{"id":4640,"date":"2019-03-21T06:08:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T05:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/v5o.249.myftpupload.com\/?p=4640"},"modified":"2021-11-29T19:04:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T19:04:43","slug":"15-popular-films-with-huge-flaws-that-people-are-just-now-noticing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12facts.com\/15-popular-films-with-huge-flaws-that-people-are-just-now-noticing\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Popular Films With Huge Flaws That People Are Just Now Noticing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Non-fiction films give us an impossible insight into some of the most dramatic moments in history. As viewers, we get to see what went down when important decisions were made that potentially shaped the way our world is today. We also get to understand what our ancestors had to struggle with, and what for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But ask any expert about the historical accuracy of certain \u201cbased on a true story\u201d films and you might just get laughed right out of the museum. You see, filmmakers need to tell a compelling story while sticking to the truth as much as possible. This can be a challenge seeing as how some details, though real, may seem so ludicrous or outright boring that they don\u2019t make the final cut. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take, for instance, these 15 critically acclaimed films with some rather noticeable flaws!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Braveheart<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Braveheart<\/em>\u2019s William Wallace (Mel Gibson) became an inspiration to the entire world to hate the English. It\u2019s a great movie which has received a ton of awards. However, it was far from accurate; one of the biggest mistakes was the depiction of Scotsmen wearing kilts. In the 1300s, they wore things called leine<\/g> croiches<\/g> which were a piece of clothing dyed in horse piss. We\u2019re sure they still could\u2019ve mooned the English while sporting yellow tunics dripping with urine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But perhaps the largest historical inaccuracy is the film\u2019s title. William Wallace was not Braveheart. The nickname was given to him after he had his heart carried to the Church of Holy Sepulchre all the way in Jerusalem. The nickname had more to do with a literal heart than anything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

2. Titanic<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Titanic<\/em> didn\u2019t launch Leonardo DiCaprio to fame, but it did cement a place for him in Hollywood. It\u2019s a shame that the movie, despite the mountains of historical data available about what truly happened on the Titanic during its final moments, doesn\u2019t stick to historical facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the movie, third-class passengers were locked below the\ndecks and out of view. In truth, nobody was under the decks, and nobody was\ndiscriminated against when all hell broke loose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While we\u2019re on the topic of third-class passengers, there\u2019s absolutely no way Jack Dawson (DiCaprio) could\u2019ve made it to the top deck to mingle with the wealthy. Similar to riding a plane in today\u2019s time, those in economy aren\u2019t allowed to just barge into first-class. That separating curtain actually means something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

3. Back to the Future<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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We\u2019re pretty sure that everything about time travel in this\nmovie is completely scientifically accurate, but that\u2019s not what we\u2019re here to\ndiscuss. Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) can be seen rockin\u2019 on a Gibson ES335\nguitar during the Under the Sea dance. This might not seem like a big deal, but\nguitar lovers around the world cringed knowing that this particular model was\nreleased in 1958, a full three years after the dance was supposed to take\nplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We wish this was all this classic film had wrong about the past, but unfortunately, the opposite is true. While Marty is at a dinner with his young mom, an episode of Honeymooner\u2019s<\/em> is playing on TV. That episode, which Marty calls a classic in the film, aired on December 31, 1955. Their dinner took place on November 5, 1955.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

4. Malcolm X<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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This film starring Denzel Washington has been praised for not only excellent performances from all involved but for staying true to many of the events that actually happened in Malcolm\u2019s life. Historical facts in this Spike Lee film did not sway too far away from the true happenings of Malcolm\u2019s rise and demise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in the film, the Nation of Islam\u2019s involvement in Malcolm X\u2019s death was toned down to such an extent that Louis Farrakhan, the man who called for Malcolm\u2019s death repeatedly, was not at the scene of his murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, the man in the film who introduced Malcolm to the Nation was not a fellow inmate but rather his own brother. In the end, not staying completely true to historical evidence did not tarnish Malcolm\u2019s legacy, nor did it raise the Nation to any praiseworthy status. We couldn\u2019t have asked for more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

5. The Aviator<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Titanic wasn\u2019t the only film where Leonardo\u2019s character swayed a little too far from the truth. Take, for instance, a scene in the movie which is set in 1928. The psychotic Howard Hughes (DiCaprio) is seen to order 10 chocolate chip cookies. But did you know that the inventor of this cookie, Ruth Graves Wakefield, didn\u2019t invent this tasty treat until the 1930s?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And\u2026 that\u2019s about it. Martin Scorsese actually did a pretty great job sticking to facts as much as possible. Historians and movie-goers have repeatedly praised Scorsese for his almost-immaculate representation of what really happened to Hughes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

6. Forrest Gump<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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1994\u2019s Forrest Gump<\/em>\nreally should\u2019ve stayed as close to the truth as possible, seeing as how the\nfilm was based on a novel of the same name and not history. But even so, there\nare some things that the movie just got plain wrong about our world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember how Forrest didn\u2019t have to worry about money after Lt. Dan helped him become an investor in the fruit company, Apple? Well, the letter was dated 1975, a full 6 years before the company even went public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

