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When Longshanks kills his son's lover


One of my favorite scenes.

Brutal.

And it feels like an authentic occurence.

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Was it ever implied that he was his lover?

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Short of having the actor hold up a placard saying 'Guess whose gay lover I am!!!!' it's hard to think of any way it could have been more heavily implied.

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It's heavily implied from the very beginning of the movie (i.e., the wedding scene between King Edward's son and the French princess).

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i saw that scene in the movie when i was a child and it is the only thing i remembered of the movie for years.
i never remembered anything else (besides the scene where the guys lift up their skirts and showed the army their butts)

it was shocking but funny

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I'm surprised Longshanks got the jump on him because Philip is skilled in the arts of war and military tactics.

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This scene is very homophobic, and the number one piece of evidence Gibson's bigotry infected his art from the start.

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Philip was skilled in the arts of war and military tactics. He was a manly man and against the stereotype. No bigotry at all in that scene.

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This scene is very homophobic


Aww, poor baby. Waaahhhh!

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What are you crying about?

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Hate crime.

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Imagine the rage on Twitter if Braveheart were a 2020 film!

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I have not seen the movie, but I looked up and watched that scene. Great scene, i may watch that soon.

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Hope you enjoy it, it's a great movie! 😉

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The son's lover had his ups and downs.

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A pity it never happened in real life, though the Prince (later a king) was executed in a horrendous manner years later.

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I heard he lost at poker. What an ass!

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I love the puns! rofl!

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