The anachronistic weaponry was the LEAST of the historical accuracies in "Braveheart": they've got a man carrying on with a French princess
(whom he'd never have had a snowball in hell's chance of laying eyes on in any case) who didn't even arrive in England until 6 yaers after he'd been drawn & quartered, besides the point that while Edward II definitely fancied his male favourites, he still went both ways, as he & Isabella (the "She-Wolf of France", as she came to be known after she & her lover had her husband murdered with a hot poker up his bum---NICE) went on to have 4 children, including the extremely war-like Edward III, who was Edward I all over again. Rubbish.

Movies I really, really like tend to be the ones with their tongues firmly in cheek---"Young Frankenstein", "Monty Python & The Holy Grail", "This Is Spinal Tap", even "Shakespeare In Love", which was excellent. Kenneth Branagh's "Henry V" and "Much Ado About Nothing" were great fun. I can also go for a really well-made romantic comedy like "Four Weddings and a Funeral" or "When Harry Met Sally"...I don't generally look to the cinema to "elevate" or "enlighten" me these days, but more for a bit of fun.

Saw "Pirates of the Caribbean" last night---very campy & over-the-top; Johnny Depp's pirate interpretation (apparently based almost entirely on Keith Richards---manner, accent, fashion sense, the lot) is well worth the price of admission!

D.