The Patriot

I watched The Patriot and while I have always enjoyed the movie I viewed it this time with skepticism. While it is true, there are a lot of elements in the movie that are not historically accurate; they used a make believe person acted by Mel Gibson to tell a story about the revolution. There were many elements in the story that did not follow the typical historical perspective. However, I can look beyond the inaccuracies and see this film for what it is, a pleasurable and enjoyable movie. I think that is what gets lost in the translation. I am not going to scrutinize each and every second of a film for it s inadequacies, I am simply going to take it for what it's worth, always keeping in mind that what I am seeing is not a historical documentary. I think there is some merit to a film like The Patriot, or Gladiator and a myriad of other Hollywood reenactments of historical events, however, I think the public needs to keep in mind that the accuracy of such media is very rarely pinpoint and often times fabricated to make the event more entertaining, and make the characters more pure and noble, or, in the case of the villains more evil. I am not going to sacrifice my love for historical movies simply because I have a background in history. I will however, make a more concentrated effort to educate myself and those around me about the accuracy of such films.