wcb said:
Great movie. Thinking about introducing my kids to it.
The boys will be fine. Debating how my 8th grade daughter would do with all the blood.
wcb said:
Great movie. Thinking about introducing my kids to it.
The boys will be fine. Debating how my 8th grade daughter would do with all the blood.
Josepi said:
I pretty much always thought this move was Braveheart with a change of setting
You, who murdered a 100,000 Iraqis to save a nickel on a gallon of gas, are going to lecture me about the RULES OF WAR?!astros4545 said:Would you like a lesson in the rules of war?!?!wcb said:
Great movie. Thinking about introducing my kids to it.
The boys will be fine. Debating how my 8th grade daughter would do with all the blood.
&f=1&nofb=1 It's because Gibson saw 2020 coming and didn't want the Patriot to be canceled, so he changed history!Smokedraw01 said:
It's pretty good.
My only complaint is that we found the only plantation owner in SC that freed his slaves. Very nit picky but still an entertaining movie.
Him and Simcoe from Turnastros4545 said:
One of the best villains of all time
Indeed. Made by a German, no less.Bruce Almighty said:
Great example of historical fiction
Definitely some creative liberties taken, no doubt. But I loved how this film got into the aspect of that war being "neighbor against neighbor". That it wasn't "fought on some distant battlefield or the frontier". I'm not sure how many people realized that about the Revolutionary War.Bruce Almighty said:
Great example of historical fiction
I've just now started watching Turn on netflix. It is such a quality show!PatAg said:Him and Simcoe from Turnastros4545 said:
One of the best villains of all time
Not sure about any church burnings with the entire town inside but Tavington is based on Banastre Tarleton. By most accounts he was a "butcher" and threatened civilian populations during the war. The British had to make special arrangements for him when they surrendered so he didn't receive reprisals.SJEAg said:
Some great scenes. Martin going crazy and killing 15 soldiers in front of his sons is an amazing sequence.
But always seemed jarring how it would go from silly (with cheesy dialogue you'd expect from an Emmerich movie) to super dark. The church scene was a bit much...did the British actually ever commit such an atrocity on that many civilians?
Also, the whole black soldier story line (with the racist white soldier respecting him at the end of the movie) felt very forced. Not to mention how slaves are portrayed. I know many slaves were treated like family but it just seemed heavy handed.
But yeah, when channel surfing I stop every time.
We watched an edited version of the movie that made red to brown in Junior High during class. Your kid should be able to handle it at that age, even without making the blood look like mud.wcb said:
Great movie. Thinking about introducing my kids to it.
The boys will be fine. Debating how my 8th grade daughter would do with all the blood.
wcb said:
Great movie. Thinking about introducing my kids to it.
The boys will be fine. Debating how my 8th grade daughter would do with all the blood.
BoydCrowder13 said:Not sure about any church burnings with the entire town inside but Tavington is based on Banastre Tarleton. By most accounts he was a "butcher" and threatened civilian populations during the war. The British had to make special arrangements for him when they surrendered so he didn't receive reprisals.SJEAg said:
Some great scenes. Martin going crazy and killing 15 soldiers in front of his sons is an amazing sequence.
But always seemed jarring how it would go from silly (with cheesy dialogue you'd expect from an Emmerich movie) to super dark. The church scene was a bit much...did the British actually ever commit such an atrocity on that many civilians?
Also, the whole black soldier story line (with the racist white soldier respecting him at the end of the movie) felt very forced. Not to mention how slaves are portrayed. I know many slaves were treated like family but it just seemed heavy handed.
But yeah, when channel surfing I stop every time.
Not only that, Tarleton was also portrayed in Amazing Grace where he fought against the abolition of slavery. Basically the guy seemed to be on the wrong side of history at all turns.BoydCrowder13 said:Not sure about any church burnings with the entire town inside but Tavington is based on Banastre Tarleton. By most accounts he was a "butcher" and threatened civilian populations during the war. The British had to make special arrangements for him when they surrendered so he didn't receive reprisals.SJEAg said:
Some great scenes. Martin going crazy and killing 15 soldiers in front of his sons is an amazing sequence.
But always seemed jarring how it would go from silly (with cheesy dialogue you'd expect from an Emmerich movie) to super dark. The church scene was a bit much...did the British actually ever commit such an atrocity on that many civilians?
Also, the whole black soldier story line (with the racist white soldier respecting him at the end of the movie) felt very forced. Not to mention how slaves are portrayed. I know many slaves were treated like family but it just seemed heavy handed.
But yeah, when channel surfing I stop every time.
astros4545 said:
One of the best villains of all time
Bregxit said:Chipotlemonger said:
That's really sad
It is. Every time I watch the movie and she cries "Papa!" when they are about to head off to fight I completely lose it.
Agree with all of this except the "it's pretty good" part.Smokedraw01 said:
It's pretty good.
My only complaint is that we found the only plantation owner in SC that freed his slaves. Very nit picky but still an entertaining movie.
