Brave Heart

It is the day William Wallace (Braveheart) painted his face blue and kicked some English butt.

Yes, of course. *rolls eyes*

i have asked this quesiton a few times before. always fun to see different answers. so here we go

for each genre i put up, choose your favorite films from that genre (feel free to choose more than 1. but not too many)

also, which is your favorite genre to watch? and what is your over all favorite film (again. u can choose more than 1.)

ok. im gonna tell my favorites from each genre too

Military War-Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Generation Kill, Black Hawk Down, Letters From Iwo Jima

Sword Action-Master and Commander:The Far Side of the World, Kingdom of Heaven, Troy, Braveheart, The Last Samurai, Mongol,

Gun Action (non military)-Shooter, The Bourne trilogy, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Hitman

Gangster-Public Enemies

Western-Appalooas, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Hidalgo

Comedy-Red vs Blue

Drama-Blow, Lord of War, John Adams, Oceans trilogy

Horror-(i don’t really look at these as horrors. but they are labeled as horrors at stores. so whatever)-Resident Evil series, Underworld series

Apocalypse movie-The Book of Eli

Family and Kids-Toy Story trilogy, Shrek series, Madagascar series,

Sci Fi-i don’t watch Sci Fi really.

Military War - Blood Diamond, Saving private Ryan

Sword Action - DOA:Dead or Alive, Pirates Of The Caribbean 1-3

Gun Action - Shoot ‘Em Up, Knight And Day, Kick-Ass, Equilibrium, The Bourne trilogy

Gangster - ?

Western - Gunless

Comedy - Fun With Dick And Jane, Around The World In 80 Days, Pineapple Express

Drama - The Pursuit Of Happyness, Remember The Titans, Prayers for Bobby, Erin Brockovich, Children Of Men

Horror - 30 Days Of Night, Orphan

Apocalypse - Resident Evil, Terminator Salvation

Family - Avatar, Iron Man

i love the movie Braveheart (which incase u don’t know is about William Wallace) but im prettey sure, like with most movies about true events, they strayed away from what really happened. so im wanting to read a book about William Wallace to learn the true facts. can someone tell me of a good book that is based on the life of William Wallace?

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Yeah, they REALLY did a number on that story when they made the movie. The whole war was supposed to be fought Guerilla-style because they had so few men compared to the english. I’ve never read a book on the subject, or him, but he’s one of my favorite historical figures as well. I did find this: http://www.scottishradiance.com/bookreviews/wallace.htm.

Surprisingly, I can’t find many books about him, except Braveheart, of course. Try the link, though. =)

Wallace WAS a great Scottish warrior, who did hand the English their arse at the Battle of Stirling, simply by getting them to funnel their entire army across a bridge. At the opposite end of the bridge were the Scots, who hammered them piecemeal as they came off the bridge.

At the follow-up Battle of Falkirk, the Scots used the pike defense they were shown in the movie as using at the 1st battle but it didn’t prevent them from losing the fight.

The movie was correct in the graphic degree of savagery shown in the fight sequences. The rest of the flick was good ol’ fashioned fiction!! The blue facepaint, for one, was something the Britons of ROMAN times had done but that had been almost 1000 years previous. By the 1200s-1300s, nobody was really doing that anymore.
Plus, after Falkirk, Wallace opted to get away from combat & rely on the more boring, yet no less vital, tactic of diplomacy w/ the French, trying to get further military support from them in opposing the English. The screemplay opted to skip over that even though Wallace undertook that route for about 10 years!

Gotta give props to the movie for factoring in 19th C. Scottish poet Robert Burns’ poem Bannockburn into the last lines of the film though, lol.

and also tell what your favorite genre is and what your favorite movie of all the genres is.

here are the genres to pick from (if i forget a genre, feel free to add it to the list in ur answer)

here are the genres. and along with them my favorite movies (or in some cases mini series) from the genres

Military-Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Generation Kill, Black Hawk Down, We Were Soldiers, Letters from Iwo Jima

Action (shooters)-Casino Royale, The Bourne trilogy,

Action (swords)-Master and Commander:The Far Side of the World,Kingdom of Heaven, Troy, The Last Samurai, Braveheart,

Fantasy-Lord of the Rings

Drama-Wall Street:Money Never Sleeps, John Adams, Blow

Western-Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Appaloosa, The Assassination of Jesse Jame by the Coward Robert Ford, Hidalgo, 3:10 to Yuma

Comedy-Red vs Blue

Horror-Resident Evil series

Family and Kids-Shrek series, Toy Story trilogy, Ice Age trilogy, Madagascar series

my favorite genre is probably either Military War or Westerns.

my favorite movies of all time are all the ones from my Militar section, the ones from my Western section, Master and Commander:The Far Side of the World, and Red vs Blue

Military-The Hurt Locker, Full Metal Jacket

Action (shooters)-The Matrix, the El Mariachi trilogy, The Terminator 1&2, Wanted.

