William Wallace is historical figure with an associated legend, in the vein of King Arthur, still good lessons to be learned. Thanks for the Reminder on other two, The Patriot is in our “soon” list and we are waiting for a bit more maturity for Mohicans.
HBO is a really bipolar film/tv enterprise. On one hand, they've been censoring movies and made the godawful woke Watchmen series. On the other hand, they came out with Chernobyl last year, which absolutely destroys the Soviet Communist regime. Their John Adams miniseries from several years back was also excellent.
These people watch Chernobyl and think Trump is like that, they don't even realize it is real events that happened under the ideology they proclaim to want to take over
Yeah, but one of the great things about homeschooling is you can use cultural happenings and historical fiction (where I would place Wallace) to teach ethics, history, character, etc. as long as your guide/mentor/parent/teacher gives right interpretation. Think of the old times, when the prince had a tutor, such as Doctor Cornelius in Prince Caspian
they conflated things that happened to 2 people into 1 and created a couple of love stories to make the motivations easier to understand for anyone watching the movie with zero knowledge of the actual history. it is really tough to condense stuff for a movie or any medium besides books, I am doing something similar at the moment and I have altered the motivations of the main antagonist a second time because even though they were better before, the underlying story is too convoluted to present - there are other constraints than accuracy when you are making a product that people will consume in specific manner, in 1,5 to 2 hours etc
I used to hate what Hollywood did to real stories, but as I get more and more into the work of storytelling I understand the need to simplify and condense in order to make the story more compelling... if you want history read books
If you homeschool, put Braveheart into your late middle/ early high school curriculum. Especially if you’re training up boys.
Mel Gibson has to be the most based director in Hollywood.
They hate him bc of his drunken rants against Jews and his father is/was a holocaust denier. Only way to get blacklisted.
William Wallace is historical figure with an associated legend, in the vein of King Arthur, still good lessons to be learned. Thanks for the Reminder on other two, The Patriot is in our “soon” list and we are waiting for a bit more maturity for Mohicans.
Ps, how did you get italics?
Good point. Thank for the code.
Fake history, sure, but decent morals in The Patriot.
"You've done nothing you should be ashamed of."
"I've done nothing... and for that I am ashamed."
Better get a hard copy before HBO deems they hate speech
HBO is a really bipolar film/tv enterprise. On one hand, they've been censoring movies and made the godawful woke Watchmen series. On the other hand, they came out with Chernobyl last year, which absolutely destroys the Soviet Communist regime. Their John Adams miniseries from several years back was also excellent.
These people watch Chernobyl and think Trump is like that, they don't even realize it is real events that happened under the ideology they proclaim to want to take over
Well, duh.
Braveheart is like 90% fiction, FYI. They just took the high level story and names and made it Hollywoodised
Yeah, but one of the great things about homeschooling is you can use cultural happenings and historical fiction (where I would place Wallace) to teach ethics, history, character, etc. as long as your guide/mentor/parent/teacher gives right interpretation. Think of the old times, when the prince had a tutor, such as Doctor Cornelius in Prince Caspian
they conflated things that happened to 2 people into 1 and created a couple of love stories to make the motivations easier to understand for anyone watching the movie with zero knowledge of the actual history. it is really tough to condense stuff for a movie or any medium besides books, I am doing something similar at the moment and I have altered the motivations of the main antagonist a second time because even though they were better before, the underlying story is too convoluted to present - there are other constraints than accuracy when you are making a product that people will consume in specific manner, in 1,5 to 2 hours etc
I used to hate what Hollywood did to real stories, but as I get more and more into the work of storytelling I understand the need to simplify and condense in order to make the story more compelling... if you want history read books
Yeah, I don't want anything I just stated a fact.
Atlas Shrugged is more relevant, IMHO.