| Braveheart (Special Collector's Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Mel Gibson
Actors: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick Mcgoohan
Studio: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  841 reviews
Sales Rank: 675
Format: Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Running Time: 177 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 131394
UPC: 097361313948
EAN: 0097361313948
ASIN: B000W8OM5Y
Theatrical Release Date: May 24, 1995
Release Date: December 18, 2007
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 BEST MOVIE EVER! June 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As the title says, this is the best movie ever made. I'm weak for big-scale action movies, however Braveheart is not just that. This movie contains outstanding acting, tantalizing plots, exhilirating action sequences, along with everything else you could possibly want from a movie. Considering when this movie was made, it is obviously far ahead of it's own time, with competition recently starting to surface, yet still fall short.
Freedom isn't Free May 27, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a fantastic DVD - showing the high cost of Freedom. It is an inspiration that to preserve freedom calls for courage, perseverance and bravery in the face of the loss of all you have.
 Great battle scenes, but.... May 27, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
If you take this film as fiction (forgetting its glaring historical accuracies that have been pointed out by many reviewers here), it's very entertaining, filled with massive, epic, breathtaking battle scenes. I really liked the film when I saw it in a theater, and considering it was only Gibson's 2nd directorial effort (for which he won an Oscar), it's quite a remarkable achievement.
Many now make hay of the incredible violence here. It is violent, gory, insane, bloody, etc., etc.. When I saw the film, I thought it was necessary to tell the story and very well done. I think many here don't like the violence of this film because of Gibson's questionable behaviours since making this film. His film The Passion of the Christ is a disgusting, overly violent, sadistic film that has no sense of spirituality. The film really has tainted the eyes of many when it comes to him. His extreme religious beliefs turn off many people. His personal behaviour (his rabid anti-Semitism, his sexist comments on women, his alcoholism) is horrible. Yet, this is still a good film, I think. I haven't watched it in years, but I enjoyed it very much when it was made. It is a bit difficult to look at Gibson the same way as I did when this film was made. It's similar to when I see Tom Cruise in any of his recent work I think "Scientology Freak".
The film itself is a rather cardboard cutout film, ignoring the complexity of Scottish independence, reducing the story to a simplistic plotline of William Wallace's true love is killed, he gets pissed, helps Scotland become free. The portrayal of Edward Longshanks (by Patrick McGoohan, of TV's The Prisoner) is good, but Gibson indulges his silly homophobia in the portrayal of Longshanks's son, who would become Edward II, a gay king. Edward II is portrayed as an effeminate wimp, but in reality, the real Edward II was much more dynamic. See Derek Jarman's Edward II film for a much more realistic portrayal of this complex historical figure.
Overall, the film is still entertaining and rousing. The battle scenes are especially well done, and if you can ignore the dubious history of both the film and Mel's "issues", you can still enjoy it.
Exceedingly gory, gratuitously violent, eminently moving. May 8, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Braveheart is one of those films that I have watched every year or so since it came out on VHS. I have bought two DVD versions now as well.
On the one hand it is such a violent and bloody movie, I would normally have had all I needed with one viewing, but on the other hand, even with the unbelievable heroism on the part of the protagonist, it is a moving tale of Honor, National Pride, and even ethnic pride (even though my family is Welsh and My wife's Irish, I still feel for the courage in the stories of the Celts of all persuasions).
I really loved some of the speeches in the film, one of my favorites was a short rebuke to the Scottish Nobles, "You think the people exist to serve the Nobility, but the Nobility exist to serve Scotland" (or something close to that) but the message is true for politicians and leaders and managers in every land. Leadership is the serving and protection of those we lead, not vice-versa.
But the main thing is for me is the overall message of the film, without freedom there is no living. I have to be in the right mood, but this remains one of my all time favorites.
The Best April 23, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Yes, I finally saw Braveheart. And yes, it is the best darn movie I have ever seen. The violence is outrageous and the storyline is incredible.
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