Braveheart by Mel Gibson

Braveheart by Mel Gibson
Cinema Release Date: October 4, 1995
Film already available on DVD since: August 24, 2005
With Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Catherine McCormack
Genre: Historical, Adventure, War
Time: 02h45min Production Year: 1995
Distributor: UFD

Braveheart with Mel Gibson signs a spectacular film, which finally wins five Oscars. What an amazing movie! And even if you know nothing about the story happened in the movie, Braveheart is still a good movie for you to enjoy yourself in a cinema.

The staging, epic, lyric and violence in the movie narrative this epic story, and make it a classic. Unsurprisingly, but frankly speaking, it is very enjoyable for anyone who likes to watch movies. The sceneries are very splendid and are enhanced by the superb music by James Horner, who records this history in an unforgettable Scottish atmosphere.

                                              Mel Gibson played as William Wallace

As far as I am concerned, Braveheart is an encouraging film, in which it tells us to share the love, then hatred and commitments. Beyond the limits of the character William Wallace who struggled and the desire for the Scots, this film tells us that there are always revolts against tyranny when people suffered from the despotism. The interpretation is generally good, the scenes of battles, as well as the emotions, rhythms in the film are fantastic, which can flirt our sentimentality and let us immerse ourselves into such an epic movie.

But what bothers Mel Gibson most is his character as Wallace, although he fits the performance and interpretation of the hero with a very strong desire. He even transforms the main character as a Christ figure through his death in front of a large number of Scots. It is so heartening!

                             Wallace, "for Freedom!"
As a good actor, as well as a good director, Mel Gibson tells us how talented he is. With the direction of Mel Gibson, Braveheart becomes a masterpiece. But honestly speaking, in this movie, it talks a lot on violence, blood, sadness and brutality. If you do not like war movie, I do not recommend it to you. But if you like history and hero, it is a fabulous movie.

By the way, before directing this movie, Mel Gibson turned to Terry Gilliam to direct Braveheart, but Terry declined the proposal and decided to make himself. Mel Gibson has been in trouble with animal welfare organizations, because they believe that horses used in the violent fight scenes were real, while they were in fact not.

                                Wallace and His Lover in Braveheart


So far as I know, once it was released in Scotland, the public applauded it very much. Partly the reason behind it, I assume, is that it could help them to find their own identity.