I have to admit it scares me when someone states a historical fact and then says “I saw it in the movie …” And I’m not talking about a documentary. Makes me wonder what else they believe hook, line & sinker.
Don’t get me wrong. I love some of these supposedly historical movies ~ I mean really, Mel Gibson as William Wallace was not tough to watch but I really wish there was a disclaimer at the beginning which read “This movie is not factual ~ listen to your history teacher”
What made me think of all of this is Yahoo’s list of the Top 10 Historically Inaccurate Movies. Click here to check it out. It gave me a chuckle.
Displaced Beachbums 
Scott taped the John Adams trilogy but we haven’t watched it yet. He even taped the “Making of the John Adams trilogy”. So many movies….so little time!
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KBG: I keep laughing over the line about the movie “300” which they stated “The most obvious one being Persian king Xerxes was not an 8-foot-tall Cirque du Soleil reject.” So true…
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This is too funny! We’re always reminding L. that movies are historical fiction – emphasis on the fiction; this should back that up a little!
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Alice: Do you get HBO? I almost signed up for it just so I could see the John Adams trilogy ~ let me know what you think & I’ll add it to my Netflix list when it comes out on DVD.
I read the book “John Adams” and highly recommend it if you have time for a long but good read.
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I wonder how the “John Adams” trilogy on HBO will stack up?
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