"Amadeus" shows up on lists like this a lot. It wasn't a biopic. It was based on a play, and was never meant to be anything other than fiction. Calling "Amadeus" an inaccurate biopic of Mozart is like calling "Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter" an inaccurate biopic of Lincoln.
It's funny and even pleasant how people in the west completely ignore the existence of Pushkin, because fuck that guy and our school curriculum that made 50% of foreign literature to be about him. He's SO obscure outside of ex-USSR, Fiennes family had to self-finance their Onegin adaptation, and Amadeus was marketed as a biopic rather than an adaptation of his Mozart and Salieri play)))
what is hilarious about genghis khan is everyone else puts on a stereotypical comical chinese accent EXCEPT john wayne. he continues to speak with is trademark southern drawl.
The greatest showman was never meant to be a biopic, just because it has real people, doesn’t make it a biopic. Would you consider Once Upon A Time In Hollywood a biopic too?
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is historical fiction, but outside of completely fictional main heroes everything else is extremely historically accurate until the ending, of course. And yes, we can judge accuracy of period fiction works, which date all way from Shakespeare and Walter Scott to videogames like Assassin's Creed or Call of Duty, where you get your fictional characters witness and sometimes take part in real historical events.
@@Sharpe1502 It was but it really pisses me off that they had the source material but never used it. Dates were wrong and the film was 15% fact 55% imagination and 30% questionable. Read the Book I, Tina instead.
Honestly, biopics will never be truthful and nor are they meant to. That is why we have documentaries. Bio pics are are dramatizations or inspired by events.
@@LdyVder No, it's separate genre. Historical fiction is something like Walter Scott's Rob Roy, where the main character and his family are completely fictional, but the events take place around a real uprising, which characters take part in, and they interact with Robert MacGregor himself. Same in, say, Assassin's Creed games, where you drag Cleopatra to Ceasar or storm Bastille as some made-up Assassin... media with fictional characters meeting Da Vinci, Machiavelli, or Churchill, for example, are historical fiction, but are not biopics.
Yeah, but in a way... I guess biopics are there for us to debate on the meaning of films, real life, fiction...if the creators wanted no argument, they WOULD have chosen to do a documentary. Some people enjoy this debate... where you don't only get to watch a film but discuss its making.
Instant thumbs down every time you push crap music on us!!!!!!! This channel is making hundreds of thousands of dollars a month if not more and you’re pushing crap music ? why are you doing that? Clearly it’s not making you money to push that kind of music!? I’m assuming the owner of this channel has a lot to do with these music pushs because clearly anybody on the staff that would come up with this kind of crazy idea to push music this bad would be shut down very quickly. I could be wrong but I’d love to hear from Mojo if I am wrong but I don’t think I will hear from them as I think I’ve hit the nail on the head👌🏻
Sadly “The Conquerer” (number one) wasn’t just a terrible movie, it also literally killed most of the cast and crew! It was filmed on radioactive ground in Nevada at a nuclear testing site because Howard Hughes (director and producer) insisted on it because he liked the way the cinematography looked. Within years countless people who had worked on the set (including Susan Hayward and John Wayne) started dropping like flies from cancer and other diseases ☹️
I feel like they need to invent a new genre in between biopic and jukebox musical, because Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman would both fall into it... And if it's not a straight "biopic" it doesn't **have** to be historically accurate, right? Although, frankly, I still find it weird to tell a true story wrong on purpose...
