i recall having a conversation with a host at talksport (UK commercial radio station) [when it was still called talkradio].

he was insisting that people could legitimately learn history from Hollywood films. He wasn't having it when I said that they are not supposed to be historically accurate.

As I'm not at heart an American-basher, I don't pursue that thought with arguments - don't want to be misunderstood.

Ivor