This is a movie, not a book...

Rating: Null/10 (1 July 2000)

I just saw The Patriot last night, and I thought it was a great movie. I went online when I got home from the theater, and logged onto IMDB.com, to see what other people's reactions were to the movie, and saw many people lamenting about how the movie wasn't historically accurate. This wasn't a surprise to me, as I have seen this happen to other good movies, and frankly, it is getting annoying. The people who complain about The Patriot being historically inaccurate are the same ones who feel that Saving Private Ryan was also inaccurate. They feel that Schindler's List only showed one side of World War Two, that The Usual Suspects was predictable, and that The Godfather was, well, disappointing. To all you people who are foaming at the mouth over what I have just said, I only have one thing to tell you. GET A LIFE! These are movies, people! They are not made to give you a history lesson, they are made to entertain and make money. If you really want to know what happened in the Revolutionary War, then read a book! If your life is really so sad that you must nitpick with great movies over historical inaccuracies, then I am sorry for you. Blockbuster should revoke your card and movie theaters should have Wanted posters with your pictures on them. Since you obviously know how to make movies brilliant, I suggest that you make a movie of your very own, that can be as historically accurate and perfect as you want. Otherwise, leave perfectly good movies alone.