Rebecca - WatchMojo Elton John said he wasn’t make a straight biopic. He set songs to pivotal moments in his life, even if they hadn’t been written yet. Hence the film brilliantly closing on “I’m Still Standing” after he becomes sober when he actually wrote the songs while still doing heavy drugs. Doing a musician’s story in that way, where the songs tell the story, is inventive and enjoyable. Never mind Taron does all the singing in the film. It shares more in common with a film like “Across the Universe” than it does “Bohemian Rhapsody”. And for quite awhile Sacha Baron Cohen was supposed to play Freddie Mercury (it helps that the man CAN sing and with a fairly wide vocal range), but I kept hearing he was clashing with the band on the portrayal of Mercury and the band. Show all aspects of his life, up until his death from AIDS, and they weren’t too keen on the idea. I honestly thought the movie was never going to get made. Still haven’t seen it. When it was released I was still recovering from nearly 2 months in hospital where I almost died, and then add in the inaccuracies...”Rocketman”, to me, even though they were released in different years, deserved the Oscar nominations (and some of the wins) that “Bohemian Rhapsody” received. Hell, it may have, but Hollywood didn’t want two years in a row of very famous musicians going up for a lot of awards.
BohRhap was accurate and inaccurate at same time. the inaccurate parts was the timeline and how people met. They had to do that because time. But there was things that was true in BoRhap the movie
I think because it wasn’t marketed as a biopic that’s why it’s not included. It was an animated film and yes has historical elements, but I don’t think Disney wanted to market it as animated biopic
A Part II of this list should be made with all the dishonorable mentions, plus "Pocahontas", "Green Book", "The Doors", "Remember the Titans", "Miracle", "The Babe Ruth Story" (1948), "Hidden Figures", "The Imitation Game", and "The Hurricane",.
Sometimes they have to to dramatize the story by changing things around. In true crime, it’s pretty easy to fudge the story either on purpose or there is a reason
Tiana Pi Tesr Get away with what exactly? Be specific. And no, "free speech" has nothing to do with it nor is it an applicable reply to anything in these contexts.
I would add “Sid and Nancy” to the list. In John Lydon’s autobiography, he describes being shocked that the Sid onscreen bore no resemblance to the Sid he knew, and believed the ending actually glorified heroin abuse.
Defending Amadeus: Antonio Salieri was committed to medical care and suffered dementia. The flashbacks are told by HIM who believes he is responsible for Mozart's death. Suggesting that the film is intentionally inaccurate. It is historical fiction after all.
@@LadyUsakoB Yeah, that movie definitely made me have a much better appreciation of Freddie and Queen (well, more than I already did) and I ended up seeing the movie four different times
@@LadyUsakoB Obviously I saw it with different people each time (my mom, my older brother, my cousins and with some friends), but it's definitely a great movie. And the fact that Brian May and Roger Taylor were in charge of the music and a lot of the costumes (I read that the stuff worn by the actor who played Brian were from May's own collection) just makes me love the movie even more
None of these movies claim to be historically accurate. Hollywood glorifies history because they're selling entertainment, not educational material. "Based on" should be enough to realize some liberties have been taken. This goes with novels to movies too. People who complain obviously missed the "based on" letting them know their beloved book has been altered to sell a movie.
Oh thank you for including Bohemian Rhapsody!!!! I was in the VAST minority who disliked this film because it was inaccurate, and that as much as I like Remi Malik, he was no Freddie. That honor should have gone to Sasha Baron Cohen. Hopefully this will be one of those quick remakes and someone will do an exponentially better job at further immortalizing this legend.
I agree with you that bohemian Rhapsody was riddled with mistakes, any Queen fan would know that. that being said Am i the only one who thinks Sasha Baron Cohen would have been shit as Freddie Mercury. His best acting roles were chatecters that took the piss out of things. Ali G - youth culture , Borat- how Americans see othern, less advanced countries, Bruno - fashion industry, homosexuality and american attiudes to it. To name but 3. Nothing wrong with that . It's diffrent When it comes to playing a real person you habe a responsibility to play them as they were. I don't belive cohen would have been able to do it without taking the piss. As Queen fan that would've broken my heart.
