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Old 22-March-2008, 06:06 PM
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300, if looked at as a piece of history, is enormously inaccurate. I don't think much of anyone disputes that. The issue seems to be whether we should look at it as a piece of history or as a fantasization of history, which is different.

I also think it is, indeed, completely ludicrous to call science fiction "inaccurate history" because it didn't come true. What, do they expect perfection? Prescience?

I can also (I haven't looked at the list, but I can already tell you it's true) come up with dozens and dozens of movies with awful history, even leaving out all fantasizations of history, such as A Knight's Tale and Ever After.

Edit: Okay, I've read it now. Really? They really think Elizabeth: The Golden Age is less historically accurate than The Other Boleyn Girl?
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