Braveheart (1995) MOVIE REACTION **FIRST TIME WATCHING**
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Today we're watching one of the best but most emotional movies we've ever seen... this had us rekt. Come on with us and watch Braveheart. It's Mel Gibson in the lead and he is incredible. We had no idea this movie was so great. Weatch with us now!!
Thanks again for watching, u r the best!
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Movie: Braveheart
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Love from Scotland 🏴 Wallace is our national hero, and Bruce did win us our freedom in 1314 at Bannockburn. The film has significant fiction, but Wallace did win at Stirling Bridge, he did invade England, he did lose at Falkirk, he did escape and lived in hiding, and he was captured, hung, drawn and quartered by the English. He was remarkable.
One small correction. Wallace did invade England, but he never sacked York. The deepest into England he and fellow rebel leader Andrew Moray got was to Newcastle in Northumberland before turning west into northern Cumberland and then going back north into Scotland.
@@GeraldH-ln4dv Believe that's where Scotswood in Newcastle gets its name.
Considering Robert Bruce's confirmed skill in battle, I'd like to think that Wallace was the alpha in comparison. It makes his legend all the more impressive.
@@GeraldH-ln4dv thanks for the correction, I think I misremembered because there is a town in Yorkshire that claims to still be Scottish…..
You say bannockburn
I say culloden it's not the heats that count it's the final and you Scots have never actually been in final aye...😂
I was the projectionist in a theatre when this came out. I stood in the booth and waited for the credits to bring up the house lights 4 showings a day for weeks. And I cried every showing. Several hundred viewings (of the end at least) and it still gets me every time.
Masterclass in filmmaking, regardless of historical accuracy.
That’s so cool!!! What a cool job!
And I thought me going to the Cinema 5 times for this in '95 was much 😅 Also the THX with the Surround Sound was brandnew. The sound of Heavy Cavalry storming into battle gave you a feeling of what that must have meant for Infantrymen in those days.
Wow lads, you made a 50 year old, cynical Scotsman tear up after your reaction. Not that I don't shed a tear watching this film anyway! One love from Scotland.
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Wow, thank you!
@mikeyshowpresents You are very welcome...damn, I gotta say it. A spear, when being used on the back of a horse, with the hand protection...they are called lances! 😁 I'm sure one of you will be pleased knowing that! One love. 💙
@@mikeyshowpresents no, the story was grossly over exaggerated......
@@Metso-atecothe word you're looking for is Fictionalized. Not exaggerated.
Nowhere does it say *a true story*.
Your Scottish and you don’t see anything wrong with these 2 offensive Americans talking the p**s out of your accent all they’ve done all the way threw is take the p*** and your bigging up this channel what’s wrong with you
Highlander here. Yes, Wallace was a real person, we don't really know too much about him, apart from stuff that was written by a poet called Blind Harry some 200 or so years after Wallace's death. However, the name Braveheart was actually accorded to Robert the Bruce, who asked for his heart to be cut out and taken on battles, which it was across Europe. Some 10 years ago or so, they found the lead casket which contains the heart of The Bruce and reburied it in a secret location. in reality, Wallace was probably minor nobility, he would never have worn a kilt of course, probably armour, but he was a big man and definitely a force for freedom in his time, a dangerous occupation in 11th/12th Century Scotland. Edit; I'd just like to add, my late father, from the northern highlands, once said to me "The Scots have no worst enemy than themselves", and in many ways there's a lot of truth to that.
@@stewartmackay yup. Our politics, even now are shown in this movie. 300 is the same as well! The enemy pays our politicians to sell us all out. Money and power given to our own leaders is the driving force for them to destroy us
Also, a Highlander here, though I'm a MacDonald of Sleet.
And your absolutely right.
There are no records of Wallace's involvement in the battles only what we Scots kept alive through our oral history and folklore. English records do have a mention of Robert the Bruce but as "Robert" himself says at the intro _"History is written by men who have hung heroes"_ and we also have to remember this particular Robert is the 13th of his name so its very cloudy on exactly which bits of history is used in the movie.
As to no worst enemy than ourselves? Correct again, we Highlanders and lowlanders were pretty much at war with each other for long periods of our history with the clan vs clan and territory claims etc, likened to the Native American tribes fighting among themselves.
But when we did hear the Brittons (English) were our new enemy that is when we came down out of the Highlands and joined to the Lowland clans to fight. Fighting the English alongside the Irish was the 2nd time we stood as one. The first being the Romans.
The guys said _"there's not a lot of Latin around"_ when Argile was saying he'd be taught. Latin was the primary tongue of the _Church_ and the English throne and King were good Christian soldiers and in good standing of the Church pushing Christianity into the lowlands of Scotland, in a ploy to wipe us out... like they did with the Vikings. There was alot of Latin around.
And those particular spears are called lances so ... they weren't just spears ...