7. Django Unchained<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Django (Jamie Foxx) was a pretty badass guy in the movie Django Unchained<\/em>. Starring alongside Christoph Waltz in this Tarantino flick, the pair would create an elaborate plot to save Django\u2019s wife from the clutches of slave owner Candy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As entertaining as the film was, there are a few things we just can\u2019t ignore. Like the swaggy shades Django puts on multiple times throughout the movie. Sunglasses weren\u2019t very Western-y and they didn\u2019t become a fashion piece in the US until the early 20th<\/sup> century. Slavery was abolished in 1865, so having slaves and sunglasses in the same movie doesn\u2019t make a lick of sense. They do look cool, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

8. Pirates of the Caribbean<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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What years did pirates wear pirate hats and sail the seven\nseas? 1400s? 1500s? 1800s? Captain Jack from Pirates of the Caribbean<\/em> was always ahead of his time, especially\nin terms of humor and apparel. But one thing that really stands out in this\nmovie Captain Hector Barbossa munching on a granny smith apple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These tart species of apple weren\u2019t cultivated until 1868 in Australia. Now, since piracy in the Caribbean didn\u2019t phase out until the 1830s, it\u2019s possible that the Captain could\u2019ve gotten his hands on one if he took a Delorean to the future and back. Wait, that\u2019s another movie franchise\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

9. No Country for Old Men<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Setting up a shot for a film can be a hard job, especially\nsince you have to take into consideration the infrastructure that exists in the\nfilm\u2019s surroundings. Now, it\u2019s impossible for film crews to demolish a building\nsimply because it didn\u2019t exist at the time of the movie\u2019s story, but can\u2019t\ncomputers just erase unwanted buildings in the background?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apparently, the No Country for Old Men<\/em>\u2019s crew didn\u2019t get the memo that Carl\u2019s Jr. restaurants didn\u2019t exist in El Paso, Texas, in 1980, the year this film takes place. It\u2019s not a big deal though; people who caught a glimpse of the future restaurant were probably aching for a delicious Carl\u2019s Jr. burger after the movie. Wait, do companies place advertisements in movies now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

10. Troy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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This epic, loosely based on a Homer (not Simpson) poem, was\nset in Ancient Greece, between 12th<\/sup> and 9th<\/sup> century BC.\nNeedless to say, much of the things we see in modern times didn\u2019t exist back\nthen, so the production team had to be extremely careful about what could and\ncouldn\u2019t make the film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s understandable if they miss a thing or two, but they should never, ever, EVER have let a parasol (an umbrella-like thing) make it to the final cut. Paris apparently couldn\u2019t stand the Ancient Greece heat so he had his most forward-thinking engineers produce something that would not be invented for another 500 years. Why not have electric wires and automobiles in the background while you\u2019re at it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

11. Gladiator<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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There were many things that took place during the times of\ngladiators that didn\u2019t make the movie. For example, gladiators were seen as\nsomething like a celebrity and would be paid quite handsomely to endorse\ncertain products or services. It would be weird to see the Spaniard holding up\na bottle of lion piss while smiling at an imaginary camera, but that would\ntotally go against the badassed-ness of Maximus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While we\u2019re talking about the Spaniard, the term \u201cSpaniard\u201d wasn\u2019t used during the gladiator times or in 180 AD when the film supposedly takes place. Spaniard was a word coined by the French in the 14th<\/sup> century. So\u2026 yeah\u2026 He most likely would\u2019ve been referred to as slave, gladiator, or as the spokesperson for [insert name of ancient produce here].<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

12. Captain America: The First Avenger<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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There are several things wrong with this movie. First, the choice of cast. The role of Captain America is played by Chris Evans, who was also the Human Torch in 2005\u2019s Fantastic Four <\/em>and its 2007 sequel. Next, he was also one of the seven evil exes in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the movie, you can see the entire battalion consisting of people of different races fighting for America. However, it wasn\u2019t until after the Korean War (1953) that the military was desegregated, but Captain America knew better and didn\u2019t mind fighting side-by-side in WW2 with people of all ethnicities. So this can be considered a positive inaccuracy in a way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

13. The Green Mile<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Children cried while watching Bambi<\/em>, but men cried when John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan) was executed by way of the electric chair. However, after hearing his sentence, John should\u2019ve been jumping up and down for joy. Either that or have been as confused as the judge sentencing him. Death by electric shock didn\u2019t exist until 1940, which was a full half a decade after the time of this movie. Back then, inmates on death row were hung. We guess there wasn\u2019t any other way to get rid of annoying guy Percy (Dough Hutchinson).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

14. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The story of Robin Hood has been told numerous times, both in animation and live-action. But even the red fox Robin Hood didn\u2019t make as many historical mistakes as the 1991 retelling starring Kevin Costner. In the film, Azeem (Morgan Freeman) hands over a telescope to Robin, but the story takes place in 1194 \u2013 more than four centuries before the first telescope was invented. Apparently Robin has the ability to steal from the future, or at least Azeem does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

15. Beyond the Sea<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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This biographical film got a lot right about Bobby Darin\u2019s life and rise to fame in the music and entertainment industries. But one thing they forget to check Wikipedia for (the film was released in 2004, Wikipedia launched in 2001) was regarding assignments of Secret Service agents. In the film, Robert F. Kennedy can be seen accompanied by agents, but it wasn\u2019t until after<\/em> RFK\u2019s assassination by Sirhan Sirhan that were they tasked to guard important figures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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