10 Most Historically Inaccurate Movies
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10 Most Historically Inaccurate Movies
2001 scrapes in at #10:
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/10mosth ... urate.html
Does this dash anyone's hopes for a faithfull adaptation of a book?
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/10mosth ... urate.html
Does this dash anyone's hopes for a faithfull adaptation of a book?
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Yahoo; why am I not surprised. They are rapidly becoming as bad as MSN for vapid, trash publication. I'm just waiting to see who will present a top ten sex tips first to declare a winner
Some of these films on their "list" aren't meant nor presented as historical films. 10,000 B.C. and Gladiator in particular are clearly using only setting as the stage for their stories, nothing more. Braveheart and The Last Samurai use historical fact with about as much seriousness as films that begin with "Based on a true story" (translation: it's a showmanship technique for film meant to invoke gravitas). In other words, the audience should know better but understand that they are here for the story, not a history lesson. If I have to explain to Yahoo why 2001 doesn't qualify as a historical film, I'd ask that they put a bullet through their brains as a service to our race.
Personally, I find the World War II films the most egregious offenders for inaccuracies and more relevant due to their closeness to our modern times. Where is Pearl Harbour or U-571 on this list? These are films that don't get a few birthdays or personality quirks wrong; their facts displace or alter the very premise of the entire account.
Anyway...
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Yahoo; why am I not surprised. They are rapidly becoming as bad as MSN for vapid, trash publication. I'm just waiting to see who will present a top ten sex tips first to declare a winner
Some of these films on their "list" aren't meant nor presented as historical films. 10,000 B.C. and Gladiator in particular are clearly using only setting as the stage for their stories, nothing more. Braveheart and The Last Samurai use historical fact with about as much seriousness as films that begin with "Based on a true story" (translation: it's a showmanship technique for film meant to invoke gravitas). In other words, the audience should know better but understand that they are here for the story, not a history lesson. If I have to explain to Yahoo why 2001 doesn't qualify as a historical film, I'd ask that they put a bullet through their brains as a service to our race.
Personally, I find the World War II films the most egregious offenders for inaccuracies and more relevant due to their closeness to our modern times. Where is Pearl Harbour or U-571 on this list? These are films that don't get a few birthdays or personality quirks wrong; their facts displace or alter the very premise of the entire account.
Anyway...
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I don't think they are trying to say that the movies were intended to be historical documentaries, just that they are very inaccurate. Some people believe everythign they see and have to have these things explained to them.
I thought 2001 being on the list wa funny too.
I thought 2001 being on the list wa funny too.
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Then I guess you really would have laughed if they had put Metropolis on the list too.
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I will never understand why someone throws so much money and effort into a movie project, knowing all along its going to suck ass when finished. Why bother?
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Money. The studios are a business, first and foremost. Plus, not every director or producer is in the business to make art. Most are in it to entertain, though the definition of "entertainment" is much more suitably pliable a product to sell to the consumer than art
"What are we to call him, this Player of Games?"
"The books of Kevin J Anderson and Brian Herbert lie in a realm of uncertainty between self-conscious absurdity and genuine failure"
"The books of Kevin J Anderson and Brian Herbert lie in a realm of uncertainty between self-conscious absurdity and genuine failure"
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I know. Ive said that thousands of times here. But if you do better entertainment, then you get more viewers and get more money. All you really have to do is sit the fuck down and think a few things out. You have a team of writers, actors, producers and directors. You have at least some experience. You have more money that most, especially for a movie like that. Jeez. Just sit down and think about your story and you will do better than some cave-man befriending a sabre-toothed tiger in Egypt.
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I still have not seen it, but the very second I saw that ad, I said, "Ill bet he makes friends with that Sabre toothed tiger!"
Did the movie have dinosaurs in it too?
Did the movie have dinosaurs in it too?
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
The only places men and dinosaurs should coexist are Crichton novels and movies, bad OLD TV shows, and that stupid museum in Kentucky.
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If those are the top ten, then someone flubbed on their research. Like some of you have said, a few of those movies were not meant to be historical. And I wonder if whoever compiled the list ever watched any of the war movies from the 50s?
What ever happened to seeing a movie just to enjoy it or just for relaxation?
What ever happened to seeing a movie just to enjoy it or just for relaxation?
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That's why we have guilty pleasures, like Pirates of the Caribbean or The Bourne IdentityEyes High wrote:What ever happened to seeing a movie just to enjoy it or just for relaxation?
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I think you made a wee typo there Rob, 1 to many n. Must be a sticky keyboard thangRobspierre wrote:Ah the annual christmas edition, now that brings back memories where did they like to hang the mistletoe again?SandChigger wrote:You heard they're coming (ahem) out with a new one for Xmas, I assume?
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