Most annoying/stupid or inaccurate films of all time

[Kagemusha]

Oh man, both of those blow bigtime .

Tell me about it.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Enemy at the Gates, Shaving Ryans Priva...I mean Saving Private Ryan (had it's good scenes but on the hole it was horribly unrealistic), and of course, Braveheart.

[Samurai Waki]

King Arthur blows, especially the portrayal of Guenivere(sp?) actually the original story line was much better and less cheesy but Disney gave it the ax because they wanted it to be a bit more child friendly and "fantastic", they also more than halved it's original income to spend.

Loved Jurassica Park 1, and still love it

Watched 30 minutes of U-571 and fell asleep

Like Braveheart, despite the historical inaccuracies
Like Gladiator (especially if you keep in mind that it wasn't supposed to be historically accurate)

Absolutely Hated the Patriot.

[econ21]

I thought the Last Samurai was rather inane and false. I did not buy the whole "we must save this way of life (or was it death?)" philosophy, nor the idea that Tom Cruise's character would buy it. The good guy/bad guy characterisation and simplistic politics did not convince either. The combat also seemed silly, both the mechanics - the contrast between one-shot one kill arrows and muskets that seemed to fire airgun pellets - and the A-team style "cunning plan" tactics used in the last battle.

By no means the most annoying or stupid film - the Japanese lead gave a tremendous performance and the cavalry charge in the woods was fun - but annoying and stupid nonetheless.

[Ianofsmeg16]

Loved Jurassica Park 1, and still love it

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i didnt say i didnt like it, in fact the reason i got into Palaeontology was because of the film, i am just saying it is VERY inaccurate.

[ShadesPanther]

Jurassic Park is a science ficttion movie. I think that Spielburg basically thought he could do things differently and since their are dinosaurs in it to start with it doesn't matter. (BTW I missed the original theatrical version. wwhat was so different from it and the fixed version)

I thought the Last Samurai was rather inane and false. I did not buy the whole "we must save this way of life (or was it death?)" philosophy, nor the idea that Tom Cruise's character would buy it. The good guy/bad guy characterisation and simplistic politics did not convince either. The combat also seemed silly, both the mechanics - the contrast between one-shot one kill arrows and muskets that seemed to fire airgun pellets - and the A-team style "cunning plan" tactics used in the last battle.

The incompetence also was very annoying. Like (slight spoiler)

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"I'm a colonel with years of experience of combat and I will decide to sent my men around a hill with no support, completely waste my artillary and twiddle my thumbs."

I agree with the cunning plan. Could they not see the flags on their backs or the trail?

[Papewaio]

Just remember he was a colonel in the same regiment as Custer... it would explain a lot...

[Samurai Waki]

yes, Custer was an idiot.

[King Henry V]

And also remember that the colonel was the baddie.....

[Al Khalifah]

Says it all about the last samuari:


Also, why couldn't that film just end with him dying in the battlefield, why did it have to go on and on and on and on...

[ShadesPanther]

The whole. "Look at me I saved Japan from tyranny. Huzzah! (but they returned for WW2 but are gone now)"

EDIT: Maybe he did fight with custer but I think the Americans would send over someone quite experienced and has a basic clue of what to do to win battles.

[Mikeus Caesar]

Post your most annoying/stupid or inaccurate films of all time here folks!

my choice....Jurasssic Park
The book was amazing and the film could have been equally awesome, but (speaking from somebody who could pronounce the word Palaeontologist at five) they got everything wrong about the Dinosaurs wrong! Since when was a T-Rex a loveable hero that jumps in at the last minute to kill the raptors, the raptors would've kiled those idiots before they could move! And the Raptors themselves are about five feet tallier than they should be, the Biggest Velociraptor palaeontologists have found came up to your waist, these dudes were not Velociraptors they were more likely Utahraptor or Deinonychus as they were bigger.

so post what you think was innacturate/stupid or annoying about a film.

p.s Sorry for the Dinosaur talk, i've wanted to be a palaeontologist (fossil digger, Ross from friends) since i was five and innacuracies like that get on my nerve

I have to agree with you on that. Not very accurate at all....and btw, i could pronounce Palaeontologist, extinction and engineering when i was three and spell them when i was 5 and a half. Beat that!!

Anyway: War of the Worlds. Great film all the way through, it's just the ending. How the fook did his son survive being caught in that giant fireball!? And how come, when they finally reach Boston, the part where his wife was staying was practically untouched, while that little farmhouse they stayed at in the middle of nowhere was half destroyed!? You would think alien invaders who killed a billion people would have raised all the major cities and buildings for several miles around to the ground, with nothing left.

[ShadesPanther]

Yes that film had alot of plot holes.
Like the video cameras how can they work at all if emp destroys electric components. When the first arrive and the repoerter I mean did they keep the cameras in a lead bunker?

Dunno how he survived at all when the whole ridge was totally destroyed and almost all the people running away.

The bit about Boston was just stupid as well considering how the reporter mentioned all the major cities being destroyed.

And the Stupid bit had to go to the Army taking out one of them I mean did they accidently turn off the shields?

[TheTank]

Shaving Ryans Priva...I mean Saving Private Ryan (had it's good scenes but on the hole it was horribly unrealistic), and of course, Braveheart.

I allways thought that Saving Private Ryan was a accurate depiction of WW2 combat except the story that was fictional...


