The Biggest Lies from "Historical" Movies - Sideprojects Reaction

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

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[@DonnyTinyHands]

They should do a movie about Woodrow Wilson and have VTH as a historical advisor.

[@bandit848]

They already did (except for VTH's involvement). It was the film Wilson showed at the White House.

[@Jamessmith-xk3fh]

I know with most historical movies you have to add in stuff that will make people want to see the movie but I want my historical movies as accurate as they can get them

[@vodyanoy2]

No lol VTH isn't a real historian

[@PopeSixtusVI]

With a forward by Ben Shapiro.

[@isaiahwiita4474]

He has a history degree ​@@vodyanoy2

[@Yankeesoldier23]

"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." The problem with inaccuracies in film or tv shows, a lot of people will only ever know the legend. Movies and shows should strive to get the history right.

[@rodrigorincongarcia771]

You could say that was John Ford explaining his whole career in just one sentence 😃

[@philingrouille7198]

I remember my history teacher back in Secondary showing us the 1998 Elizabeth movie. Thank you History Buffs for tearing that film apart. And the sequel too.

[@joshuasimpson364]

Whenever I see Chris facepalm in a thumbnail I know we in for a treat lol

[@MxMoondoggie]

Ah yes the great national hero Alan Turing we make movies about. The same guy who was thanked for his contributions by being convicted of being gay, forced to be chemically castrated, lost his job with GCHQ and was banned from America all for liking dudes. He then killed himself a couple of years later after authorities stopped him from going to Norway to meet a guy. I guess people suddenly become heroes in death after they were treated as a villain in life.

[@Docktavion]

100%, the worst thing is, the exact and worse is still going on today. just an 180 on the people doing it.

[@skinnyjasper3097]

Enemy at the Gates deserved to be on this list. It’s heavily based on the Journal entries of the Soviet Sniper in real life and in the movie he is portrayed as illiterate. Why? Because Communism bad! The entire movie is about as anti communist as you can get and it ruins what would have otherwise been a good film.

[@frankwalsh1916]

You can't be too anti-communist.

[@graymanmedia]

The Movie "300" was base on the "Comic Book" called "300" not on the history events that the Comic Book was based on.

[@anthonyanderson9303]

Exactly and in that sense it was extemely faithful to the comic.

[@hjorturerlend]

When we're criticizing 300 we're obviously also including the comic book it is based on.

[@anthonyanderson9303]

@hjorturerlend ok but even doing that I still didn't have a problem with it. Within the context of the film, the narrator is that spartan soldier that Leonidas sent home and he's purposely embrlleshing the story, hence why Xerses army is depicted as literal monsters. Also, some of the quotes in the film are said to have actually been said such as "then we shall fight in the shade".

[@carnifex2005]

@@anthonyanderson9303 Yeah, I don't know why people don't get that. It's literally a unreliable narrator telling a tall tale before the Battle of Plataea to hype up his troops.

[@cristianmeiler4031]

Regarding Dancing with the wolves. To me it'a appeal seems to be that it is the first blockbuster Hollywood Western were there was an intent on depicting native Americans as something more than the bloodthirsty Indian or the sidekick to the white hero

[@anathardayaldar]

I preferred its sequel, Avatar

[@nickmitsialis]

@@anathardayaldar And don't forget revisionist movies from the late 60s and early 70s like 'Little Big Man', Ulzana's Raid or Soldier Blue. They were mostly 'metaphors' for Vietnam but...

[@PopeSixtusVI]

Unless you want to go way back to Geronimo, which was an instant hit upon release and why people shout Geronimo when jumping over/out of something.

