[EveningStar]

Never saw Bravefart. Agree on Patton and The Caine Mutiny.

[FOG724]

Oh you should see Braveheart, if only for the scene where they turn and moon the opposing army.

[Richard Kimball]

You scared me. I thought I'd gotten fumble fingers on my original post. Braveheart is very violent, probably around Saving Private Ryan violent. My only problem with it was that Gibson himself played William Wallace as a teenager, when a younger actor would have been more effective. Gibson was in his late thirties, and simply couldn't portray the shock of a young man seeing his wife murdered properly.

As much of the actual history is unknown, much of the film is speculative, but I did find that many of the details, such as Longhanks son being homosexual, were based on history.

BTW, speaking of Saving Private Ryan, am I the only one who found Tom Hanks a little mis-cast as the lead? I would love to see that movie with a young John Wayne as the lead. The tension in the movie was supposed to be the Captain's rough exterior contrasted to his inner self-doubts. The problem was Hanks doesn't have a rough exterior. There was no surprise when it was revealed his character was a teacher in civilian life, as Hanks looks like a teacher.

The beach storming scene in Ryan is great, but after that, the movie peters out. I thought the same thing about Full Metal Jacket. After Ermy's character is gone, the movie loses all momentum. Just my thoughts.