And for the history people ... This movie is set in 1280 - 1314. Scotland didn't win its true independence until 1745 even though accords were signed in 1707
Highlanders dont even have electricity yet
@@roywilson4514 Yes I heard that.
@@roywilson4514I haven't lived in Scotland or the UK since I was about five years old, which was before the construction of the bridge connecting Skye to the mainland of Scotland. Therefore, I'll have to take your word for it, although I would have assumed that electricity is ubiquitous these days.
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Stay strong, brother. You can do this.
@@music_mana7993 no that’s just distraction.
@@CrowVWade uh….YEAH. That’s pretty much what reprieve means. It’s anything that takes away the pain for a period of time, temporarily. Distraction can help do that. They didn’t say it was a cure. 🙄 It isn’t permanent.
It gets better. Take it from a guy who’s been there. Let God in and He will do the work. It’s very hard but worth it.
Keep going strong, the light you'll at the end of the tunnel is so much better 😊
Thank you so much for this reaction, you two. I went to see this with my father in the theater when it came out (I had just recently turned 18, and our family had really taken to celebrating our Celtic heritage and history by going to festivals, buying kilts, etc). The car ride home after the movie was so quiet, I think my dad and I were both wrestling with just how emotional this movie is. The scenery, the music, the acting, the storytelling, it's all top-notch even if the historical accuracy is off on some bits. It's incredibly powerful and touching to see two men be able to openly shed tears and be moved by such a thing. My dad was a crier, and I carry on that legacy from him into my adult life as a very emotional man as well. It's vulnerable and touching and inspiring to see it in other men. Thank you both for sharing your feelings and being so real.
That’s very thoughtful and well appreciated. Thank you 🙏🏻
We are so proud to be Scotsmen , our history is amazing ! Great reaction
It’s historicly inaccurate
@@Geordiegirl36 The only thing that was inaccurate was the Queen,she was 3 years old when this happened.
@ it’s as accurate as a £9 note. Go and watch some historians reviewing it.
@@Geordiegirl36 The only thing that is wrong,is the age of the queen,i take it you are English from the North East,,who hung the monkey? Hahahahaha.
@ wrong place that was Hartlepool 🤣🤣🤣 you should try using google 🤣
I dont care what any critic says. Braveheart is one of the greatest, most timeless historical dramas ever made. The score by James Horner is one of the best, most heart-wrenching soundtracks ever composed for a motion picture, second only to Titanic. The cinematography, costumes and sets are all stunning. The acting from Mel Gibson on down is sensational.
In my personal opinion, Gibsons William Wallace gives the greatest, most inspirational wartime speech ever put on film. "I see a whole army of my countrymen here in defiance of tyranny...."
I wont disagree with u, since your view is objective and thats fair. I can draw so many parallels to one of my other fav's.. The Last Samurai. D: Not really historically accurate and all that, but Japanese ppl also gave that one a pass, because it is a great movie as well.
Historical drama is stretching it a bit, I feel. Historically based fictional drama, maybe. Great fun, but, monumentally inaccurate.
@@drum253Absolutely!
@@drum253 Yeah it's a shame, they could've made a much better Scottish patriotic movie if they did more research during these good years of the film industry.
Drama yes, historical not really.
Edward I of England was nicknamed "Longshanks" because he was exceptionally tall for the time at 6 ft 2 in (188 cm). The nickname means "long legs" or "long shins
First explanation I noticed in at least two dozen movie reactions.
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Due to severe malnutrition and diseases, most people were fortunate to live past 30-40.
Let alone live to grow to 6f plus. As a Physician, the coughing, I would say he died from pneomenia. It's bloody cold in England and Scotland. No floor heating.
And he wasn't a pagan... being a pagan in 13th C Europe would be a short and violent life
@KillaWizardry that's not strictly true. As today socioeconomics influenced life expectancy. Common men during peaceful times would usually live to their 40s where physical labour would take its toll. Women life expectancy due to death during childbirth was far more of a lottery
Monks and nuns frequently lived into their 60s as their labour wasn't as physical. Society was split into those who fought those who prayed and those who worked. Those who prayed usually lived longest. The fighting classes, the men at arms, soldiers, knights and nobility could live long if they survived the rigors of combat and campaigning especially disease with the latter.
Before the 1350s in England and Scotland famine was more likely to kill you than disease. The Black Death changed that.
The late 1200s were interesting in England because the 'land owning peasant- now the landed gentry started to emerge as a powerful class. When the Black death killed 1/3 of rhe population in the 1350s this became an increasingly powerful class who demanded payment for labour and used that money to buy land off a fighting class that was increasingly impoverished.
The Scottish War of independent is notable because for the first time the idea of fighting for a national cause started to emerge in Europe. Make no mistake this wasn't the American Revolution and Scotland and England at rhe time were not nation states in the modern sense of rhe word.
Braveheart is of course fiction loosely based on facts but it is interesting.
