Braveheart and Outlaw/King aren’t fantasies, you say? Any movie featuring woad AND kilts together, and any movie featuring exclusively fire arrows at night, is a work of fantasy as far as I am concerned. Also there are lots of stabbings.
I should really cover more history here. The history of the Scots-English border region is the history of hillbillies.
Netflix’s recently released Outlaw/King starring Chris Pine spurred me to finally pick up my old review copy of Michael Penman’s Robert the Bruce: King of the Scots. I haven’t gotten very far, but Penman’s book is focused on the Bruce’s reign after Bannockburn, so William Wallace appears relatively early. And I can’t read about William Wallace without pulling out Braveheart. I took advantage of needing to grade a giant stack of essays to watch Outlaw/King and rewatch Braveheart.
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Woad AND Kilts in the same movie?
Volleys of Fire Arrows at night?
OK, you’re right. Those movies are fantasies.
Pretty good ones, though.
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Well, that may be, but Outlaw/King was vastly more historical than Braveheart. Not a kilt or bagpipe in sight.
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Every single time I watch this movie (I’ve re-watched it many times because I love it lol!) or read an article about it, I can’t help it! But I always remember why a Scottish friend of mine hates it: because they had picked an American actor with an Australian accent to play this movie! LMAO! And I have to say when I watch… let’s say a movies about a Colombian figure played by, let’s say… an Spaniard actor with a very distinct Spaniard accent or… (insert here any possible Hispanic combination) 🙂 I did ruin the experience for me!
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I wouldn’t mind all the movies with non-southerners playing characters from the U.S. South if any of them could pull off a decent southern accent.
Looking back on Braveheart is weird. It was this incredible breath of fresh air at the time, but now I look at it and I see a great movie, yes, but also one that always takes the lazy Hollywood road. And Hollywood is so careless with history that I can’t even generally muster the energy to complain.
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Yup I think it’s when it seems lazy that ruins the experience! I too love when actors from any background can rep a culture or nationality well 😊
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