By: Roland Emmerich
I've just watched the movie, "The Patriot," and would like to talk about the historical accuracies and inaccuracies of the movie. The overall effect of the movie makes the audience understand the harshness of war, but gives false advertisement for the cruelty of the British soldiers. In this review, I will develop a lot of facts and exaggerations throughout the film.
The movie takes place in Colonial South Carolina during the 1776 Revolutionary War. Benjamin Martin, a retired soldier, wanted nothing more than to just live peacefully with his kids. When the British decide to declare war with us and his son, Gabriel, joins the army and is wounded, Benjamin decided it was his turn to get involved. An awful British Colonel William Tavington, is responsible for the invasion of Benjamin's home, and Ben begins to plan his revenge against him.
Mel Gibson, who plays Benjamin Martin, did a very good job with the role overall. Benjamin Martin is based off of Francis Marion aka The Swamp Fox, a militia leader in the Revolutionary War. The historical inaccuracies with Ben are that he has no children, and was not involved in the actual battle of Cowpence; whereas in the movie Mel Gibson is in the battle and has 7 children. Overall, Mel Gibson portrayed his role well and was very convincing.
In "The Patriot," I liked the effect that it had on me, but the historical inaccuracies would make a person who was not informed of the war, think it was true. Because of this, the movie is hard for me to have a strong opinion of. For example, the scene where Colonel Tavington and his soldiers were setting Benjamin's home on fire, would never happen in the real war. The British were harsh, but would never burn down a home. Another scene is the church burning scene. Colonel Tavington locked a small village in the church and lit it on fire, was way too cruel to even been true. There was a lot of historical inaccuracies, but the overall effect of lives lost and weaponry.
The moral or lesson I got from this story is that you need to fight for your country no matter what. The only black man in the army, fought against the prejudice of others and stood up for his country. The moral was to stand up for your country and do what you know will help the country in the future. Fight for independence and fight for freedom, no matter what.
The group of people I think would like this movie is a freshman history class. Learning while you're younger about historical inaccuracies and accuracies will help you to determine them in the future. A lot of historical movies have inaccuracies and knowing what you know, you will understand the movies more in depth and understand why the directors included those scenes. I wouldn't recommend it to a historian. The MPAA rating was R. My final word on the movie was that it was good, but inaccurate.
Rating system: I'd give this movie a 3/5.
Elise Adcock is a junior at Sterling High School. She works at Cinemark movie theater in Somerdale and plays volleyball for Sterling and Quandomania. Besides those, she participates in theater outside of school and singing. She works hard in her honors and AP classes in school and maintains a 95 point average. Overall, she is a hardworking student and always participates in school events.
In "The Patriot," I liked the effect that it had on me, but the historical inaccuracies would make a person who was not informed of the war, think it was true. Because of this, the movie is hard for me to have a strong opinion of. For example, the scene where Colonel Tavington and his soldiers were setting Benjamin's home on fire, would never happen in the real war. The British were harsh, but would never burn down a home. Another scene is the church burning scene. Colonel Tavington locked a small village in the church and lit it on fire, was way too cruel to even been true. There was a lot of historical inaccuracies, but the overall effect of lives lost and weaponry.
The moral or lesson I got from this story is that you need to fight for your country no matter what. The only black man in the army, fought against the prejudice of others and stood up for his country. The moral was to stand up for your country and do what you know will help the country in the future. Fight for independence and fight for freedom, no matter what.
The group of people I think would like this movie is a freshman history class. Learning while you're younger about historical inaccuracies and accuracies will help you to determine them in the future. A lot of historical movies have inaccuracies and knowing what you know, you will understand the movies more in depth and understand why the directors included those scenes. I wouldn't recommend it to a historian. The MPAA rating was R. My final word on the movie was that it was good, but inaccurate.
Rating system: I'd give this movie a 3/5.
Elise Adcock is a junior at Sterling High School. She works at Cinemark movie theater in Somerdale and plays volleyball for Sterling and Quandomania. Besides those, she participates in theater outside of school and singing. She works hard in her honors and AP classes in school and maintains a 95 point average. Overall, she is a hardworking student and always participates in school events.
