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Rating: 6/10 (3 December 2014)

The story deals with the Scottish historical figure William Wallace, and is spiced up with medieval "heroism". Selfless fighting for freedom against the evil English oppressor. In addition to that we get two shallow romantic side plots. Wallace is an admired war hero and also he is a womanizer. Yikes. At one part he is having a cheesy romantic affair with no other than the french princess. Wait, what? Not only completely irrelevant for the story, William Wallace is supposed to be seeking vengeance for his murdered wife. He loved her so much that he picked up the fight against the English army in the first place. So it is his main motivation throughout the film and now he is banging the french chick?
And I don't have a problem with graphic violence, but Braveheart has some moments of unreflected gruesomeness here and there. He burns down a shack with soldiers trapped inside, he smashes a guys face laying in his bed, while is screaming and begging for mercy. "BADOOCH". Spike mace right in his face.
Afterwards he jumps out of the castle window into a giant lake with his horse. Good chances to get crushed, dumbass. Still can not believe it won 5 Academy Awards.
The movie is well executed but with these unnecessary "soap opera" elements in it and the five Academy Awards including Best Picture I come to the conclusion the film is overrated. One of the best movies ever made? Not really. I would give "Braveheart" a 7 out of 10, if it wasn't for the historical inaccuracy, that goes on in that film. Someone who has basic knowledge of medieval history can be offended. I don't expect it to be historical correct, if the plot holds up for it, which is not the case for me, so it ends up on a 6