《勇敢的心》纯英文影评

The film review of Brave Heart

Abstract:The actor William Wallace was born in Scotland in1276.He lived with his uncle in a strange land after his father was died.In the end of13th,Wallace came back to his hometown and met his childhood sweetheart Murron and got married with her.After his wife was killed by the English Wallace make up his mind to raise the standard of revolt, he is a true person to be the leader.The princess became the second love in Wallace’s life.But Wallace died a heroic death at last.Although the film is a little bloody and cruelty, the miserable love story of it is engaging.

Keywords:battle；against;freedom;passionate

Body:The most unforgettable of Brave Heart is the battle scenes,which are frequent, blood and violence.Mel Gibson made it full-throated,red-blooded battle epic about a legendary Scots warrior who led his nation into battle against the English in the year around1300.Gibson is not filming history here but myth.William Wallace may have been areal person,but remains a small-type-printed annotation in most historical reference books.Brave Heart owes a lot to its playwright Randall Wallace who puts into the work, not only talent but also passion.He insists that William Wallace play a more important part than that which is recorded in documents.Brave Heart owes more to Mel Gibson who, inspired by both Wallace,adds his own contemporarily-celebrated concept of personal freedom to the13th-century legend by creating William Wallace’s dying cry“Freedom”as his body is stretched on the rack.That isn’t exactly based on fact,but it doesn’t stop Gibson from making his dying cry,and it fits in with the whole glorious sweep of Brave Heart,which is an action epic in the spirit of a Hollywood swordplay classic.

Once we understand that this is not a serious historical reconstruction,we accept and

appreciate Brave Heart with no need of knowing the ancient history of Britain.The story itself is simple and clear and the theme is also clearly conveyed.In the film,Wallace’s chief antagonist is King Edward,who is really a tyrant,putting to death all who opposes him.While still a young boy,Wallace witnesses the King’s betrayal and cruelty:all the Scots carrying on peace negotiations are hanged,even their servants are not excluded. Young Wallace’s father and brother died in the battle against the English and his uncle took him to the European Continent to receive schooling.When he returns to the hometown,Wallace has grown up into a brave,handsome and well-educated young man.

Wallace joined his fellow townsmen to celebrate a new couple’s wedding,where he has a reunion with his childhood pal Hamish;they hurl rocks at each other for entertainment,and the tow become friends and comrade in arms in the later battle.Most of all,he meets his childhood sweetheart Murron,and marries her in secret so the local English won’t claim his right of“prima notta”.Indeed,under the medieval concept of “prima notta”or“first night”,nobles were allowed the first chance to sleep with the wives of their lesser.Scotsmen,make up their main to fight for their independence from the English.They need a true leader,Wallace,the son of a hero,brave and wise,is a true person.But he only wants to be a comment farmer,to lead his own life.He doesn’t see the true face of Longshanks until he witnesses his wife humiliated and killed by English soldiers.It makes his blood boil.

Now I want to mention another soul in the film,the princess,played by the French actress Sophie Marceau.The marriage between her and Edward’s son,the Prince of Wales,is only for political reasons.She does not much admire her husband,an effete fop who spends most of his time hanging about moon–eyed with his best friend.Edward I, smarting from defeat,dispatches the princess to offer his terms to Wallace.If Wallace has