Braveheart is the BEST MOVIE of ALL-TIME!!!

Rating: 10/10 (15 September 2010)

It's not even close. The directing is A+, Mel Gibson did as perfect of a job as you can do with all the camera-work and cuts, which is really something considering he was the lead role. He also gave an awesome performance as William Wallace. Saying Braveheart is historically inaccurate is nonsense, really; the true life of Wallace has nothing to do with this movie. That is not that hard a concept. When critiquing Braveheart I find two very minor flaws - Gibson's accent isn't the greatest, but, he's not Scottish, so I don't see that as significant, and the extras in the war scenes just suck in some scenes. You can see if you look closely that all of the combat does not appear authentic. These are the only two faults I can find, and they are rather trivial. Everything else works. The story of Braveheart is as epic as it gets, man loses true love, gets revenge on the entire country responsible and frees his homeland and its people in the process. It's presented in exquisite fashion. The pace of Braveheart is impeccable. The love scenes in the beginning in no way are sluggish. They serve as the calm before the storm. The writing is excellent in these scenes, as are the interactions between Wallace and Murron. The love story really jumps forward quickly, and you are soon thrust into warfare. Braveheart is not excessively violent. The gory moments serve their purpose and are not overstated. The overall writing of the movie is very smart. There are no unnatural moments or lines for any characters. The characters are all well portrayed. The acting is subtle and very polished. Patrick McGoohan as Longshanks was outstanding. The cinematography of Braveheart is as good as it gets; it might stand alone as the best ever in this area. The visuals are epic. The music is epic. The score of Braveheart is so, so strong. It continually adds to the viewing experience throughout. The ending of Braveheart is easily the best of any film. Braveheart gives you all the emotions you could ask for and does a great job of mixing light-hearted moments within all the serious drama. No other movie matches the 'epicness' and beauty of Braveheart, thus, making it the greatest movie of all-time! Bow to Mel Gibson.
[!]BEST MOVIE EVER[!]
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(Do you realize how many negative reviews there are for Braveheart that only cite the historical inaccuracies as the main reason it sucked? The real William Wallace has nothing to do with this movie!!! Why can't you comprehend that? Is this a documentary?.....What are you talking about! The real, true life of the real William Wallace has nothing to do with Braveheart. Braveheart is a movie, a tale of fantasy!!!! Not a documentary!!! The movie Goodfellas is about real life gangsters, who really existed, but the events happened differently from how they did in real life, so does that mean Goodfellas sucks because it's historically inaccurate? Same goes for about a million other movies, take your pick. Since when were movies supposed to be history lessons? The film doesn't say 'true story' or 'based on a true story' or anything like that in the opening credits or anywhere. Oh I get it, the character's name is William Wallace so that makes it real. Ha Ha, you're entire argument 'this movie sucks because that's not what really happened' is so, so foolish. So ignorant. It holds no water, a completely stale argument. Completely erroneous. The shame is that Braveheart might be the top movie on the Top250 list if it weren't for the strong percentage of reviews saying it's historically inaccurate, but it still rates an impressive 8.4, even with all you blind-to-the-fact haters. Blind to the fact that the real William Wallace has no bearing on Braveheart. None. Completely irrelevant. Again, this is not that hard a concept.....)