@@Fcutdlady The reason he backed away from the film was due to creative differences, so I totally get the risk in investing based on his previous characters. But that's kind of his talent, he literally transforms into who he's playing. I personally hate his movies like Borat and Bruno, that's not my brand of comedy. But watch him in Sweeny Todd, or Hugo. He's great. This movie was supposed to be his leap into serious roles, and he was kind of passionate about doing it justice when he was originally pegged for it, but when he was made aware that they weren't going to dive into his sexuality or personal life and some historical details would be changed, he bailed. He was supposed to sing live too which would have been interesting. I know I'm critical because I'm actually comparing Remi to Freddie and that's not fair, Freddie is truly untouchable.
He also refused to use prescribed medicine, which helped. Most movies about people taking pills, like Beautiful Mind or Dallas Buyers Club, are _extremely_ manipulative to be Oscar Bait.
Though I would say with movies being a visual medium, showing the hallucinations as visual does make sense. Overall it is a pretty good depiction of schizophrenia, even one of lecturers recommended watching it.
@@rosemarieboulton4683 Er, not true at all.. In the movie he saw eveything, nonexistent rooms, nonexistent people. It is very rare and Nash had the common scizo, the auditory hallucinations where you hear clearly how someone is talking to you. I have met several scizo people and they have very common problem, they don`t understand whether did speak the voice in the head or a real human. You can speak with some with scizo and he/she hears the voice same time. Thats can drive them crazy. Also the voice in their heads is usually aggressive and talking shit about everybody. Usually the voice reflects the fears of the person himself.
Little added thing about The Conqueror. It was filmed down wind of the Nevada nuclear test site. Not only did they film during tests and receive fallout, they also grabbed truckfuls of contaminated dirt and brought it back to Hollywood for additional shooting. There were 220 cast and crew. 90 contracted cancer. Wayne and Hayward both died of it.
I saw an interview with BG Knocc Out and he said Eazy also didn't get beat up by Suge's goons to sign contract over Dr. Dre rights. He was forced at gunpoint to sign contract over but they didn't touch him. He also said he signed a fake signature when he did it.
Ed Wood Jr. should have made The Conqueror. Imagine how good it would be to see Vampira is Bortai, Bela as Jamukha and Genghiz fighting octopus from spaceship.
My honorable mention is gotta be Rush, a film that was based on true story of the famous rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda (which is my favorite movie based on F1). The movie is somewhat follow well of the F1 season in the mid-70's, but some moments that it was forgotten or even inaccurate, like the racing in F3 (which in reality, Hunt was racing with other driver, not Lauda), the Japanese GP (when in reality, Hunt overtook Alan Jones, not Clay Regazzoni), the over exaggeration of the rivalry (which Hunt/Lauda rivalry shared a flat early in their careers and good pals together), the nickname of Nürburgring (its "The Green Hell" than "The Graveyard") and the movie's ending (where Hunt meets Lauda in a bike with flatted tire, when in reality, Hunt lost all of his money thanks to his substance abuse from alcohol, though Lauda had to help him out to give him a money and clearing up the addiction to be sober, then becoming F1 color commentator with Murray Walker that we all know and love before his death at 1993.)
Also regarding the Bohemian Rhapsody film, Cypher of Cynical Historian fame said that the movie claimed Freddie Mercury was gay, when in real life he was bisexual considering he had multiple male and female partners in his life. I'd also like to throw my hat in the ring for Black Mass. I read the book in preparation for the film since I love the old time gangster stuff from what I remember the film omitted the meddling in the horse races, fixing them for the sake of a larger payout for a specific horse. Brutal as he was, Whitey Bulger hardly ever cussed that much, especially with his associates. The connection between him and John Connolly was established early in the book when an adult Bulger helped a kid Connolly buy some candy. Connolly, growing up to be an FBI agent based in Boston still kept an eye out for Bulger and it is true that he was charged with obstruction of justice by hiding Bulger's dirty work, but again he didn't swear that much and I don't remember them being that connected in the book. Connolly did give fair warnings to Bulger as the story progressed. I think they were having too much fun with some of Boston's stereotypes, only a handful of which represent at least 1/8 of Boston proper.
