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In Reply to: Re: Reconsidered for what? posted by mikenyc on August 15, 2002 at 00:37:05:
The problem isn't that movies made around historical events have to be 100% accurate (i.e., the love interests, the creation of fictional characters, etc.), but revision of the actual events themselves is abhorant even when in service of the fictionalized characters depicted in the storyline.>>> "What everyone is forgetting, is, is that it's a movie, NOT history. It was never meant to be anything more." <<<
Don't get me wrong, I like popcorn movies and am more than willing to overlook silly mistakes in science in SF movies. Historical movies are much more problematic for me. Just because a film is "NOT history" doesn't mean that the events depicted won't arouse a subliminal belief that that's the way events occured. Unfortunately, a lot of folks will see the picture and believe that it's an honest retelling of historical events or, sadly, if they were involved in those events, may be grossly offended by the inaccuracies. The fact that you are able to view this as purely entertainment is all well and good, but we must never overestimate the sophistication of a popcorn movie's audience.
AuPh
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Follow Ups
- No offense Mike, but where history is concerned I hold a slightly different view. - Audiophilander 06:30:57 08/15/02 (3)
- I hold a slightly different view. - mikenyc 07:02:48 08/17/02 (0)
- Amen to that, AuPh. <nt> - Bruce from DC 08:04:39 08/15/02 (1)
- Now Biblical epics, that's another story! ;^) - Audiophilander 08:12:36 08/15/02 (0)
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