[MIsoldier]

I was reading an article today about the guy the movie The Patriot was based on. The guy was a mean bastard in real life, slaughtering several innoecent Cherokee Indians and constantly raped his female slaves.

This got me thinking, is there a director that makes more historically inaccurate movies than Mel Gibson?

i.e. The Patriot, Braveheart, Apocalypto

[Nihilistic]

dont forget about the passion

[MIsoldier]

ah yes how could I forget the POC

[omgitsrick]

The Passion of the Christ was a man getting whipped for 2 hours. LAMENESS.

[Misfit23]

Originally Posted by Nihilistic

dont forget about the passion

oh snap! here come the christians...

[CPT HENRY M]

Ummm...most history is not all that accurate anyway. History is a story and stories always leave certain things out (or add shit that never happened). That being said, yes Mr. Gibson does take some liberties with his films.

[M.o.A]

Who are we to say whats accurate and whats not?

[Titus001]

The Patriot, Braveheart, Apocalypto

those were kick ass movies though.

[MIsoldier]

Originally Posted by Titus001

The Patriot, Braveheart, Apocalypto

those were kick ass movies though.

ya he does make some good movies, but the only problem I had with Apocalypto was I couldn't focus on the movie because all of the characters bad teeth. I know he was trying to be somewhat historically accurate and there weren't dentists and tooth brushs back than but damn those were some horrible teeth.

[DeathTyrant]

He had to take some liberties with the truth to appeal to cinema-goers. Nobody would have really liked Wallace if the film was accurate (not to say that his cause was a bad one, but he was not exactly the nicest guy around).