Great movies that are Historically inaccurate

[ixlegitballinxl]

I saw this link about historical inaccuracies in movies..really interesting...Amazing how movie writers alter history!! Figured i'd share. .. If you know of any other movies not listed, share name of the movie and how it is inaccurate!!...i know alot of people find it fascinating to know the actual history vs the movie they watched on the story/event

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/10mo...naccurate.html

[AaronSCH]

Malcolm X, Spike Lee's axe to grind. Most overrated filmmaker in Hollywood.

[JasonR]

jfk

[Blu n Gold]

Titanic, 300, Gladiator, Braveheart, The Other Bolyne Girl, The Patriot, Pearl Harbor. Name a historical movie, it is inaccurate.

Some are better than others, but it is damned near impossible to make a 100% accurate regarding history.

[IMind]

All of them.

[horseflesh]

Ice Age 3. Allegedly.
(unless you're a creationist)

Didn't that Enigma Code movie make the Americans out to be the code breakers, when in reality it was the Brits?

There must be scores of historically inaccurate movies. For example, everyone knows digital watches weren't around during Ben-Hur's time.

[Woody]

I would be much easier to name movies that ARE accurate. Much less of them.

Like..........say....................I don't know..............LOTR??

[AaronSCH]

Originally Posted by JasonR

jfk

Agreed. Actually anything directed by Oliver Stone with an historical theme.

[Nerdkiller likes BD]

Anyone remember the boobs, nipples and buttcheeks thread we had a couple of weeks ago?

[Zvi]

I thuoght JFK was prety accurate?
Which parts were inacurate?

[JamesN]

There is a great book on this very subject:

Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies

[mdtulp]

All history is interpretation. I don't believe there ever can be a hundred percent historical accurate film. Films can come close to accuratly portraying what it must of been like in a certain historical event, such as being a grunt in Vietnam(Platoon, Black Hawk Down) or a biography such as "Elizabeth" or the "Madness of King George", "The Name of the Rose" with Sean Connery I think is fairly good at religion and the Inquisition in early modern Europe. United 93 would also come close as a modern historical picture, but film is entertainment so some license with historical accuracy may be taken to make a film bolder and bigger than the truth allows.

[rebfandan]

Historically accurate film = documentary.
Movie = entertainment.

[john_1958]

Originally Posted by ixlegitballinxl

I saw this link about historical inaccuracies in movies..really interesting...Amazing how movie writers alter history!! Figured i'd share. .. If you know of any other movies not listed, share name of the movie and how it is inaccurate!!...i know alot of people find it fascinating to know the actual history vs the movie they watched on the story/event

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/10mo...naccurate.html

lol people shouldn't concern themselves with inaccuracies

[Mathus]

What say all of you about Alexander

[Rob71]

Originally Posted by Zvi

I thuoght JFK was prety accurate?
Which parts were inacurate?

Pretty much everything after the opening credits.

[Kirsty_Mc]

Any "historical" movie touched by the dead directorial hand of Mel Gibson.

Oops!!! My mistake... thread is titled: Great movies that are Historically inaccurate. None of Mel Gibsons come into that category

[bootman]

Originally Posted by rebfandan

Historically accurate film = documentary.
Movie = entertainment.

Exactly!!!

[Zvi]

I agree on one point, I wouldn't consider any of Mel Gibson's movies in "Great movie" category...

[turboedguy]