I thought it was a great film.

Rating: Null/10 (7 March 2003)

Braveheart was a great movie. It showed many aspects of a good movie. It wonderfully showed how the battles were held. It showed how they dressed, lived, and even talked. The reproductions of clothes and buildings are amazing. The director even throws in a love story to make it interesting for the female viewers. Even though Braveheart is a little less than three hours, it goes by fast. The movie is about William Wallace (Mel Gibson). It goes all the way from his childhood to his inspiration as a leader, even to his gruesome death. Sweeping, stirring, and moving, this epic is right up there with Ben Hur and other classic epic of movie history. The battles are amazing. They succeeded in showing how massed battles in the middle ages were conducted. They were frightening and fast. They were very bloody and they were very emotional. The battles in Braveheart are very suspenseful, and keep you on the edge of your seat. The film also works as a love story. The love story is excellently done, and moving. The scenes between Wallace and Myron are tender and gentle. It gives Wallace a reason to rebel without looking like a bloody warrior. Even though Wallace never really sacked York, but merely died in York, the movie continues. It seems to make it more interesting. All performances in Braveheart are great. Gibson himself- coping with the Scottish accent- turn in as a stunning performance. His expression of disbelief and dejection when he learns of Bruce's deception is magnificent. The fact that Mel directed the movie and performed in the movie is magnificent. The supporting cast is impressive. Patrick McGoohan's ruthless Edward Longshanks is very sinister. Sophie Marceau's French princess is compassionate and tender. Wallace's men are great for familiar faces in battle, and also help the plot be comical as well as light relief. This film will make you want to cry and love. It really pulls you in with the love story, the rebellions, and the wars. It is a classic that defiantly will be in your home video collection.