Disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (15 October 2012)

I am baffled as to why this film has a score of 8.4, and why various people here are prattling on about it being their number 1 film of all time.
The film started off strong, I'll say that much. Directed by Randall Wallace, the man responsible for the cheese-fest that is "Pearl Harbour", and the film even Leonardo Dicaprio's boyish charm could not save, "The Man in the Iron Mask". Why was I expecting more from this? I'm not going to give a summary of the film, because you're either reading the reviews prior to seeing it, or having already seen it. As I said, the film starts off well, the little William Wallace (James Robinson) is an extremely talented lad and everything where he is a child is emotional and purposeful.The part where he is reunited with his love is charming also, and the entire section until she dies is also purposeful.
The story is a good one - wanting freedom over material goods. Honour, and bravery. After 2 hours it just melds into one. There are too many battles that all seem the same and he she it betrays blah blah blah it's a circle of irritation. Then they kill him. Which just wasted the film for me. Sometimes, the right choice at the end of a film with this sort of theme is to kill the protagonist and leave a poignant message with the viewer. This did not happen here. I kept waiting for him to be saved...and waiting...and waiting.
Also, i'd like to know at what point during all the battles did he have the time to put little plaits in his hair, remove them then do it again.