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12th August 15, 09:26 AM
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I don't care much for Braveheart for the obvious reasons. Rob Roy (1995) is pretty good and the costuming is a bit more accurate.
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13th August 15, 03:36 AM
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As a past professor of history, I often used hollywood movies in classes. After discussing a time period, I showed the films and had the students discuss what was accurate and what was not so accurate. It was a great way to get students to think more critically about popular depictions of the past. Additonally, good or bad, the movies often did help inspire an interest in history for some who were uninterested before. Often my favorite films to show were musicals. You would be surprised at how much song lyrics reflected historical periods, in general, and the social issues of the time, in particular. Most students, especially the males, tried to act uninterested in the musicals, but the majority were tapping their feet along with the beat before they were done.
Hope you all have a good weekend ahead.
Tom
"Life may have its problems, but it is the best thing they have come up with so far." Neil Simon, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Act 3. "Ob la di, Ob la da. Life goes on. Braaa. La la how the life goes on." Beatles
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13th August 15, 04:17 AM
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By a fortuitous coincidence, I just discovered that a wedding venue that I will be attending kilted is simultaneously giving a showing of Braveheart, along with a kilt contest. I can certainly agree that the movie does bring interest to the kilt based on that alone.
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14th August 15, 05:31 PM
#14
If you want to learn more about the history of Scotland and William Wallace, I would see A History of Scotland by Neil Oliver from the BBC.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/14554584?w...112929&veh=sem
An excellent series
Jim
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14th August 15, 05:49 PM
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Kentucky Celtophile,
If you are looking for a truly great "kilt" movie there is always Tunes of Glory
or one of my very favorites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Know_Where_I%27m_Going!
Cheers
Jamie
-See it there, a white plume
Over the battle - A diamond in the ash
Of the ultimate combustion-My panache
Edmond Rostand
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14th August 15, 06:13 PM
#16
 Originally Posted by Panache
Kentucky Celtophile,
If you are looking for a truly great "kilt" movie there is always Tunes of Glory
I thought that was a really bad movie.
Virtus Ad Aethera Tendit
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14th August 15, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by carlisle401
If you want to learn more about the history of Scotland and William Wallace, I would see A History of Scotland by Neil Oliver from the BBC.
I enjoyed this as well!
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