Historical Accuracy in TV and Film

[Siege]

I have long since given up on expecting historical accuracy on the History Channel, let alone a historical movie.

What? Now you'll tell me that Ancient Aliens is not historical accurate?

It's like the opposite of history.

herstory?

Whoa, I never thought of it that way.

History = His story, as in somebody else story/history.

Very interesting point of view.

[lustindarkness]

I have long since given up on expecting historical accuracy on the History Channel, let alone a historical movie.

What? Now you'll tell me that Ancient Aliens is not historical accurate?

It's like the opposite of history.

herstory?

Whoa, I never thought of it that way.

History = His story, as in somebody else story/history.

Very interesting point of view.

Deep.

[Siege]

Shit.

[The Brain]

I'm not anal about historical accuracy. Most movies do not try to be historically accurate. The Seventh Seal doesn't try to be historically accurate and it's an awesome movie.

most historical movies are based on historical novels wich themselves aren't historical... yet, everyone bitches about the movies.  Braveheart is a good example of this.  The movie is based on the book and is quite faithful to the book.  Alas, it hasn't much to do with the real history.

No one has read the book.

[Razgovory]

For example, in a film where they portray the English as being generally stupid, arrogant and borderline evil...they filmed the battle scenes for Stirling Bridge with no bridge in sight.

And?

And?

And what?

Do you only read the first half of a post and then comment?

What's wrong with depicting the English as stupid and evil?

[Scipio]

So has anyone seen that European Borgia series? Is it has good as he says?

I liked it better than The Borgias, and so did my wife.

[dps]

For example, in a film where they portray the English as being generally stupid, arrogant and borderline evil...they filmed the battle scenes for Stirling Bridge with no bridge in sight.

And?

And?

And what?

Do you only read the first half of a post and then comment?

What's wrong with depicting the English as stupid and evil?

The problem with the way they did it in the movie is that the stupidity becomes an informed attribute--the movie didn't remember the mantra, "Show, don't tell".

[Agelastus]

For example, in a film where they portray the English as being generally stupid, arrogant and borderline evil...they filmed the battle scenes for Stirling Bridge with no bridge in sight.

And?

And?

And what?

Do you only read the first half of a post and then comment?

What's wrong with depicting the English as stupid and evil?

Oh.

I thought you were referring to the Bridge.

You approve of them portraying us as arrogant, then? I'll have to remember that for the future.

[Note to self, Razgovory does not mind English arrogance - lay it on with a trowel when replying to his posts in future.]

As for the two words you've commented on...

Given my opinion of a vast chunk of my fellow countrymen I'll refrain from commenting regarding "stupid".

And as I don't feel like getting dragged into a pointless political argument over whatever less-than-completely-reputable part of our history you'd drag up to suggest there's nothing wrong with the "evil" part I'll refrain from commenting on that as well.

[Razgovory]

I was okay with Braveheart, I thought it was crap as history but as a film it was okay.

[The Brain]

No it was not fucking OK. It was horrible. I had to quit after 10 minutes.

[Eddie Teach]

No it was not fucking OK. It was horrible. I had to quit after 10 minutes.

Then all you know is that the first 10 minutes were horrible. Lots of movies overcome that.

[The Brain]

No it was not fucking OK. It was horrible. I had to quit after 10 minutes.

Then all you know is that the first 10 minutes were horrible. Lots of movies overcome that.

Braveheart did not. It is known.

[Admiral Yi]

I thought it always danced on the cliff edge of horrible without quite plunging over.

[The Brain]

OK, sugartits.

[PDH]

It was horrible, bad awful.  It sucked more than the suckiest suck that ever sucked.  It was so bad that my grandfather who had two strokes was watching it and demanded the channel be changed to anything else.  The only redeeming factor that it had was that it ended, but that was an eternity too late.