Incidentally, life expectancy for rural peasants in England pre Black Death a as higher than it was for urban workers in the early 19th C. Their diet and conditions were better. My great great grandfather, an Ulsterman who migrated to Scotland for work in tue 1880s worked himself to death in a coal mine by the time he was 30. Black lung... his ancestors who were agricultural workers all lived into their 70s. Diet, living conditions and lack of exposure to toxic substances combined with clean living Presbyterian lives kept them alive.
That miner.. his cottage was featured in a 1919 report into the living conditions of miners in Scotland. The village no longer exists. It was a.rerraced row of 75 2 room cottages. They had 1 faucet to supply water to the whole row. They had an open sewer in the road with 2 privies for the whole street. They had small plots of land for growing food only the village was on a high moor where you can't grow any food. The only benefit was cheap coal which was just as well because the cottages had no damp proof course. These are essential in the British Isles because of the damp climate and are a row of slate or other impermeable substance to stop the damp rising into the walls. Buildings without damp proof courses kill people with black mold and pneumonia.
My great granny was brought up there. She lived there until.1925 with her 8 brothers and sisters and mother who was widowed and who had a job in the mines lamp room. Half of her siblings died of respiratory disease in childhood.
I've been to the site of the village, about 10 miles south south west from Falkirk and a bleaker more miserable part of Scotland, a nation of bleak miserable places, would be hard to find. There are only lumps in the ground where the cottages stood.. why? BecUse the only reason for living in such a place was to mine coal and when the mine closed in the late 30s the village followed suite.
The family who owned the mine lived in relative luxury in Glasgow and never visited it. That was the reality for most Brits in the 19th C.. yet my vicar told me last Sunday that I must dig deep to pay reparations for slavery. I told him this story and asked him exactly what privilege my family had? He went red and quiet.
You both are not alone. The ending of this movie always brings me to tears.... And then body-enveloping chills.
Bagpipes are not only an instrument, but _literally_ considered a *weapon of war.* The English outlawed them for quite some time, until they finally allowed into the English military, and then eventual civilian use.
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Yes, but no bagpipes back at the time of Wallace. All made up in Gibsons brain...along with them wearing kilts...very protective in a battle 🤣
@LiberPater777 the background music in the movie is Irish pipes that are playing.
I enjoyed you journey, I am a 63 year old Scott. The torture and murder of Wallice was more brutal than the film, the princess was about 3 at the time. The Battle of Banock burn happened and we won our freedom. The Bruce was not at the battle of Falkirk. The Irish came over to the Scottish through the night. We have many statues of Wallace but check out the Wallace monument
From another old bastard this is my favourite channel which surprised me. It's all about emotion and to find two guys that actually show emotion? Keep them coming fellas. Aussie classic The Castle....please
I just subscribed for this very reason. Looks like a great channel!
It's been my favorite movie since 95 when I first saw it. Still is after these years. I haven't yet seen a movie, yet that makes me feel multiple emotions like this one. It's got everything. Comedy, love, action , drama , all in one . Great reaction, guys. "WALLACE WALLACE WALLACE"
music alone makes this a 10/10
James Horner was a brilliant composer. There hasn't been a film score he had done that I haven't liked.
I saw someone say "Braveheart is an experience." I saw this in the theater 11 times. I was 19 when this came out, and I made time to go back tot the theaters. They released a 2nd time durning Oscar season, and it played at a theater with 70mm projection. No doubt, I went to see it again.
When that tough SOB tells his (Hamish) son, "I lived to see become the man you are. Im a happy man." Gets me every time
Braveheart isnt just a film its an experience.
@@youngchristopher14 in other words Performance Art
Amen to that.
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mel gibson does so many films like this though the patriot, apocalypse, brave heart. hes not very inventive
Isn’t it just it’s incredible movie and boy do i love❤ Mel Gibson
I still remember now, must be 30 years later, sitting with my friend at the diner we went to after seeing Braveheart and not being able to say anything. We picked at our food and sat in silence. It was a LOT. And this was really as far as I can remember one of if not the first mainstream action movie to show the level of war blood and guts and just awful violence. The film wouldn’t have worked without it. But it was so shocking at the time and so gut wrenching. Great movie.
The violence scenes in this movie look so real and terrifying. I dont care whether it's historically accurate or not. This movie is amazing 👏 👏
something gibson does in all his war movies, he doesnt like to portray war as pretty
How is death by spears, lances, arrows, swords, hammers, maces, etc “not” historically accurate??? Bodies are cut, smashed, piered, burned. All the horrors of hand-to-hand combat. Whaddya expect? A tickle fight?
The camera also is more stable, these days the camera shakes like they got Parkinson's decease.
@@WarriorPoet01 he's talking about the plot and battle portrayal. The Scots effectively fought like a phalanx in reality. Wallace didnt fall in love with a french queen, and he didnt rebel over his scottish wife being killed
Wish I could watch this film for the first time again, that being said, seeing you guys watch it was an experience in itself. Enjoyed the video gents 🙌
I'd imagine you have, but if you haven't, watch The Sixth Sense!
