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The very first thing I would say about the movie is the fact that almost everyone watches the movie. People watch all types of movie including action films, adventure movies, funny movies, and a great many other categories, but when it comes to the history films, people do not think if the storyplot of the history movie is a truly predicated on our real background or it is merely filled with bunch of fiction. People usually guestimate that each background movie is a part of a real background but the the truth is that almost every single background movie is made up of at least little bit of fiction in it to make it great storyline and to keep carefully the audience's attention. Shifting to the key point, to establish it wrong that don't assume all history movie is truly a part of the history, I watched the movie called the Patriot and in this paper I'll compare the story of the Patriot with real history to determine if the movie includes a true story of record or is just a filled with fiction.
Let me start my supplying brief summary of the movie Patriot. This movie is approximately Benjamin Martin who was simply daddy of seven children and he declines an offer to struggle for the Continental military. However, right the battle floor reaches his front yard and consequently enough his fifteen yrs. old son named Thomas is killed by Colonel Tavington who was the primary opponent. In result of this, Benjamin joins the army and creates his private army of rag tag farmers and farmworkers. His army's main goal was to keep Basic Cornwallis in the point out of South Carolina by strategically cutting down his supply and army. Their progress were effective however, later in the story Martin's another boy called Gabriel became sufferer to the same colonel that killed his oldest boy Thomas. This causes a last challenge in the movie between Martin and Tavington. And at the end of this struggle, Martin kills Tavington which also helps led the Continental army to victory. (prezi. com)
In the movie, through the picture of the previous battle it shows that soldiers were holding up the number of American flags however in reality, almost all the flags used by the Continental military represented where their militia is from. Another world where Benjamin is presenting a store clerk a money in which you can see that he's giving five money notice with Abraham Lincoln onto it and this cannot be true because this movie took place more than eighty years before he was elected as a president. Also that before American Trend men usually saluted by taking their head wear off and cutting down their hat to the side, then they would put it again on. Within the movie, Gabriel simply salutes by adding his hand on his head wear. Within the movie all the continental troops seem to have same clothing and the English are using up down a church which is packed with people. Within the reality everyone in the continental army had completely different clothing and there's never been found a historical record which proved that British burned the church. (prezi. com)
In the movie there are many factual errors. For instance, in the very beginning of the story, through the town hall conference Burwell was expressing that we killed 700 of foe at the Bunker Hill plus they were just placed coming, however in reality they killed 226 of these. Also in line with the publication Down and Out in Early America, it was extremely impossible in the 1776 a southern plantation owner could easily operate a successful plantation which run by free men who proved helpful by wages. It would be almost impossible to compare this plantation owner which a person who used slaved as the work force. Also that Benjamin Martin appears to be a guidelines man in the movie but in reality he wiped out Indians just for fun and was known for rapping his slaves. Therefore, I'd say that of these things didn't show up or they improved it merely to make Benjamin Martin good character in the movie regard less of truth. In one field Benjamin Martin shoots a British isles troop who was on the moving horses utilizing a flintlock firearm at the range around hundred yards. It clearly seems false because bullet from natural powder gun wouldn't normally travel anywhere near this much of distance also that visiting of the much distance and striking moving target would be very difficult with modern guns. (sbroome)
In the movie, Lord Cornwallis is portrayed as very old man, which is wrong because at that time frame of the movie in 1780, Standard Charles Lord Cornwallis was at his forties. To become more descriptive, predicated on my research I came across that Cornwallis was created in London on December 31, 1738 and according to that 12 months he would be six years more youthful than George Washington. Moving to the next point, in the arena where aunty charlotte takes in the children after their family home was burned up and ruined, her wild hair was down. My point is the fact at that time framework of the movie, women only wore scalp down only during sickness or bedtime. Women always pinned up their scalp during the day and evening, while they were out in the globe therefore, I'd say that they this is clear fiction. (About. com)
