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The 10 most historically inaccurate movies
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U571 which was a mockery of an actual event in WW2 in which two Royal Navy men died.There were many events in that war of which the US Navy can be justly proud , why they had to make such a film is beyond me.
The film's plot, though a complete work of fiction, is minutely based on real events. Though the film was generally well received,[1] the plot attracted criticism for two reasons: first, it was British personnel from HMS Bulldog who first captured a naval Enigma machine, from U-110 in the North Atlantic May 1941, before the United States entered the war. Second, German U-boat crews were portrayed in a negative light.
The real U-571 was never involved in any such events, was not captured, and was in fact sunk in January 1944, off Ireland, by a Short Sunderland flying boat from No. 461 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
The film's plot, though a complete work of fiction, is minutely based on real events. Though the film was generally well received,[1] the plot attracted criticism for two reasons: first, it was British personnel from HMS Bulldog who first captured a naval Enigma machine, from U-110 in the North Atlantic May 1941, before the United States entered the war. Second, German U-boat crews were portrayed in a negative light.
The real U-571 was never involved in any such events, was not captured, and was in fact sunk in January 1944, off Ireland, by a Short Sunderland flying boat from No. 461 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Neutron66
I need to clean my screen!
lol
Two films about people who never actually existed.
So yeah...I guess they're historically inaccurate.
Interesting that you would list a film you haven't seen yet.
Rey C.
Racing is life... anything else is just waiting.
I've only seen bits & pieces of the movie, but I was surprised to see The Patriot on the list. I rather like him, but Mel Gibson seems to have a knack for producing lots of (loosely) historically based entertainment pieces, it seems.
I have a real fascination with Greco-Roman history. Both were inacurate to an extreme, but 300 was so frickin' cartoonish and Troy was so bastardized that I was mad that I couldn't get back the time I spent watching them.
What's really sad is that so few people read these days, but they'll watch these dumbass movies and start quoting them as if they're reciting history. In 200 years or less, my guess is there'll be a movie made about the American Civil War... and the Confederate soldiers will have AK-47's and the Union troops will have M-16's.
Baill Inneraora
I changed my middle-name to Freeones
Whether you believe the Templars had secrets about Jesus or not, the movie was bs.
The opening scene had the Templars fleeing Jerusalem as Saladin and the Muslims took the city. The problem was the movie had them leaving by way of a boat into the Mediterranean out of the port of Jerusalem!
The opening scene had the Templars fleeing Jerusalem as Saladin and the Muslims took the city. The problem was the movie had them leaving by way of a boat into the Mediterranean out of the port of Jerusalem!
Ravenholm
Never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference.
For me the biggest pain in the arse sinse it tries to cover the history of my country [Scotland] is Braveheart. What a pile of steaming rat shit. The Bruce character is a joke in the movie. Robert The Bruce never turned on Wallace in real life, not once. And anyone that supports this movie just because it is based on Scottish history has to question their patriotism. Why would anyone love in anyway a piece of shit that rapes their countries history and fills it full of inaccuracies just to make money. FUCK YOU SMELL GIBSON. An Austrailian playing an iconic Scotsman. LOL. The whore could have hired a Scotsman to play that part. Instead of thinking he was up to the job of it.
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Ravenholm
Never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference.
Aye pal. U-579 or what ever the fuck it is lol. That's right. That movie is a dud too.
Baill Inneraora
I changed my middle-name to Freeones
My g/f doesn't like the Bruce because of that movie. She needs reeducated and spanked!
Ravenholm
Never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference.
:thefinger
Ravenholm
Never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference.
Well you can reeducate her, I'll spank her :thumbsup:
Baill Inneraora
I changed my middle-name to Freeones
Pocahontas: It shows the huge Rocky Mountains in the background, but it takes place in tidal Virginia.
Fairy stories don't count.
Baill Inneraora
I changed my middle-name to Freeones
Like Troy, I don't think the Ten Commandments should be included in this discussion because we don't know what if anythig happened.
Friday on my mind
Pain heals, chicks dig scars, Freeones lasts forever
But ya know even as an atheist I liked "the Ten commandments" a lot.Awesome cast.:bowdown:
But ya gotta watch anything everything with some historical knowledge and realize hollywood/others are not trying to tell history they are trying to make money.Some truth might be in them but if thats not exiciting enough they will make it up.
habo9
Banned
The whole Braveheart story is bullshit nevermind just the Bruce bit
Has anyone ever seen Wallaces sword ?
Its 6 feet in length & it weighs a ton , there is no way on this earth that Mel Gibson could possibly swing it about , William Wallace must have been a giant of a man , I seen it in the Wallace Monument in Stirling and it was taller than me
Baill Inneraora
I changed my middle-name to Freeones
I thought Wallace was 7 feet tall, Kills men by the hundreds, and he can consume the English with fireballs from his eyes, and bolts of lightning from his arse.
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