Quote Originally Posted by Puzz3D
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.