Probably the 2nd best movie I've ever seen

Rating: 10/10 (6 April 2005)

I have read other comments people have left and what a lot of them are not getting is that this isn't a distortion of the truth. This entire movie is American HISTORY. In a sense Benjamin Martin was a real person. One of the greatest American heroes during the revolutionary war was a man named Marion Francis, or commonly referred to as "The Swamp Fox." In this particular movie he's "The Ghost." Why they used a different name, I couldn't tell you, but they did. The Patriot was based on Marion Francis. Marion Francis is my 4x grandfather, so I know pretty much everything about him, his family, what he did to the native Americans, his life, all sorts of good stuff.
The beginning of the movie puts A LOT of emphasis on the fact that Benjamin Martin is trying to be a peaceful family man, because that's what he wants, he wants to live in peace without witnessing anymore war. When peace and freedom are challenged he does what he has to do, fight again. This movie is in no way a distortion, it's much like a documentary of the life of Marion Francis. I think it's one of the best movies too see. You can say that there are slow parts, but they're not slow parts, it's character building, and this movie wasn't made for a warmonger. No movie is going to be filled with action, death, and destruction. I highly recommend this film to anyone.