According to the rules of what is lately called “full disclosure” I should ask everyone who loved Braveheart to leave the room now, but since that includes nearly all conservatives there would be no one left to read what I’m going to say. Let me stipulate, then, that my quarrel is not with macho heroes or patriotism but with the lack of discipline, self-indulgence, and carelessness of today’s moviemakers.
Going to the movies is no longer an option due to my distaste for being in dark auditoriums with my so-called peers, but I finally saw Braveheart a few weeks ago on NBC. It was “edited for television” but that just means they cut some sex and violence. Otherwise the version I sawreinforces the first of my several objections: even with cuts it still was so long that it took two nights to run.
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