It makes me very ashamed

Rating: 2/10 (18 May 2008)

God bless you Mel Gibson. Again you have made me so very ashamed of the land where I was born. When I saw Bravehart I felt so very sorry for the way that we nasty, viscous Brits treated those cultured piece loving Scots. And just a few years later I was privileged to see The Patriot. This movie reinforced the notion that being British or even worse English is to be considered lower than a Nazi a serial killer,or Gary Glitter. Of course I am kidding and Mr Gibson was a dam fool for even signing up to make this movie. The Patriot is historically inaccurate in almost every aspect ,accept maybe for the battle scenes. The characters are presented as good and evil.(the militia never took prisoners as shown in the movie, they could not afford too. the British always tried to take prisoners, mainly as hostages and to barter with. Remember Cornwallis was well aware that the British were outnumbered, )Their are no grey areas. Maybe some one should have told the writers that atrocities' took place on both sides and that most of the war crimes against the American army and the patriots were carried out by there fellow country men. But any one who watches this movie and believes that the British were complete Bastards should read there history books. Oh and P S. Mel Gibson character is a composite of a number of people. One of which was a slave owner and trader. If anyone reads this humble review who is associated with Mr Gibson tell him to please read some Proper history books before signing on to another UK hating historically inaccurate Hollywood mess.