As upset I was watching Bohemian Rhapsody was in the theaters, with the hair and song difference from the timeline and the "break up". Movies take liberties. And that's a natural thing for them to do. Maybe there were tensions behind the scene, that might not have resulted in a full-on breakup, but could've very well had. And yeah, Paul wasn't AS bad as the movie portrayed. But I've seen a lot of sources saying that he betrayed Freddie before his death. So...who knows at this point. I still like this movie, even with all of the inaccuracies. Freddie is my favorite frontman of ALL time. And I'm glad his legacy lives on. Long Live The Great Pretender!
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"Dragon the Bruce Lee Story" was not a very accurate portrayal of Bruce's life. Even the director admitted it was mostly a fictional account of his life.
Also the Conqueror was the most deadliest movie created as they filmed on an irradiated area, causing a lot of the cast and crew getting radiation sickness or worse.
The one that really annoyed me was Hurricane. Not only was the very first thing innaccurate, they changed location layouts that still existed at the time.
As a massive Queen fan I still can't get over the historical inaccuracies in Bohemian Rhapsody. I absolutely agree that Rami Malek deserved his Oscar because he was brilliant, and I did enjoy the film, however, I woul've absolutely loved it I didn't know the story of Queen well enough to pick up what wasn't real.
Nash's had two sons. One he didn't acknowledged (meaning help take care of) became a nurse and lived often in foster care. His other son who he did acknowledge and helped raise. The son Nash helped raise developed schizophrenia like his father. The one he didn't raise doesn't have that problem. I am not going to lie the first time I read that "nature vs nurture" instantly popped into my head.
You covered "The Greatest Showman" but nobody talks about the movie "Barnum" staring Bert Lancaster, who was an acrobat in his early days, playing an elderly P. T. Barnum telling his story.
There was no need in Bohemian Rhapsody to "add drama" by making up a "reunion" for it. REAL STORY: Freddy purposefully put them at a weird time for the live show knowing that it'd be peak time for the USA. They rehearsed and reworked their songs to have maximum flow/efficiency/hype. Every other band showed up like it was a charity act, which tbf it was, but Freddy and Queen showed up READY TO WIN, and their performance absolutely shows that. Sometimes real history is more fun than the bs stories we get for "drama" sake.
@Issac Martinez Chavez - Well, I can somewhat agree with you on that. But then again, it only depends on the accuracy of history books as well as the level of education in all schools, colleges and universities, too.
Slow. And characters appear that are never developed. For such a long movie you should know who that guy who is suddenly a major character is. I wanted to love it. But it kept getting worse as it went
@@cgaccount3669 very true. With such a bloated run time, youd think they could develop some character arch or story line that's actually worth getting invested in.
Amadeus is loosely based on Mozart and Salieri, a russian play. Since people outside of former Soviet Union never heard of Pushkin, most are not familiar with that fictional story.
I don't think "Pearl Harbor" would count because this video is about inaccurate biopics, that is to say, biographical pictures, or movie biographies which deal with the stories of famous people ("Bohemian Rhapsody" is about Freddie Mercury, "The Greatest Showman" is about P.T. Barnum, "The Conquerer" is about Ghengis Khan, etc). While "Pearl Harbor" is indeed about an actual historical event, the characters in the film are entirely fictional. It's like with "Gone With The Wind;" the story is set during the days before, during, and after an true event in American history, namely the Civil War, but Rhett Butler, Scarlett O'Hara, Ashley Wilkes, Melanie Hamilton, and the other characters aren't real people.
That is actually how the Mongolian's pronounce it. We mispronounce the name or Anglicize it making it have a "g" sound. Technically she was pronouncing it correctly.
She is pronouncing it correctly in the way that Mongolians pronounce it. I have a friend from Mongolia and she HATES it whenever it is pronounced with a G instead of a J sound. They are being respectful and doing their research in how things are pronounced.
