Most of the time they are not real. They may have a few details that might happened but the story as told is usually someone's vivid imagination.
2007-03-16 05:03:47 · 15 answers · asked by Cinnamon 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
You are SO RIGHT! People believe that nobody would - or could - legally put a story on paper or film unless it was the truth. What MANY people don't know is that there is LOTS of the story that is pure fabrication, falsehood, and fantasy just to spice up the story. I know first hand that "based on a true story" and "true crime" is NOT really the truth. The writers always make obsession look like a love story, and an emotionally distraught person seem like a monster. The facts get mixed up and the events get exaggerated or made-up just to sell copies.
2007-03-16 05:06:50 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately this is the way the world works. People have fallen into the trap of believing almost everything they see or hear. Most films (or books) say that they're based on a true story (like Titanic for example) but they gloss over most of the facts and add in extras to make it look interesting. There was a woman called Molly Brown on the Titanic, but there was no steamy romance between Rose (who was based on a living survivor) and whoever it was Leo DiCaprio played.
People though, think that if some of it is true, then it must all be true. It has become the way people work.
2007-03-16 06:23:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
'The Hills Have Eyes' was 'based on a true story' LOL! Yeah, the 'real' family was from Scottland in the 1600s! Of course that translates to the Californina desert and nuclear testing because in the 1600s (in Scottland) there were many many nuclear weapons of mass destruction...LOL! I guess if people 'think' everything they're seeing is 'true' then it validates the story more. I like 'real' true stories but would prefer they just stick to calling it fiction when it's obviously fiction! Such as, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. So Tobe Hooper created his characters based on 3 actual serial killers by combining them into one wicked family. Then calling it 'based on actual events'. Wrong! If there actually were a family in Texas chainsawing people then I think we would've heard about that on the news...lol If there was a family in the hills of the California desert eating people, I think THAT would've been on the news as well. At least when Cameron Crowe made 'Almost Famous' about when he was a 15 year old writer for Rolling Stone, he had the decentcy to let it be known that only 'some' of the facts were true, while others were fictional, instead of just saying 'based on a true story'. Thumbs up to him ;-)
2007-03-16 05:15:33 · answer #3 · answered by Army Of Machines (Wi-Semper-Fi)! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well some are more true then others.. I think "Friday Night Lights" might be the closest to fact movie ive seen. hell i went to school with some of those people. Gary Gaines used to teach my school's football team for a while. i was in the 9th grade when those events happened.
Rudy id say wouldbe second because the only thing i know that wasnt perfect, was the charectors. the priest andthe grounds keeper were both based on several people that helped him and not just one person each.
The Rookie would be close also. The main thing wrong with it is that other then the high school baseball team, most of the people in Big Lake Texas portrayed in themovie were not real people. They were losely based on friends of Jimmy. Actually he never lived IN big Lake. He lived in two towns (over time) both at least 90 miles from the school and he transitioned each day to and from.
2007-03-16 05:12:22 · answer #4 · answered by clomtancy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in view that i'm no longer a large fan of media...hahaha, it rather is authentic, i do no longer likely think of it impacts me that plenty. people impact me, the idiots at right here, they pull out what lies deep interior, my mind's eye that has been subdued for way too long. Which finally developes into humor, yet no longer constantly. Hmmm and because i'm a realist at heart, confident i understand that video clips are all appearing as are television shows, even the reality ones. it extremely is why i do no longer watch them. And the comercials stress me nuts! nicely, it extremely isn't a clever oz..answer, so ye see me severe part matey.
2016-10-18 12:59:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
But...but..it's based on a true story! That means the WHOLE THING is true, right?
(Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story)
2007-03-16 05:17:37 · answer #6 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
once upon a time, there were a few movies that actually said at the start 'this is a true story'.
but as one poster remarked, they glom over based on and focus on true story.
not taking the time to read the whole disclaimer...typical of people today anyway...no time to get all the info, give 'em the gist and get going.
2007-03-16 05:09:42 · answer #7 · answered by atlas shrugged and so do i 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For the longest time I thought "Fargo" was a true story because it says it is at the beginning. The last time I watched it, though, I saw at the end of the credits that it was in fact completely fictional.
2007-03-16 05:08:18 · answer #8 · answered by tooqerq 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the other one that gets people is "inspired by a true story" . example Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It was inspired by a true story of a serial killer but people believed that it was a true story and it is so completely fictional.
2007-03-16 05:39:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont believe its all true, when they say "based on a true story "i think its what they concluded from their studies and just put whatever else makes the story look better or entertaining.
2007-03-16 05:09:21 · answer #10 · answered by Ms.J 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