The Passion Of William Wallace

Rating: 7/10 (22 June 2005)

Mel Gibson won a couple of Oscars with this super production which recreates the battles between England and Scotland in the Middle Age and the life-story of one of the Scottish leaders: William Wallace (Mel Gibson, of course). I won't deny that "Braveheart" is just spectacular, and the battle sequences are so exciting (they did a great work there), but did this movie REALLY deserve all those prizes? Well, it is kinda grandiloquent (those images filmed from 2 or 3 helicopters of Wallace on the top of a mountain!! It reminded me of those excessive clips from Guns N'Roses), demagogic, and Gibson's character seems to be a premonition of that long-suffering Jesus Christ from "The Passion". Anyway, though it isn't as important as "Spartacus" or "Ran" (two of the best battle-related movies of all time) it certainly has some appeal, and you don't get bored even though the movie length is up to 3 hours.
PD: Scottish landscapes are just amazing.
*My rate: 7/10