tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post8297549210366555129..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: History vs. NarrativeSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-57006713823086493512012-03-14T09:00:11.454-05:002012-03-14T09:00:11.454-05:00@Alex--yeah, it's not close to perfect. The en...@Alex--yeah, it's not close to perfect. The ending, for instance, is designed to be soul-stirring and dramatic in the moment, but after the fact is pretty melodramatic and mockable. <br /><br />@Chip--Nicely stated. Gibson may still have the looks, though, but I'm not much of a judge. However, there's certainly a lot of evidence for what you say. The hyper-attractive can always afford to be more high maintenance than the rest of us. As for the Scots' statue, at least it's as historically accurate as the film.<br /><br />@Jessica--This is a film that feels shorter than its running time. Once you get past the initial romance stuff, the film is really a lot of battles, planning for battles, and intrigue. It feels like two hours even though it's close to three.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-86148186421451852062012-03-14T07:35:20.169-05:002012-03-14T07:35:20.169-05:00I've only seen the first half of this film. I ...I've only seen the first half of this film. I walked out of it. Not because it was bad - it wasn't - but because they had announced the wrong running time for it. It was at least an hour longer than we had thought, which meant that we had to get back to release the babysitter. We were offered new tickets but we never got around to use them to watch it a second time. I suppose I should complete it one day but the running time is a bit daunting.Jessicahttp://www.thevelvetcafe.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-24897259480837196612012-03-13T18:40:06.964-05:002012-03-13T18:40:06.964-05:00I like this film quite a bit. One of my favorite ...I like this film quite a bit. One of my favorite stories about it, which ties into what you were saying at the end, is after it stirred them up the Scots decided to erect a statue in tribute to William Wallace, but no one knew what he looked like - so they made the statue look like Mel Gibson.<br /><br />Another Gibson story - way back in the 80s I read a long interview with him (where he said many of the things he has now been criticized for saying more recently) and at the end I thought to myself, "this guy's an asshole." The next day at work I was telling a female co-worker about some of the things he said. She said she didn't care; he was too good looking. She then went on to say that when she was younger she and a few female friends used to have a thing for a guy in their neighborhood. They knew he was not a good guy, but they didn't care because he was so handsome. When he would do bad things to them, they would comfort themselves by saying, "right now he's a Greek god, but in 20 years he'll be a goddamn Greek". Well, it's coming up on 20 years from the height of Gibson's popularity. It seems like he's just as much of a jerk as he ever was, but now he doesn't have the looks left to be forgiven it.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-19585344019190661712012-03-13T17:01:37.926-05:002012-03-13T17:01:37.926-05:00Braveheart is a great film but by no means perfect...Braveheart is a great film but by no means perfect. I never really delved into how historically accurate it was or not - thanks for point out that this movie should NOT be taken as historical fact.Alex Jowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11737798466816750685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-44858588466502036462012-03-13T07:46:04.565-05:002012-03-13T07:46:04.565-05:00It is way too Hollywood. I understand a little art...It is way too Hollywood. I understand a little artistic license here and there, but <i>Braveheart</i> is essentially fiction. It's also not that surprising that Gibson went on to create films that followed the same hyper-patriotic formula as his career continued. People with extreme opinions have a tendency to rewrite history as they wish it to be, not as it was.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-22455170682660408072012-03-13T00:38:06.014-05:002012-03-13T00:38:06.014-05:00Ha, I have to review this for an assessment at sch...Ha, I have to review this for an assessment at school and our introductions are pretty much the same. Except, I didn't really care for the movie - it was good, but I thought it was way too Hollywood. Anyway, Mel was at his best here, what the hell happened?!Stevee Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12284769251750574447noreply@blogger.com