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Old 10-13-10, 01:52 PM
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Bridge on the River Kwai
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Lawrence of Arabia
The Great Escape
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i liked how Mel Gibson directs himself plowing down hundreds of enemies single-handedly, when the actual records show that the most kills from a single Revolutionary soldier was something like.. 5 or 6.
Mel Gibson did not direct The Patriot.
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brutal, emotional and dramatized, but nonetheless great films that involve war...
The Pianist
Life is Beautiful
Schindler's List
The Hurt Locker
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Originally Posted by Numanoid
Mel Gibson did not direct The Patriot.
Right, it was that great historian/climatologist, Roland Emmerich (INDEPENDENCE DAY, GODZILLA, THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, 10,000 B.C., 2012) who was responsible for that.
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Bridge on the River Kwai
Lawrence of Arabia
Apocalypse Now
Das Boot
Inglourious Basterds
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Originally Posted by Groucho
Starship Troopers
That's not history yet. Star Wars, on the other hand, chronicles events that took place a long time ago.
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Originally Posted by Numanoid
Mel Gibson did not direct The Patriot.
This is the only post in this thread that isn't completely ridiculous.
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Agreed with The Pathfinder,

I guess to round out the top 5:

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Old 10-13-10, 09:30 PM
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Band of Brothers
Saving Private Ryan
Braveheart
The Longest Day
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Originally Posted by Traxan
Seriously, "Pathfinder?"
I'm going to go way out on a limb here and say that was probably a joke.
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He is from Norway, so maybe he meant the Pathfinder movie that is actually good:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093668/
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Braveheart & The Patriot are so historically inaccurate, I see them more as fantasies.
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