AMEN to that! Perfectly cast, well written, acted and directed. Fantastic storyline that grabs you from early on and never lets go. And most importantly - JUST a (very compelling) story. No political innuendo or outright proselytizing.
Braveheart was probably one of the very last decent movies to have ever been made. Things have gone to total and complete crap since then (1995 IIRC) in terms of movie making. It's tragic, as we used to LOVE a good movie - to the point we built a pretty nice theater in the basement..just to watch movies like Braveheart. No longer own that house, but sure do miss going down there to watch Braveheart for the 100th or so time :)
Love both Braveheart and The Patriot. I appreciate the moments of humor to balance the heavy scenes of war. Francis Martin whistling for the two dogs after the “prisoner exchange” is classic Gibson.