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Old 03-05-2008, 02:45 AM   #71 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ea of Dune View Post
Actually it was incredible inacurate.

1.) The French princess was a child at the time
2.) Wallace was a Norman-Scot noble with family from Norman gentry in England
3.) He wouldn't have worn wode nor the dress gibson runs around in
4.) York was never invaded by the Scottish army
5.) It's doubtful that the lowlanders and the highlanders even spoke the same language let alone the nobility.
6.) That whole nonsense with the Irish running across the field, stopping and turning round on the Scots side is utter ********.
7.) Edward was given some toff Brit accent, probably on purpose to live up to sterotypes....

That's just a miniscule amount of the rubbish the film included. Gibson is known for his anti-English movies (as well as his anti-Sematism it would seem) I find it sad that people don't know enough of their own history to be taken in by such ****.

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You didn't read what I said or understand it. I was taling about the accuracy of the general English invasion of Scotland. If you are claiming Edward did not invade Scotland as he did Wales then you are incorrect. Other than that it is the usual you'd expect from a Hollywood movie, of course it is inaccurate in many ways, it call Edward a pagan.

Gibson isn't really anti-English, he was telling a story of the English invasion and attempt to conquer Scotland as he tried to tell the story of a bit of the American fight to free themselves from the British in the patriot.
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