勇敢的心 英文观后感

Love and Freedom in

Braveheart

In times of anguish, we can find solace in art. A great movie can always offer you

some kind of power to face your own problem. And this one did a good job. It brings us

a tough hero, William Wallace

，

leader of the

Scottish resistance forces against England?s

rule. Although he is dead at last, his spirit had led his people to fight and get freedom.

This

meaningful

work

has

touched

so

many

hearts

by

its

significance

theme

and

content.

The theme of this work can mainly be seen over the growing image of William

Wallace. First we see his childhood. His father was killed by the English intruder, which

may definitely leave a scar on his heart. With this great hatred, when he saw his wife

killed by the enemies, everything stuck deep down his heart was released all of a sudden

with magnificent power. So in the fighting scene, we see a warrior dared his life waving

the

sword.

It

is

a

common

wonder

where

his

courage

is

from.

Let?s

say,

if

it

is

an

ordinary

person,

who

lost

his

parents

since

he?s

very

young,

he

may

not

have

the

conviction to grow up as a hero. However, heroes are as heroes are.

Wallace's revolution was significant, seen from many aspects, with great obstacles

from his countrymen, as well as enemies. Many Scottish nobles lent him only grudging

support as most of them were more concerned with wealth and titles than the freedom of

the

country.

In

fact,

the

Scottish

leaders

are

in

favor

of

revolt-or

not- depending

on

English bribes. Wallace, by comparison, is a man of honor, incorruptible and righteous.

He was knighted and proclaimed ?

guardian and high protector of

Scotland?,

but as much

as he railed against the Scottish nobles, submitted to Edward I, King of England, he was

astonished and in shock to discover the treachery of the leading Scot contender for the

throne

—

Robert,

the

Earl

of

Bruce

—

to

whom

he

confided,

?

The

people

would

follow

yo

u,

if

you

would

only

lead

them.?

Sophie

Marceau

is

exquisite

as

the

distressed

princess Isabella of France who ends up falling in love with Wallace, warning him out

of

several

traps.

Catherine

McCormack

is

a

stunning

beauty

who

ig

nites

Wallace?

s

revolution. Patrick McGoohan is chilling, brutal, and vicious as the ruthless Edward I,

known by the nickname ?

Long shanks

.?

This

king remains simply the embodiment of

evil.

While

Angus

McFadyen

moves

as

a

nobleman

torn

between

his

conscience

and

political aspiration, and Brendan Gleeson brings strength and humor to his role as the

robust

Hamish,

David

O?

Hara

is

very

effective

as

the

crazy

Irishman

who

provides

much of the film?

s comic relief from even the most tensed moments. Mel Gibson has

reason

to

be

proud

of

this

work.

It

is

a

motion

picture

that

dares

to

be

excessive...

Gibson

presents

passionately

the

most

spaciously

impressive

battles

(yet

staged

for

films) even excessively, and it is his passion and excess that make the motion picture

great.

The

horror

and

futility

of

massed

hand-to-hand

combats

are

exciting

rather

repulsive. It is epic film-making at its glorious best. This movie focuses on the human

side

of

Wallace,

a

character

that

is

so

immense,

so

intelligent,

and

so

passionate,

exploring the definitions of honor and nobility, pushing us to follow the hero into his

struggle against injustice and oppression. And this is the power of a hero.

Also, this movie is a red-blooded battle epic. Not much is known about Wallace,

known as

Braveheart

, except that according to an old epic poem, he unified the clans of

Scotland and won famous battles against the English before being captured, tortured and

executed as a traitor.

Wallace cried, as his body was stretched on the rack.

That isn?

t exactly based on

fact (the concept of personal freedom was a concept not much celebrated in 1300), but it

doesn?

t

stop

Gibson

from

making

it

his

dying

cry.

It

fits

in

with

the

whole

glorious

sweep

of

Braveheart

,

which

is

an

action

epic

with

the

spirit

of

the

Hollywood

swordplay

class

ics

and

the

grungy

ferocity

of

“The

Road

Warrior”

.

What

people

are

going to remember from the film are the battle scenes, which are frequent, bloody and

violent. Just from a technical point of view,

Braveheart

does a brilliant job of massing

men

and

horses

for

large-scale

warfare

on

film.

Gibson

deploys

what

look

like

thousands

of

men

on

horseback,

as

well

as

foot

soldiers,

archers

and

dirty

tricks

specialists,

a

nd

yet

his

battle

sequences

don?

t

turn

into

confusing

crowd

scenes:

We

understand the strategy, and we enjoy the tactics even while we doubt some of them.

Gibson

is

not

filming

history

here,

but

myth.

William

Wallace

may

have

been

a

real person, but

Braveheart

owes more to Prince Valiant, Rob Roy and Mad Max. Once

we understand that this is not a solemn historical reconstruction (and that happens pretty

fast), we accept dialogue that might otherwise have an uncannily modern tone, as when

Braveheart

issues

his

victory

ultimatum

to

the

English.

In

the

film,

Wallace's

chief

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