Braveheart at 30: Mel Gibson’s gory, hokey Oscar winner plays like a biblical epic (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It plays out more like the 1959 film Ben-Hur which is another great film with very little to do with reality.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Is Ben-Hur not a biblical epic?

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