Yeah we're going to trust the word of the lead FBI investigator that couldn't solve the case. "I don't know who did I just know that he didn't do it because I didn't think that he did it"
At the end of the day, unless you're watching a documentary, any film based on real events will have some if not of inaccuracies just to make a more entertaining and compelling story.
Where did you get your information? The King's Speech was based on the diaries and letters of Lionel Logue. He did call King George Bertie and he was with him during his speeches during the war. "You stammered on the W". "I had to throw in a few, so they'd know it was me". That was taken out of Logue's diary. They actually said that. And one time when they were discussing filmed speeches, George VI said "then I guess you will have to hide under the table, my dear Logue". His stammer wasn't as bad during the war but he still had it and having Logue nearby gave him a sense of confidence. You have probably only heard the edited version of the speech. In the actual speech, the king spoke with many pauses and the occasional stammer. So your claim that he was cured by then is as fictional as some of the movies on this list.
Another movie was "Fire in the Sky". Travis Walton and the people who who were actually there during Walton's UFO abduction called the movie sensationalized Hollywood garbage.
Bohemian Rhapsody didn't fantasize all of Freddie's background-he and his family were from Zanzibar, he boxed, he went to boarding school in India, he and his family fled to England and were Zoroastrian.
That movie was literally radioactive. And for additional scenes they brought in tons of contaminated red sand to the studio, which probably doomed even some that got way earlier.
Love your channel, love your topics, but..."Amadeus" is not a biopic. "Amadeus" is a period drama about envy, far more focused on Salieri than on Mozart, and both of them are deliberately exaggerated in service to the theme. Never intended to tell "the story" of real people.
A Cor i dont really view it as an out-and-out biopic. Songs are all put in different places where they fit the story better, and i know theres been criticism about the way some people are portrayed, like his dad. To me its more of a jukebox musical
Despite being a bad movie on every level, 'The Conqueror' was a lethal one, too. To recreate the desert scenes in the studio, several tons of soil was taken from a local desert. A desert that had been used for the testing of atomic weapons. Many of the cast and crew involved would die from radioactivity induced cancers in the following years. A truly terrible oversight.
much as I love Man on the Moon, it really did play fast and loose with some details. Like, nothing about Kaufman's daughter that he gave up for adoption, or that he actually did his big Radio City Hall show *before* his cancer diagnosis, etc.
You had Patch Adams as an Honorable, but no Good Morning, Vietnam? The real Adrian Cronauer, though still rebellious within the ranks of Armed Forces Radio, did not deliberately set out to cause trouble with his superiors, he was not very funny on the air (at least not as funny as depicted by Robin Williams), and he did not befriend a local girl whose brother was a member of the Viet Cong, and he was not discharged from the Air Force until a year after he left Vietnam.
pretty much every sports movie based on a true story is wrong. for example, coach boone's team in remember the titans didnt really face any adversity on the field. they blew everyone out. there were no close games.
"Steve Jobs" (the one with Michael Fasbender)should have at least gotten a dishonourable mention as I did an assignment on it, and found out that almost everything in the movie was false.
Bohemian Rhapsody was accounts by Brian May and Roger Taylor, and true, many things were wrong, but so many Queen fans loved it. But it bothers me that real members, May and Taylor, loved it and stand behind it stating that only a few changes in the timeline were off for whatever reason. I was very unhappy how they over emphasized some issues with Freddie's character and his family. Also, Patch Adams is a great story that got messed up with too much "Hollyweird"ism. Hollyweird ruins too many movies in my opinion.
