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You know, of all the contenders for this list, 300 jumped to mind immediately when I saw the thread title.
YES, I understand the film was based on Frank fuckingWOW Miller's graphic novel. No problem with that, or the way he portrayed Xerxes as a giant in *appearance* (big/exaggerated/mystical).
The part that bugs me is, um... Hell-LO: Naval portion of the battle? 200 Athenian ships attacking 8000 Persian boats? The 300 were actually 1300 (yes, please include the Thespians, because they VOLUNTEERED to stay back in the holding battle while the bulk of the Greek force withdrew to fight another day).
But yeah, whatever. I probably watch too much History Channel.
And as far as the Hollywood version of Americans cracking the Enigma code from WWII; pissing on the graves of heroes, etc... well:
Wouldn't be the first time a movie did that. Probably won't be the last, either.
Don't even get me started on Gladiator or Braveheart, though. I seriously don't know much at all about history, but when I saw those two flicks I totally knew they were both complete bullshit from the first five minutes.
(Though I do confess that I AM ENTERTAINED! by them. Kinda like when I watch Tombstone... which, now that you mention it...)
I'll shut up now before I go about 8 pages in this thread...
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"Peace" is when nobody's shooting. A "Just Peace" is when we get what we want. - Bill Mauldin
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