I ask this question in light of the new movie "Flyboys," which comes out tomorrow and which I plan on seeing.
I don't know if many people are aware but a lot of movies set in the past take a lot of liberties with the truth; facts are distorted, characters are made-up, etc. A good example is the film "Memphis Belle" (1990). It was good entertainment, and there really was a bomber plane in WWII with that name that successfully completed its requirement of 25 missions on May 17, 1943. But after that, NOTHING in that film is fact! The entire crew, mission, and story were made up for the movie. In fact, the real plane still exists and was never shot up as the movie portrays.
My question here is, do many of you see these films- films like "The Patriot," "Remember the Titans," "Glory," "Pearl Harbor," and "Saving Private Ryan" many of which are very entertaining, and believe they are 100% true stories?
2006-09-21 12:19:00 · 4 answers · asked by Bryan C 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Is there anybody who believes these films. It is well known that film makers don't let facts get in the way of a good story. I'd be surprised if anybody really thought that it is all truth.
2006-09-21 12:22:44 · answer #1 · answered by Bob-bob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you believe they are 100% accurate then you are a fool. They are great stories and that is about it. They are actually getting decently accurate. Although another example is in Pearl Harbor. They show the money with Hawaii written on it. Well yeah that really happened later in the war. It didn't happen at the point of Pearl Harbor though. Later in the war with worry that Japan may take Hawaii they started printing Hawaii on the money so that it wouldn't currency if Japan took the Island.
2006-09-21 20:09:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe everything that's in it. I know that Pearl Harbor, the Patriot and other films COMPLETELY mess up history, but I know that a lot of things that happen in the movie, really did happen.
2006-09-21 20:05:31 · answer #3 · answered by infinityangelc 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't take movies as factual, even if they're based on a historical person, place, occurrence, etc. Hollywood usually tries to make the story more exciting by adding in stuff that didn't really happen.
2006-09-21 19:25:58 · answer #4 · answered by rockdahouse85 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