"brave Heart"

Hugh 2021-10-13 13:08:18

Looking at the brave heart, it was very touched. Those of you who have been moved by it before must not forget the "Freedom" that William Wallace said before his death. The shock caused by this shout, combined with the background music, lasts for a long time until the end of the film. 1. Feelings When the sound of a Scottish bagpipe is played, the lens is like being worn on the wings of a bird, and it gracefully skimms the navy blue mountains. The white mist rises from the creek and then disperses. The lens keeps getting closer and the woods appear. With the shadow of a man and horse, the movie begins. A man’s voice sounded at this moment: "I will tell you the story of William Wallace. British historians will say that I am lying, but history is written by the man who executed the hero..." At the funeral, little Wallace did not speak in the pity of everyone, and was silently sentimental. The younger Murron had always been watching him. When everyone was leaving, the little girl broke free of her mother's hand, plucked a purple thistle flower from the calm ground and gave it to little Wallace. When he took the flower, that was the only time in the movie I saw his tears streaming out of his eyes. His tears can bear the fear when he sees the corpse with its pale face twisted on the roof, and the great grief when he loses his relatives, but he can't bear the care of a wild flower. Whether it is fate, no one can escape the other's fate because of this encounter in their subsequent lives. When they grew up, they met again in the old village, married secretly under the witness of the godfather, and completed the important coming-of-age ceremony in their life in the moonlight woods. Everything was logical and infinitely peaceful. As Wallace expected, he expected to live a peaceful life, get married, marry, and have children. Originally I thought their relationship would be longer and more vigorous, but I didn't expect that their "one together" came to an abrupt end because Murron was cut to death by a British officer. Having lost his lover, Wallace could no longer find the possibility of peace. The struggles destined to belong to the hero and the deep belief in freedom made him a mythical leader. The Scottish men I saw were wearing skirts on the battlefield, provoking with bare butts, and insulting the enemy in a straightforward manner. People who abandon themselves for all people are heroes. After becoming a hero, Wallace used his brain to fight battles and his body to slaughter, defending his last faith after removing his lover. The life on horseback is full of energy, and the iron and blood in the shadow of the sword is tender and passionate. In the metal clang and bloody war song, because of wrong belief, because of betrayal, because of fragility, the battlefield has become a cemetery, and they are also wearing kilts. The corpses were pressed against each other, full of swords, faces crushed by the horse hooves of the cavalry. Women are sadly searching for their husbands, elder brothers, sons, and fathers among countless similar corpses. They are infinitely sad and cruel. Some people say that countless lives are buried in layers of sand until they sink to the deepest part of the earth, and all feelings and lives disappear together. The price of history is heavy. Human beings use blood to forge brilliance and blood to forge peace. 2. Heroes When the wonderful Scottish bagpipes are blown again, the slightly bleak, slightly tragic music echoes in the ears, as if you are in that era and feel the extraordinary experience of an ordinary person. In response to the oppression, most people willingly chose to submit; most of the remaining people, although unwilling to submit, no one dared to resist; only a few people would stand up and lead those people to resist together; and those There are very few people who can really succeed. Those people who can lead everyone to the end are the heroes in most people's minds. But heroes in history rarely have good endings, because history is written by those who executed heroes (quote from the movie). Heroes are created by the times, but not all heroes in history can create a new era. Many people rise up and fight for their beliefs, but few can stand to welcome the arrival of victory. Groups of people fell, and groups of people stood up shortly after. In fact, they had already put their life and death out of control. Perhaps they were willing to use their lives in exchange for the realization of the beliefs in their hearts. In the eyes of successors, those who died for their faith should be counted as heroes, but few people understand their names. "William Wallace" is a lucky name, because many people remember him and the stories that happened behind him. The Scots admired him because he led the Scots against oppression. The English hated him because he destroyed the peaceful life of the English people. Sometimes heroes have no distinction between good and evil, and often a hero in the eyes of some people is an out-and-out demon in the eyes of other people. The period after period of history they wrote can only be evaluated objectively by later generations. The son of a hero, perhaps more out of praise to his father. In fact, Wallace was not born as a leader of the Scottish people, nor was he born to take the desire for freedom as his lifelong pursuit and belief. He also yearns for a peaceful life, even if there is oppression, even if there is no complete freedom, it is enough for him to be able to live like everyone else. It’s just that I’ve been oppressed, and I’ve tasted it. After the pain of losing his father and wife, there is not much that can be lost. If a person has only life left, he will no longer be afraid of losing anything, and will become very generous. He is willing to exchange his life for one thing, and that is the dignity of being a human being. Leftovers can only keep one person alive, but hunger can make one stand up. William Wallace finally stood up, and he led a group of people behind him who were unwilling to suppress oppression. These people are warriors, because they are no longer alive, but start to fight for freedom. The same belief makes them unite, and belief makes them strong. Faith has also allowed more and more people to stand up and join the uprising. These people became more and more courageous as they fought, greatly boosting the morale of the Scots, and also allowing the rulers of England to see the crisis. However, William Wallace could not wait for the day when the Scots defeated the powerful English army. He still died, but because he was betrayed, he failed to be like a soldier and finally died on the battlefield. He paid the price of his life for his youth, and before dying, he exhausted his last strength to shout out the word "freedom". Although this may be a detail created by the director to highlight the spirit of the characters in the film, and there is no relevant record in history, he also used his death to prove his pursuit of the belief in "freedom". He died without regret, because he aroused the Scots' desire for freedom, and he also brought the dawn of victory to the Scots. After the death of Wallace, the people of Scotland did not fall because of the death of the hero. Instead, they continued their unremitting struggles under the guidance of the spirit of William Wallace. In the end, they won freedom and defended the dignity of a nation. Every hero is ordinary, coming and leaving silently. They can't live in this world forever, but they can always live in people's hearts. 