Day 141: Braveheart (1995)

Movie #90 – Braveheart (1995) - 177 min, cert 15.

This movie tells the life story of William Wallace, the 13^th century Scottish knight and major figure in the Wars of Scottish Independence, from his childhood up to his death at the hands of the English.

How much of this is historically accurate is hugely debatable, but irrespective of this it makes for an impressive spectacle of a film. Mel Gibson gives an excellent performance in the title role, and his Scots accent seems pretty believable to a non-Scot like myself. The battle scenes are done on an epic scale with plenty of blood and gore for added realism.

The film is nearly three hours in length, but it held my attention throughout.

Score – 9/10. Thoroughly enjoyable. My top ten remains unchanged from ten films ago:

1.       The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

2.       Pulp Fiction (1994)

3.       Forrest Gump (1994)

4.       The Green Mile (1999)

5.       Amelie (2001)

6.       Fight Club (1999)

7.       The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

8.      Toy Story 3 (2010)

9.       The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

10.   Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Next up is Inglourious Basterds which I was tempted to go and see when it was on at the pictures a couple of years ago. I bought it on DVD a month or so ago, and I’ve been waiting to watch it.