Braveheart

Mad: This is the first time it's ever taken us four sittings to watch one of the movies on our list.

Hanna: Yeah, this is a bloody long movie, literally and figuratively. I'm sure if we had've watched it all in one sitting, as opposed to over the course of eight days...

Mad: That's cause we were watching it with our older sister Amanda (who is going to Scotland in about two weeks)!

Hanna: And she couldn't focus on it for longer than fifteen minutes!

Mad: Well, I had trouble focusing too.

Hanna: Why? I thought it was pretty interesting.

Mad: Some parts of it were interesting, others I almost fell asleep during...

Hanna: Well, despite its lengthiness, I did enjoy it. Although I have to be honest, I've heard about the "great love story" but I didn't really buy it. William Wallace and Murron were one of the most awkward on-screen movie couples I've ever seen. They knew each other for like two days, and all of a sudden they were desperately in love.

Mad: It's called true love. And by the way, if she really was his one and only true love, he shouldn't gone  impregnated the king's daughter.

Hanna: I don't think that was cause he loved her; I think he was kind of flipping the bird to the king.

Mad: Yeah, I guess so. Changing topics, I get to be the one who talks about gore. I can proudly say that I only turned away once!

Hanna: It really wasn't that bad. You're a chicken.

Mad: You're a chicken.

Hanna: Let's revisit Alien.


Mad: Anyways...

Hanna: Let's talk about the acting. Did Mel Gibson pull off the Irish accent?

Mad: Well, I had to ask you if it was real or not, remember?

Hanna: I do. And I guess he was fine at the part, I just don't like him. And especially not his mullet.

Mad: The storyline was good, but it was history, so what can you do?

Hanna: Well I'm no historian, but I did do a bit of research on what in this movie is true, and surprisingly most of it was (give or take a few tweaks here and there).

Mad: So, in a nutshell...


Hanna: Braveheart consisted of long scenes, exciting battle sequences, one of the most awkward movie couples ever, and one awful mullet.