[@nickmitsialis]

@@PopeSixtusVI According to Richard Winters, you originally yelled 'Bill Lee'

[@jacob4920]

That's mostly because it depicted the Lakota Nation as a completely independent native group of peoples, that, at the time of the movie (mid-to-late 1860's), Washington DC did NOT have absolute control over, and was actively trying to push its' way into their ancestral lands! DWW is actually a historical TRAGEDY, when you think about it, because you see the gradual erosion of these peoples' independence/ability to operate as free peoples, over the course of the movie. And the white guy who is the protagonist of the film just happens to be the "outsiders' witness" to the whole thing. It was all done very beautifully. And to this day, the MUSIC of that movie is one of the greatest movie soundtracks ever put together! Unfortunately, the acting of Kevin Costner is just as wooden, and stilted, as ever, and the film loses valuable points because of that. lol

[@orafields9591]

I would 100% watch videos about Canada’s involvement in WW1 & 2 from you

[@rainbowappleslice]

I’d love to see VTH do a reaction to the video ‘know your allies: Britain’. It’s an informational video made by the war department to educate their troops on who they’re fighting with and against and it’s a really interesting insight into how 40’s America viewed Britain and in some ways how little Britain has changed and how much Britain has changed in other ways.

[@ChaseSecurity]

Some people don't like No Country for Old Men? Those people are what I like to call "incorrect".

[@brandonpeters1618]

Favorite movie

[@hamishsewell5990]

I think if a historical film flagrantly ignores history, it should be penalised

[@danic9304]

What i don't like is when the inaccuracies fundamentally alter the story, or misrepresent the characters of real historical figures. Mashing together a few incidents or adding a bit of artistic flair is okay - U-571 was downright offensive

[@rojayreid908]

For you

[@danic9304]

@@rojayreid908 Well, yes, for me - i'm the one giving my opinion in this comment

[@svenrio8521]

​@@rojayreid908It would be extremely painful...

[@RyanNicholasMartinez]

Good thing it was just a movie

[@Jamessmith-xk3fh]

I agree and one thing that irritates me is when they try to change the historical figures race, sex, or sexual orientation. I'm not even a fan of this play but Hamilton is the reason for the irritation and yes I'm looking at you black Hamilton

[@dominickfinch5693]

13:36 I will not take this Everything, Everywhere, All at Once slander. I understand it not being someone's jam. But you at least have to admit that the cast and crew put a lot of heart into it. At the very the very least it doesn't deserve to be called unwatchable.

[@jdotoz]

Effort doesn't guarantee results.

[@ellbo2]

I think calling many of these movies "unwatchable" is pretty harsh. Braveheart is fun, but it ain't great.

[@durrnip]

I'm shocked at his hate for American Beauty! It's not for everyone and I didn't exactly love it, but could never say it was a waste of my life Crash must be the worst winner in the last half a century. That was so trite and patronising, a true "woke" movie if we can invoke that word

[@SpottedSharks]

I dont' think I've ever rolled my eyes harder at a movie scene than in Braveheart when Wallance is riding up and down the line giving his "freedom" speech. It's would have been an alien concept to them. At best Scottish nobles wanted to be free to oppress the Scottish peasants without interference from the English.

[@111oooo]

Argo is an insult to Canadians and other countries who were ready to help. You need to do some research yourself

[@chancellor1055]

I know it’s not really a historical film but the movie goodfellas is one of the most accurate films I’ve ever seen Edit: it should have beaten dances with wolves for best picture

[@svenrio8521]

The only big inaccuracies are Henry being that handsome and him never committing murder (as that crime has no statute of limitations) Watch the movie and you'll notice how Henry never participates in killing. (Even though there is great evidence to suggest he was part of it in real life)

[@chancellor1055]

@@svenrio8521 The biggest inaccuracy was actually that that Tommy was short Tommy was actually 6 4 and he said he didn’t commit any murders and he has no reason to lie cuz he went into witness protection so he can’t be charged for past crimes

[@Jamessmith-xk3fh]

I really like Good Fellas but Dances With Wolves is one of my all time favorite movies and I really like Kevin Costner

[@jaymzarsenault3166]

...... that's because the director had mafia members telling him what he can and cannot put in the movie. 😂 but yes most accurate that's allowed