In the fight landscape where Benjamin is watching through the farmhouse' windowpane and we can see that Redcoats bayonet fee the Rebels. The military discovered several hundred yards of open earth while Redcoat army was well trained army. During that time soldiers were very important therefore it was not good idea that elements of the troops would simply running around across the battlefield. In reality, they would have costed Bayonets and move to the enemy. If they are about fifty yards away they would have marched quickly and decrease enough to stay a line. This might process would permitted to obtain control over path in the event where needed to changed or to cancel the order. And when the troops reach very close then soldiers could employ the foe. (sbroome)
In another scene where Gabriel comes back to the Martin plantation with sword wound from Struggle of the Waxhaws, he said that Gates purchased these to march right at the redcoats. The truth is, Gates had not been present nor the commander at the battle of Waxhaws. Furthermore, these were marching away when the British attacked. (sbroome)
In this movie, I would say that they tried to trick us, when the British isles break-in to the Charlotte's plantation, Tavington was searching for the child that was concealing under the desk so when Tavington looks under the table to check on if anyone is hiding under or not and at the same time, Nathan moved out from the underneath the stand on the right side and Tavington didn't see him. The tablecloth on the table hangs several inches wide from the floor so when Tavington tried to look child under the table he should have seen the Nathan from the gap that was between the table cloth and floor but he didn't saw the child. Based on this point, it is clear that in this movie they attempted to trick audience. (sbroome)
The final battle in the movie is the fight of Cowpens and it appears very big struggle while the truth is, only twelve American perished and was largely cavalry affair and it was all over in under an hour. During this battle there was scene in which cannonball comes from enemy side and it rolls on the floor and slices the leg from a number of military in its course, where we can evidently see that one of the soldier's leg falls apart well before the ball even touch his knee. Also in this battle Tavington and Martin seems struggling where Martin first attack Tavington with a directing tool on the finish of the musket. And he also disorders into Tavington's neck immediately after first assault and we can easily see that Tavington was falling on the floor but in the next attack we can see him still ranking. The last field was very confusing so that it was hard to made sense. (sbroome)
During the American Revolution British were the masters of the sea. However in the movie that they had used natural laws. During the scene of party where we can easily see that British ship was blown up in the harbor. But the laws of physics summarize that behind each action there is an equal and the contrary reaction. When the ship was targeted and demolished we start to see the big explosion with flame spreading all around the dispatch. However, although there is explosion on the dispatch, ship remains in its original position in the thus, it didn't moved laterally or sank in this it is impossible because based on physics law ship should have been transferred or sunk in this inflatable water. Even as we can determine that some of the scenes weren't accurate therefore, there is no drought that report of this movie would include fiction. (Marts. com)
I also thought geographical mistake in the movie, in the picture where Benjamin and his two of younger sons were working and passing through the woods to interrupt the Uk who captured their elderly brother. They seem jumping and covering around the stones to enter position. While in South Carolina it was never glaciated in the area of the area where this storyline took place. In another field where Tavington is looking for Martin's children at the Charlotte's plantation, Susan seem to be to look out the window covered with venetian blind. The Venetian shades was not developed until the 1800s or about 100 year following the timeframe of the movie. To be more descriptive, the noted invention of window blinds is retains by man from Chile named Hernando de Venuto and it was invented on, may 20, 1857. (sbroome)
Almost every is aware that slaves did not like white people before revolution or any time during the slavery therefore, in the main one scene after their home was destroyed, Benjamin Martin send his family and his friend's family to a slave colony plus they were welcomed there and possessed little special event there in the consequence of arriving of Benjamin Martin's family. My point is that they should not have been welcomed with their colony because throughout that time there were hardly any slaves colonies been around and salves did not liked the white people. (chccs. k12. nc. us)
In conclusion, I'd say that even although movie Patriot includes many fictional history in it but the director of the movie did lots of the twist in the history to make it look more interesting to followers and make account bear in mind. This movie also provides people at least little sense about American Revolution war. Although I found many mistakes in the movie it includes very important part of the record and by seeing this movie, people can find out more about our record and try to remember it as our history.
