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This won't be first or last movie that wrongly depicts history :) Braveheart is one example: the section "Historical inaccuracy" takes good 1/3 of the whole Wi
by vilda 13y ago
This won't be first or last movie that wrongly depicts history :)
Braveheart is one example: the section "Historical inaccuracy" takes good 1/3 of the whole Wikipedia article. Amadeus by Miloš Forman is another example. The Social Network...
- klmr 13y agoExcept that nobody cares whether Edward Longshanks was slandered, or that his political actions were misrepresented. For Wikileaks and Assange, this has consequences in the real world, and defamation in particular may lead to criminal prosecution.
- viat 13y agoExcept that they do. Especially at a time of national referendum on Scottish independence. With that context Braveheart starts to look more and more like racist propaganda. The date of the referendum vote was even chosen for it's historical significance.
- jessaustin 13y agoRacist? Are you saying that English is a "race", that it's somehow the same "race" that existed 700 years ago, and that it is "racially" justified in ruling Scotland? Those would be novel claims.
- d23 13y agoNeither Braveheart nor Amadeus were about living people. It could be argued that Zuckerburg's well-being and entire mission doesn't hinge upon the public's perception of him either (plus, as meowface said, the image portrayed of him wasn't that bad).
- RexRollman 13y agoBraveheart is a good example but my favorite example is Remember The Titans, which went so far as to have a player get into a car accident before the championship game when, in fact, he played in that game and got into the accident after the season had ended.