[@chancellor1055]

@@jaymzarsenault3166that happened in the godfather not goodfellas

[@thiagots85]

"Elaine, I thought you loved 'The English patient'" "I HATED IT!" " Well, you shoud have said so... you're fired" "Great. I'll wait outside"

[@2011littlejohn1]

I’ve got this great idea for a t.v series. There's this bunch of British battleships and carriers in the Pacific and they have a long distance battle with the Japanese near a place called Midway. The heroes would be the pilots who would have jolly hocky stick personalities with moustaches and say things like ''Wizard Prang'' and ''Tallyo'' and they drink tea all the time and have flasks of it in their cockpits on the way to the target. Some could be eccentric like one Simon D'eath whose ancestor was one of the few in the Charge of The Light Brigade he's nicknamed Errol after Flynn who starred in the authentic film version - of course the one set in India and not the fake one from the Crimea. Anyway Errol refuses to take off unless he's got his ancestor's lance in the cockpit with him - it sticks out the back still flaunting the flag of the 9th Hussars. If our yank cousins object we'll just plead artistic licence.

[@Rammsoldat]

"I don't know anyone that thinks U-571 is actual real history" you keep good company sir but cast your mind back to when the costa concordia incident happened and a bunch of people on social media (and some news outlets even) were exclaiming it to be a "real life titanic". Never underestimate how low the bar is.

[@MARCBOIREAU]

I am agree. He have forgoten that there is a lot of platist... and a lot of people who think the landing on the moon is fake. Thanks to the american way of schooling...

[@nucklechutz9933]

A Knight's Tale: Bro none of those songs were out back then...

[@r.b.ratieta6111]

The fact that Shakespeare in Love won Best Picture over Saving Private Ryan for 1998 still boggles me to this day.

[@mathiasbartl903]

Saving Private Ryan while well done, is a very conventional war movie, with basically stock characters.

[@wallythewondercorncake8657]

The real life event that inspired Cocaine Bear is actually also the basis of season 4 of Justified, and the actress who played the primary antagonist in season 2 of Justified was also in Cocaine Bear, Margo Martindale

[@donovanmccampbell6767]

Once highly esteemed, now disgraced, character actress Margo Martindale strikes again

[@wallythewondercorncake8657]

@@donovanmccampbell6767 What did she do?

[@b.chaline4394]

You get a thumbs up for mentioning Justified, one of my favorite shows of all time, and Margo Martindale was fantastic in that role! Incidently her youngest son is played by Corporal Upham from Saving Private Ryan, while half the cast of Band of Brothers shows up at one point or the other :D

[@wallythewondercorncake8657]

@@b.chaline4394 Sons of Anarchy, Deadwood, and The Shield are also good for a "where's Wally?" of Justified actors

[@TheXhadeZ]

I am glad im not the only one who does not rate The English Patient.

[@jacob4920]

I think "Braveheart" included the entire romantic subplot between Wallace and Princess Isabella because SOPHIE MARCEAU is just a blindingly beautiful actress, with a sexy French accent, and how could Hollywood NOT include such a woman as one of the centerpiece romances of a blockbuster flick??! lol

[@tervalas]

Braveheart wasn't the worst to win....but it was worse than most of the 2000s movies that won. People also forget that you have to compare it to what else came out that year. American Beauty didn't have strong competition. But then you have years like Shakespeare In Love beating out Saving Private Ryan (a far better movie than SiL). Braveheart won in a year where a movie about a pig and a little known Italian film were nominees for Best Picture.

[@dustinsavage2832]

I get what you’re saying, but have to add in that the competition against American Beauty was very, VERY, strong. 1999 was one of the greatest years in cinema.

[@mirandasmith7105]

I liked Argo, but Best Picture?

[@Castorcato]

Braveheart is egregious with errors but it doesn't stop it from being a good film.

[@Rammsoldat]

it went so well for Mel he slapped a revolutionary war coat of paint on it and wheeled it back into the movie theatres.

