勇敢的心英文读后感

勇敢的心英文读后感

勇敢的心英文读后感

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

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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 you, 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 ignites Wallace’s

revolution. Patrick McGoohan is chilling, brutal, and vicious as

the

ruthless

Edward

I,

known

by

the

nickname

‘Long

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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

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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 classics

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, and 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

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（

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

antagonist

is

King

Edward

I,

played

by

Patrick McGoohan with sly cunning; he is constantly giving his

real political interpretation of events, and that's all the more

amusing since he’s usually guessing in a wrong way.

Edward’s son, the Prince of Wales, is a very weak

role

who

marries

a

French

woman

only

for

political

reasons

and he’s a gay himself. Even his father doesn’t

like him.

“

I may have to conceive the child myself!

”

the king

says, and indeed, under the medieval concept, or

“

first night,

”

nobles were allowed a first chance to sleep with the wives of

Scottish

men.

The

Princess,

played

by

the

French

actress

Sophie

Marceau,

does

not

much

admire

her

husband,

who

spends

most

of

his time

hanging about moon- eyed with his

best

friend

（

until

the

king,

in

a

fit

of

impatience,

hurls

the

friend out the castle window

）

。

Edward, smarting from defeats, dispatches the Princess to

offer his terms to Braveheart, but soon she’s spilling all

the state secrets,

“

because of the way you look at me.

”

The

Princess is the second love in Wallace’s life; the first, his

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