Glad you enjoyed it!
The commentary on this channel is top notch. "Limited experience in quelling!" Bahaha Also, watching grown men cry over democracy and freedom in these times is refreshing. Grown, psychologically healthy men do cry!
I cried at the end the first time. I won't lie. FREEDOM!!!!
Wow what a reaction. This is one of my favourite movies. You guys are great! Love from the UK x
“What do they call those spears?”
“Spears?”
I laughed myself to tears.
Love the witty banter
Love you guys
Keep them coming !!!
It's cool that Sean recognized Patrick McGoohan so quickly and knows him from The Prisoner. I can't think of any other reactions to this movie that picked up on who the actor playing Longshanks was. Sadly, he passed in 2009. He was Irish-American. Most of the cast were Irish, with a few actual Scots sprinkled in the mix like James Cosmo and Tommy Flanagan. Hamish was played by the great Irish actor Brendan Gleeson, an early role for him. He's good in anything.
He was the judge in 'A Time to Kill'
You’re right.
Gleason is great in anything.
I loved him in The Prisoner growing up.
Patrick McGoohan was also the prison warden in Escape from Alcatraz with Clint Eastwood.
Your reaction is spot on . This is what every scottish person felt at the end and even my English friends felt the same . Although historical not always factual the story the emotions are spot on
Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪 ..thank you for an Excellent Reaction to this movie . .. here in Ireland we too have a Hero from 1916 era . His Name is called Michael Collins ..the actor who played him was Liam Neeson ( RIP + )
For a second there you made me think Liam Neeson died. He's a favorite. I was about to be very disappointed.
As it says in the very beginning of the movie, "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. The king of Scotland had died without a son, and the king of England, a cruel pagan known as Edward the Longshanks, claimed the throne of Scotland for himself." I am extremely proud to be of Scottish heritage, and I hope I'll be able to get to Scotland before I die.
I've watched some cryers with you guys before... I've never seen Mike lose it like that. 😪😪❤❤
Went to England & Scotland for our honeymoon in 1999. Spent the first week in England & took a train to Scotland for the second week. I have yearned to go back to Scotland for 25 years. I felt like I was Wallace when he returns to the highlands. I took a breath, saw the landscape, met some incredible Scots. Truly. I believe it must be in my blood. 🏴
BRILLIANT casting, direction, performances, script, music, the locations, the action, the drama, the humor, the romance, it's clever, heartbreaking, beautiful. MASTERPEACE !
I live near Stirling and remember showing my friend from Wales around The William Wallace monument. When we were there an American couple walked up behind us and said, " Awe isn't that nice. They've built a statue of Mel Gibson. For doing that film." We were hysterical to say the least!!! 😂😂😂
'murica ;)
Sounds like they probably the types who voted for Trump lol
Thank you for pausing the film, it's better than people talking over it. Also don't apologise for anything. It's a waste of time. People can watch something else if they're not happy.
"Scottish rebels have roudddd-ted one of my garrisons." - King Edward the Longshanks 1297 A.D.
As a scot, and knowing there is alot of dramatisation in this movie, I still consider it a masterpeice. Nothing riles us up more that watching this movie. Mel Gibson did an amazing job, both in direction and acting (and i even like his accent!) I love how emotional you guys got watching this, you are not alone. I loved this reaction, thank you. One additional note though: Murron is a beautiful scottish name!
Shout out to ALL the cast in this movie. Simply amazing work, specially Patrick McGoohan(RIP) and Angus MacFayden!
RIP to James Horner for his fantastic music. Also, amazing work by John Toll with the photography.
This is one of the best reaction guys!
Laughter not applicable., I knew you would be like that at the end. Thank you. Love from Scotland, from the 15th great granddaughter of Robert the Bruce! ❤❤
Your reaction to Murrin getting her throat cut was the exact same in the theater when this first came out. I remember the whole audience screamed.
When I saw this notification, I immediately said a prayer for you both. This movie is devastating the first couple of times you watch it. Great film. Keep up the awesome content guys!
"Especially with those Marty Feldman type eyes..." Lmaooo that was seriously a hilarious line that I'm sure went over many people's heads. Then Sean's line about his "piercing blue googly eyes" was just icing on the cake!! Hahahaha!!
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The treason on Mel Gibson's face, Ben Affleck's "realization" in Pearl Harbour, and Julien's [even darker and sadder] realization from "Au revoir les enfants" , are probably the 3 times i took the biggest emotional toll as a man.
Couldn't agree more. Mel made the perfect choice to portray the betrayal in the way that he did. Pure heartbreak written all over his face. It's almost as heart-breaking to watch.
I was an extra in a Tim Robbins movie he directed in 98, and Angus MacFadven (Robert The Bruce) was such an awesome guy. What a tremendous and underrated actor. Apparently this wasn't that ponpoint accurate but who cares it was 1263 😂
I love you guys! When I saw the thumbnail, I was so excited for this reaction. Keep up the good work. From UK 🇬🇧
The Princess was French which is how Edward was able to call on French backup.
