A true masterpiece

Rating: 9/10 (5 July 2012)

About 50% of all the movies ever made are dumb, pathetic attempts to present a story no one cares about. Then there's 20% of mediocre movies, movies with potential but not fully exploited. Acting is great, but you can see everyone is acting; there's not enough realism. Then there's five percent of great, thrilling or shocking movies, that leave you thinking after-wards. The last 5%: in almost every possible genre there are movies that are true masterpieces. Incredible, fast action movies like Inception, or amazing drama films like The Shawshank Redemption. Total devotion from the actors, a world that is touching because of it's realism. Braveheart belongs in that category. Mel Gibson's lifework, after this movie he never made something as great as this one. He directed it and played the main role, and came as close to art as he possibly could. It's not the story that makes this movie so great, it's the complex and realistic characters, their motives and there actions. I was thrown into the movie right from the beginning, all the way till the epic ending. The movie explores the abstract concepts of 'good and bad' very deep, it presents to us a painfully true image of humanity. This isn't a mainstream movie, this is something you will come back to many times. You don't want to miss this one.