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'Freedom is championed as something necessary to happiness and contentment in life, and is worth dying for. Positive Messages -> The actual review for this is actually pretty ridiculous.

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He is not my Sovereign he never received my homage and whilst life is in this persecuted body, he never shall receive it.This movie is high quality production and extremely entertaining.

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Needless to say, it is very highly unlikely that Wallace was in any position to cry 'Freedom', but at his so-called trial Wallace did state, ' I can not be a traitor, for I owe him no allegiance. Wallace's head was placed on London Bridge, while the four quarters of his body were placed in Stirling, Aberdeen, Berwick, and Newcastle. It was only then Wallace was decapitated and dismembered. While still breathing, his genitals were sliced off, his entrails pulled out, and his innards burned in front of him. He was hanged almost to the point of death, before being taken down and horrifically mutilated. Four different horses, one per limb, dragged Wallace for miles to his execution. The film doesn't seem to hold back in detailing the gruesome execution, but the truth is the real execution was far, far worse than what appears on-screen.

The historic account the film is based on does say a secret meeting occurred between Wallace and Edward I's young wife Margaret of France, so the only reason to use Isabella is to set up the twist of her carrying Wallace's child, breaking the news to a dying King Edward I (who actually wouldn't die for another two years).Ĭharged with treason, Wallace was sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered. The thing is, Isabella would have been three years old at the time, and still in France. Instead, she secretly has a tryst with the freedom fighter, clearly unable to resist his charms. A key figure in the film is Isabella of France ( Sophie Marceau), wife of Edward II who was sent to negotiate with Wallace. It's not only an insult to a historic figure, but to moviegoers as well. Her real name was Marion Braidfute, changed for the film so as not to be confused with Robin Hood's Maid Marian. The indignity around the figure is that Murron wasn't even her name. That event did happen, and while it wasn't the catalyst of Wallace's vendetta against the English, it was the straw that broke the back. Wallace's wife Murron MacClannough ( Catherine McCormack) is publicly executed in the film. Women do not fare much better in the film. There's no evidence that Edward II even was gay, nor is there any record that 1st Earl of Cornwall Piers Gaveston (named 'Phillip' in the film, played by Stephen Billington), who in the film as Edward's male lover, was pushed out a window to his death by King Edward I ( Patrick McGoohan), although he was sent into exile by the monarch. Edward II is portrayed not only as homosexual but also as weak, impotent, and effeminate. The harshest stereotype, however, is given to Edward II ( Peter Hanly). While the Scottish are made out as manly men, the English are portrayed as much weaker and more feminine overall. The kilts and belted plaid in the film weren't worn by the Scots until the late-16th century, problematic for a film set in the 13th century (for that matter, English soldiers wouldn't have had matching royal uniforms).

In actuality, Wallace was born in the Southwest of Scotland, the son of a minor nobleman. A young Wallace and his family, in the film, are poor farmers living in a Highland glen. If that were indeed true, then Braveheart has arguably the most realistic portrayal of Scots on film. When one pictures a Scot, the image typically depicted is one of a working-class, kilt-wearing ruffian playing bagpipes.