Well as long as it isn't touted as a 'factual' movie I might be willing to forgive Mr.Gibson the traverty that was 'Braveheart'.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091214/ennew_af...bsonpeople

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Dave

I can name at least three of Gibson's film that are anything but historically accurate. 1. Apocalypto 2. Braveheart 3. The Patriot. I guess when the average American thinks of what a 13th century highlander looks like they think kilts and blue paint. I know that movie making is a business, and that a profit has to be made, but can't they just once make something to sate we history people? (I just appreciate history, I am by no means a history buff) Everything is so cliche or arch typical. I will probably see the movie but with a huge grain of salt.
While I am going there... What are some movies that display a good sense of period historical accuracy? Lets make a list. I was thinking the movie "Rob Roy" but am not even remotely sure.

I thought 'The Duellist' was a good movie but not sure how accurate it is.

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Dave

I predict that this thread will hit the 400+ comment range. We as a forum love to belabor Hollywood's abuse of history.

i could quite possibly become one of those films that no one will watch with me because i comment all the way through! (can't watch tristan and isolde anymore) !

I just hope they get the horns on the helmets right. :)

Leonardo DiCaprio as a viking? Does that sounds funny only to me??? ;)

In my personal opinion, Hollywood asks for this kind of punishment (not that our scathing remarks bring the industry to its knees or anything). If they bothered to make movies with historically accurate kit, behavior and the like, they would definitely be making better movies, because the history is truthfully really easy to add on to the creative element of the story, and unless they're attempting to be blatantly stereotypical ( i.e. the horned helms and double bit war axes ), there really isn't any good excuse for putting history on the sidelines.

I think it's safe to presume that we were all "That Guy" in the theater during the criminally-botched debacle that was "Troy" :evil:

Gibson directing DiCrapio....in a Vike flick? Please, oh please, movie-gods, strike down this production fast! :eek:

Given his history, maybe it'll be about the Greenland settlement--doomed Christians against the elements, etc.

I like Gibson just fine as a director, historically accurate or not the guy is still a great director. DiCaprio is a great actor. That said he shouldn't play a viking. I'm not seeing that working at all.

I imagine the story line like this: DiCaprio, dressed in magic weapon-proof reindeer hides, leads a rag-tag group of Saami people (who will be called Lapplanders) in rebellion against their Norse oppressors. DiCaprio of course, is Norse himself, but was raised by the "lapplanders", ala the original basis of "Pathfinder". Before a climatic battle he yells out "you can take our reindeer, but you can't take our freedom!" During the battle, he is captured by the Norse. He gets tortured and we are treated to the first cinematic depiction of the famous mythical "blood eagle", which is probably the only reason Mel is doing the film in the first place...

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Marc Blaydoe

I for one cannot wait. I enjoy Hollyweird for what it is there for.....pure enteratinment. If I want an edcuation, I turn to books and journals, not the big screen.