#1 The Buddy Holly Story (1978) Despite an electric (no pun intended) performance by Gary Busey, coupled with the fact all the music was done LIVE by the actors; the movie bears no actual resemblance to the story of Buddy Holly. Contractual reasons negated using the real names of the Crickets, the number of Crickets, the timeline is skewed/compressed, NO mention of Norman Petty (Buddy's producer), NO mention of Waylon Jennings, NO mention of Bob Montgomery; hell.... they couldn't even get the proper spelling correct on the side of Papa Holley's truck - - they couldn't even be bothered to make sure they got the last place Buddy played correctly! (It was the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa....!) It's a great movie, but it needn't be called "The Buddy Holly Story". It really should be titled "Generic 1950's Rocker Story #7".
Wonder why these three recent biopics weren't consider to be gotten wrong: .Saving Mr. Banks (2013) .A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) .Rocketman (2019)
If you want accuracy, read a history book. If you just want to enjoy a good story, turn your brain off and enjoy it. Hamilton isn't completely historically accurate either, even the most die hard fans can tell you that, but people still enjoy it. Why? Because it tells a good story, and honestly, that's all people really want. I'm not saying that it isn't interesting to check the facts afterward. Just don't let it spoil the feeling that the movie gave you. Edit: I will concede, however, that The Conqueror was horribly miscast. As much as I love John Wayne, this role was not meant for him.
You say it's surprising The Social Network was inaccurate because it's recent and everyone is still alive. Unfortunately, when the movie was made, several of the central characters were also involved legal actions (Winklevoss twins suing for more money/shares in Facebook) and would have been prevented from advising on the film even if they were asked.
I couldn't believe it when I went to a midnight showing of Alexander. So bad. A much better story than Braveheart would be a film about Owain Glyndwr in Wales.
Here’s one biopic that really got it offensively wrong. I’m Not Ashamed, which is a fictionalized biopic about the late Rachael Joy Scott, who was one of the victims in the Columbine Massacre. The movie goes as far as alienating our main character into this self entitled, whiny, unlikeable “persecuted Christian” who nearly commits suicide for feeling “oppressed.” The movie also goes as far as having fictional characters & events, & also drowns the viewer in excessive foreshadowing. And those who existed are really out of character. I want to see I’m Not Ashamed in a future countdown of either the top 10 worst Christian movies, or another top 10 biopics that got it wrong.
I actually heard Rachel’s sister speak about her sister’s murder at my school. Absolutely terrible to hear the pain of a family who was one of many hurt by the massacre
Alyssa Black I do hope Rachael’s sister isn’t among those who spreaders their lies I’m Not Ashamed propagated. Because from I learned, the mother Beth Nimmo started the lie that her daughter was murdered for her faith in Jesus. That’s downright disgusting & disrespectful towards the deceased.
The funniest thing in Braveheart is that THERE IS NO BRIDGE IN THE BATTLE OF STIRLING BRIDGE!.. xD Also, while it was a few centuries too early for kilts, it was many centuries too late for face paint.
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I've been to Akron. There's nothing lovely about it.
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Good song though. Good song
@@pawnhearts8785 I'm sure it is. The name just throws me off. Lol
This song sounds like the opening theme for a 70s TV show about people that work at a sock Factory.
"Amadeus" shows up on lists like this a lot. It wasn't a biopic. It was based on a play, and was never meant to be anything other than fiction. Calling "Amadeus" an inaccurate biopic of Mozart is like calling "Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter" an inaccurate biopic of Lincoln.
Mojo is full of, you know...
It's funny and even pleasant how people in the west completely ignore the existence of Pushkin, because fuck that guy and our school curriculum that made 50% of foreign literature to be about him. He's SO obscure outside of ex-USSR, Fiennes family had to self-finance their Onegin adaptation, and Amadeus was marketed as a biopic rather than an adaptation of his Mozart and Salieri play)))
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Amadeus may not be accurate, but it is a masterpiece and a movie I thoroughly enjoyed from start to finish.
Kasumi Rina I’m Brazilian, graduated in Languages and Literature and I only found out about Pushkin’s existence when I moved to Russian
what is hilarious about genghis khan is everyone else puts on a stereotypical comical chinese accent EXCEPT john wayne. he continues to speak with is trademark southern drawl.
