If you must see it - go to matinee and save money

Rating: Null/10 (3 July 2000)

Movies like this sadden me. It is just more Hollywood hype and little historical fact. I don't understand why Hollywood can't make movies more factual yet entertaining. It is one of those really predictable films where in several scenes the people around me in the theater were actually guessing aloud what would happen next. It included the usual fighting scenes that are far less than reality could ever maintain. It was sad to see that among the thousands of soldiers and militia the protagonist and antagonist were able to cross paths man-to-man on several occasions. Meeting more than twice would be practically impossible at best in reality, let alone finding each other on a crowded battlefield aflame with gunfire, cannon balls, drums, and screams. What even saddens me more is to know that they actually could have put together a wonderful story of our history, one that is unlike any other in the world.
I will say that the cinematography was quite beautiful and many of the scenes and sets were awesome. Other than that, I feel like it would be a waste of my time to even comment on the workings of the story, other than to say it was a complete Hollywood-induced farce. My only hope is that people will go to true sources on the Internet or at their library to find out the facts from a time that was so important in our history. If it weren't for the courage and bravery of our ancestors, we wouldn't even be here commenting on such trivial displays of our history.
See this at the matinee to save a few bucks if you must go see it at all!