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From a movie watching aspect, the film jumps from place to place and most of the time seems like a history special with big name actors playing the historical roles.
Telly Savalas hams it up as the Mexican revolutionary (though he's matched by Chuck Connors as a military martinet) in this jokey yet rather boring pastiche on the famous historical figure's life and times.
To sum things up best, the movie had no cohesion, it grossly lacked the substance to delve into the historical environment it covered, and upon ending, left you feeling like what you'd just seen was a series of aborted attempts to engage the viewer by switching from one thing to the next without adequately engaging the viewer in any of them.
The film version of Cromwell's growing involvement in the War is marginally accurate but the overall historical accuracy of this movie was way off.
Obviously, you can recognise the spoof of It's a Wonderful Life, with Kermit as the George Bailey, and Cusack as the Mr. Potter, and in the end, obviously Kermit realises how much he means to everyone, and goes back to find the theatre saved as historical landmark.
The plot hinged on the viewer being familiar with the historical night in which Mary Shelley wrote frankenstien.
Naturally, from an historical point of view, Blonde Venus was fun to watch, so long as one was able to put aside..."great expectations".
I am a fan of good historical fiction, and was thrilled at the thought that someone would take a well written book series and film it.
The film is a visual depiction and historical record of Romany life in European and Middle Eastern countries.
In 1937 Darryl Zanuck, who had recently moved from head of production at Warner Brothers, was trying to get his newly created company, 20th Century Fox off the ground and on a level playing field with his old bosses at Warners and the glitter palace at MGM. "This Is My Affair" was an attempt to cash in on the current success of historical films set around the turn of the century ("San Francisco" "In Old Chicago")and in retrospect he succeeded quite mightily.
If you want information you are looking at true life movies and historical movies.
The '30's had it's masterpieces, but those were mostly from the same directors and many of their films are mostly of historical interest today.
It led me to the superb historical novels of Kenneth Roberts.
The music is also a bit "unusual".. but I strangely find it acceptable despite it's got nothing to do with the historical period portrayed.
In the 2nd of his Historical Martial Arts films, Chiba portrays his real life sensei Mas Oyama.
I kept getting lost in it especially during some of the historical flashbacks.
The historical settings, the blatant class distinctions, and seeing the good and the bad on both sides of the dividing line held my attention throughout.
I recommend this movie to people that like historical movies (obviously).
But CHANGI isn't a war documentary - if it had have been, then the historical accuracy aspect would have been paramount.
Miniseries in recent years include DAY OF THE ROSES (the story of the investigation into the Glanville train crash), KINGS IN GRASS CASTLES (the adaptation of Mary Durack's historical account of her pioneering ancestors), KANGAROO PALACE (about a group of friends from a country town in Australia who travel to London and change and grow apart), and the (somewhat disappointing) adaptation of Bryce Courtenay's powerful novel, THE POTATO FACTORY.
Seeing it was event of great impact, not only because of the high quality of the film (as evidenced by its many awards), but because of its place in the historical context of 1959.
Of course he doesn't mention the underlying historical socio-economic reasons for many of his prejudices.
I tend to like Historical (period) films and get new ideas for costumes for my historical group, and a friend recommended this one to me.
The slightly corny dialogue and problems with lighting in a few places diminish the quality of repeat viewings, however its historical significance in Starewicz's life make it of importance to watch.
Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna was a two-part star studded historical T.V. movie based on the Peter Kurth book, Anastasia: The Riddle of Anna Anderson.
Anyone who, after seeing this movie, complains about Connery's accent, or the lack of historical verisimilitude, or the realism of the political motivations, or any other extra-movie concerns, simply doesn't love movies.
Much credit goes to the Historical Society there that work hard to maintain the historical value.
I am no Paleontologist, but this series gives the best historical representation of dinosaurs I have ever seen.
The historical accuracy in costumes, equipment and general art direction, like the TV series, is outstanding.
And for the guy complaining about historical accuracy, get real.
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