[@pgee4342]

@Rammsoldat And that one was also good lol

[@SvenElven]

Why wasn't it set in a fantasy universe, when it has little or nothing to do with real history? And make no mistake, a lot of people do indeed think that both Braveheart and The Patriot are 100% correct historical testimonies. These films should come with a big disclamer 🙄

[@ElijahSchleich]

Words cannot describe the level of disdain and hate I feel for Mel Gibson and Braveheart. He butchered Edward II, Longhanks, Queen Isabella, Bruce, even the unborn Edward III. Also Battle of Stirling BRIDGE without a bridge is ludicrous I also kind of think he just doesn’t like English people as well given the shit he shows in the Patriot too.

[@r.b.ratieta6111]

Braveheart is like the reciprocal to Master and Commander. Braveheart = Historical story told in a fictional manner. Master and Commander = Fictional story told with a huge emphasis on historical accuracy in regards to time period and professional conduct.

[@The_Real_Mr_Al]

Indeed, historical fiction somehow often seem to care more about historical accuracy than the nonsense claiming to be based on true history.

[@James-zg2nl]

Missing on this list is The Patriot, Enemy at the Gates, 300, and Fury

[@jonrivers7779]

@vloggingthroughhistory. As a Brit I can say U-571 really did go down as incredibly offensive. Bear in mind it came off the back of films like Saving Private Ryan which also deleted the role of the Royal Navy from the assault on Omaha beach. Again the British were totally written out of history. We started getting kids in the UK and US saying America did everything in the war and rescued the Brits. It was incredibly offensive and I honestly think it should not be shown for being so xenophobically untrue

[@Docktavion]

Can’t agree more. Same with all the work we did in the pacific theatres ect.

[@carnifex2005]

Which was why Dunkirk was such a breath of fresh air.

[@Jbird1988]

WW2 here in the states is presented in two ways. 1941-1945 U.S beats Japan 1944-1945 U.S. saves Europe I would love more focus on the Brits and Canadians especially North Africa

[@garrettmorano3038]

Hey Brit, Saving Private Ryan is about the US ARMY. 2. I'm not going to cry about a xenophobic empire that literally wrote history. 3. You want to be more relevant in the world, then git gud

[@jonrivers7779]

@@garrettmorano3038 That shows how little you know and almost every LST driving onto Omaha was crewed by Royal Navy. So if you want to be relevant - learn your own history

[@xwraiths]

My favorite historical film is Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

[@Jamessmith-xk3fh]

@@xwraiths Good one lol. I knew it wasn't historical but it was really good

[@Pawsk]

I hate that movie, it neglects Lincolns early years were he defeated the last dragons.

[@Jamessmith-xk3fh]

@@Pawsk 🤣🤣🤣

[@anathardayaldar]

I just assume now that any movie with Mel Gibson is wildly historically inaccurate. Even We Were Soldiers which they went out of their way to brag how accurate it was, only showed the first day and ended with a spectacular US victory. But the second day was a US defeat.

[@michaeldenesyk3195]

The U571 movie was trying to ride the wave of Saving Private Ryan

[@onefadedgunner3281]

The Battle of Stirling Bridge but let's do it on an open field with no bridge in sight.

[@Wizardofgosz]

The Poles were reading German Enigma traffic as early as 1936. As a Polish person the idea that "Turing cracked Enigma" is simply a LIE. Rajewski, Zygalski, and Rozycki did ALL of the theoretical work, including figuring our the internal wiring of the additional rotors in the 4-rotor Naval Enigma. All Turing and the allies did was speed up their work, because they had the resources to build bigger and better machines to crack the keys.

[@greenknightofwar7024]

I judge a historical movie based of a single sentence. If the movie says it’s ‘based off a true story’ I expect it to be as accurate as possible. Such as movies like TORA TORA TORA. But if it says ‘inspired by a true story’ I know to take the movie much less seriously. Such as movies like Fury, or Saving Private Ryan.

