Here's a guy who made a video showing how Hollywood mangled Scottish history with that Mel Gibson movie.
Hollywood also mangled Texas history with the Alamo. Yeah, the John Wayne version. There were others that may have mangled it even more. Maybe I watched a little of the more recent version, before quitting on it.
Henry Ford once said that history was bunk. Maybe it goes a lot further than that. Let's just say you'd be lucky to get even this much of it right, with respect to the movies.
The broad strokes cannot be faked. At least not for now. So, even though Hollywood will make up a lot of the story, they have to remain true to the actual outcomes. I mean, even John Wayne couldn't conjure up a victory of 180 Texans versus thousands of regular Mexican troops. But victory did come at San Jacinto and that's a fact.
What really happened in Scotland back then? Or in Texas in 1836? The true stories may be unpalatable to the average movie goer, or to propagandists who want to push a mythology that favors their point of view.
Truth is the first casualty of war. Indeed, the truth is a rare beast seldom seen. Looking for truth may be a Quixotic notion.
Anyway, here's the video...
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