Robin Hood prince of thieves is very bad (Kevin Coster!!!) and very ahistorical...
Like the Celts that where attacking Robin's hideout that looked more like cave men to me and they where only 1000 years to late..
A longe time ago i did like this move but I was young and stupid...

But anyway, most Hollywood movies that take place in the past are inacurate and full of cliche's like boy becomes a superknight and drunken US soldier becomes ninja chopping samurai etc...

About Mel Gibson....

I suspect Mel for being anti-british because of the movies like Bravehart and The Patriot(Crap movie).
And I am not the only one with this opinion about Mell ....

About Alexander

I have watched this movie and I have seen far worser movies...
The gay stuff was highly exaggerated by the press and yes Colin Farwell was a bad choice with bad hair and the movie was a bit boring but the battle's where good.

[Soulforged]

I think movie directors are almost always trying to "give a message", and maybe they feel doing it in a movie based on historical facts gives their message more impact or validity. To me a movie is just a work of art similar to a painting, and that's how I view them. I try to extract my own personal meaning from them while understanding that the person who created it is also trying to convey his/her meaning to the viewer.

Now i think the same as you, except for this: if they want to do some "artistical" movie then do a fiction, don't base it in historical facts, to me the message can be given with the same power in any fiction if you make the viewers identify them self with the characters and the plot.

[Roark]

My main beef/inacuracy with that film is the god-damn accents! No one sounds russian...least of all Bob hoskins playin a general!

In Enemy at the Gates, they deliberately gave the Germans American accents, and the Russians English accents in this movie.

I think it worked much better than the B grade vampire impersonations that many other movies portray with the Russian accents...

[Reverend Joe]

I am suprised noone has mentioned this:
Dune.

I find it hard to believe that David Lynch took more than a passing glance at the book. He also did a horrendous job of cut-and-pasting the story elements together, as well as throwing in guns, which did not work at all in the book (I don't feel like explaining it to those who do not understand... just read the book). The casting was awful- of all the actors, the only one I liked was Patrick Stewart, and even he was miscast- he should have played the Emperor, or possibly Duke Leto. Add to this cocktail of bad elements the fact that David Lynch is a borderline psychotic, and the final result was a movie that failed to even come close to the book.

Perhaps even more damning is the fact that the movie is surpassed by "Frank Herbert's Dune", a made-for-cable miniseries that was created by the Scifi channel, a network that has made more godawful science fiction movies than any production company in the history of moviemaking. That is just sad. (Still, the miniseries was actually rather decent... I only wish it was made for HBO rather than cable.)

[Ianofsmeg16]

Robin Hood prince of thieves is very bad (Kevin Coster!!!) and very ahistorical...
Like the Celts that where attacking Robin's hideout that looked more like cave men to me and they where only 1000 years to late..
A longe time ago i did like this move but I was young and stupid...

I always hated Robin Hood : Prince of thieves, the fact they got an AMERICAN to play a ENGLISH hero is complete rubbish
He didnt even make an attempt to hide is Accent either, which infuriated me, i wouldnt have minded the film if he had made a liitle effort in sounding english

[King Henry V]

I have an idea. Next time an histrical film comes out, don't watch it. We must all boycott these films until the studios get things right. We must campaign for real historical films!

[Ianofsmeg16]

Great idea, we can send letters to film companies saying we wil not watch your films until they are accurate! We then start a Petition, whjen we get over 10000 members we send it to Universal/paramount etc...

[King Henry V]

We have to start a crusade!

[Ianofsmeg16]

We have to start a crusade!

That might be a bit repetitive, i have been in two crusades now, one was closed and one just faded away into oblivion
good idea though, just dont call it a crusade, make a thread saying sumting like "I hate inaccurate movies" and people will flock to you! FLOCK!

[Al Khalifah]

When was the last super-realistic historical film?

[Ianofsmeg16]

A bridge too Far

[ShadesPanther]

Another innacurate/stupid film :Timeline

The book is good but the film is so poor it's laughable.

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One scene that is so stupid its funny is when the French are attacking the Castle with lots and lots of fire arrows and the English firing back...with fire arrows
The English then cheat by using "Night arrows" ie. normal arrows and kill alot of the french archers. If they wanted to make it even more stupid they could have had the frech commander shout
"You dirty English pig-dog. You cheated and killed my men! "

Another thing is how the book seemed realistic but in the movie these scientists can outfight professional men at arms in the middle of a war.

[Zalmoxis]

I always hated Robin Hood : Prince of thieves, the fact they got an AMERICAN to play a ENGLISH hero is complete rubbish
He didnt even make an attempt to hide is Accent either, which infuriated me, i wouldnt have minded the film if he had made a liitle effort in sounding english

Watch Robin Hood: Men in tights instead, much more historic

[Meneldil]

Oh yeah, The Last Samurai deserves a mention for being especially crappy.

I watched Arthur yesterday, and oh god, it sucked badly. I spent my time laughing. Full of all kind of Hollywood BS (fire arrows, trebuchet, fight between the hero and the bad saxon, the 6 or so knights who kill 2000 saxons with the help of 50 picts, etc

[King Henry V]

Watch Robin Hood: Men in tights instead, much more historic

I love that film. Mel Brooks is hilarious as Rabbi Tuck, the circumciser.

[Ianofsmeg16]

Watch Robin Hood: Men in tights instead, much more historic

Awesome film!!!!!!
The song "men in tights" was so hilarious it nearly killed me

[King Henry V]

On a par with Spaceballs IMO.