The movie The Patriot was directed by Roland Emmerich. The leading roles were Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, and Joely Richardson. In the movie The Patriot, Roland Emmerich defiantly does a great job of telling a patriotic story but fails to be completely historically accurate in telling the story. I will be showing you some of the historical inaccuracies and moments that stuck out to me in the film. The movie is about a French and Indian war hero named Benjamin Martin who had no desire to fight in the upcoming American Revolution, but due to his sons’ involvement, he quickly reconsidered this. His son Gabriel, played by Heath Ledger, enlists in the Continental Army without permission and then Benjamin’s other son, Thomas, ends up being killed
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There has been no proof of this ever happening in any realm of time close to the American Revolution. I believe the director put this in the film to not only get a rise out of the audience, but to make the British appear as a bunch of heartless men who only seek power and victory. However, many scholarly institutions have suggested that the act of the British burning down the church of innocents is far too similar for coincidence to an act that the German Nazis performed, “Meaning not only did the film paint a portrait of the British as cruel killers, it compared them to history’s worst: the Nazis.” …show more content…
I have always thought The Patriot was a great film even though it had inaccurate parts. I think it is a good movie to watch for a loose look at the history or maybe just to get you pumped with patriotism. I would defiantly recommend to a friend, but not if they are expecting to get a good grasp on how things were in the American Revolution. Some movies are good to watch and get a good idea of the history behind it, but this is not one of those movies. I would say that movies are probably not the best way to learn about history, but they can sometimes help point you in the right direction. One should always do more research on the topic at hand before going around telling people a false history they saw in a
There has been no proof of this ever happening in any realm of time close to the American Revolution. I believe the director put this in the film to not only get a rise out of the audience, but to make the British appear as a bunch of heartless men who only seek power and victory. However, many scholarly institutions have suggested that the act of the British burning down the church of innocents is far too similar for coincidence to an act that the German Nazis performed, “Meaning not only did the film paint a portrait of the British as cruel killers, it compared them to history’s worst: the Nazis.” …show more content…
I have always thought The Patriot was a great film even though it had inaccurate parts. I think it is a good movie to watch for a loose look at the history or maybe just to get you pumped with patriotism. I would defiantly recommend to a friend, but not if they are expecting to get a good grasp on how things were in the American Revolution. Some movies are good to watch and get a good idea of the history behind it, but this is not one of those movies. I would say that movies are probably not the best way to learn about history, but they can sometimes help point you in the right direction. One should always do more research on the topic at hand before going around telling people a false history they saw in a