"Every man dies, not every man really lives."

I didn't remember at all I would've been in for such a long ride. It has been a good 20 years since I've last seen it. I was only a mere 13 years old or so by then. My father had this one on dvd and was happy to watch it with me. All I remember from it were the battles, FREEDOM and the face paint.

So I went in rather fresh today and even though it was a long sit, the great battles made me sit through them a bit easier. I really didn't expect to see so much bloodshed. Limbs coming off, people on fire, blood, impalement, full mooning the opposition, the torture scene at the end and I thought his "great speech" would've been much longer.

Anyway, this is far from my favorite stuff from Mel Gibson but Braveheart is not that bad. I really enjoyed it, wish it would've been 30 minutes shorter and I really didn't care for the sub-plot with the princess of Wales. I know it isn't historically accurate but hey, they do address that in the opening which I thought was clever. So I'm not too bothered by that.

I was just out to get some medieval sword play and action and that is what I got. Brendan Gleeson can throw rock ey?