A few hundred years later the Scottish King James VI would inherit the crown of England upon the death of his cousin Elizabeth I.
@@dameinnoble3995 I prefer “absorbed England and Wales into his Kingdom” myself, which is what actually happened.
@@dameinnoble3995 England was also at war with France at the time. The "troops from France" were English troops recalled from the war in France.
You have likely heard the expression "drawn and quartered". What you witnessed in the movie was "drawing" where they would cut open your belly and pull your intestines out of your body while you were alive. "Quartering" was when your then dead bodies arms and legs would be torn from your body after being tied to four horses, pulling your body apart. It was pretty brutal back in the day.
I don't care if this movie is historicaly inaccurate. It's one of the greatest movies of all time.
itis good but alot of people go away thinking this is history and the story of william wallace when its really not
the fact you both cried like real men at the ending scene earned so much of my respect, MUCH LOVE FROM SCOTLAND
The spears carried by the mounted knights are called lances...
spears in portuguese means lanças.
"It's called a lance. Hellooo."
@@MrBluntDaily - I came here to say that, but you have done that duty first.
@@MrBluntDailyI, too, came here to say that. But you did the Lord’s work.
@@MrBluntDaily came to the comments just for this!
Great reaction guys regardless of your brother slapstick humour.
Entertaining and emotional.
I've been to Edinburgh and Stirling, Falkirk and Bannockburn! i was lucky to get Stationed in England in the USAF '77 to '86. I lived in Oxford and my Base was RAF Upper Heyford. I traveled all over the British Isles ( That Includes Ireland ) and all over Europe. I truly loved my time there!
It's been years since I went home. That bit at the end, when the sword plunges into the ground....gets me every time. 'Though many miles apart, my land, my home forever in my heart'
Fiction or not, as far as movies go, this is a 10/10.
Fiction.
@@artsed08 OK, fine. Still a 10/10 movie.
"HOLD, HHHOLD, HOLLLLLLD HHHHHOLD....NOWWWWW!" The audience shocking reaction to that scene in the theature in 95 still stays with me to this day when i watch this movie.
He was called The Longshanks cause he was tall for the time. If I am not mistaken, he was over six feet tall and think longshanks means long legs or something like that
It was indeed an old way to call someone tall, remember how in Lord Of The Rings called Strider "I'll have you, long shanks!"
Great reaction really enjoyed reliving the movie with you fellas. FREEDOM!!!!!
33.30 I listened to your Ham,ish long enough 😂 it is pronounced … Hay,mish ❤️🏴
There's not much about this movie that's true, many historians have bashed it, and it doesn't bother me in the slightest, I love this film!!! It's a work of art, a masterpiece film, and its in my top 3 of all time (#1 Forrest Gump and #3 Shindler's List). The script is amazing, story telling at its finest... For Mel Gibson's directoral debut, i'd say he did alright...
" Not a lot Latin happening here" Well Willam Wallace was a son of middle class knight and they lived in a fortress Not in a mud hut. He spoke French, LATIN, Gaelic and English. His uncles from mother's side were bishops. Just making that clear. Dark Stephen of Ireland was an Irish warrior lord excile from Ireland he saved William Wallace's life several times.
As a Scotsman, I love you guys are watching this movie. Full of raw emotion and epitomises our wee country to this day. Love you guys and the channel.
Not completely historically accurate but a lot of it was...& this film makes me bawl every time knowing how hard the Scottish people fought for their freedom from the oppression of the English, very, very proud to have Scottish ancestry 🏴
"a lot" lol
not much at all is historically accurate and the english didnt oppress the scotish as much as you would think but its good to be proud of your nation look what we did together as the British empire thats somthing to be proud of
@@thetom12395 yes they really did they took their language, their customs also did the same with the Irish & also let's not forget about slavery...yeah lots to be proud of..
@@EbefrenRevo well there was a real William Wallace wasn't there & there was fighting with the English for many years & there was actual battle that really did happen like at Bannock burn & Robert the Bruce was a real person...
This was an incredible reaction. I love your bravery to show your emotions, guys. It’s beautiful. Thanks for watching one of my mom and I’s favorite movies. I like to rewatch it when I’m missing her.
We're so glad to hear you enjoyed this. So sorry about your mom, grief is hard but it's great movies like this which can help us cope. I lost my wife so i know how it can be. ❤️
I think my biggest gripe about this channel is that there aren't 500 more videos lol I gotta wait FOREVER for another reaction! I need my fix more often 😂
I remember watching this as a child, I’m from Wales and watching what the English did to the Scots, it got me researching how they treated the Irish and the Welsh, this will always be my favourite movie! Loved your reaction guys, now I’ve subscribed! Keep up the good work! Much love to you both! ❤
Glad you enjoyed it
Very Awesome Choice! Please watch "Million Dollar Baby" & "Warrior" at some point. =)
Added!
