The most historically accurate film - Blu-ray Forum

TylerDurden · 05-12-2011, 04:48 PM

I use the word "most" because no film will ever be 100% accurate unless it is stock footage of the actual event taking place. Having said that what movie do you think comes closest to real events in time or at least the recorded accounts. For instance Passion of the Christ may not be a complete retelling of an historical figure but it does stay true to the source material.

I believe one good example is the movie Patton. Alot of the scenes are from eyewitness accounts of the battles and Pattons own war diary. I think war movies in general have a pretty good insight into the accounts of warfare. Downfall was another film that was lifted straight from the source material, a book written by Traudl Junge Hitlers secretary.

MarkJ801 · 05-12-2011, 04:58 PM

Inglourious Basterds

TylerDurden · 05-12-2011, 05:02 PM

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inglourious basterds :d

Fail!

Blu-Benny · 05-12-2011, 05:10 PM

people that lived it said the d-day sequence in saving private ryan was very very accurate.

ScarredLungs · 05-12-2011, 05:23 PM

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people that lived it said the d-day sequence in saving private ryan was very very accurate.

I've heard that as well. Great movie!

Mark Dogg 250 · 05-12-2011, 05:36 PM

300!!!

SquidPuppet · 05-12-2011, 05:14 PM

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inglourious basterds :d

10,000 bc

HockeySlasher · 05-12-2011, 05:16 PM

Amistad??

ScarredLungs · 05-12-2011, 05:20 PM

Patton is the best answer for most historically accurate. I think another good movie that are also pretty accurate would be: the greatest raid.

Not so perfect but really good:
Saints and soldiers
Defiance

Al_The_Strange · 05-12-2011, 05:38 PM

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Inglourious Basterds

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Fail!

Aside from the ending, it could have happened. You never know.

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10,000 bc

Nothing could possibly beat that!

But if I have to answer the question seriously, the only one that really comes to mind right now is "Tora! Tora! Tora!" I seem to remember it being spot-on.

I concur with "The Passion," regardless of what others may think. The original "Ten Commandments" also seems to be a good adaptation of the source material. We may never know if either one is historically accurate or not.

I think "Gladiator" captured Roman civilization perfectly, but it did take some liberties with the characters, politics, and events. Same might be said for "Kingdom of Heaven" and "Braveheart," though both are terribly inaccurate concerning history.

"Waltz with Bashir" should be mostly accurate, since it recounts the director's own story and experience. It's just animated.

Same might be said of "Persepolis," but I don't know for sure.

Recently saw "Army of Shadows," and it seems like it'd be an accurate portrayal of the French Resistance during WWII.

That's all I can think of right now.

ZoetMB · 05-12-2011, 09:49 PM

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The original "Ten Commandments" also seems to be a good adaptation of the source material. We may never know if either one is historically accurate or not.

Historically accurate? You think God really parted the Red Sea?

When I was in grade school, I argued with my religious history instructor because the plagues that he discussed were different than the movie. I kept on bringing up what I saw in the movie. He kept on saying, "it's just a movie." And in my naiveté, I argued back, "why would they change the plagues in the movie? What difference would it make?" He was really frustrated with me. I must have sounded like a complete idiot.

Besides, what about the fact that Moses was supposed to have a cleft palate? Has any movie about Moses shown that?

Also, I think historians believe that the Exodus only comprised about 5000 people. I think the big joke is that there were more in the movie.

Plus all of these ancient Jewish and Christian religious figures were semitics and probably looked closer to what Arabs look like today than our perceptions of them, especially Jesus, who many believe would have looked like a Galilean Semite. (Of course Hitler decided that Jesus was Celtic and was blonde and blue-eyed.)

In addition, when archeologists have dug up around the Pyramids, my understanding is that they've never found proof of slave quarters. What they have found are quarters that look like those of skilled workers.

I've personally always theorized that The Exodus, if there really was one, was actually the earliest trade union strike.

It's hard for us to be historically accurate in movies that portray events 50 years ago (like the series about JFK that's running right now). How can we ever be accurate about events which, if they happened at all, happened 5000 years ago?

charlieray1 · 05-12-2011, 10:13 PM

Alfred Hitchcock's "The Wrong Man" was an experiment he made to see how accurately you could tell a true story in the medium of film. In addition to sticking as closely as possible to the facts of the case, he shot on many of the actual locations where it happened, and even used some of the real people involved -- for example, some of the doctors and nurses in the sanitorium scenes were the actual staff that had been working there.

radagast · 05-14-2011, 10:08 PM

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Historically accurate? You think God really parted the Red Sea?

Yes, I do. It doesn't matter if the "Sea of Reeds" was very shallow. Reminds me of a joke.

