Amazing Film, but could be more accurate

Rating: 10/10 (22 April 2016)

Tombstone is my favorite film. However after learning about the historical OK Corral shootout that the film was based off of, many details in the movie are changed, like the relationships between the historical figures. Its lead me to feel the importance of historical accuracy is something that needs to be discussed.
History is an important subject, it can help people learn from past mistakes, learn about their heritage, their family, different cultures, and by Hollywood films changing things in order to make some money, it hurts the learning of the truth. People are watching these movies and mostly assume that they're accurate, and it leads to a lack of true knowledge and understanding . By simply making these movies have more accuracy or possibly at the end of the movie encourage their audience to research the historical event, we as a society can gain knowledge and continue to make history.
Until directors and actors are able, historically based movies will continue twist and change historical facts and events. The problem with this is that they will continue to cause a false sense of knowledge, it will disrespect the people who were there during the time depicted in a film if the director decided to paint them as someone they weren't and will continue to teach our generation false information.