[@JohnReedy07163]

Fury never claims to be historically accurate

[@greenknightofwar7024]

@@JohnReedy07163 it’s historic fiction yes in know. But the story is plausible.

[@-JG-339]

I have a bit stricter rule. If a movie uses the real names they need to be respectful to those persons and their descendants. To tell the story in a manner that is at least in the spirit of what happened. If they want to reinvent history they can invent the names too. Like they mostly did in "Inglourious Basterds"

[@beckycaughel7557]

I highly recommend that you see a beautiful mind. It was a fantastic movie. It was better for me maybe then some others because I wasn’t familiar with story so I really didn’t know what the truth is gonna be until the end

[@Awells89]

Braveheart is exactly why Mel Gibson is a complete and total hack when it comes to history.

[@Roguefem76]

Waaat? You mean William Wallace _didn't_ have an affair with a princess who was 12 and living in France when he died?! 🤣

[@anthonyanderson9303]

Why blame Mel Gibson? He didnt write nor direct the film. Randall Wallace, the director has fully admited they werent going for historical accuracy.

[@fipse]

And lets not talk about The Patriot...

[@Awells89]

@@fipse that church scene…..

[@fipse]

@@Awells89 Oh that was bad. But for me the "we are no slaves" scene tops everything.

[@wallythewondercorncake8657]

Snakes on a Plane reminds me of that incident in the DRC where a crocodile (I think) was being smuggled on a commercial flight and somehow got loose, causing the plane to crash

[@TheGerudan]

I just realized how many "Best Pictures" actually are best on historic themes or are outright historic movies... And A Beautiful Mind is one of them. You really should watch it!

[@ManuTheGreat79]

When it comes to the decoders of the enigma machine, don't forget this might be the best kept secret in human history. Most of the people who cracked the enigma machine died without telling anyone. Their parents thought their son or daughter was a secretary, or a logistics planner ... We only understood the scope of it all in the 1990's

[@bandit848]

U-571 is interesting in this discussion because, does it claim it claim to be historically accurate or is it a war movie that uses the Enigma Machine as a McGuffin? Doctor Strangelove has nukes in it but no one thinks Slim Pickens was the bombadier of the Enola Gay.

[@jacobchandler7642]

I think it's okay for Hollywood to dramatize movies in ways that make the situation more desperate, or the participants more unsure/frazzled. Like adding an intense escape scene to Argo, when in reality the plan went off without a hitch. Or how Apollo 13 had the astronauts get mad at each other when they never did, or made it seem like NASA was developing procedures for the crew's problems in the moment when, in real life, NASA pretty much had all the procedures planned out already. Those situations are much more excusable than when movies make characters do things they never did to glorify them, or make things happen that never did to unfairly glorify or demonize historical figures or groups.

[@magarthur3420]

Spotlight and Argo are great movies. I will hear no slander about them!

[@BestCatFriend]

I HATE Argo. It broke my heart seeing the original film and having the film end on two made up CIA characters going "Let them take the credit" while at no point actually showing a Canadian doing their job. It came off as a very backhanded "We all know who REALLY matters in this story hehe." It was the blight of my early love of history to deal with stories, movies, historical fiction, and games showing America doing EVERYTHING. And while I think you can forgive a lot (Things like the sailors on D-day in saving private Ryan not being English) when you look at the full canon of American film about these major historical events, it just comes off as very... mean spirited. Dismissive and at times outright insulting. Honestly it is one of the reasons I love your work here so much Chris. You have never been shy to give credit where and when it is due, and at times even going out of your way to "X group is probably over represented in their impact." Great video and hope to see lots more!

[@imdabaron9196]

Uh oh saw U571 on the thumbnail lol

[@williamowsley9771]

As far as getting things mostly right, I would have to say the most excellent John Adams series, Missiles of October about JFK and RFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Speilburg's Lincoln (and by far the most perfect performance of Abe ever). Maybe Gettysburg. Beckett. The first 20 minutes of Private Ryan. Most of Band of Brothers. King's Speach. But if you want to go with the best screen adaptation of a novel, well in my humble opinion it really isn't close, To Kill A Mockingbird.

