Seil Chat

Movies: Braveheart or Rob Roy?

I hated Braveheart from the moment the first scenes opened up: I could just tell it wasn't filmed in Scotland (Ireland as it turned out), and from then on the ONLY bit that seemed remotely authentic was the battle of Bannockburn. For me, the fact that it didn't look like Scotland ruined it.

On the otherhand Michael Caton-Jones version of Rob Roy I think, is a brilliant film, totally authentic, the whole romantic idea of Scotland.

Braveheart was a hit worldwide, but Rob Roy unfairly passed into ignominity. I can think of two other films, Kidnapped and Highlander 1 that just about do justice to the Highland scenery. Which other movies can we add to the list?

(Of course Ring of Bright Water, Local Hero.........)

There was a spy/submarine film, wasn't there, took place in Tobermory? One of the scenes was at the old Oban station. Can't remember the name of it, though.
Was it Donald Sutherland?

And what about Morvern Caller (scenes filmed in Kwicksave or however you spell it). I remember the queues outside the bingo shop in Oban when they were casting the extras. I never saw it, I don't think it was rated very highly!

And there was the one filmed down at Lerags way a few years, another wartime film.
The only thing that sticks in my mind was the wildlife which was killed accidentally by the crew trucks which tore up and down that road. A lot of people shifted their domestic animals out while the filming was going on.
Can't remember the name of the one either. My memory's going...

The Eye of the Needle

The Bridal Path

and I am sure there will be more

Hope this is of interest to you - www.scotlandthemovie.com

"the ONLY bit that seemed remotely authentic was the battle of Bannockburn"

If memory is to be serving me rights the two main battles scenes in Braveheart are being Stirling Bridge (oops we are forgetting a bridge in movie) og Falkirk. At movie end is warrior poetpish reference to Bannockburn but no battle I thinks. Anyhows, Bannockburn was fought over two days ya?

For me is you funny Scot's accents in your movie films - make me laughs a lot. Liam Neeson is da Irish MacGregor Nei? Mel Gibson is Glasgae ned highlanman.

For whom does the bell tolls
The Makenzie Break
Enigma

Howsay you - Norvege dix points

"I know where i'm going"

"Restless Natives"

One of the James Bond boat chases was filmed out by the Black Isles....

"The last great wilderness".....(only worth watching for Victoria Smurfitt's breasts)

Some other black and white film about making jumpers was filmed on Easdale Island....um...

Is the scene in the "Ring of bright water" when midge gets skelped with the spade not just fantastic......pity it wasn't Gavin "shark murderer "Maxwell geting the spade....

"the ONLY bit that seemed remotely authentic was the battle of Bannockburn"

If memory is to be serving me rights the two main battles scenes in Braveheart are being Stirling Bridge (oops we are forgetting a bridge in movie) og Falkirk

okie Erik I am thinkings that yous is correct, ja! But i was fallings asleep in movie dreaming of skotsland when the film is showing ireland. paff it is not direkt, so i just wakes up when Skotish braveheart is yellings FREEEEEDOMMM!

Hey ja - I am just being remebering your Montys pythons and his holy grail is being arrested by the Appin police at castle Stalker

Pythons is being very funny ya?

My parrot is being dead ya?

Nei - is being only stunned - Norweigan blues are being stunned very easily!

Ha ha! Ya?

Hej Cod Piece

Tilkald en læge politiet!

Elvis blues are being pissingallover Aha, Ja?

Vi ses!

Hej Cod Piece

My englisk is being not so good but.....

I am being saying you is to be calling the police - they be looking for your missing passport - ja?

I am being coming from the fjords of Norway

Also I speak only little dansk - but is being little bit like norsk I thinks.

Maybe we are being doing skotish beers like you are being saying in TnT ?

Fridag is being good, ja?

You two should really meet up and run away with each other...

And not come back.

Thought there was a drug problem over there worse than ours! and don't take the moral high ground of learning another language, plenty of us might be in the process of doing the same thing or can even do so already. It's harder for English speaking folk to learn another language because there is hardly the selective pressure to do so...

Cod piece, I'd answer your essay if I knew what the hell you were saying

we dont want you lot to speak english because scandanavians are just boat freaks that live in well boats and watch porn instead of the british waters best of luck talking to okie is that eriks sister

i will stay and hold up this forum with my head held high you swan off and put a good dent in our giro,s

you go and scrounge beer on holiday more imigrants less work for the scots bye bye independance as you know the work will all be sent south of the border p.s nothing wrong with pie and chips and dont forget the gravy lots of gravy p.s you are all very fishey not fisherwoman

Have a good holiday Codpiece.

Don't eat too much of that lutefisk though.

Hej - You are to be laying off the lutefisk, ja?

Is Norse delicacy - is very goods - No plutoniums!

I be giving you da recipe - maybes yous trys instead of your toads in the holes?

Firstly be catching da torsk - which is your codfiske - I am to be using my big pirk for this in fjords.

Then be taking torsk in barrel and be filling with lye - this is yours caustic sodas - you be finding it under sink, ja.

Thens leave til Christmas eves whens you drain and be rinsing withs freshwaters.

Then yous be eating and having happytime - ja?

Is there any way to get rid of these idiots?