If you cannot stomach gruesome, bloody fight scenes, suicide and mass murder (among other horrors and imagery), then you should not watch The Patriot. It explores the depths to which mankind sinks in war. Taking place in South Carolina's forests, swamps, and on some of the large open green spaces in ad dition to the lovely old plantation estates housing rich folks and their slaves (slavery is referenced, but only in a rudimentary and idealistic manner), the film becomes gory and raw. Love him or loathe him, Mel Gibson is magnificent in the flick as a seemingly peaceful widower with six children who must unveil his secret brutal past when the war infringes upon his family. It should be noted that Heath's role was secondary.
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I purchased it because Heath Ledger had just died and I wanted to see all of his films this was the first to garner him substantial notice in the movie industry. The Patriot is story- and character-centered. However, it wasn't at all like a 'typical' war movie and I was glad I had watched.
I'm not a fan of war movies in general, so knowing that this was about the Revolutionary War made me less inclined to watch. While it's a good time waster I wouldn't recommended to anyone no matter how much free time they have, just to much glorification for anyone take in a single day.A War Movie for Those Who Don't Like War Movies historically inaccurate and despite my problems with it, it was good enough to get a positive rating from me. The imagery is good, but again, it is propaganda and a glorification of a awful historical figure. The battle scenes are done well, though this is the American Revolution so don't expect anything worth caring from these also inaccurate battle scenes. The actors make this watchable and are the best part of the movie, to bad the script plot wasn't as good. The rest of the cast are also good, though some characters just appear in the movie at random whenever the movie wants them too. His acting is good here and actually makes this glorification of a awful man in history tolerable to watch. What it does do right is having Gibson in the main role. I've found a total of ten mistakes from watching the movie before the thirty minute mark, so strictly watch this as a movie and don't seriously take in anything this movie tells you. He repeatedly raped his slaves and killed Indians for fun, yet in the movie he's portrayed as a family man who fights for noble cause so historical accuracy is absent here. The best way to define this movie is propaganda, I've done actual research on the actual historical figure that Gibson character is based of and he was a awful person.
The movie plot is so-so, we often get characters that are important to our protagonist but are never truly develop nor worth caring about. Which I kid you not is the actual plot of this movie and drags out to a three hours movie which is too long. The Patriot is a melodrama that follows one man's revenge against a British officer and it just so happens his vengeance helps American in the American Revolution. While historically inaccurate and misrepresentations of events, I found it enjoyable. It was one of those slow days when I decided to watch Mel Gibson's The Patriot which I oddly like enough for a positive rating.
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