Freedom!!!....or not.

Rating: 1/10 (17 March 2005)

Right, firstly, it truly scares me that the majority of people actually think this is a good movie. It makes me question my belief in democracy quite frankly. To all my "fellow Scots" who seem to think this film defines our supposed "struggle" against English "oppression" should realise that it is actually about Mel Gibson's personal anti-English vendetta. I do believe in an independent Scotland, but I feel that this film is more of a hindrance than a help to this cause, because it makes it easy to label those of us who hold this belief as racist idiots. Anyway, the way I see it, the "bad guys" if you look at the history of this period is that the English aren't necessarily our enemies, it's the feudal lords of Britain in general. Why is it that this film hasn't caused a class war? I'm getting off the subject anyway. My advice to all these people who say this movie is "inspiring" and scream "freedom", no doubt while wearing a Jimmy hat, is that they should get off their fat arses and do something about gaining independence for Scotland, if they truly believe in it. Otherwise, shut up about it being such an inspiration.