Braveheart

[Kiltedfirepiper]

[QUOTE=Wallaces sword was 66 inches in length ( over five foot) so had he hung it from his belt it would have dragged along behind him rather uncomfortably.

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the "belt" I was refering to was over his shoulder ...not around his waist, and for the life of me i STILL cant remember what its called!!

most of the info I have learned about was from a book called William Wallace: Braveheart. it tells about the actual facts known about him , and deals with some of the myths/ legends, including the poems of Blind Harry which are pretty interesting.

we could go on and on about inaccuracies,why this or that was what happened ect. ect. for ever! but all I was trying to say was that everything in Hollywood is going to have over the top theatrics .....unless its a documentry, even then ......its all in how you edit huh?

Scott

[Jimmy Carbomb]

"if you read the history on William Wallace he wasnt a nice guy..... the belt he hung his claymore on ( I cant remeber what its called) was supposedly made from the skin of an english officer,"

At the battle of Stirling Bridge, Cressingham, the English Treasurer was one of the first to be hacked to pieces. Legend has it that Wallace made a belt using Cressingham's skin.

[Brasilikilt]

I saw a guy in the background at the end of a battle scene swinging his sword at an enemy in such a way as to make sure he didn't hurt the guy.

Heh heh I saw that too, and if you pay attention to the big dramatic charge at the end of the movie, look at the big bearded guy (Hamish I think his name was), his axe is WOBBLING as he runs!!!!

After watching that movie, for the longest time I totally thought that the belted plaide (sp?) aka Great kilt was a historically accurate garment to be worn in that time period, it wasn't until recently that I was told that a great kilt wasn't around until sometime in the early to mid 1500's!!
And what's up with showing the battle of Stirling bridge with NO BRIDGE!!!!!!

WODE?? pffffff wasn't the face painting thing done by BRONZE AGE Celts hundreds of years before William Wallace would have been born?

Other than that, I enjoyed the movie...the fight scenes were awesome!
I'm no historian, but the way they depicted the English military, especially the archers was very accurate.