I think everybody's got one or two of these movies that are like your first ever grown-up

movies, the deal with real themes and important stuff and maybe they strike it, it's just

the right point at that formative age and you're like, man, that movie is always going

to hold a special place in my heart.

Now, I think the first movie I ever saw that did that was the Edward's Wick film,

Glory, about the 54th Massachusetts. I think it was the 54th Massachusetts. It's the

runaway slave regiment that went back and fought with the North against the South and the

Civil War. And the other movie that holds that place for me is Braveheart and it resonated with me

on a ton of different levels that we don't have time to get into. But for me, the character I resonated

with there was not Mel Gibson's William Wallace covered in blood wearing the kilt.

It was Angus McFadens, Robert the Bruce. Robert the Bruce the whole time is the point of view

character. I mean, really, he's you. Nobody is William Wallace. Nobody goes out and just wades

into the fray and throws caution to the wind and does what is right and principled as they see it,

no matter what. No, everybody's Angus McFadens, Robert the Bruce. All of us are on the sidelines

imagining people like that and wanting to follow them and wanting to get into the fray and

wanting to believe, but cynicism and obligation and all of these other things crowd your mind as

there's this great scene toward the end of Braveheart where the king of Scotland is decrepit old man

with leprosy and everything. He's been pulling the strings behind the scenes. Finally sells out

William Wallace and Robert the Bruce finds out and he goes charging into his dad and he's like,

what the heck? What are you doing? And the crusty old dad is like, well, this is what it is to be a

leader someday you'll understand. All men become cynical. All men lose hope. And the Robert the

Bruce is like, I don't want to become cynical. I want to believe as he does. And I just butchered

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