Revisionist Crap

Rating: 1/10 (19 May 2006)

Having a lifelong interest in The Alamo beginning with Fess Parker and then the Duke I was anxious to see the Alamo 2004. I had to resist the urge to walk out. I have visited The Alamo and was have never felt more pride in America. These men gave their lives for freedom. The new movie makes us out to be the bad guys. Nobody really knows what happened so why make these men out to look like opportunistic cretins. I must say I favor Fess Parkers Davy Crockett first with Duke a close second. As John Ford put it "When legend becomes fact print the legend." Because no one knows what really happened I'll take the legend. Fess Parker played Davy as a homespun hero. Duke played him well as Duke. Thornton put me in mind of Huckleberry Hound.