Top 10 Historically Inaccurate Movies
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Published 2015-10-16
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All Comments (21)
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I knew there's something fishy about "300"... I did not believe Leonidas was speaking english so fluently with a scottish accent.
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How about Star Wars? I'm pretty sure that shit didn't happen a long time ago in a galaxy far far away...
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Anatasia shouldn't really be on the list, since it is purposefully based on the conspiracy theories that she might have escaped the shooting, so it is more of an alternate history movie in the first place - not to talk about that it features Rasputin as an undead wizard who could do real Magic, this doesn't really qualify as a movie that claims to be based on historical facts.
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You can’t say “We won’t be including myths” and then put the animated “Anastasia” on the list. The film is entirely based on a myth/legend/rumor that Anastasia Romanov survived.
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What about the animated Titanic movie? You know, the one were "no one really died."
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Speaking of historical inaccuracy, does anyone else cringe whenever they see horned viking helmets in movies?
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In the beginning you say that you exclude films that are purposely distorted, but then you include Anastasia and 300??? These films never hide their tendencies to put comic-book / fairy-tale logic ahead of any historic facts.
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I'm not sure 10,000 BC was intended to be historical.
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American Sniper. Full of propaganda, fictional characters and exaggerations.
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Pearl Harbor: a Japanese attack interrupts a love story
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"The Mayans were peaceful. They only had a few human sacrifices..."
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Thank you for including Argo, but it should've been in the number 1 spot. As a Canadian yourself, you know what a travesty that film's message. It's the height of hubris to take credit for others' bravery in saving your countrymen, and it reverses what was actually a great moment in American-Canadian relations. U571 also could've vied for the #1 spot. Another flick where Americans take credit for others' courageous achievement.
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In the patriot Mel Gibson never lived during the American revolution. Although I do believe that he'll eventually move to Australia and become a cop and survive the coming nuclear holocaust
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Other inaccuracies on Braveheart 1. Prima Noctis is a medieval Myth, there have been no evidence that it has ever been used. 2. King Edward was not as cold blooded as he is in the Film, he never orderd his archers to fire blindly into both Scot and English soldiers 3. Battle of Stirling bridge was missing a bridge 4. Scots didn't paint their faces also they would of wore armor just like the English 5. Robert the Bruce never betrayed Wallace
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The phrase "based on a true story" or even worse, "INSPIRED" by a true story immediately makes me roll my eyeballs.
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When “Pocahontas” came out, I asked my then-eight-year-old niece if she wanted to go see it. She declined, explaining that she knew the story of the real Pocahontas and she didn’t want the Disney version to ruin it for her. Smart kid, and now that she’s in her thirties she’s still very smart. The only good thing that the movie has going for it is that Disney actually got a Native American actress, Irene Bedard, to voice the title character.
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Let's not forget "2012", NOTHING happened when the day finally came.
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"Even Disney isn't exempt from choosing story over history." That's ALL Disney does with its history and legend based movies. Little Mermaid. Aladdin. The aforementioned Pocahontas.... Disney is the king of white-washing. Also.... Back to the Future is now historically inaccurate! XD
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Mel Gibson almost deserves a list in his own right for rewriting history in films.
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"Lincoln" got screwed by the Academy Awards. Argo did not deserve it
