Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
Most history books say the rebellion failed because the people thought an English or Scottish rule wouldn’t matter to them, make their lives better.
The average person didn’t understand freedom and having your own country at that time in our development as humans.
Robert the Bruce led a helluva life. Lots of material to cover.
In the theatrical cut of Braveheart after the Mel Gibson voiceover they had an ending caption of how many years Scotland had independence from England [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
Most history books say the rebellion failed because the people thought an English or Scottish rule wouldn’t matter to them, make their lives better.
The average person didn’t understand freedom and having your own country at that time in our development as humans.
Robert the Bruce led a helluva life. Lots of material to cover.
The local noble was much more important to the lives of the peasants than the king. The king was normally far off and had little effect on their lives. The nobility on the other hand did care. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Kyle DeLexus:
Very good. Pine was great in the role.
Was he though? Looked like a scrawny nerd with a beer belly to me. Was hard for me to see 'greatness' there. I watched it yesterday. Was pretty good. [Reply]