Every man dies, not every man really lives.

Rating: 10/10 (16 March 2006)

''Braveheart'' is one of the greatest movies I already watched in my life. Really, it will be hard to find the exact words to write a review about it, but I will try. It's the story of the Scottish hero William Wallace,and Mel Gibson, even being older then the expected for the role, is great as director and actor, and I think this movie totally deserved to have won Best Cinematography,Best Picture and Best Director.
The movie itself has many MANY inaccuracies. Things like kilts were not worn by the Scottish and British soldiers had no uniform during that time,the fact that the Princess Isabella never met William Wallace and was 8 years old when Wallace dies, prima noctis never happened, Wallace died before Edward I and the blue body paint for battles had stopped being used 800 years before the events of the film are some examples. But I think we cannot be very angry with this, since William Wallace's records almost doesn't exist, and many of the facts were taken largely from an epic poem by a man called "Blind Harry'', who possible wrote many things that never really happened.
I think this movie is a masterpiece, even that the real connection with Scotland from about 1280 to 1305 is not right. We should watch this movie thinking that it is just a movie, and not a history lesson. I am glad the movie is in top 250 from IMDb.
aka "Coração Valente" - Brazil