I've noticed that american films about history are totally wrong. For example, in the film King Athur. In real life, the saxons came from the north and travelled down south past Hadrians Wall. In the film, the saxons landed, travelled on a icy lake, then past Hadrains Wall. That would mean that they marshed up north to the furthest points of Scotland to find an icy lake then journey south.

Is there any other films like this?

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braveheart?

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never seen it but probably

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American movies a much more conscerned with entertainment than history, they never let facts get in the way of a good/bad story.

That is because Americans are intelligent enough to understand the difference between a movie and a documentary. Usually.

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Speaking as an American who understands my culture, most Americans like films where things blow up and move fast. There also has to be lots of sparks, fires, computer generated imagery, and bright lights.

So what you say about films not being historically accurate is correct. If the original history doesn't contain enough excitement, film makers put it in to sell movie tickets.

I agree.
When American's go to the movies, they are paying for an experience. The price of a theatre ticket is very high, and people want to be entertained by the visual and audio special effects they can not get on their home televisions.

Speaking for myself, documentaries and more cerebral movies are something I rent to watch at home.

Also, sometimes the theatre itself can be very noisy, what with people coming in late, talking, getting up to buy snacks, sometimes even mobile phones and crying babies, so it can be hard to concentrate on something that requires intelligence to understand.

Inaccuracy isn't confined to American cinema, it's just easier to point the finger in their direction since they make more movies than we do.

Many Brit classics, think 'Zulu' and 'Lawrence of Arabia', romanticised and bent the truth a little for the sake of characterisation and drama.

There was a recent film, actually, that took things a little too far, 'Churchill: The Hollywood Years,' but i'm sure it was purely tongue in cheek

.... i hope