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What do you think are the most historically accurate movies as far as costumes, weapons, etc?I would have to vote for "The Wind And The Lion" with Sean Connery and Candice Bergen. I loved the scene where the Marines marched down the street with the Krag rifles and 1895 Colt"Potato Digger" machine gunAlso like "The Patriot" altho the Mel Gibson character was an amalgam of Gen. Marion, Gen. Andrew Pickens, Col. Thomas Sumter and Col. Daniel Morgan of Virginia.
I feel that Braveheart was among the more accurate. Funny thing is that I've thought that The Patriot was not very accurate, particulary in the depiction of race relations in the movie. Of course in any movie some expert in some field is going to find something wrong with a movie....like where an 1858 model gun is used in a movie that's supposed to take place in 1850...but I think that there's an air about good historical films that avoid obvious air of anachronism from a character or values standpoint. All too many historical films have been ruined for me simply because the characters involved seemed like they could jump out of their own time period and join us in 2007 and feel quite at home.