3. In the final chapter, in response to the trial, Wallace acted calmly and resolutely denied that his actions were treason. In his mind, he is an independent Scot. Of course, he does not recognize the sovereignty of the English royal family over Scottish territory. Longfoot was on the verge of death, but he was still panting, and he couldn't catch his eyes unless he saw the tragic end of this opponent. That night, the prince and concubine went to visit and began to hope that he could confess his sins in order to get the grace to beheaded. When she realized that Wallace couldn't understand such advice, she gave him a bottle of anesthetic. Once he refuses to plead guilty, what Wallace will deal with is the torture of digging the internal organs with a knife. This is no different from Lingchi in China. The time to death is quite long, and the pain is beyond imagination. King Zifei's meaning is very clear, if he must persist in dedicate himself to his ideals, she hopes to at least help him to the greatest extent, so that he will not die so tragically. "Drink it, it can alleviate the pain you will suffer." The prince pleaded. "No, it will also make me unconscious. I don't want to die in numbness...." As the prince pleaded with tears, as comfort, Wallace finally drank the liquid in front of her, but After she left, she vomited the anaesthetic in her mouth. When I saw the plot for the first time, I thought it was a sensationalism deliberately rendered in order to embody heroism. If the hero puts down a strong appearance because of the lover's plea, it will undoubtedly damage the hero's image. It's like the sentence of Sister Jiang, "Yours is made of bamboo, and mys is steel..." The same effect. But when I looked down, I was shocked beyond words. Wallace prayed in the cell: "I am very scared, please give me strength and let me die calmly." He was so scared in the beginning! At first he was not sure whether he could withstand the pain! why is that? In the unlikely event that he finally abandons his convictions on the execution stage, wouldn't this hero, who once raised his arms and responded by ten thousand people, add shame to death? With consistent trust in this type of film, the hero will not disappoint at the most critical end. I will keep watching. ... Wallace was imprisoned in a carriage, passing among the crowd watching the liveliness, immersed in the flying garbage and vicious screams, he was calm. He was hung on the gallows and put it down on the eve of his breath. In response to the royal badge on the chief criminal's robe, he got up and remained silent. Until the joint was dislocated on the gallows, and he was cut on the torture bed, Wallace never gave in, even if he moaned... The noisy crowd gradually became silent in his perseverance. Finally, a woman couldn't help calling out a plea for him: "Mercy!" A voice drove everyone's consciousness, and the voice of "giving favor" spread in the crowd, getting higher and higher... Even the comrades hiding in the crowd couldn't bear it. Seeing him continue to suffer such torture, he whispered in pain: "Please call it out. Just say it. Just one word, please be kind..." The chief criminal kept persuading him, when he thought Wallace was about to speak at last , When he said the words that let him retain a little vanity and dignity of the conqueror, he signaled the executioner to stop using the torture. In the suffocating waiting of everyone, Wallace tried his best to shout: "Freedom! It is carefully produced by James Horner. In the album, Horner alone plays the leading role in production, arrangement, and conductor. The majestic, majestic and heart-warming gorgeous music that he and the digital performers of the London Symphony Orchestra have completed is always imaginative. The intricate plot, through the ever-changing theme and the interlaced rhythm, greatly enriches the film’s linear narrative structure, especially the composer’s skillful use of national instruments, bringing only the extraordinary monochrome into the listener’s ears. , And at the same time make the plot of heroes short of breath and children's affection very vivid; in addition, from the album, we can also feel Horner's pursuit of pioneering in his musical vision. In the whole music, between each sentence, there is a slow disease of the rhythm gap, and the very tense expression method is really convincing. Horner (James Horner) carefully produced and completed, in the album, Horner alone played the leading role in production, arrangement, and conductor. The majestic, majestic and heart-warming gorgeous music that he and the digital performers of the London Symphony Orchestra have completed is always imaginative. The intricate plot, through the ever-changing theme and the interlaced rhythm, greatly enriches the film’s linear narrative structure, especially the composer’s skillful use of national instruments, bringing only the extraordinary monochrome into the listener’s ears. , And at the same time make the plot of heroes short of breath and children's affection very vivid; in addition, from the album, we can also feel Horner's pursuit of pioneering in his musical vision. In the whole music, between each sentence, there is a slow disease of the rhythm gap, and the very tense expression method is really convincing.

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Extended Reading
  • Cora 2021-10-20 18:58:02

    Life is precious, but freedom is more expensive.

  • Arnold 2021-10-20 18:58:09

    I am not shocked or moved by the ending. When the movie went to 2/3, I sneered at the so-called [Lifetime Love] and it wasn't at the end that Sophie Marceau was bent down. However, before his death sentence, the last image he saw—tears were so unworthy, and promises were so indomitable.

Braveheart quotes

  • Robert the Bruce: I'm not a coward. I want what you want, but we need the nobles.

    William Wallace: We need them?

    Robert the Bruce: Aye.

    William Wallace: Nobles.

    [laughs a little]

    William Wallace: Now tell me, what does that mean to be noble? Your title gives you claim to the throne of our country, but men don't follow titles, they follow courage. Now our people know you. Noble, and common, they respect you. And if you would just lead them to freedom, they'd follow you. And so would I

  • Hamish: Some men are longer than others.

    Campbell: Your mother been telling ya stories about me again, eh?