[@herrdwabash]

There should be a discussion like this on the movie "Cromwell" with Richard Harris and Alec Guinness. A huge, epic production, but so many lies and distortions about history. The movie is well written and well acted, but they got so much wrong, and so many important historical details are ignored. The Royalists are the 'bad guys' of the movie, so Hollywood has to make them the 'redcoats' in the movie - untrue. Cromwell's New Model Army were the first 'redcoats.' Members of Parliament suggesting to the king that the country needs to move towards a form of government known as 'democracy' - ridiculous. And so many other inaccuracies like how the tide of the war turned and the events from the capture of the King up to his execution. So egregious and downright insulting.

[@slytheringingerwitch]

What I dislike is that people will assume that a historical movie or TV show is accurate and argue that what happened in the film actually happened.

[@apm9151]

“Chief, take us down to 200 meters” (McConaughey voice)

[@lightsonno1home311]

11:30 I've read that book. TBF, when you say what he says about Braveheart is a bit of an exaggeration, you're not wrong, but that's kind of the point in the book. It's non-fiction, but it's also satire, and there's a lot of hyperbole for the sake of humour in it. It's a really enjoyable read.

[@ryankline1164]

A satirical Braveheart sounds awesome.

[@Geographus666]

If you want to go more into CIA-stuff, look up videos by Jonna Mendez, the wife of Tony Mendez (the guy Ben Affleck plays in Argo), who was the CIA Chief of Disguise for ages. Still the best job title ever in my opinion.

[@nightking0130]

My favorite thing about braveheart is that they never say in the movie who its referencing. Robert the Bruce is Braveheart not william wallace.

[@HistoryMonarch1999]

I just watched U-571. It may not be accurate, but I is still pretty good. It got my mom stressed form the constant tension so I think that’s a good sign

[@martingriff101]

No may not about it. It is not. It was told as it was and took governmental pressure to write it was not (in the credits) to show it was not.

[@supermanprime6758]

@@martingriff101 "Told as it was"? What does that mean? Who claimed it was?

[@martingriff101]

@@supermanprime6758 Ah come on the movie was told as if based on real events they know what would happen and I agree with Chris they knew what would happen and got the best coverage for there movie without paying for it

[@edstockton3685]

Not so much an inaccuracy as much as a contentious scene: My late sister was a big student of modern history and my maternal grandfather served in the RAF in North Africa and there is a scene in Saving Private Ryan between Tom Hanks and Ted Danson where they're discussing Montgomery's advance into Northern France and Danson's character remarks dismissively 'That guy's overrated'. It drove them both to distraction. Still a great film btw.

[@davidwhitfield6025]

I wrote my Honors thesis on Edward I and I have to say Braveheart did annoy me and when I was in the theatre I just had to laugh out loud every time there was an inaccuracy. I laughed a lot.

[@Wizardofgosz]

It's NOT a Codebook. First, codes and ciphers are different things. Enigma was a CIPHER. The book was the KEY Book. It had a list of the daily keys the Germans used to encrypt their radio traffic, They changed every day.

[@yondie491]

"He was risking more" One thing I've always been fascinated with is the prevalence of how many successful revolutionaries come from the "lower part of the privileged class of society." A certain combination of education, spare time, morality, and some other stuff seems to be a common recipe for both WANTING to overturn an oppressive societal structure and actually being able to do it. So many peasants' revolts are either immediately squashed or only last for a few years. Marx, Mao, Washington, Robespierre, Gandhi, and so many other examples. I'd be curious to see your ruminations on this topic.

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

You are my favourite "daily" uploader so i just want to thank you for the entertainment. Sadly none in my inner circle are interested in history so these always feel like im sharing the interest with you and your community. Sorry for the "glazing" im just being honest.

