most historically incorrect movie!
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Richard III
Duke of Gloucester
Well, she did exist, and it was important to have her in the movie because Sophie Marceau is EXTREMELY hot. But the thought that several English monarchs were really descended from Scots (over and above the British monarchs who were really Scots) was just too silly for words.
R.III
joespaniel
Unescorted Settler
I am proud of our history. I bid the same to you and your family.
Joe, I'm in Toronto, although of Brit parentage, FYI...
Ah, I will be there Sunday night. I live in Milwaukee, and have vacation all through next week.
I didnt get a passport in time to go to Ireland, to visit relatives there (yes, I am a mutt: German-Polish-Irish
).Next spring maybe...
So I am going to Toronto for some R&R!
I will try to PM you when I get there, and the first round is on me if you are so inclined.
Fat chance of that.
Everyone had the right idea, just off on exact timing. Ofcourse I redily admit my source could be wrong too (2194 Days of War).
It was a dark day for the people of many coutries, not just the US.
God
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You're welcomeOriginally posted by Richard III
Mine was a SM with 14th Army's artillery for the duration, 42-45. Please allow me to pause CFC for a moment so I can thank your grandfather for keeping mine fed and stocked with ammo at Imphal.
. I'm not sure exactly what my grandfather was. He was a leftenant that was semi-promoted to captain during the war (he was still young then). The battalion/platoon that went to Singapore was mostly destroyed and those that returned suffered from phycological damage. There was a man my grandfather knew who almost went crazy. I can't remember the exact details. Some people he knew were killed as prisoners by the Japanese.And so am I of my family's history. And likewise.
One horrible historical movie I saw was some Genghis Khan movie played by John Wayne. A really horrible movie. I never liked Wayne anyhow. There have been many totally historically incorrect movies, although I don't remember all of them.
cameramano
Television Cameraman
Pocahontas.
You can't beat Disney in historical inaccuracy. These are the people who wanted to build a amusement park on the grounds of the Battles of Bull Run (Manassas).
Note: While I'll admitt that Gettysburg rocks... the casting person must have been smoking something to pick Martian Sheen (who is latino) to play Lee. Denzil Washington would have been about as realistic. I love Sheen as president in "West Wing" (American TV drama) but not as a Virgina elite... or Boston blueblood for that matter (he played JFK once).
You can't beat Disney in historical inaccuracy. These are the people who wanted to build a amusement park on the grounds of the Battles of Bull Run (Manassas).
Note: While I'll admitt that Gettysburg rocks... the casting person must have been smoking something to pick Martian Sheen (who is latino) to play Lee. Denzil Washington would have been about as realistic. I love Sheen as president in "West Wing" (American TV drama) but not as a Virgina elite... or Boston blueblood for that matter (he played JFK once).
amadeus
Bishop of Bio-Dome
Originally posted by kittenOFchaos
Red Dawn
There actually *IS* some historical realism to it.
The replica of a Soviet T-72 used in the movie was so convincing that two agents from the CIA started asking where the studio got it from.
Not only that, but former Secretary of State, Al Haig, said that Red Dawn was "...is one of the most realistic and provocative films that I have ever seen..."
I guess Tom Clancy was right. The difference between fiction and fact is that fiction has to make sense
Richard III
Duke of Gloucester
Originally posted by joespaniel
Ah, I will be there Sunday night. I live in Milwaukee, and have vacation all through next week.
I didnt get a passport in time to go to Ireland, to visit relatives there (yes, I am a mutt: German-Polish-Irish
Next spring maybe...
So I am going to Toronto for some R&R!
I will try to PM you when I get there, and the first round is on me if you are so inclined.
DAMN!!!
It's canadian thanksgiving this weekend, so I'm in Niagara on the Lake for a traditional thanksgiving thing with my girlfriend's mother and the Shaw Festival. Long story.
I will watch for your PM, though; I think we're back on Monday but if not I will definitely do my best to show you around... do PM anyway so if I get it in time I can send some recommendations that will suit your tastes.
R.III
P.S. God, I was referring, of course, to the grandfather who shot down japanese planes in my thanks above. The air supply/cover literally did keep my grandfather and the rest of the pocket alive. But I'm sure plinking iraqi rebels contributed somehow as well;
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Simon Darkshade
Mysterious City of Gold
He played RFK in 'The Missiles of October'.
As to most inaccurate - Braveheart, 'The Norsemen', 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves' and many others. Dishonourable mention to 'The Green Berets' with John Wayne, for being so bad it is funny.
cameramano
Television Cameraman
I stand corrected... RFK.
joespaniel
Unescorted Settler
I'll be there most of the week. Most hotels have internet now, so I'll try after Monday.
Who else from CFC lives up there? Have you met anybody?
joespaniel
Unescorted Settler
I forgot that one. Yeah, it was pretty bad...
Alcibiaties of Athenae
Imperator
Just remembered another really bad one, "The Vikings" starring Kirk Douglas, Ernest Borgnine, and..Tony Curtis?!!
(All three played vikings, oddly enough, in a very bazar story).
(All three played vikings, oddly enough, in a very bazar story).
TrailblazingScot
I was kittenOFchaos
RMS, just cos they got a realistic prop....................
It is like condoning Commando as a film because they gave Arnie a realistic looking Colt m4
It is like condoning Commando as a film because they gave Arnie a realistic looking Colt m4
"Where is Singora? I don't know of any such town in M'sia."
IIRC it is just across the border in Thailand, near the 2nd narrowest part of the penensula.
IIRC it is just across the border in Thailand, near the 2nd narrowest part of the penensula.
Kryten
Smeee heeeeed
Back in 1969, Hollywood made a film called "Krakatoa, East of Java", starring Maximilian Schell & Diane Baker, which was about the famous 1883 volcanic eruption.
....er....Krakatoa (nowadays called the island of Krakatau) lies WEST of Java!
....er....Krakatoa (nowadays called the island of Krakatau) lies WEST of Java!
Alcibiaties of Athenae
Imperator
Must have been a hell of an explosion. 
amadeus
Bishop of Bio-Dome
I didn't get this about SPV: how was Matt Damon able to recollect memories he didn't have, i.e. scences before Hanks met Damon?
joespaniel
Unescorted Settler
Saving Private Ryan was a good movie, I liked it alot.
It was a fictional story set in historic settings, and did justice to that history by portraying those scenes with respect, and without politicizing or trying to otherwise make a statement.
Other than that war sucks.
It was a fictional story set in historic settings, and did justice to that history by portraying those scenes with respect, and without politicizing or trying to otherwise make a statement.
Other than that war sucks.
