Re: USAGE: OT sorta (was USAGE: names for pillbug/wood louse/woodbug

Quoting J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>:

>     Well I recall Gibson's looong lovin'ly filmed torture and death scene in
> _Braveheart_ being waaaay too "ego-messianic" for me to take (besides all
> the
> liberties he took with historical facts *grrrowlsssnarrrllssppputtterrr!*
> which is something that seriously offends the history-obsessed Chinese in me:
> he
> should get it right, it's his possible ancestral heritage for bloody
> sakes!).
It's occured to me more than once, that if he'd changed a few names, and
presented the film as taking place in an alternate world, I'd liked it better.
What's the point of making an historical movie if your not going to stick
fairly closely to what actually happened?

What really annoys me, however, are idiots who see this kind of films, and
then pontificate on the relevant historical subject.

                                               Andreas

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