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Our Friends in the North (1996)
Best British drama of the 90's
This is one of the very few programs in British TV that actually lived up to the hype. It was billed as one of the best TV drama's we would see and it delivered. It is the story about a group of friends from Newcastle and how they grow up from being angry young teenagers to mild middle aged parents. It starts off in the 60's and finished in the 90's. In that time it documents the change that they themselves have and the change that the north east had during the 30 years. The rebellious 60's to the 70's strikes and power shortages and the 80's hard times for working class families dished out by thatcher.
The series culminates in one of the most unforgettable endings in British dramatic history. Never has and Oasis song been more appropriate. I also have to admit that i cried at the end. This truly was top quality drama from the writing to the acting..
Braveheart (1995)
hmmmmmmm
I have a few problems with this film, it has to be the most inaccurate historical film ever made. there are only 5 things that are correct about this film.
1) that there was a bloke called william wallace who lead the scots against the english 2) that england invade scotland 3) that there was bloke called robert the bruce 4) there was a battle of falkirk and 5) that wallace was executed
also this film over estimates wallace as a hero, in truth he was just as bad as the english.
you may say that the locations were superb but come on....it was filmed in scotland you could put a bonfire of car tyres in front of the camera and it would look good. also it dwells too long on events that never happened but pretends that they did. gibson whould have been better off making a more accurate film as the real events are just as dramatic. oh and before you write me off as some english man who bares a grudge well i'm welsh.