The greatest epic ever filmed!

Rating: 10/10 (24 April 2003)

While there are a lot of sweeping epics that have and always will stand the test of time (Spartacus, Gone With The Wind, Ben Hur, The Ten Commandments, etc.) few will hold that 100% entertainment value along with the intellect that can satisfy the most cynical of cynics like "Braveheart".
This film is perhaps the best "Movie" that Hollywood has done since it's golden age. Not a shock, considering it's director and star (Mel Gibson) is the most non-Hollywood celebrity in Hollywood. He has spent most of his career as a soft spoken gentlemen, and when he has taken the opportunity to speak out Hollywood shuns his opinions. (Yeah! goes to show how well Hollywood loves the 1st amendment, "Only when it applies to the corporate Hollywood masses.") "Braveheart" is a beautiful and brilliant portrait and story. While many argue on how true the film stays to the "real" William Wallace, I say whether this film is biographic or a fictional work, it dazzles with brilliance. It deserved so much more than it won at the Academy Awards. Then again, however I think the Academy was bitter because Gibson wasn't wearing his red ribbon.
BRAVEHEART: 10 of 10 dead! It's that simple.