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14th March 12, 07:35 AM
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Re: TV version of Braveheart?
Originally Posted by Blackrose87
Really? But he was basically portrayed as being an antagonist against Wallace...
Towards the end, doesn't Bruce fight for the English?
Reading up a bit might be a good idea.
Let's put it this way- The Bruce felt so guilty about some of his political jockeying in his earlier years that his last wish was to have his heart cut out and taken on cursade, as a form of atonement.
As someone who's so interested in Scotland, I'd think you'd be more interested in learning about it.
Originally Posted by Peter Crowe
I hear you Ryan,
The film was historically anachronistic and as a Scot I found it a bit offensive on various levels. The Scots Nobles and knights were portrayed as hicks, and Wallace as a thirteenth century Che Guevara, not a medieval knight and vassal of his feudal superior John de Baliol.
That's just about the best brief description of that film that I've ever heard; the Che Guevara/hicks part is especially apt, though a shame.
Last edited by Ryan Ross; 14th March 12 at 07:36 AM.
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