Blog 2

Like I said in my previous blog, I want to see how film adaptation and other media differ in telling what happened in a story.

I want to start off with historical events and then work my way to other true based stories.


My first attack going to be on 1995's Braveheart. this film was produced and directed by Mel Gibson who also played the lead role.

In this movie, Gibson played as a Scottish man, William Wallace, who opposed Edward I of England, played by Patrick McGoohan.
This started the First War of Scottish Independence.

The story plot goes like this: William Wallace's father and brother was killed by Edward I of England. After slaying an English sheriff, who killed his childhood friend, Wallace and his men dressed up as Englishmen and enters the castle and burns the castle. The commoners of Scotland rise in revolt againgst England. Wallace and his Scottish army fought many battles with England. Wallace is then captured and beheaded for treason.

The film's depiction of the Battle of Stirling is often considered one of the greatest movie battles in cinema history.
The film generated huge interest in Scotland and in Scottish history, not only around the world, but also in Scotland itself.

This film adaptation shows how Scotland fought against England for their independence. Although it is from the 1280 era, we get the idea of how the world was like. Films that are adapted from historical events make us gain more knowledge of how the earlier years were like. Instead of reading about historical events and not really know what that time period is like, watching a film that is adapted from a historical event lets us undestand the stories more.