12-03-2003, 10:38 PM
What matters to me is the story and how it is presented, not whether the color of the third pin down on the lorica segmentata is green or brown. =p<br>
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Art departments have to make sacrifices in order to get their props and costumes out in time. They certainly don't have the money to make suits of armor made out of real metal (remember this isn't a 300 million dollar movie like Lord of the Rings), nor can they each spend the years of research necessary to get every little detail correct. Though one would wish they had hired a historical consultant to correct small mistakes, I could honestly care less since it's a movie first and foremost -- designed above all to tell a story and to *look good.* It certainly isn't a documentary nor does it pretend to be. Gibson's Braveheart was anything but historically accurate, yet it was still one of the best *movies* of the past ten years. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=hottoq>hottoq</A> at: 12/4/03 1:59 am<br></i>
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Art departments have to make sacrifices in order to get their props and costumes out in time. They certainly don't have the money to make suits of armor made out of real metal (remember this isn't a 300 million dollar movie like Lord of the Rings), nor can they each spend the years of research necessary to get every little detail correct. Though one would wish they had hired a historical consultant to correct small mistakes, I could honestly care less since it's a movie first and foremost -- designed above all to tell a story and to *look good.* It certainly isn't a documentary nor does it pretend to be. Gibson's Braveheart was anything but historically accurate, yet it was still one of the best *movies* of the past ten years. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=hottoq>hottoq</A> at: 12/4/03 1:59 am<br></i>