@@mikeyshowpresents Thanks! =)
@@JackieMilkor Million Dollar Baby is great!
The English back in the day were as vicious and ruthless as the romans and even the Germans during WWII. My ancestor, Gillies MacBean fought the English at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. He was well over 6 feet tall and he slain over a dozen English soldiers whilst holding the line in battle. He was callously taken down by a rifle, before the English officer yelled to his troops "someone spare that man's life!"
Guys-touching reaction and the same one I had when I saw it the first time. I knew you would like it when I recommended it to you a few months ago. Just excellent
One of those tough moments to be both a Scotsman and Englishman by birth. Great reaction, gentlemen.
Yes it was!
Edward Longshanks ( long legs ) family name is Plantagenet. The dynasty lasted for nearly 500 years on the throne of England, the last was Richard the third. The flower that young Murron gave to William is the national Flower of Scotland and is our Anthem which is sung with much passion when our football team plays in competitions especially against England. The princess was not affiliated with Wallace in any way, she was just a little girl at this time. Robert the Bruce did not betray Wallace to the English either. Bruce is known as Braveheart in my country.🏴 Scotland🏴 for defeating the English in battle at Bannockburn in 1314 and gaining Independence for Scotland 🏴 there are many inconsistencies in the movie such as as the battle at the start should have been on a bridge, what they showed was basically the battle of Bannockburn you dont see at the end of the movie. Most of it was filmed in Ireland not Scotland. The irish switching sides was because they were the allies of the scots and crazy Stephen was kinda the King of Ireland ( its my island!!) There is a Wallace monument and statue at Stirling and a monument and statue of King Robert Bruce at the battle site of Bannockburn. 🏴
I cry every single time. One of the best movies of all time. Mel Gibson is absolutely incredible in this. To think he was also the director and a producer? Mind blowing.
Although .... the movie is FAR from what REALLY happened ..... youre right there wouldnt be a Scotland if it wasnt for
William Wallace ! (Hes a national hero to the Scots to this day)
ps : He did get betrayed in simular ways that the movie depics and did get executed probally in a MUCH worse manner than the movie depicts ! He was born a noble though.... guess the movie depics him as a farmer to make him more relatable to the viewers of the movie !
I love your guys reactions. The two of you are pure entertainment. Great Reaction!!
Thank you so much 😁
Braveheart is probably the last Academy winner with real balls before woke Hollywood took over. Kudos to Mel Gibson.
Nearly thirty years later, and still one of my favorite movies. Great memories of going to the theater to see it with my dad and loving it ever since. God rest you, dad. Love you. ❤
Hi I’m tuning in from the West of Scotland, (Glasgow), UK. thanks for watching and reacting to Braveheart. Being Scottish this film makes me extremely proud despite the movies historical inaccuracies . Sir William Wallace was a real Scotsman and his body was hung, drawn, quartered, beheaded and torn to pieces with parts of it being sent back to Scotland as a warning for the Scots to behave but it had the opposite effect and the Scots fought and won at Bannockburn in 1314. Our National anthem Flower of Scotland walks of fighting against King Edwards army if you haven’t heard it before i recommend you give it a wee listen to. It was actually the real Robert the Bruce that was known as Braveheart . This is a brilliant movie none the less. Hung, drawn and quartered is being pulled up by the neck, drawn means pulled by horses or an animal until the arms and legs are pulled out the sockets and quartered means you are cut open while still alive and your insides pulled out and shown to you and the audience then your beheaded etc. Sir William Wallace high protector of Scotland. In Stirling, Scotland there is the Wallace Monument which anyone can visit. His broadsword is on display in it plus there’s battle videos etc i recommend a visit to it if you ever get the chance to come to Scotland for a holiday. Take care 😘🏴
This is one of my favorite Mel Gibson movies. The music, the scenery, the cast. Everything is fabulous❤
I can't believe these guys have not seen Braveheart before .... Its amazing how many "First time watching" Braveheart reactions are still coming out and I'm here for it!! Such an amazing movie! Edit: 20 mins into the reaction and you guys gotta stop with the accents and the poor taste jokes .. straight up ruining the reaction to the point I'm about to not watch the hour and 10 mins left ... Edit #2: after finishing the reaction the last 3/4ths of the reaction made up for the beginning and turned into a great reaction from these guys just like the other reactions I've seen. Leaving the whole comment as one so people see the evolution. Normally I just comment at the end but today was different. GG
The jokes are part of their ‘reaction style’. Personally, I love the joking and the accents 😅
@@rrebecaa But the accents are bad and the jokes are so cringe .... its like i'm listening to it hoping to laugh and enjoy it but ... nah it just doesn't come off that way. Plus missing dialog while they are making their jokes is irritating. So yeah it might not be for me, I'm at 54 mins now and it's calmed down to a normal reaction but I might find myself unsubscribing. All their other reactions seemed cool but this one hits different for some reason. I dunno.
