folk songs:
http://www.rampantscotland.com/songs/blsongs_index.htm

You can also locate a wide range of Scottish bagpipe music–including modern–here:
http://www.heartoscotland.com/Products/music.htm
Amazon.com also carries some of the same recordings.

And here:
http://www.caber-records.com/music/
http://www.emusic.com/album/Michael-Hamilton-The-Pipes-Are-Calling-Traditional-Bagpipe-Rebel-MP3-Download/11379596.html

There are even modern rock bands (from Scotland and elsewhere) that use bagpipes, but this is the classical section. If anything this kind of falls under "other".

okay so I am 12 years old and I love movies BUT I am not like any other 12 year old I look for good plot directing acting etc. my favorites are:
dr.strangelove
a clockwork orange(don’t complain)
the godfather
american graffiti
the exorcist
the godfather part ii
one flew over the cuckoo’s nest
jaws
rocky
taxi driver
the star wars movies
apocalypse now
E.T. the extra-terrestrial
the big chill
mississippi burning
goodfellas
the silence of the lambs
beauty and the beast
JFK
forrest gump
pulp fiction
the shawshank redemption
braveheart
babe
fargo
titanic
shakespeare in love
american beauty(BEST MOVIE EVER)
the cider house rules
the green mile
gladiator
crouching tiger,hidden dragon
a beautiful mind
the lord of the rings movies
chicago
lost in translation
master and commander:the far side of the world
mystic river
million dollar baby
crash(2004 film not the croenberg film)
the departed
no country for old men
juno
slumdog millionaire
the hurt locker
the blind side
district 9
inglourious b******s
a serious man
up
the king’s speech
the kids are all right
the toy story movies etc.

Here are a few of my faves:

Hatari!
The Quiet Man
Donovan’s Reef

Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Sin City (2005)
The Italian Job (2003)
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Ronin (1998)
Suicide Kings (1997)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Seven (1995), aka Se7en
Leon aka The Professional (1994)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Le Femme Nikita (1990)
Sea of Love (1989)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Brazil (1985)
Blade Runner (1982)

Armageddon (1998)
Deep Impact (1998)
Dante’s Peak (1997)
The Abyss (1989)
Twister (1996)
Outbreak (1995)
12 Monkeys (1995)
28 Days Later (2002) and its sequel 28 Weeks Later (2007)
The Book of Eli (2010)
Casshern (2004)
Logan’s Run (1976)
Mad Max (1979) and its sequels The Road Warrior (1981) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
The Postman (1997)
The Road (2009)
Six-String Samurai (1998)
Tank Girl (1995)
Titan A.E. (2000) (Animated)
Waterworld (1995)
And of course the Terminator movies

My Big Fat Greek Wedding
My Life in Ruins
The Wedding Singer
Groundhog Day
Working Girl
The Princess Bride
Pretty in Pink
Romancing the Stone

Silence of the lambs 1992
Unforgiven 1993
Schindler s list 1994
Forrest gump 1995
Braveheart 1996
English patient 1997
Titanic 1998
Shakespare in love 1999
American beauty 2000
Gladiator 2001
A beautiful mind 2002
Chigago 2003
Lord of the rings:Return of the king 2004
Million dollar baby 2005
Crash 2006
Departed 2007
No country for old man 2008
Slumdog millionare 2009
hurt locker 2010
King s speech 2011

Best:

Braveheart
Schindlers List
No Country For Old Men
Silence Of The Lambs
Forrest Gump

Worst:

Shakespeare In Love
Chicago
Kings Speech
Unforgiven

I dont know what one to watch tonight.

The majority of Braveheart is fictitious, but it’s still an awesome movie.

Title says it all. if you’re scottish tell me what you feel about the movie braveheart starring Mel Gibson

not historically correct but entertaining,rob roy with liam neeson better.heard somewhere the french lady braveheart was seeing in the film was actually born a hundred years after he was alive

I’d like to start listening to some Celtic music, maybe in the style of the Braveheart theme with bagpipes and flutes and stuff.
Have any recommendations?
Thank you.

Give these a go

Cruachan - Wolfe Tone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwrVhW2nYsI

Hevia - Busindre Reel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTFBzIa1SiE&feature=related

SuidAkrA - Dead Man’s Reel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3SXa0hnJrE

Eluveitie - Slanias Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCvQWe3kZ7A

Dalriada - Égi madár
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZR349ux56E&playnext=1&list=PLC266577AC278FEB6

Ensiferum - Victory Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyvPe0uqjjY

Hope you find something you like