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cat_77 ([personal profile] cat_77) wrote2009-08-05 01:35 pm
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History in Film

Archaeology.org linked to an article on The 10 Most Historically Inaccurate Movies. They really don't like Mel Gibson...

Highly amusing.

[identity profile] threnodyjones.livejournal.com 2009-08-05 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, ha! I heard the list on KDWB this morning, but didn't realize it was from Archaelogy.org.

And what are they talking about!? You mean to tell me William Wallace *wasn't* father to Edward III? Lies!

[identity profile] threnodyjones.livejournal.com 2009-08-05 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Oi, never mind. I just read what you wrote and the link. Sheesh. Reading comprehension, much?

[identity profile] cat-77.livejournal.com 2009-08-05 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. If it makes you feel any better, Archaeology.org is listed in the article itself as point blank bashing one of the films.

Love that site - the woman who usually does the daily updates tends to get snarky about history and artifacts, which is always amusing. "The latest oldest/most well-preserved/remarkable/history-changing artifact recently found in China..."

[identity profile] johnnym77.livejournal.com 2009-08-06 10:17 am (UTC)(link)
I'm surprised that they didn't include The Jesus Chainsaw Massacre in their list. After all, they were already (and with good cause) Gibson-bashing. I saw the film with [livejournal.com profile] parageek who speaks Russian and knows some Latin. Gibson got his languages completely wrong, and the Roman guards are often heard toasting each other in Russian.

I will take a little offense at the inclusion of Amadeus, though. The stage play it was based on was NEVER intended to be historically accurate. It was total fiction based in history. However, the public assumed it to be fact when they saw the film because as we all the know the public of America is deeply stupid. It's not the creators' fault that people took them seriously. Also, I think the movie is f-ing brilliant and doesn't deserve to be listed in the same breath as anything Mel Gibson's done.