Action (swords)-Kill Bill, Princess Blade, So Close, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the Blade series, the Underworld The Rise of the Lycans

Fantasy- Hellboy II The Golden Army

Drama-Vanishing Point, Million Dollar Baby

Western-Soleil Rouge, The Assassination of Jesse Jame by the Coward Robert Ford, For a Few Dollars More

Comedy - Team America, Tropic Thunder, Private Parts

Horror-The Thing

Family and Kids- Surf’s Up

fav genre - Action
my fav movies of all time are mostly crime - but that’s because his majesty Quentin Tarantino loves that genre and mostly works in it, if he was making musicals, then most of my all time favs would be musicals

Im looking for some war movies where the story takes place back in the day where swords and spears were used. Ive seen a lot foreign and non-foreign.

Ive seen Mongol,Troy,Gladiator,Braveheart,Kingdom of heaven,Battle of Chi Bi,Three Kingdoms,The Last Samurai, a battle of wits, etc etc etc

So can you guys give me any recommendation that I might like? Oh and the movie has to be modern (made in 2000 or up)

Curse of The Golden Flower
The 13th Warrior
A Knight’s Tale
Pathfinder
Beowulf
Apocalypto
The Messenger: Story of Joan of Arc

like braveheart, lord of the rings, the last samurai, 300, star wars prelude, kingdom of heaven, etc…

but preferably gory/hardcore fighting. please no legend of zorro bullshit fighting where nobody dies

Outlander
Pathfinder
Ran (1985)
Hero (2002)
Kagemusha
Beowulf (2007)
Seven Samurai
The 13th Warrior
Shogun (TV miniseries)
Brotherhood of the Wolf
House of Flying Daggers
Beowulf & Grendel (2005)
Curse of the Golden Flower

”The title of the film is also historically inaccurate as the "brave heart" refers in Scottish history to that of Robert the Bruce, and an attribution by William Edmondstoune Aytoun, in his poem Heart of Bruce, to Sir James the Good: "Pass thee first, thou dauntless heart, As thou wert wont of yore!", prior to Douglas’s demise at the Battle of Teba in Andalusia”

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I searched on the internet for prop replica kits. I found prop replicas for sale, with the tag "I built this from a kit," but no clues to where I can buy the kits! I am interested in anything from Braveheart swords to ray guns from science fiction movies. Any help would be appreciated!

No luck in finding a kit for a William Wallace sword. Here is a list of replicas available in a wide variety of price ranges http://info.com/searchw?qkw=braveheart+sword+replica+kit&qcat=web&q=braveheart+sword+replica+kit&qhqn=braveheart+sword+replica+kit&KW=braveheart+sword+replica+kit

Here is a replica ray gun - but again not a kit - only $10 you could probably use it as a base and add to it - http://www.coolstuffexpress.com/ray-gun-blaster-replica.html

This is a kit - Forbidden Planet RAY GUN Blaster - needs assembly / painting about 70 euros http://www.frontiermodels.co.uk/Forbidden-Planet-RAY-GUN-Blaster-p-18305.html

This one is a detailed explanation of a Sand cast aluminum ray gun, with bonus pour vid
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/09/sandcast_aluminum_ray_gun_with_bonu.html

This is a Lawgiver Gun Prop Replica Model Hobby Kit - This is Judge Dredd’s Lawgiver gun taken from the movie prop mold. This is static one piece gun with no moving parts. Requires minimal cleanup and painting skills. about $60 http://www.monstersinmotion.com/cart/sci-fi-as-in-science-fiction-item-list-k-o-c-9_187/lawgiver-gun-prop-replica-model-hobby-kit-p-5012

ஜ I hope this helps ஜ

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Was this relationship actually true or made up for the movie?
The Duchess Isabella (wife of Edward II - Queen Consort) told her father in law she was pregnant to William Wallace prior to his death - Was this actually true?

Sadly not. Brilliant movie but other than the fact tht William Wallace existed hardly any of the story is true. Most of it is just dramatised or based on myth x