"Braveheart" was an enormous box office hit in 1995, and won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup, and Best Sound Design at the Academy Awards. This Wallace guy was happening.Īrguably most recognizable to modern audiences is the 1995 feature film about Wallace called " Braveheart" written by Randall Wallace (no relation), and directed by and starring Mel Gibson. Henty wrote "In Freedom's Cause: A Story of Wallace and Bruce" in 1885. Sir Walter Scott wrote "The Story of Sir William Wallace" in 1928. Jane Porter wrote a romantic novel about Wallace in 1810 called "The Scottish Chiefs." Felicia Hemens wrote a celebrated poem about Wallace at The Battle of Falkirk called "Wallace's Invocation to Bruce" in 1819. Robert Burns wrote the lyrics to a hit song in 1793 called "Scots Wha Hae wi Wallace Bled." The 19th century was lousy with works about Wallace. Certainly a classic.William Wallace would serve as inspiration for several major works of poetry, lit, and film over the centuries. That's how we watched it and it's a great film. There are two primary female leads both who are depicted as generally strong, morally centered, and courageous.įor the record, this is streamable via family filter services that remove violence, language, and sexuality on demand. It's exactly what you would expect from a historical context regarding a war between the English and the Scottish. The official reviewer stated this accurately enough.ĭrinking, Drugs, & Smoking -> The official reviewer stated this accurately enough.ĭiversity -> The diversity here is spot on.
Language -> Fair amount of coarse language and cursing. The official reviewer stated this accurately enough. It also has the theme of sexual violence in that Wallace's wife is attacked (rape as the intention) and also the general theme that the English nobles claimed the right to have the "first night" with every Scottish woman on her wedding day. Wallace has an encounter both with his wife and with the princess that is shown.
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The Scotts throw up their kilts to moon the English and you get more than just the full moon. Sex, Romance, and Nudity -> This does have a fair bit of nudity in it.
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This is a war movie with up close and personal shots of melee combat including infantry advances, cavalry charges, etc. Violence -> Lots of graphic violence to state it plainly. Wallace is also noble in that he doesn't pursue power for himself or for his own ends. Courage and self sacrifice (good old fashioned Christian values) are set forth as noble and much of Wallace's interaction with Robert the Bruce XVII center on the inherent nobility of a man's character and actions outweighing birth rights and social status.
Positive Role Models -> Wallace and many of his closest companions stay the course and pursue freedom not just for themselves, but for their country as a whole. It's not glorifying war for just any old reason but it does set it forth as necessary in the face of gross oppression. Longshanks is pretty monstrous and the story consistently shows that he cannot be trusted and so war is required. Obviously, war was the only solution given the oppressive king's (Longshanks) propensity for deceit, treachery, and scheming.
Very American values set and certainly laudable. The barbarity of war is shown to be the only solution to the greedy and oppressive policies of the British towards the Scottish."įreedom is obviously necessary to happiness and contentment and it is worth dying for. "Freedom is championed as something necessary to happiness and contentment in life, and is worth dying for. Positive Messages -> The actual review for this is actually pretty ridiculous. This movie is high quality production and extremely entertaining.
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