Errol Flynn blah blah gallant blah blah Olivia de Havilland blah lovely blah blah blah don't make 'em like that anymore blah blah blecch.
Yeah, they're all glamorous and "heroic" beyond belief. Literally. This movie is absolute hogwash as history, romanticizing the unfortunate, ignoble, idiotic truth. And the I'll spit in the eye of the first person who says, "It's only a movie." It shouldn't be the business of movies to falsify life.
And much worse: Watch the famous climactic charge closely, and note the carnage. Stunt horses? Trip wires. If you can contentedly watch this horror show knowing how many animals (and extras, for that matter) were abused to the point of torture, forgive me if I avoid you like the plague.
Yeah, they're all glamorous and "heroic" beyond belief. Literally. This movie is absolute hogwash as history, romanticizing the unfortunate, ignoble, idiotic truth. And the I'll spit in the eye of the first person who says, "It's only a movie." It shouldn't be the business of movies to falsify life.
And much worse: Watch the famous climactic charge closely, and note the carnage. Stunt horses? Trip wires. If you can contentedly watch this horror show knowing how many animals (and extras, for that matter) were abused to the point of torture, forgive me if I avoid you like the plague.