True and High Art

Rating: 10/10 (25 January 2007)

Without any doubt, one of the greatest motion pictures ever.
It is impossible to describe what an effect this movie has on me... every time I watch it... I can stay for hours, just blinking,... overwhelmed by emotions and thoughts,... unable to do anything at all...
Thinking of the good and true things, that are so few in this cruel world.
Knowing that there are still innocent victims and peoples under oppression.
I remember when I saw Braveheart the first time, back in 1995,...
It was a unique experience not only because of the movie, but also because of the effect it had on the audience. Such situations are very rare.
Everyone in the theater, down to the last man, cried at the end... EVERYONE. It was a big theater and a big crowd too.
When Murron walked from behind the crowd at the moment of Wallace's beheading, I felt something like a cold blade of happy sorrow, going through my throat.
You can't help it.
It was even funny to watch some of my friends feeling uncomfortable because they had cried, while they're trying to play the "macho-down-to-earth" role in life. :) It was very funny :))).
The entire audience was like hit with a sledgehammer, people slowly and quietly going out of the cinema, discussing the movie.
Then it started raining :).
Good old Bulgarian rain falling straight down
If we should analyze the movie, I think there would hardly be any flaw to find:
FLAWLESS script, master directing, great cinematography, supreme performances by the actors (the Scottish accent of Gibson!), a devastating score,.. pushing the cold blade even further
In short:
If you haven't watched Braveheart, you haven't watched anything
A true Work Of Art and a touch of the Divine.
God bless you, Mr. Gibson.