Mel Gibson admits Braveheart inaccuracies!

**beowulf67** · 29th October 09, 08:48 AM

WHAT? You mean that wasn't a fact-based documentary?
At least we still have Santa Clause.

**sydnie7** · 29th October 09, 08:53 AM

Oh, but the saber-tooth tiger pleated to the stripe -- THAT was a kilt and a half!

**xena** · 29th October 09, 08:54 AM

Well, one can make a long list of inaccuracies in "Braveheart".

As well as, "Gallipoli".

"The Patriot", too.

And don't forget, "We Were Soldiers".

Then you could divert from specifically Gibson's movies to one's like "U-571". Not a historic page in the script.

**WeaselMender** · 29th October 09, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by xena

Well, one can make a long list of inaccuracies in "Braveheart".

As well as, "Gallipoli".

"The Patriot", too.

And don't forget, "We Were Soldiers".

Then you could divert from specifically Gibson's movies to one's like "U-571". Not a historic page in the script.

Those who fail to study history are doomed to learn it from Hollywood! Then they get to repeat it.

Weasel :ootd:

**sydnie7** · 29th October 09, 10:14 AM

Oh, I forgot to mention the full-face saber-tooth tiger sporran to go with that kilt

**starbkjrus** · 29th October 09, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by sydnie7

Oh, I forgot to mention the full-face saber-tooth tiger sporran to go with that kilt

Actually I want a woolly mammoth full face. Now THAT would hold even more than a Freelander!

**thescot** · 29th October 09, 10:53 AM

Looking for history lessons from a movie is like expecting honesty and integrity from a politician. Why would anyone be upset over historical inaccuracies in a movie?

It was a very good movie. And Henry Thomas Buckle was a famous historian, but Buckle probably made lousy movies.

**macwilkin** · 29th October 09, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by thescot

Looking for history lessons from a movie is like expecting honesty and integrity from a politician. Why would anyone be upset over historical inaccuracies in a movie?

It was a very good movie. And Henry Thomas Buckle was a famous historian, but Buckle probably made lousy movies.

Because my students know only what they see in movies -- and never crack a book afterwards to see if what is portrayed in the film actually happened. As a history instructor, I go to historical movies with extremely low expectations so I will be pleasantly surprised.

Hollywood makes the mess, but history teachers clean it up.

T.

**Jack Daw** · 29th October 09, 11:07 AM

This wasn't the first time Mel Gibson has admitted to the errors and that Randy Wallace has defended the 'Bind Harry' version. Not news.

**Galician** · 29th October 09, 11:59 AM

Given how the Gibson family moved from the suburbs of New York City--where Mel was born and raised--to Australia forty years ago, as he was approaching draft age during the Viet Nam war, I have always taken his take on patriotism with a grain of salt.