[@stevenwatson1547]

Same dude, no one around me has any time for history. Great people, but not interested in history

[@sandramosley2801]

Well, we can't expect everyone to have as elevated interests as we have.😊 I pride myself on being able to go 5 or 6 sentences of general conversation without actually using the word "history".😌

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

@@sandramosley2801 we cant, but still would be nice to have someone in my life who shared such interests.

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

@@sandramosley2801 we cant for sure, only history elitists would think so. but still would be nice to have someone in my life, friend or partner who shared the same passion. KZbin is my only outlet for history.

[@dejiadeleye5697]

The Charlie Sheen 9/11 film is absolutely despicable. Every person who worked on it should be ashamed of themselves

[@comradekommandmentklaus1848]

I know it’s not a super big deal but I absolutely hate the ending to All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) with that completely fake battle (though this is not the end to the issue I have with the movie) when the original ending was already perfect.

[@herrdwabash]

"The Battle of the Bulge" is another good example of this. The fact that the Americans sacrificed their tanks to bleed the Germans dry of oil is downright offensive and disrespectful to the US veterans of the real battle. Eisenhower condemned this movie.

[@hjorturerlend]

The ones that bother me the most are the biographical errors/lies. Like for some reason making Vasily Zaitsev illiterate in Enemy at the Gates and then hinging a large part of the plot on that lie?? Especially considering the guy was actually a college graduate and served as a clerk before the war.

[@jackmessick2869]

The Far Horizons is supposed to be about the Lewis and Clark expedition. The only thing correct about it were the names used.

[@wilmy1955]

The Patriot for me.Braveheart is more historically inaccurate,but on the other hand a way better movie.

[@thomasjohnson3841]

Inherit the Wind should be on the list.

[@barbara832001]

It's based off a play, I never thought of it as historically accurate. It's still a good movie though

[@mike9512]

"We're checking out the list"...lol. I liked that. Small thing, I love American Beauty, but it shouldn't have won. It's my favorite, but Insider and Green Mile are more deserving.

[@RogerBurton-q2s]

No matter that hollywood is in the US, taking credit for acts of others is rather despicable behavior.

[@wendigo7176]

I love Braveheart, even with its inacuracy, it just moved me and made me interested in Scottish history

[@scrivener68]

"Polishing their Oscars" is definitely a euphemism.

[@JamesC1981]

i thought that too

[@walter2695]

Getting my popcorn ready to watch this one :D

[@sebus559]

You are too positive about that, knowingly changing historic facts to make it fit the narrative of a movie is unforgivable

[@AdamBrentWest]

I’m surprised that they didn’t add Rob Roy to the list.

[@RedRock22Productions]

If you do more Sideprojects, may I suggest the video "FOUR 'Great' WWII Tanks That Were Actually Terrible". It's such a good video.

[@largemargeog1023]

Something about watching this man’s disappointment brings a smile to my face.

[@roberthardy4279]

I don’t think it’s super egregious, and I sort of get why they did it to add to the tension of jack and rose, but in the movie Titanic as the ship is sinking they show that the 3rd class passengers are arguing with the white star lines crew to evacuate because they are locked behind the gates. That just wasn’t the case. What actually happened is that it took White Star Lines about 45 minutes after Titanic hit the iceberg to determine that the ship was doomed. Once they did they immediately sent 1st and 2nd class stewards down to assist as much as possible.

[@kieranfrancke790]

Ok that was fun. New Zealand has even said they went to far with the whole Ben Affleck thing

[@andydufresnefromshawshank5866]

Crash is the worst Best Picture Winner Also Mel Gibson did explain about why there was no bridge in an interview. He said that it taking place in the woods it would’ve been to tight for the camera crew and others to fit within all the dense forest and fighting. And the motivation for the speech would’ve been as impactful

[@nightking0130]

My favorite is still apocalypto. They just didnt care anymore with that ending.

