Historically inventive

Rating: 5/10 (29 August 2014)

This film by Gibson is very imaginative, but should never be interpreted as being historically accurate. Personally, I disliked the graphic violence, the awful details of guts being ripped out, etc., but this degree of violence seems to be the norm for Gibson - he seems to think it adds realism or impact. When he has the Scottish rebel seducing the English queen - well, I'm an Aussie Republican, too, but do we have to resort to this level of dishonesty to make an impression? I think it was a great pity the account did not stay closer to the facts; that would have been sufficient because the ancient truths of the era were impressive enough.