Gotta Stop? don't like it , don't watch it ..... bye now
@@LabRat355 I'm pushing through the first bit and the mid part is ok so yeah if I don't like it I won't watch anymore ... DUH. Nice reply tho :)
@@Xtremez350 humor is subjective 👍🏽
First time watching your channel.
I like the fact that you pause the movie to talk to each other and give us your thoughts.
I LOVE that you are wearing your feelings on the sleeve and are not afraid to show your emotions. This isn't weak and soft men - REAL men show empathy and emotions... and it is so cool that you like the slow and emotional parts just as much as the "macho stuff".
I have watched this movies +15 times and still get... "something in my eyes" - those damn onions.
I will subscribe to watch along with you, here from Denmark.
Thanks so much 🙏🏻
Great video! wish we could have seen more of your reactions during the battle of Sterling
Hung, drawn and quartered:
The prisoner was hung until unconsciousness took over. They were then revived, before being "drawn" - disemboweled. Their intestines were pulled out and, in this case, thrown onto a hot griddle to sear while Wallace could feel everything. His heart was then ripped out, continuing to beat for some time but that would have killed him. The body was then decapitated, the head mounted on London Bridge as a traitor and the body hacked into 4 pieces (quartered). In the case of William Wallace, the 4 pieces were sent north to the 4 main border towns between England and Scotland as a message to the Scots. In this case it didn't work... However it's fair to say nobody would have been able to yell "FREEDOM" at the end
That music score by James Horner took this movie from the moon, past the stars.
Brave heart, Apocalypto, Passion of the Christ, Hacksaw ridge... Mel is a phenomenal director, quality vise one of THE best whom ever did it. As an actor, he's electric and the best part of EVERY movies he's in.
As an American, I am a long way from the places and people in this film, but ironically, I am related to William Wallace on both sides of my family (he would be a far distant uncle). Most of the information in this film is fanciful being far removed from the facts, though, as already pointed out, the underlying facts are there and are true. Even so, this is an amazing film and quite simply one of my favorite movies of all time! William Wallace was a great patriot and hero of Scotland. I so appreciated your reaction to the movie. You showed the power that the tales of Scotland can evoke. Great job! I might suggest you try another Scottish film, Rob Roy with Liam Neeson. It would be interesting to see your reaction to that one as well. Keep up the great work!
They aren't carrying spears, they're lances.
I loved your guys movie recreation and had to subscribe! I live in the USA, but I am of Scottish decent and still cary the last name as a Mac. This movie is largely fictional with the story just very vaguely based around Scottish history, but I've watched it too many times to count and always love watching others react! A major giveaway at the beginning was seeing scotsmen wearing kilts. In truth, the Scottish didn't start wearing them until the 16th century. Another early giveaway was Williams Uncle Argyle mentioning "outlawed tunes on outlawed pipes," which actually didn't first became banned until 1560 and later in 1746.
William Wallace was indeed a real person who became one of the main leaders of the 1st war of Scottish Independence. However, he was born into a lower noble family sometime around 1270, not a family that lives on a farm. There is no record of William Wallace ever having a wife. It was not until 1447, 172 years after his death, when a lengthy poem recounting the life of William Wallace, was written by "Blind Harry" mentioning. In the movie, she was named "Murron McCormack." However, in the poem, Williams' wife was "Marion Braidfute." Mel Gibson wanted to change it due to the similar Robin Hood movie.
Robert the Bruce and William Wallace, in truth, most likely never met. After all these hundreds of years, there has never been any evidence of meetings between the two. So the part where Robert betrayed William is absolutely false. There was also a party when William sacked York. In reality, he and his troops never attacked there. After Stirling, he and his troops went after Cumberland, and I believe another area for supplies. Then they fell back to Scotland. Robert and his troops did attack the outskirts and residents of York, but they never took hold of the castle.
When it came to the part of William Wallace and Isabella of France (later Queen of England). They did not meet. Isabella was born in 1295 and arrived in England at the age of 12, so approximately 1307. William Wallace died in 1305, 2 years when Princess Isabella was 10 still living in France. King Edward the 1st (Longshanks) died in 1307, two years after William Wallace. During that time, he was on a campaign and near the Scottish border in Burgh by Sands, Cumberland.
While the Scottish do look up to William Wallace as one of the greatest and most important figures in Scotlands fight for independence and history, Robert the Bruce is widely regarded as their #1 historical figure. Robert the Bruce is actually regarded as Scotlands national hero, taking place during the time William Wallace was fighting and eventually restoring Scotland to its freedom.
Hope to see more soon!
This is my favorite movie of all time. Like you said, it is so much more than just a great movie - it inspires me every time I watch it. Glad you guys were able to experience this one.
Couldn't agree more!