Two men who were neighbors were unlikely friends. One was a Christian and the other an atheist. They used to do things together occasionally and one day they went fishing in a boat. It was a hot day and the fish weren't biting. The Christian was sitting in the boat looking at the water when he suddenly he thought about a story in the Bible. He said "Boy wasn't it an amazing miracle when God parted the Red Sea and allowed Israel to pass through?

His atheist friend responded, "Didn't you know that the Red Sea is actually the Sea of Reeds and it is only 6 inches deep in most places? The winds occasionally dry it out for a time."

The Christian neighbor said "Oh I didn't know that" and sat quietly for a while. Suddenly he exclaimed "Wow. Isn't it an amazing miracle that God drowned the Egyptians in 6 inches of water?"

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How can we ever be accurate about events which, if they happened at all, happened 5000 years ago?

The same way we know any historical accounts are accurate regardless of age. Ask archeologists how they have used the Bible for clues about finding locations of various sites.

720pDude · 05-14-2011, 02:21 PM

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10,000 bc

2012 remains to be seen..

720pDude · 05-14-2011, 02:32 PM

TORA TORA TORA - 1970

The story of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor as seen from both the American and Japanese perspectives ..

Herbal · 05-14-2011, 02:39 PM

How about the King's speech

SquidPuppet · 05-14-2011, 07:13 PM

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2012 remains to be seen..

True. But how will we be able to discuss it.

MovieFanatic2010 · 10-21-2011, 02:18 PM

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10,000 bc

filmnut5 · 10-21-2011, 02:59 PM

"Inherit the Wind" (1960). Based on the Scopes "Monkey Trial" in 1925. Scopes (a school teracher) had introduced Darwinisn to his science class and was subsequently arrested and charged. It takes place in the Bible belt (Tennessee) and the locals wanted Mr. Scopes run out on a rail. Brilliant courtroom sequences and Spencer Tracy's Greatest performance (IMHO). Phenomenal script and acting...check it out.

HD Man · 10-21-2011, 03:27 PM

I would add The Last Emperor to the list, especially if you include the longer, extended version.

05-12-2011, 04:48 PM	#1
TylerDurden Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Oct 2009 Location:Seven seas Blu-ray collection:1007 Trading Score:32	The most historically accurate film I use the word "most" because no film will ever be 100% accurate unless it is stock footage of the actual event taking place. Having said that what movie do you think comes closest to real events in time or at least the recorded accounts. For instance Passion of the Christ may not be a complete retelling of an historical figure but it does stay true to the source material. I believe one good example is the movie Patton. Alot of the scenes are from eyewitness accounts of the battles and Pattons own war diary. I think war movies in general have a pretty good insight into the accounts of warfare. Downfall was another film that was lifted straight from the source material, a book written by Traudl Junge Hitlers secretary.

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Herbal Member Top contributor Member since:Sep 2009 Blu-ray collection:625 Blu-ray reviews:1	The King's Speech How about the King's speech

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HockeySlasher Power Member Member since:Oct 2008 Location:St. Paul, MN iTunes collection:563 Trading Score:39	Amistad??

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ScarredLungs Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Utah 4K collection:65 Blu-ray collection:1433 Prime collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:8 Trading Score:4	Patton is the best answer for most historically accurate. I think another good movie that are also pretty accurate would be: the greatest raid. Not so perfect but really good: Saints and soldiers Defiance

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charlieray1 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Victorville, CA Blu-ray reviews: 1	Alfred Hitchcock's "The Wrong Man" was an experiment he made to see how accurately you could tell a true story in the medium of film. In addition to sticking as closely as possible to the facts of the case, he shot on many of the actual locations where it happened, and even used some of the real people involved -- for example, some of the doctors and nurses in the sanitorium scenes were the actual staff that had been working there.

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720pDude Active Member Member since:Jan 2010 Location:Oak Lawn, IL Home Theater Gallery:8 Blu-ray collection:7 Blu-ray reviews:2	TORA TORA TORA - 1970 The story of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor as seen from both the American and Japanese perspectives ..

10-21-2011, 02:59 PM	#19
filmnut5 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2011 Location:Leaf Nation Blu-ray collection:145	"Inherit the Wind" (1960). Based on the Scopes "Monkey Trial" in 1925. Scopes (a school teracher) had introduced Darwinisn to his science class and was subsequently arrested and charged. It takes place in the Bible belt (Tennessee) and the locals wanted Mr. Scopes run out on a rail. Brilliant courtroom sequences and Spencer Tracy's Greatest performance (IMHO). Phenomenal script and acting...check it out.

10-21-2011, 03:27 PM	#20
HD Man Senior Member Member since:May 2008 Location:Wash, DC area Blu-ray collection:253 Trading Score:2	I would add The Last Emperor to the list, especially if you include the longer, extended version.

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