10 most historically inaccurate movies

[lynnmosher]

Here's the list...

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

[Tarin]

Interesting. Thanks for posting. Whatchu want to bet, none of those would have gotten away with their mistakes enough to be wildly successful had they been books instead of movies? :rolleyes:

[lynnmosher]

I think you're probably right!

[Lookin^Up]

At the end of the list was 2001: A Space Odyssey, but I can't consider it "historically inaccurate" because the movie came out in 1968. It was Stan Kubrik and Arthur C. Clark's projection of the future. It is not unusual for such projections to be grossly inaccurate when the actual date comes.

[srussell]

At the end of the list was 2001: A Space Odyssey, but I can't consider it "historically inaccurate" because the movie came out in 1968. It was Stan Kubrik and Arthur C. Clark's projection of the future. It is not unusual for such projections to be grossly inaccurate when the actual date comes.

I watched the pilot episode of the original "Lost in Space" TV series a few weeks ago. It takes place in 1999.

Sam

[Lookin^Up]

That's right. And the Star Trek episode "Space Seed" had clone wars taking place in 1992. There are many other examples we could come up with.

[Timber Wolf]

They may be histoorically inaccurate, but 1) it doens't make me like the movie any less, and 2) it makes me interested in learning more about the period of history the movie was supposed to have taken place.
So I do turn around and go get documentary videos from the library and watch those to get accurate info.

[Ransom v. Unman]

Interesting. Thanks for posting. Whatchu want to bet, none of those would have gotten away with their mistakes enough to be wildly successful had they been books instead of movies? :rolleyes:
Nah... books are some of the most destructive and misleading sources of historical innacuracies out there.

Note that the sixth and tenth movies listed (though I'm with you, Dave, I'm calling shenanigans on that 2001 bit) are based on popular novels.

[Timber Wolf]

Ransom- Are you ref to fiction or non-fiction (or both?) I certainly don't read ficiton and expect to get all the facts handed to me accurately.

[Ransom v. Unman]

Ransom- Are you ref to fiction or non-fiction (or both?) I certainly don't read ficiton and expect to get all the facts handed to me accurately.

Well, I agree... I was simply stating this in response to Tarin's assertion that they'd be more scrutinised if they were books rather than movies.

[Tarin]

Well, let's put it this way... I'd scrutinize them more if they were books. :p