Thank you for sharing such an open and authentic reaction, as always. It would be great if you'd keep the Scottish historical biographic movies going by watching Rob Roy. Liam Neeson plays Robert Roy MacGregor. It would be a great follow-up after watching Braveheart, but it definitely stands well on its own merit. It will not disappoint. Bye the way Mike, that “who’s the 47 now” comment regarding Shaun in reference to when you guys watched Forrest Gump, did not go unnoticed.
Your reaction was a breath of fresh air compared to some I've seen. Thank you from a very patriotic Scot who's crying at this movie for the nth time 😂😂❤
Great reaction! I’m loving all your stuff. Normally I’ll skip through reaction videos to the good parts but not with MSP - I enjoy every minute of you two. Braveheart is definitely top tier and you’ll be hard pressed to find others deserving of its company. Might I suggest Dances With Wolves? Few have done it and it would suit you well. Cheers, fellas! 🍻
I just now stumbled upon your channel and must say, I utterly love, the heartfelt reaction you both shared throughout this movie, how neither of you talked so much during the movie that it became too distracting, as many content creators tend to do which is of course no judgement towards anyone else, just prefer the sharing of opinions, views, perceptions without it being with antics to garner attention over whichever movie one has done a reaction video for. To you both, thank you for a more adult like atmosphere.
I’m English and love this movie ( despite the historical inaccuracies). The irony being England now owns Scotland and the entire UK 🇬🇧. 👑
England does not own Scotland.
You don't even own your own capital city.
@@scarecrowman7789 and mabe they’ll soon loose scotland and soon become an islamic republic with the fast muslim growing
England does not own Scotland.
Britain is a union not owned by England, it was united by the Scottish Royals.
@ The king of England is the king of Britain
"Hey, bibbidy bibbidy boo" and "Mike is absolutely wrong in this case, and he's not a good friend anymore".
Amazing film. You guys got me to cry. If you have not seen The Patriot yet, it's another great Mel Gibson film.
Hey guys, I have always liked your videos and whenever you guys gets one out there I'm thrilled. You don't post often and for me that's a special channel! Thanks for yar toime lad!
Our pleasure!
This is a real bros movie, never get tired of it
Just watched this, new to the channel, absolutely amazing reaction guys 👏🏽 i live 20 mins away from York, the castle is still standing today and is right in the middle of the city on a hill, you can see it for miles, we learn about Wallace and Bruce from a young age and what a story it is, you both did the story and film justice, its an emotional one, thank you for sharing. I noticed you tend to maybe do 1 video a month, i think you guys are up there with the best reactors on YT from what ive seen, be great to see more frequent uploads, i'll be sure to tune in 🤝🏽👏🏽
You asked "did this happen?" and the answer is almost entirely no. William Wallace, Robert the Bruce, Edward the Longshanks, Edward II, and Isabela of France were all real people, as were several nobles represented in the film.
Wallace did lead a failed rebellion against Longshanks and England, winning a stunning victory at Stirling Bridge (bridge not featured in the film, though it was the deciding factor in the actual battle) and suffering a devastating loss at Falkirk. Eventually he was captured and tried, and then drawn and quartered, disemboweled, beheaded, and dismembered. Robert the Bruce did eventually succeed in winning Scotland's freedom and independence from England and became king. Edward II was widely considered an ineffective king, and he really was unusually close, possibly sexually, with Piers Galveston (represented by the fictional "Phillip" in the film).
Basically every other thing in the film is straight up fiction. Almost nothing is known of Wallace's life, most of the events were invented for dramatic purposes, and Wallace certainly never met or impregnated Isabela, who was 10 when Wallace was executed.
Aside from the fictional storytelling elements, most of the cultural elements are also ahistorical. The Scots of this time didn't dress in tartan kilts or play bagpipes - those would come along a few hundred years later. They also didn't paint their faces with woad - that was inspired by Roman depictions of the Celts and Picts who preceded the Scots.
Prima Nocte, while referenced in some historical sources as something that occurred in some places in some unknown, distant past, has never been attested anywhere in any actual history. It's just not a real thing, and if it ever happened it was most likely isolated cases of some rapacious lords, not an actual custom or law.
Finally, the battle scenes are completely unrealistic. The Scots would have worn essentially the same clothing and armor and used essentially the same weapons as the English in all respects, and they fought in coordinated formations just like literally every other European army for well over a thousand years by this point. They didn't run a hundred yards wildly into massive melees wearing nothing but tartans and small pieces of leather armor. You couldn't do that and actually fight effectively, and you'd be utterly annihilated by any halfway organized opposition if you tried.
Now, having said all that, this is still a great movie. It doesn't need to be accurate to be a compelling, well-told epic. Luckily, because it is not remotely accurate!
Scottish guy here. You guys had the same reaction we did watching when it came out. Although there are quite a few embellishments, the basis of the story is true. Great vid 💪👍🏴
Very cool!
I have to watch the ending of this several times a year for inspiration...and it gets me every time....it gets anyone who sees it.....because FREEDOM is the natural yearning of the human spirit.
"Is this a cry movie?"
TIME... TO CRY...