shropshire 0 #1 November 10, 2013 So, I'm up late last night sinking a couple of beers and a film comes on that sounds interesting "Rescue Dawn" about a downed pilot in Laos ..... anyway it wasn't brilliant and the central character as in most films is the 'Hero' and everyone else either pathetic or otherwise hanging on ..... so I googled it and found out the True Story was surprisingly COMPLETELY different!!!.. could even be called libelous, was certainly disingenuous to the other REAL folks who took part. Why is the film industry populated by a bunch of twats? And why do 'we' let them get away with such crimes against the Truth? What other examples of this do you know of? (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #2 November 10, 2013 shropshire What other examples of this do you know of? almost eveything that has come out of HollywierdYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #3 November 10, 2013 Indeed (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Backintothesky 0 #4 November 10, 2013 U-571 where they show the Americans recovering the enigma machine, when it was the British warship HMS Bulldog. And they were planning to do a film called the few which would focus on an American airman called Billy Friske who flew for the RAF in the Battle of Britain. In reality he didn't shoot down any Germans and had no impact on the Battle over that summer in 1940 - but Hollywood planned to show him single handedly winning the Battle for us..... Yes we would have been fucked if American hadn't joined in but that doesn't mean America did it all, I think the American public can appreciate a film that doesn't star Americans as the heroes!! shropshireSo, I'm up late last night sinking a couple of beers and a film comes on that sounds interesting "Rescue Dawn" about a downed pilot in Laos ..... anyway it wasn't brilliant and the central character as in most films is the 'Hero' and everyone else either pathetic or otherwise hanging on ..... so I googled it and found out the True Story was surprisingly COMPLETELY different!!!.. could even be called libelous, was certainly disingenuous to the other REAL folks who took part. Why is the film industry populated by a bunch of twats? And why do 'we' let them get away with such crimes against the Truth? What other examples of this do you know of? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maggy187 0 #5 November 10, 2013 I know of atleast one person from Black Hawk Down that was less than pleased with how he was portrayed in the movie; I'm inclined to agree with his complaints. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,029 #6 November 10, 2013 As long as people are willing to pay money for shit; someone will always continue to produce shit.Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #7 November 10, 2013 BIGUNAs long as people are willing to pay money for shit; someone will always continue to produce shit. True (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #8 November 10, 2013 Backintothesky..... I think the American public can appreciate a film that doesn't star Americans as the heroes!! Hey! I appreciate James Bond, Jackie Chan, LOTR, The Pink Panther, Crocodile Dundee, The Man from Snowy River, Harry Potter, Dr. Strangelove, King Soloman's Mines (the Stewart Granger one), and the Day the Earth Stood Still. Probably some others, too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aphid 0 #9 November 10, 2013 shropshireWhat other examples of this do you know of? More recently, Argo, the 2013 Oscar "Best Picture" didn't go over very well at all in Canada. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jgoose71 0 #10 November 10, 2013 As an EOD Tech, I had serious issues with "The Hurt Locker"... Also pretty sure there was more people involved in the fight than portrayed in "Zero Dark Thirty" Pretty much anything coming out of Hollywood is going to get churched up or the story bent a little to appeal to the masses... Except for Sasha Baron Cohen's "The Dictator." I thought that was a pretty accurate portrayal of Saddam Hussein... "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 212 #11 November 10, 2013 jgoose71 As an EOD Tech, I had serious issues with "The Hurt Locker"... Also pretty sure there was more people involved in the fight than portrayed in "Zero Dark Thirty" Pretty much anything coming out of Hollywood is going to get churched up or the story bent a little to appeal to the masses... Except for Sasha Baron Cohen's "The Dictator." I thought that was a pretty accurate portrayal of Saddam Hussein... Just think about how Twardo feels about the way they portray the people at the beginning of 2001 a space odyssey.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #12 November 10, 2013 For the most part Hollywood puts out make believe fantasy crap. But every once in a while they will surprise us. Ron Howard just released his movie Rush last month which was about the real life rivalry Nick Lauda and James Hunt had with each other and the movie was remarkably true to life. The inaccuracies of the story were so small, so hard to notice and so insignificant. For the most part, Hollywood is crap, but not this Ron Howard movie. This one was accurate. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #13 November 10, 2013 That is a good film. My beef is when they make 'true life'...'factual' films that are nothing of the sort...... If you don't like the facts then don't use the 'story' with the names of real people... WRITE YOUR OWN. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites