I grew up with this film and have only really just started to discover the hate that many people have for it. In my eyes it's still a fantastic film with a great ending. Sure Gibson's tainted it with his personality now, but the battle scene's are some of the finest around.

The artwork's a bit underwhelming, but it could be a blank white box for all I care, this film is long overdue!....

I will watch this as at the heart of it, it is a very entertaining movie but it can't be considered anymore than that. I don't like to be one of those people who gets picky about historical accuracy, mainly because nothing will ever beat this for inaccuracy. Past that, if done right this could be a terrific disc for Blu-Ray.

I will get this one after Gladiator.  I have to pace myself.

I almost bought this the other day at Target on DVD, I knew a Blu-ray would come soon. This screams to be owned on the format, same with Gladiator and Titanic.

The new series thingy matches this cover pretty well. Well be buying.

I love this movie. I am not much into these types of movies, but Braveheart is really something I love. I prefer it to Gladiator.

That said, I am not sure I want to get this so soon on Blu-ray. I have the original DVD release and it is fine till I eventually get down to it. I dont know how many more dips Paramount will have on Blu-ray, but maybe if there is another iteration, I may go for it.

jmcclane 88 wrote: They may release this, but they'll never take MY MONEY.

If the filmmakers passion doc and Mel gibson audio commentary aren't included on this Bluray I will be quite happy to keep my definitive edition. I love the film though, classic battle sequences in it too. Plus it doesn't put a foot wrong historically either. Mel knows how it went down, The Patriot is another fine example of this



I agree about the missing features. With the extreme extra space of blu-ray over dvd, they could put every feature from all previous editions with a little room to spare. Though, I disagree about the historical problems. In the 1300s, they really didn't wear kilts like we usually think they did. Sure, they did wear kilt-like garments, but they didn't really use them to make a distinction between families until about 400 years later. And if you even want to be more accurate, a lot of the time back then, they would fight naked ! Imagine the same battle scenes from the movie, only completely nude and that blue Woad on their faces covering everything.