I’m going to Ireland and Scotland this summer. My biggest thing I want to see is William Wallace’s statue and memorial. The musical score to this movie is EVERYTHING ❤❤
Dublin is a fun, beautiful city. Wife and I went about a year ago. I want to go back so bad. If you like stuff from this time period you must check out St. Patrick's Cathedral. I am not really a religious person but the absolute beauty and detail and size of it is nothing short of incredible. To this day it is easily one of the most amazing and beautiful places I've ever seen. Temple Bar area is fun too lol
@@one_eyed_pete2462 Temple Bar is a little bit of a tourist trap though. You can find other good pubs that don't make you pay extra (i.e. O'Reillys). I liked the library of the Trinity College and basically the city centre as a whole.
@Nazdreg1 It absolutely is but I think it's still worth checking out. Trinity college and the book of kells is amazing. And yes, O'Reillys was a fun bar. I wish we were there for more than a week. Would have loved to travel the rest of the country.
The hunting scene. The Scotsman killed by the dagger was an assassin, likely paid by the English. The Irishman noticed something was odd right away, and followed William hunting to protect him.
My family and I went to England in 2002 and visited York. Our tour guide told us that Wallace never really sacked York. My father and brother were devastated by this fact, lol. Patrick McGoohan was amazing. I say his TV counterpart would be Tywin Lannister from GoT. One of my favorite scenes: contemplating on who to send for the truce with Wallace. “And not my gentle son, the mere sight of him would encourage such an enemy to take over the whole country.” 😀
Braveheart, my favourite movie of all time, I have seen this movie, over 25 times, and still cry at several parts every time. Yeah I know it's very loosely based on a true story, and that a lot of it is true, but, me being Scottish, I want to believe everything that happened in it lol
Great reaction like always, this movie is epic, love it. And there are some fun-fact about it, Many Scots were offended by the film's portrayal of Robert the Bruce as Wallace's betrayer; he's considered just as much of a national hero as Wallace. The scriptwriter Randall Wallace was inspired to write the film after learning about William Wallace during a holiday in Edinburgh. Most of the horses used in the battle scenes were fake, weighed 200 pounds, and were fuelled by nitrogen cylinders that propelled them at 30 miles per hour. And after shooting the scenes, Gibson was investigated by an animal welfare organzation who were convinced that the fake horses used were real. The blue body paint (woad) worn by the Scottish warriors in the film hadn't been used in Scotland since Roman times, around 800 years before the events detailed in the movie. It's a complete anachronism, The production used around 1500 reserve soldiers from the Irish territorial army as extras during the battle scenes. Around 40 of Wallace's descendants were used in the scenes as well. They tended to stand around Gibson during the opening shots of battles. And many extras also kept forgetting to remove their sunglasses and wristwatches, which meant the battle had to be re-shot several times. (if you look closely you can see some of them in the movie). Keep up the amazing work.
We all love this movie it seems, as a cinematic sweeping adventure, etc, but I love it also for another reason. It restarted the "sword and sandal" genre... ofc hugely popular in classic Hollywood 50s and 60s. This paved the way for Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, etc.
Your laughter and tears are so endearingly genuine, and your comments so often perceptive, it's a scandal you don't yet have 50k subs. I've been one for a while now, and this reaction proves yet again why I chose to!
My Scottish family ancestors from Clan Allan fought along side William Wallace, and they probably still live in the Highlands, and I've got a Grand Uncle on my Grandma's side of the family that served as a Navy Seal during the late 70s and 80s who's still alive and kicking
It was great to see your reaction to this epic movie on Scottish independence. I'm originally from Ireland myself and I would like you to view the Film of an irish freedom fighter called Michael Collins played by no other than Liam Neeson. This was during the Easter Rising 1916 .
