Comments for Brave Heart

Comment on Braveheart? regarding william wallace? by lone wolf and pub

lone wolf and pub — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:14:59 +0000

when the Irish conscripts join his army, when the highlanders come in their droves, from the different clans to join him too.
I think angus’ father sees william as his adopted son, and seeing an old man give everything in battle, even fighting on with an arrow in his chest proves to william that what they are doing is worth fighting for.
the betrayal of william by robert the bruce and the other chiefs spurs william on even further, after he realises that if they are going to make a difference to the scottish people, they have to do it themselves, without the help of the nobles
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Comment on Does anybody have the END CREDITS track from director Ron Howard’s 1996 film RANSOM? by Tyrone

Tyrone — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:10:59 +0000

Wow I regret I don’t have those.
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Comment on Braveheart? regarding william wallace? by Bev

Bev — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:59:59 +0000

the pleasure of seeing his army moon the English en masse
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Comment on question regarding BRAVEHEART? by Fred

Fred — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:02:59 +0000

It seemed to me that many of those he fought for did not understand his higher ideals of freedom. He trusted others because he thought that they also understood how wonderful freedom was. He was betrayed by those who still wanted to be ruled over, just on better terms. Wallace was well educated in the movie, I think others just couldn’t understand the concept of freedom as deeply as he did. Many fought by his side out of loyalty, but few others really understood what it meant to be free.
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Comment on question regarding BRAVEHEART? by kaptainfelix

kaptainfelix — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:15:59 +0000

He was too trusting and a little naive

……those that betrayed him did so to protect themselves and to benefit from the English king. If Wallace had been cunning he would have offered similar incentives to those who were allied to him
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Comment on question regarding BRAVEHEART? by Nala

Nala — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:02:59 +0000

No his flaw/weakness is his trust… he does trust people and he shouldnt but that’s just because he has a heart. His other weakness is his woman… that really hurt him bad… his courage is brilliant..
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Comment on question regarding BRAVEHEART? by Ghost Boy

Ghost Boy — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:46:59 +0000

its one of my top 5 films i think it was him being to trusting (robert the bruce). i think he was doomed from the start
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Comment on question regarding BRAVEHEART? by Hall of Fame Most Suspensions

Hall of Fame Most Suspensions — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:21:59 +0000

he was an idealist…in a world of politicians you are doomed to get stabbed in the back…

p.s. it also would have helped had he had more soldiers…lol
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Comment on How accurate was Mel Gibson in portraying the life of William Wallace and Edward I of England…? by diamondcollector

diamondcollector — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:04:59 +0000

what everybody else said.

when i was in norfolk i got to spend the day in castle acre (or was it castle rising) where edward and isabella’s son exiled her after he came of age to the throne. isabella was not the nice lady in the movie. she was known as the "she wolf of france". probably (someone named mortimer?) her boyfriend was the father of the next king of england, not william wallace as implied in the movie.

she and said boyfriend are rumored to have killed gay edward and ruled in regency for the infant son. until he grew up, that is.

if you ever get a chance, there are a lot of impressive castle ruins in wales that were built by longshanks during the occupation of the english. some were never finished.
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Comment on How come in the movie Braveheart the Americans are still using the word British to describe the English? by Mary S

Mary S — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:52:59 +0000

Your question is a little confusing. It sounds like you are complaining that Americans are calling the English "Brits" on a discussion board about the movie Braveheart. Not having seen the discussion, it is impossible to see what the context was, but I imagine it was a casual conversation going on. Of course, all of the countries of the UK were not united then, so there would have been no Great Britain yet, but in a casual conversation I can see how people might revert to what is familiar to them and there is some basis for them doing so. My brother-in-law is from England and calls himself a Brit. Of course, the Britons actually pre-date the Angles (from which the name England was eventually created). Some Britons were absorbed by the Gaelic tribes on the northern part of the island and eventually became Scots. Others left the island and formed Brittany in France. The Romans called the island Britannia and their occupation was over a thousand years before William Wallace. The term Britain did not just come from thin air. There is a very long history associated with it or its derivative.

I applaud your effort to educate others that those people living on the southern part of the island would have referred to themselves as English at the time, but almost every country’s people call themselves multiple names. Who knows, maybe a few Saxons whose ancestors survived William the Conqueror still referred to themselves that way two hundred years later. Some might have even referred to themselves as Brits. I am from the southern United States and throughout our history we have been referred to as confederates, southerners, rebels, grays and the region as Dixie. I have seen many references to the land of Dixie for a time period when the term had yet to be used. That doesn’t upset me. It is an easily recognized term to describe a certain area of the United States.

Maybe you should be upset with the Aussie who directed the film about the gross historical inaccuracies concerning the revolutionary Scot. ;0)
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