How do you want YOUR battles?
The cinematic portrayal of battles of this era tend to involve the entire first row of men in a line keeling over in each volley, grand cavalry charges, massive batterys of cannon and so forth. Naval battles are fast paced and a bit random too.
Realistic battles of the era tend to involve very few casualties (with, again, notable exceptions.), a distinct lack of grand cavalry charges (again, with exceptions) and the only people who frequently used grand batteries being the Russians.