Very rarely in a historically based film is every action fact but rather there is a mix of fact and fiction in the film.. Braveheart follows this mold since it is a historically based fi
Trang 1Very rarely in a historically based film is every action fact but rather there is a mix of fact and fiction in the film Braveheart follows this mold since it is a historically based film that includes fiction intertwined with true history These fictious additions to the film make it a better film cinematically but can make the film too over the top, which would take away from the film Braveheart is able to tell the true tale of William Wallace in a way that is mostly true and the fictions parts only add to the plot and do not take away from Wallace and are easy to point out and don't adversely degrade him However, in Braveheart, there is a lot of false information regarding the battle scenes Therefore, Braveheart is a semi historically accurate movie but some details are false
William Wallace, the patriot fighter for Scotland, was a real person who really fought heroically for his country Wallace was an outlawed because he did not the sign Ragman Roll, which bound signatories in loyalty to England's King Edward I, which is true Wallace like the movie showed organized other outlawed men into an army, however what was not shown was that he had a partner, Andrew Moray, who was killed at Stirling Bridge The most glaring and important piece
of fiction pertaining to Wallace was the fact that he was a landed commoner with a good
education, and in peaceful times he might have been a scholar However, in the movie he was portrayed as a poor man who was secretly married right before he got in trouble with the English
So in the respect of Wallace the movie did truthfully show his greatness but added some fictions information to make him seem more "middle class" (Sullivan)
The other main component of the film was the battle scenes It is true that Scotland did not win every battle, and the English were not immediately cast out of Scottish territory Only after Wallace was killed, did Scottish victory come One part of the film showed that Wallace invented the use of spears against horses however this tactic is literally ancient Also, they didn't stand in one big mob, but in circular formations called schiltrons Another inaccurate part of the film was the Scottish painting their faces It is true that it was a Celtic practice but it was during Roman times, over a thousand years before In the film Irish troops switched sides, as they were suppose
to charge against the Scottish however this too is false (Sullivan)
Braveheart does a wonderful job tell the story in a accurate matter and the only time false
information is used it is obvious that it was added by Hollywood Braveheart in general is a accurate film and can be used to discuss its time period