10 Most Historically Inaccurate Movies

Yahoo! has a nice article with the "10 Most Inaccurate Historical Movies" or something like that...

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/10mosthistoricallyinaccurate.html

I like the last one, a lot...

Probably any Oliver Stone film based on history.

Hollywood taking libertys with changing facts -- I'm shocked!

Then again, with as old as some of these so-called facts are, how do we really know they are facts? I mean think about it, how do we really know the Spartans wore bronze? Just because some scollar wrote it in a book doesn't neccessarily make it a fact. Since very old history was so poorly documented, I find that researches of it gather what little information they can find then take their best guess. I'm not saying this about all historical facts, but some things I still question as to how anyone can really know certain cultural findings as facts. I think there is a lot of it where we have taken our best guess and let the History channel present it as fact, IMO.

I'm surprised JFK didn't make the list.

what about any movie by michael moore?

Hey... I like Michael Moore.

And that was a crap list.

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I mean think about it, how do we really know the Spartans wore bronze?

Gosh, don't you go to museums? Archeology is one source of information. Spartan artifacts and excavations revealed that this was an important bronze making/forging center. We get to see their bronze helmets and breastplates and such displayed today for anyone who cares to see them. Here is a helmet:



And here is where they find such items (a Spartan excavation):



Of course, Sparta being in the bronze age at the time probably also had something to do with it.

[Post edited by Skyhawk on Mar 21, 2008]

If you want accurate watch the history channel. They actually had a pretty good show on the true 300, which made the spartans even more bad ass. Honestly who goes to these movies for accuracy?

Meh, I really don't care. What I actually want right now is Katsu Chicken from L & L BBQ.



EDIT: I should point out that the picture of Katsu Chicken may not be historically acurate. After some digs in Hawaii, it has been discovered that native Hawaiian's may have breaded their chicken in bronze.

[Post edited by Tim Raynor on Mar 21, 2008]

HEY!!! No posting pictures of delicious-looking food! Now I'm all hungry!

BTW... I nominate "posters5" for President! Anyone who realizes Michael Moore is full of crap is a leader!