England is treated as a Scandinavian country in "Braveheart"

"You cannot reference an entire country based on the monarchy or how the monarchy is portrayed. As I said in my previous argument."I never did that. All I was saying was the movie seems to be portrayed as a Scandinavian country. That's all."England is portrayed as the bad guy because the plot demands it. If you were to ask Scottish people from that time period they would probably agree with the portrayal, while the English would vehemently disagree. It's all about Ethnocentrism. However, the very idea of a movie created in AMERICA with an AMERICAN director having a hidden agenda against a country that they have no current negative connection to absolutely laughable."I don't deny that England is portrayed as the bad guy because the plot depends on it. I will say why I said this, which I should have put earlier. In the field of anthropology, England is not Scandinavian. The field of anthropology pretty much agrees for the most part, that the English are a mutt of the Celts, Romans, Scots, Normans, Anglo-Saxons, and that England is not a Nordic country. However, watching Braveheart, it seems like they're suggesting that it is. And I gave a little reason why.I should go a little in depth about theTalmadge part. See earlier in the movie as I said before, Longshanks is portrayed as a pagan, and only Scandinavia is known for a rich pagan culture. Later on, one scene, Talmadge saying "Insolent bastard," is dubbed in such a way (perhaps intentionally to make the English look even more evil than they really are) to make it seem like he was saying, "Ancient bastard." It's like, if you didn't know what he was saying, you'd think they were Scandinavian pagans out to terrorize the Britons (in this case, the movie focuses on the Scots). Now, there's two reasons why this is relavent. One, one would assume they were saying it for 3 reasons: the way it was dubbed; the fact that earlier, the movie hints (well, more like mocks) Longshank's pagan beliefs, and three, the timing of the scene. This gives out that it was indeed meant to make English and Scandinavians look evil. Talmadge only says the dubbed phrase, when the Scottish priest gives the army a prayer before battle. They're shown doing the Catholic cross ritual (with the fingers). Even more indicting is that the English side is not shown doing this. I don't even remember seeing anything Christian, not even a Cross, on the English side. Another reason, I bring this is up, is one group of people were known for doing this, the Vikings. They were Scandinavians who terrorized the Britons and utterly disregarded Catholic churches, raiding them. It's as if Robert the Bruce was taking a shot at Scandianvians. In my opinion, this also reveals a troubling history between the Catholic countries and the pagan (later to be Protestant) Scandinavian countries. While Protestant countries did indeed do a lot of evil things, such as England and Denmark's empires, it started with the Vikings. The Viking atrocities against Cathedrials is disturbing similar to the Jim Crow atrocities against black churches (which I will make another debate on later, so look forward to it my friend, I'll actually invite you to debate it with me :) ). Anyways, why do I bring it up, even though it's not related to Braveheart? It's all the way it's portrayed. It starts with Robert the Bruce's swipe at Longshanks and paganism, which only Scandinavia is known as having a rich culture in. That's one, then it's what explained happens in the Battle of Stirling. The way that Talmadge's line is dubbed to sound (perhaps deliberately), and the circumstances in which he says it. I thank you for debating me.