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No 320 - Braveheart Director - Mel Gibson I have to say, that the initial outlook for this film was not good. As it began with Wallace's childhood I found it pretty shit.... quite contrived in its set up. I looked down at the DVD.... Great.... Luckily, Brian Cox comes and interrupts proceedings with his crazy one eye and then we skip to the future and to Gibbo himself playing Braveheart . In a role which probably eclipses all his other roles . Even What Women Want So times are heard. And despite the Scottish having perfect teeth times are tough. The English seem very rapey , and the Scots are just supposed to lie back and take it. This is all thanks to King Edward Longshanks who comes off as a cruel and merciless tyrant. Cracking out savage laws like Primae Noctis (never used by the ACTUAL King Edward) and coming out with some marvellously cutting one-liners: Arrows cost money. Use up the Irish. The dead cost nothing. Harsh.... Whilst Edward I is painted as a cruel bastard, h...