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15-07-2015, 11:00 AM
Just wasted two hours of my increasingly precious time watching "The Imitation Game".

Why can't screen-writers pay at least a modicum of respect to historical truth? This was billed as history but most of it was complete and utter bilge.

It used to be the Americans who distorted the truth (usually to portray themselves as the great geniuses/heroes who won every war that ever was) but now it seems screen-writers more and more frequently just make it up as they go along.

And it seems to be overflowing into documentary-making as well. Some of the stuff I've seen recently on Discovery and Yesterday is just as bad.
Mikey09
15-07-2015, 11:19 AM
Braveheart!!!! :faf::faf::faf::faf:
snooky
15-07-2015, 01:17 PM
"Rob Roy"

Begoragh & bejezuz, I don't believe the Rob the Red spoke with an Irish accent - despite them :wink:
Peevemor
15-07-2015, 01:38 PM
As I've matured, I've started to doubt the veracity of Bigfoot and the Hendersons.
PeeJay
15-07-2015, 01:49 PM
The Ten Commandments

The Greatest Story Ever Told
Future17
15-07-2015, 03:04 PM
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Scouse Hibee
15-07-2015, 03:51 PM
American Sniper
Geo_1875
15-07-2015, 03:55 PM
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Too early to tell about that one.
Danderhall Hibs
15-07-2015, 04:30 PM
Books as well.

The bible.
Future17
15-07-2015, 11:15 PM
Too early to tell about that one.

Nope. It's a pre-destination paradox. If they are going to travel back to that time then they already have.
snooky
16-07-2015, 12:56 AM
The Ten Commandments

The Greatest Story Ever Told






Aye, John Wayne at the end drawling "He must have been the son of Gad" is the funniest thing I've ever seen in the movies, especially as thinks he is 'seriously' acting.
Onceinawhile
16-07-2015, 06:46 AM
As I've matured, I've started to doubt the veracity of Bigfoot and the Hendersons.

Harry and the hendersons!
Peevemor
16-07-2015, 06:58 AM
Harry and the hendersons!

Oi!


In the United Kingdom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) the film was originally released as Bigfoot and the Hendersons


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_and_the_Hendersons
McD
16-07-2015, 06:52 PM
U571
jabis
16-07-2015, 10:03 PM
Someone will say ET isn't a hibs fan next.
Pretty Boy
16-07-2015, 10:15 PM
Someone will say ET isn't a hibs fan next.

Not been seen at ER since the Latapy days.

Bloody intergalactic gloryhunters.
DH1875
17-07-2015, 04:19 PM
Braveheart!!!! :faf::faf::faf::faf:

But how do we know that the events in the film weren't real and the stuff in the books isn't the stuff that's been made up?

I like a lot of Vietnam war movies but no idea how historically correct they are or aren't.