Braveheart or Gladiator

Two great movies, but I'd give it to Gladiator, barely.

Braveheart, easily.

BRAVEHEART was a great movie, but I only ever watched it once.
GLADIATOR has been more re-watchable for me.
I’ve seen it several times.

Both has historical errors - you have to forgive these things sometimes in the name of narrative fiction - but Braveheart is one of the most historically inaccurate films ever made.

Gladiator has stuck with me a bit more.

I like to think it’s history that has all the historical errors, and the movies are the ones that get it right.

Gladiator for me. I like both but Gladiator holds up better IMHO.

Originally posted by roughrider
Both has historical errors - you have to forgive these things sometimes in the name of narrative fiction - but Braveheart is one of the most historically inaccurate films ever made.

Gladiator has stuck with me a bit more.

Spoiler:
Both died

Spoiler:
didn't even win the war before said death, and things were looking pretty grim to begin with even before he got captured, whereas things were way more optimistic for Maximus, he achieved everything he wanted or needed to before his death. Also, IMHO, Wallace's death was WAY sadder.

It's easier to re-watch Gladiator because Mel Gibson has become such a distasteful human being, ever since his violent, racist rants to his wife got released to the public ten years ago. The vast majority of the public has never been able to look at him the same way again.

And he's an ultraconservative nutbar who gets worse every year.

Romans > Scots
Gladiator > Braveheart

Gladiator for me, although I love Braveheart too. Both are almost perfect genre movies with huge historical inaccuracies [not that I give a shit tbh] and it is literally by a whisker I put Gladiator ahead.

been a hot minute since i've watched these two. gladiator but i liked both

Gladiator hands down

Originally posted by ares834
Romans > Scots
Gladiator > Braveheart

Originally posted by roughrider
It's easier to re-watch Gladiator because Mel Gibson has become such a distasteful human being, ever since his violent, racist rants to his wife got released to the public ten years ago. The vast majority of the public has never been able to look at him the same way again.

And he's an ultraconservative nutbar who gets worse every year.

Good poll.

I love both films. Actually just re-watched Gladiator a couple of days ago. I went with Gladiator, because it didn't go quite as over-the-top with adjusting history and making the hero such a mythical figure. Of course Gladiator is embellished for sure, but Braveheart wasn't even a name given to William Wallace. So they completely twisted everything.