Rarely watching movies can move me, especially about freedom. Wallace's pursuit of freedom is not only his own freedom, but also the freedom of nation and soul!
When I was a child, Wallace watched the father of the expedition leave and lived alone in the village. He began to change when he saw his father come back with only one body. He knows what kind of life he wants and what road he should take. In American hero movies, this kind of personal hero is especially admirable. Their spirit and their character and courage since the Enlightenment are admirable.
He also wanted to live a quiet life, marry and have children with his beloved girl, and live a happy and ordinary life in a corner of Scotland, but with the departure of his lover, everything changed.
He felt the oppression from the nobility, so he had to fight back. In times of peace, there will be gentle heroes, and in times of oppression, those who fight back are also heroes.
When Wallace assembled the tribes, some people retreated. They are used to submission, but there are always some unfair voices to those arrogant and unreasonable troops, to those nobles who extort money and to those unfair systems. They want freedom and peace, and Wallace is one of them.
He said a word in front of everyone, and I am still deeply impressed. He said, "War may lead to death; Run away, and you may drag out an ignoble existence. But when you are old and lying in bed, will you be willing to exchange so many days of living for a chance to be free? "
This is a deafening cry. Even if he was betrayed later, even if the war failed later, at least he had tried to be free.
The "freedom" before his death is the cry of the soul and the hero's swan song!