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Thread #109680   Message #2294802
Posted By: Rapparee
21-Mar-08 - 06:31 PM
Thread Name: BS: Ten films that got it wrong
Subject: RE: BS: Ten films that got it wrong
I don't think it's the point of movies to get it right. The point of movies is entertainment. Look at "10,000,000 BC" -- Farah Fawcett looks fetching in a brief leather costume, but Homo was not yet Neanderthalis, much less Sapiens, back then AND dinosaurs were long extinct.

I could go on, but I'll only give a few more examples: Birth of a Nation; Tora, Tora, Tora; In Harm's Way; Sands of Iwo Jima; Apocalypse Now; Full Metal Jacket; The Longest Day; The Alamo; El Cid; Lion In Winter; A Man For All Seasons....

Some of these are very very good movies, but they are not factual history. They are entertainment.