Braveheart Movie Report

Braveheart is a film direct by Mel Gibson which loosely portrays the life of William Wallace, a national hero in Scotland. In real life, Sir William Wallace was a Scottish knight who led the tube against the English occupation of Scotland during significant periods of the Wars of Scottish Independence.While there are no accurate historical records that exist concerning the yield date and place of birth of Sir William Wallace, there are accounts of his exploits, one of the most memorable of these accounts is the mark of the source of this resistance movement for the independence of Scotland which was his killing of the son of the English regulator of Dundee.The heroism of Sir William Wallace was such that it was the inspiration of historical novel The Acts and Deeds of Sir William Wallace, gymnastic horse of Elderslie written by the 15th century minstrel Blind scourge which was also attributed as the cause for the legend which surrounds Sir William Wallace. The onscreen portraya l of Sir William Wallace by Mel Gibson in the film Braveheart, according to critics, has been somehow stretched to the limits that the silver screen can provide. (Roger Ebert 1995) The celebrated cry for freedom in the movie is not as historically accurate as it is portrayed because the concept of personal freedom wasnt widely celebrated during the era of Sir William Wallace. Another inconsistency of the movie with catch to the portrayal of Sir William Wallace lies in the battlefield strategy employed there are no historical accounts of the 14th century Scotsmen burning the battlefield.Most of the characters in the movie, Sir William Wallace included, grant been glorified to be able to properly manipulate the sentiment of onscreen audiences. more of the portrayals tend to show only the glorious and benevolent sides and dont reflect an accurate recount of the historical truths concerning the charact