A Few Things That Went Wrong In The Patriot
A Few Things That Went Wrong in the Patriot
Presented to:
Barry Reynolds
By:
Simon Lamy
On April 10th 2006
Roland Emmerich's 'The Patriot' is a romanced story taking place during the Independence war and depicting the impact of the militia on the United States victory over England; but there are a couple of things wrong with this movie; notably some misconceptions in the main themes and some flagrant historical discrepancies.
The theme of patriotism in this movie is spectacularly absent. The period represented in the historical events which they attempt to depict will indeed invoke ideas of patriotism; but as we sink deeper and deeper in this action-packed, violence-packed movie, we realized that the main characters and most of the ones revolving around them have other motives than patriotism.
For example, Benjamin Martin, the story hero, has already been through the war fighting for the English and never wants to live this again. When his sun is killed by Colonel Tavington, the malicious English officer, …show more content…
Great detail is put into costumes, buildings, battlefields and role-playing to bring us back into this era. This has for effect to give the impression to the viewer that what he is watching has some historical value when in fact it is purely a story of fiction and is merely based on some century old legends and a couple of documented facts about the war. This is brilliantly demonstrated when Colonel Tavington, the character vaguely based on an actual English officer called Banastre Tarleton, herds all the townspeople into the church and sets fire to it, killing everybody inside. This was actually done by the Nazis during World War II in a French town called Oradour and was recognized as being one of the most vicious acts ever performed by the invading oppressors. This never happened during the Independence
Presented to:
Barry Reynolds
By:
Simon Lamy
On April 10th 2006
Roland Emmerich's 'The Patriot' is a romanced story taking place during the Independence war and depicting the impact of the militia on the United States victory over England; but there are a couple of things wrong with this movie; notably some misconceptions in the main themes and some flagrant historical discrepancies.
The theme of patriotism in this movie is spectacularly absent. The period represented in the historical events which they attempt to depict will indeed invoke ideas of patriotism; but as we sink deeper and deeper in this action-packed, violence-packed movie, we realized that the main characters and most of the ones revolving around them have other motives than patriotism.
For example, Benjamin Martin, the story hero, has already been through the war fighting for the English and never wants to live this again. When his sun is killed by Colonel Tavington, the malicious English officer, …show more content…
Great detail is put into costumes, buildings, battlefields and role-playing to bring us back into this era. This has for effect to give the impression to the viewer that what he is watching has some historical value when in fact it is purely a story of fiction and is merely based on some century old legends and a couple of documented facts about the war. This is brilliantly demonstrated when Colonel Tavington, the character vaguely based on an actual English officer called Banastre Tarleton, herds all the townspeople into the church and sets fire to it, killing everybody inside. This was actually done by the Nazis during World War II in a French town called Oradour and was recognized as being one of the most vicious acts ever performed by the invading oppressors. This never happened during the Independence