Great historical film but...

Rating: 8/10 (3 March 2017)

I have to admit it, Braveheart is an excellent film. It's a great historical film but it's historically inaccurate ! What a shame for a film that tells us a real story. Braveheart is also a bit difficult to understand when you know nothing about Wallace's story and Scotland. I've watched it 3 times and there are still some scenes that I don't understand. Anyway, the actors, for example, are really competent, it seems that it really happened this way, that we are at Wallace's time and we see him live. By the way, Robert the Bruce is very touching, Argail (William's godfather) is bad *ss as f*ck But the only character I've disliked was Isabelle of France. Every time we see her, she's in tears ! I's tiring. That's for the characters. About the shots and the film direction, everything was well filmed. The best moments of the film are, personally, the landscapes shots : they're so poetic and relaxing (thanks to the music too). It makes a contrast with the gory battles scenes, which are truly amazing. We can notice that there is another poetic scene, for example, the wedding of Murron and William : deep in the wood and during the night, very simple So beautiful. As a conclusion, I can tell that Braveheart is a film I recommended (if you like historical films, because 3 hours about something you don't like, is Hell), it really makes me think of the movie Alexander by the way : some scenes are almost the same. Despite all the inaccuracies (which are a bit disturbing when you know about them), I only can encourage you to watch it.