[@anathardayaldar]

Many plot decisions can be explained by money. Either attracting investors or reducing costs. Or simply what would sell tickets, such as hiring Mel Gibson.

[@111oooo]

Argo ignores John Sheardown and wife. Incredible bravery

[@YAH2121]

Rule of thumb: watch the movies remembering that its "historical" but not a "documentary". Of course some movies are worse offenders than others

[@bloomleaf8310]

3:20 what always comes to my mind is Bligh? Blith? Being eluded to dying in band and of brothers while in real life he survived the war

[@Simian-bz7zo]

With Blithe I think it was less a case of the filmmakers intentionally changing history and more that they just took the word of Easy Company men as gospel. All the members of Easy Company thought that Blithe had died as a result of his injuries, and presented this to Steven J Ambrose as fact. It wasn't until after the TV series came out that they discovered that Blithe actually lived until 1967, after his family came forward with this information.

[@bloomleaf8310]

@@Simian-bz7zo that is fair i only knew his family had come forward i did not know that they had gotten the info from the guys in easy company that makes a lot more sense how that happened.

[@keiranallcott1515]

Interesting fact , u571 was sunk during ww2, however her sister ship, u570 was captured by the British and used by the Royal Navy as HMS graph!, true story

[@Docktavion]

On the whole u-571. My girlfriend at the time took me to the cinema to watch this movie. We lasted less then 10mins before we walked out in disgust. Other folk followed us out.

[@randomdude4505]

My biggest problem with U-571 is that it was that it a bad movie.

[@andrewhoneycutt7427]

In my opinion films based upon history have to balance 3 factors: Accuracy, Authenticity and Entertainment.

[@arlonfoster9997]

Gods and Generals is one I think should be on the list. While the military aspect of the movie was entirely historically accurate regarding Civil War movies, the way they portrayed slavery was really uncalled for now whether that was the director’s intention or not I don’t know

[@jordanhooper1527]

As someone who's 30 snd British, i have zero love for braveheart personally. Think it's just a bit to of its time

[@ryankline1164]

British isn't specific enough for a Scottish vs English war.

[@liamboyd9682]

One of my bugbears for this inaccuracy is Bridge Over the River Kwai. A huge part of the premise of the movie is that the British POWs did the engineering for the railroad bridge because the Japanese couldn’t figure it out. It’s just flat out wrong. We know that the British and Commonwealth soldiers were purely used for labor just like across the entire railroad.

[@GodlessScummer]

I know a lot of the veteran POWs didn't like that movie. Especially the way their commanding officer was depicted.

[@fuelman1391]

I am so happy to find another person in the world who thinks "American Beauty" was a waste of time. What a terrible film!! I may have to start actually supporting your channel now! 😂

[@charlesfrancis6894]

Giving anyone a distorted view of history is a bad idea and as the saying goes truth is the first casualty of war . Children will learn some of the distorted history as well as modern children being taught distortions within distortions as in the case of Winston Churchill being a war criminal. War is criminal and insane but there comes a time when the choice is fight or become a slave and in total war the gloves come off and even more civilians die as we see in the Middle East today and who is right and who is wrong is sometimes obvious but sometimes so very involved as to make a clear decision more difficult after all one mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter , man are we in trouble.

[@scottiramage317]

The Postscript in U571 was added to appease the British because of the furore caused

[@silgen]

In that case it should read "This movie is a crock of shit and the British really did it".

[@karlgrimm3027]

At least that Midway movie was pretty accurate.

[@Sarge80]

Even the written history can be flawed or downright false, as it is usually written by the victor. By no means does that mean it actually went down as it was written.

[@achloist]

It’s a bit difficult to hammer Braveheart (which absolutely deserves it) moaning about the bridge then consistently showing a later bridge that wasn’t there when the battle was fought, suggesting that was the bridge they fought at.

[@maximemunger5022]

Wait I expected to have the entire Napoleon movie on here