A classic, among others......

Rating: Null/10 (6 September 2001)

There have been three movies in the last ten years that are among my all time favorites, and all three are very similar in one important regard. All three are VERY un-historical historical dramas.
Braveheart, Last of the Mohicans and Gladiator are also all beautifully filmed, with gorgeous sound track music, much attention to detail, and very solid performances. Even tho I am an avid history fan, and do a great deal of reading on subjects as varied as Imperial Rome, the American Civil War and WW II, I can still appreciate movies such as these three, even tho none of them offers much in the accuracy department. Merely doing a good job of delivering the "flavor" of a particular time in history is plenty good enough for me, and all three do this in spades.
There ARE at least three "historical" movies that really do offer pretty much the real thing, if anyone would like to compare. Taylor and Burton's Cleopatra (believe it or not!), Tora! Tora! Tora!, and Ted Turner's Gettysburg. None of these are perfect, obviously, but they all made a definite effort to get the facts right, especially the last two.
The first three, tho, are all still easily in my Top 10 list of all time.