The fact that you remember Maester Aemon's phrase "kill the boy jon snow, and let the man be born" makes me love you even more than I loved you before. Saying a phrase from my favorite series while watching my favorite movie. Goddess
So as others are saying, this is an amazing movie but not for accuracy in many ways Robert the Bruce (after Wallace) is who really helped establish Scotland's path to sovereignty. (I know, there's easily a dozen others who did as well) But if you like Chris Pine, take a look at "Outlaw King" 2018. Very, very accurate representation of history, even though in order to adapt history to a thrilling historical performance, they did have to play with the timeline of When things happened, but mostly it's correct for What things happened. And Pine is amazing. 😂 Wonderful reaction! 💛
In the woods he was attacked by an assassin who'd been hired to infiltrate his group to get close enough to kill him. Thankfully Stephen was there keeping an eye on our William at the Almighty's request 😁
i am english and this is my favorite movie, and if you like the music check out james horner rip who did the music to this movie and so many bangers, english people did not look good in this but so happy we made peace and scotland is part of the united kingdom
Recommend Outlaw King. It literally takes place virtually right after this movie ends, follows the story of Robert the Bruce. Theres also a crazy tuff guyy (a la Stephen the Irishmen) in that one also haha.
I liked _Outlaw King_ though its not entirely accurate to the history, the day-to-day details and customs and fashions of how these people actually looked and behaved is top-notch
Braveheart is in my top 3 favourite films 1) The Lord of the Rings trilogy (I count all 3 as one long film) 2) Braveheart (a somewhat close second to LOTRs for me) 3) Gladiator There's something I love about stories involving people defying the odds and overcoming tyranny. These kind of stories REALLY need to make a comeback, especially in the times we're currently living.
Braveheart is an S-tier epic drama just on its own; I wish we got a middle-point between the two, Braveheart's storytelling with Outlaw King's accuracy
@@samwallaceart288 Would not have sold is many tickets. I am not screaming "IT'S NOT A DOCUMENTARY" I am just saying that things were changed and certain parts embellished to sell tickets.
one of the biggest innacuracies in this movie, is that Robert the Bruce betrayed William Wallace, it was actually a Scottish knight who turned him over to the English.. and Robert gained Scotland their independence, he became king and ruled Scotland from 1306 - 1329 side note: Robert also married a 13-year old girl who he had 4 children with, one of whom was David II, who succeeded him as King of Scotland after he died
yes william walace was a real person, so was robert de bruce, but thats pretty much the only accurate thing in this movie :)...oh the french princess is real too but she was ...i dont remember..11? at the time and living in france and had nothing todo with anything.
I like just because your dad is a Mel Gibson fan 😂. This is my favorite movie ever but I gotta admit that “Hacksaw Ridge” is his most touching film so far.
Actually the old Bruce King was onto something. His great-great-great-great-great-great grandson is King James VI and I (sixth King James of Scotland, first King James of England), who united the two through marriage.
Mel Gibson's style when he makes movies is a very unique art form that cannot be imitated, but must be in his genes. He probably couldn't make a bad movie if he tried. I can generally recommend almost all of his films, except for "The Passion of the Christ" (2004), which would probably require a lot of editing and I don't know if the reaction would even be worth it for YT, but apart from that it's always worth checking out what else he's produced.
Angus Macfadyen reprised the role in Robert the Bruce (2020). It is not action heavy as Braveheart. It shows The Bruce trying to survive in the early years of his rebellion. Hunted by the English and rival Scotsmen. Heavy on drama and very grounded. It affected me as much as Braveheart did.
Please watch "The Expanse". One of the best tv shows ever made. The only reason it isn't as famous as it should be is because it has a slow start. They will dribble out information slowly as they world build and it's hard for some people to not know what is going on for a bit. You'll have to piece things together at first. But once it takes off the show is on a completely different level.
Please do Hacksaw Ridge another movie directed by Mel Gibson its the true story of a combat medic who refused to carry a weapon because of his religion. Powerful stuff.
Love this movie!! One of Mel Gibson's best for sure. Also, can you please react to "Apocalypto", directed by Mel Gibson(though he's not playing in it)? It's a really great movie and it almost has your channel name in its name too 😄
Reactioners cut this scene yet im gonna write down the most important quote: Narrator : I shall tell you of William Wallace. Historians from England will say I am a liar, but history is written by those who have hanged heroes.
