Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted December 3, 2023 Posted December 3, 2023 I don’t think half that stuff actually happened. Just a hunch.
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 3, 2023 Posted December 3, 2023 As I recall there were many anachronisms.
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted December 3, 2023 Posted December 3, 2023 A great deal of it was factual, though creative licence was used as well ... Keep in mind that William Wallace was a real person, and some from his clan might still be Warriors... Jabez Cowboy
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 3, 2023 Posted December 3, 2023 https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/10-braveheart-inaccuracies-historical-blunders-in-the-mel-gibson-film-about-the-wars-of-scottish-independence-2862621
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted December 3, 2023 Author Posted December 3, 2023 What drives me nuts about these medievalish set movies- whether Braveheart or Robin Hood (Costner) or fantasy movies such as Conan or the Hobbit trilogy- is all the damned running. You have this mass of guys spread out all over the forest just running. Or spread out running across an open plane. Or the hero, and perhaps his trusty sidekick, running up a mountain peak. Running- so cliched in these films.
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 3, 2023 Posted December 3, 2023 You prefer sleeping near a fire?
Texas Joker Posted December 3, 2023 Posted December 3, 2023 Plodding through the mud. Endlessly. Probably make a poor movie
Alpo Posted December 3, 2023 Posted December 3, 2023 If they didn't have any coconuts, they couldn't ride horses. And cars hadn't been invented yet. If you want to get there fast, you had to run.
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted December 3, 2023 Posted December 3, 2023 14 hours ago, Dirty Dan Dawkins said: I don’t think half that stuff actually happened. Just a hunch. I don’t overthink it too much and find it entertaining. It’s Hollywood.
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted December 3, 2023 Author Posted December 3, 2023 3 hours ago, Texas Joker said: Plodding through the mud. Endlessly. Probably make a poor movie More accurate.
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted December 3, 2023 Author Posted December 3, 2023 4 hours ago, Alpo said: If they didn't have any coconuts, they couldn't ride horses. And cars hadn't been invented yet. If you want to get there fast, you had to run. Yeah three days south to meet Longshanks army with no provisions or supply line….
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted December 3, 2023 Author Posted December 3, 2023 13 hours ago, Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 said: A great deal of it was factual, though creative licence was used as well ... Keep in mind that William Wallace was a real person, and some from his clan might still be Warriors... Jabez Cowboy I think the sex relations with that French gal was made up and there is no evidence Robert the Bruce’s dad was a lepor. Im not a fan of historical fiction. Longshanks didn’t die the moment Wallace was beheaded. Then there’s all that running.
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted December 3, 2023 Posted December 3, 2023 5 hours ago, Dirty Dan Dawkins said: I think the sex relations with that French gal was made up and there is no evidence Robert the Bruce’s dad was a lepor. Im not a fan of historical fiction. Longshanks didn’t die the moment Wallace was beheaded. Then there’s all that running. You better never watch Debbie Doe's Dallas ! Your really going to criticize the plot
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