I must admit, I liked the film too, Lixy.... though I always had a wee bit of a problem with it historically, not the least of which was the sheer physical size of the man (compared, as I said, to Mel Gibson!)
One of the things the film did, very cleverly, was give the impression that alll the action took place over a long period of time, and in
ALL of the battles depicted, Wallace was depicted as a grown man. His first battle took place when he was 16 years old, not quite "growed up", eh? In the film too (cos of literary licence I'm sure) we saw nothing of his three years spent in Europe prior to being captured by the English, where he spent another two years in captivity.... BEFORE they hung, drew and quartered him, at age 35!
That leaves roughly 14 years for all the action, and 3-4 of
THEM were relatively peaceful, after he had been made a "Guardian of Scotland".
I'm getting AWFULLY waffly again......sorry!! Just thought you might like to know a wee bit more, Lixy!
DM