And here come the trolls, trying to tear the greatness of Braveheart down with trivial issues like historical inaccuracies.... Gosh. I hate it. They just hate Mel Gibson for being so honest in real life. Braveheart is one of the most timeless and effective epics ever made. If you just let the movie take you on the ride, it will be apart of you forever. Youll want to come back to watch this masterpiece, despite the pain of watching Wallace die again and again. Braveheart needs to be studied or no one will ever make a better movie. And that would be... phenomenal.
Yeah… it’s because Mel Gibson is so “honest in real life.” Pffffft! 😂 I hate the historical accuracy trolls too, but stop trying to make everything about politics. Mel Gibson is just like most in Hollywood - vain, self-absorbed and self-indulgent. Gibson‘s messiah complex is on full display in this movie.
It's a true narrative and of course not all the battles happened this way and the dates are wrong, ect. but there was a William Wallace, he did fight for Scottish freedom and he did beat the British against the odds. Some of the real battles were even cooler than what was shown in the movie. People who like to be party poopers will say it's not accurate, but the spirit of it is absolutely true.
The spirit of it is partly true, in that Wallace fought for Scotland's freedom from England. But the part about fighting for the common folk is nonsense. Wallace came from a family of nobles that exploited the peasants every bit as much as he accused the nobles of doing in the film.
@@mikearmstrong8483 I knew he was from a noble family, what evidence do you have that they exploited peasants? Also some of the exploits seen in the movie such as prima nocte was not a real policy.
The Battle of Bannockburn took place in 1314 and many events then happened including the Battle of Culloden when the Clans of Scotland fought on the governments side under English command against the Jacobite Army and were defeated. The point i am making is that honour and war do not very often mix. The logical solution is independence for those who want it and then fixed borders agreed by an International body because if we do not fix that problem now, tomorrow will be too late as we can see in Ukraine and the many other possible wars because of elite leaders claiming old borders as with China, Russia, India, Argentina and Chile and the list goes on. We are all ruled by corrupt elitist leaders and the above is very unlikely to happen hence wars will continue until the final insanity that is pragmatic logic as long as we elect these elitist corrupt leaders.
i have something to say, alot of people dont understand this movie back then no one had freedom and he was fighting for that then entire movie so when he died and shouted FREEDOM and you dont even shed a team that means u dont care about people
A great classic movie also filmed on nut in Ireland is THE QUIET MAN with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara a love story with action and humor with a wonderful story
regarding the outro...do you remember what happens not that long later in cullodon ? i hope not because this should really be watched BEFORE outlander, which is ironicly alot more historicaly accurate :P
Good movie, great writing, great scenery, great acting...but the history is utter nonsense. I'm one of the people that hate the way Robert the Bruce is treated in the movie. The Bruce was never a traitor to anyone, and finished what Wallace started. If you want a far more historically accurate movie of the wars of Scottish Independence try "Outlaw King". It is about Robert the Bruce...and thankfully there's not a kilt in sight. It's beautifully filmed and details Robert Bruce's first victory against Longshank's son, Edward II. You won't regret watching it.
This movie is so rife with inaccuracies it utterly nauseates most historians. That said, it's so well made it can be forgiven that provided the audience knows this is NOT anything CLOSE to who William Wallace actually was nor how the Scottish War of Independence played out. It's the equivalent of saying that George Washington was a flea bitten peasant who revolted against the British because Martha was accosted by some redcoats. Categorically false and a ridiculous notion.
This movie has a well-deserved reputation as one of the most historically inaccurate "historical" movies ever made. You could write paragraphs on how bad it is, but there's no point since numerous websites and LONG youtube videos have already done it in excruciating detail. It's basically a vehicle for Mel Gibson's well-documented hatred of the English.
@@RockyHemingway As a work of fiction, it's okay-ish. As a work of history, it gets it's ass kicked by literally anyone who knows what they're talking about.
@@MrHws5mp It's a movie dude not a documentary. Again we don't know need to hear a pro-brexit Brits opinion on Braveheart. Bottom of the totem pole in peoples opinions we need to listen to.
