Tuesday, August 10, 2010

"Braveheart"
Film Review

Summary:

The movie starts, William Wallace is a kid, watching his father and older brother together with other nobles of Scottish leaving to attend the peace meeting with King Edward Longshanks offered to the Scottish nobles. As the other nobles together with William Wallace find out all the nobles and also with his brother were hanged before Williams father even got there, the other nobles start to prepare for a battle. When the rest of the nobles return, William finds out his father were killed. William then leaves with his uncle to be trained and raised like a true fighter. Now as an true men and also adult, William returns to the highlands and his old home to farm and raise a family. When he saw there his future wife they secretly marriage and they also have private activity. When his wife is murdered by an English lord, he quickly decides to take revenged by rallying his fellow countrymen and seizing control of the area. Until they conquered the other places that English men conquered. It doesn't stop until then, as other clans come to join him ridding Scotland of their tyrant.When son of King Edward Longshanks send an army to dispense the rebels, William and his men are already ready joined with the Scottish nobles and has a swift and clean victory. Now that William has defeated the English on his own ground, he will invade theirs but Scottish men are still flocking to him in an attempt to get at the English, and so he attacks the city of York. Meanwhile Longshanks is in France trying to broaden his empire that will someday be his son's, if he is fit for it or not. When Longshanks returns, only to find out that York has been conquered and his nephews head sent as a present, does he realize that William Wallace is a real problem. In the heat of battle to English men, as William is signaling to the nobles for support, they turn their backs on him due to Longshanks had paid them off with gold and land, with the expense of the massacre of the rest of Williams men. William is being hit by arrow his bravery burst and think to finish the job himself. As William is in pursuit of Longshanks, to finish the job himself, a different rider turns back to stop him. Only when William has the knife on the mans neck does he realize who he is, Robert The Bruce, King of Scotland that promise to help too. Who has betrayed William with the other nobles. Later, after William recovered from his arrow wound and the even deeper wound of betrayal, does he decide to act. If the nobles will not tally and protect their own countrymen then William will kill them one by one. When Robert The Bruce asks for a meeting with William, it's the only chance he has to get the nobles to rally with him again. Unfortunately their is still traitor who betrayed him and Robert The Bruce, and handed William over to King Edward Longshanks. William is trialed and is sentenced to death for treason. Only after he is quartered and his limbs sent to the four corners of England, the King of Scotland, Robert The Bruce decides to act. Shortly after, the Scottish finally gain their freedom from England. And all remember the one who made it possible, William Wallace.


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Characters:

William Wallace (old) played by Mel Gibson and William Wallace (young) played by
James Robinson

William Wallace begins as a simple peasant. His life consists of work and his love Murron. When an English commander rapes and kills Murron after their marriage he is filled with anger. Wallace kills off an entire force of English soldiers stationed near his village all by himself. He then becomes a champion for Scottish independence from the Britts. He leads battles from the front and motivates his men with fear that a life of shame is worse than death itself. As with many heroes Wallace only becomes a hero when his life was empty and he was sad. Happiness does not lead people to revolt. Wallace is betrayed and executed with the King of England looking on from his deathbed. Wallace defeats archers and cavalry with farm weapons, wooden stakes, and bravery alone. He impreganates the future Queen of England and dies with dignity inspite of tortures levied against him.

Murron (old) played by Catherine McCormack and Murron (young) played
by Mhairi Calvey


Muron is William Wallace's lifetime wife. Starting as simple friends their friendship grow up to love when each of them became older.
Wallace marries Murron but an English law that allowed English soldiers to have first sexual rights with Scottish newlywed women to all Scottish have blood of English requires Murron to have sex with an evil English commander.

Malcom Wallace played by Sean Lawlor

This is William Wallace's father, before his death he taught his son
about the virtues of freedom and honor.

Robert The Bruce p
layed by Angus MacFadyen


Robert The Bruce is the man that would become King of Scotland. Robert tried to help William Wallace and serv
ed as the political muscle to get things going for Wallace's cause against the British. Robert The Bruce continue the broken freedom of William Wallace for Scottish peoples.

Princess Isabelle played by Sophie Marceau


The Princess is
in an arranged marriage with Prince Edward; she is to be the future Queen of England. She falls in love with William Wallace when she finds him more a man of goodness than savagery. Wallace impregnates her and this remains a secret told only to the King of England before his last breath.

Longshanks - King Edwar
d I played by Patrick McGoohan

When William Wallace begins his revolt against English rule he sends Princess Isabelle to try make him believe that some sort of peace can be worked out. Before his last breath he just know that the baby that Princess Isabelle carries is not from his son Edward either from William Wallace.

Prince Edward by Peter Hanly

This "prince" is the heir to the thrones of England. He is still the wimpiest future king you can ever seen.


Hamish Campbell played by Brendan Gleeson

This guy is just one of William Wallace's trusted men. But he has the look of a truly serious warrior that the only weapon is base by what is the weapon he use

Significant of "Braveheart" to the present society:

Like Scottish peoples we leaving in present society is under the corrupt and self-centered government
. The life of Scottish before William Wallace revenge they are letting the English men to control there lives compare to us in present society, we are letting the corrupt government to control our lives and our actions. In first they are being betrayed by King Edward I of England and being killed either to give them peaceful life, compare to us, we are like being killed at the back of our government when our government is saying that we are going to have peaceful life but when we are not in front of them they are not doing act of what they say to us peaceful life.




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