That is an interesting take!
@@LeonidZavadsky-rr1nl Including John Wayne and his female co-star, Susan Heyward.
I also doubt that Khan called people "pilgrim"
I find the Djenghis Khan pronunciation funny.
Trademark and also phony. The Duke was born i Iowa, which is only "southern" if you're in Minnesota
The greatest showman was never meant to be a biopic, just because it has real people, doesn’t make it a biopic. Would you consider Once Upon A Time In Hollywood a biopic too?
Still, The Greatest Showman is dogs#@t.
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is historical fiction, but outside of completely fictional main heroes everything else is extremely historically accurate until the ending, of course. And yes, we can judge accuracy of period fiction works, which date all way from Shakespeare and Walter Scott to videogames like Assassin's Creed or Call of Duty, where you get your fictional characters witness and sometimes take part in real historical events.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was a really good movie imo.
Ikr it's like "The league of extraordinary gentleman" should be included because it's got "real" people in it.
@@AprilRose77 what?
The Greatest Showman wasn't supposed to be an historical movie.
LEO C. Then why even make it the true story is way better that that musical trash of a movie
Shane Pleasants the music is GREAT in that movie
I couldn't stand it. Too much of a letdown.
It was all about the music. Same with Bohemian Rhapsody.
@@mholtebeck too bad that solid music atached itself woth poor movies
NEXT : Top 10 most accurate biopics movie.
Every movie about the corruption at the Brazilian National Congress is accurate....lol.
That would be fitting of course
I think they already made a video on that subject years ago
Goodfellas has to be Number 1
@@jihadtoom4574 I think it's specific kind of biopics. Not about accuracy issues. Still cannot find it.
I’m surprised Tina Turner’s biopic wasn’t on this list. Even SHE said it was mostly inaccurate.
Good point
R M there was a Tina Turner movie? Was it released in theaters or was it straight to tv
Marcus Drake It’s a 90’s movie called “What’s love got to do with it?” It’s really good.
@@Sharpe1502 It was but it really pisses me off that they had the source material but never used it. Dates were wrong and the film was 15% fact 55% imagination and 30% questionable. Read the Book I, Tina instead.
Honestly, biopics will never be truthful and nor are they meant to. That is why we have documentaries. Bio pics are are dramatizations or inspired by events.
Bio-pics need to be called historical-fiction.
@@LdyVder No, it's separate genre. Historical fiction is something like Walter Scott's Rob Roy, where the main character and his family are completely fictional, but the events take place around a real uprising, which characters take part in, and they interact with Robert MacGregor himself. Same in, say, Assassin's Creed games, where you drag Cleopatra to Ceasar or storm Bastille as some made-up Assassin... media with fictional characters meeting Da Vinci, Machiavelli, or Churchill, for example, are historical fiction, but are not biopics.
SOME Biopics are most accurate than others.
Yeah, but in a way... I guess biopics are there for us to debate on the meaning of films, real life, fiction...if the creators wanted no argument, they WOULD have chosen to do a documentary. Some people enjoy this debate... where you don't only get to watch a film but discuss its making.
Fun fact: The REAL Patch Adams hates the movie Patch Adams because of it's inaccuracies.
Instant thumbs down every time you push crap music on us!!!!!!! This channel is making hundreds of thousands of dollars a month if not more and you’re pushing crap music ? why are you doing that? Clearly it’s not making you money to push that kind of music!? I’m assuming the owner of this channel has a lot to do with these music pushs because clearly anybody on the staff that would come up with this kind of crazy idea to push music this bad would be shut down very quickly.
I could be wrong but I’d love to hear from Mojo if I am wrong but I don’t think I will hear from them as I think I’ve hit the nail on the head👌🏻
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Stop recommending songs. I don’t come here for your musical taste/suggestions.
No one cares
That part sucks but it only gets like 10 seconds of the video. Just jump it
They also got Mercurys outfit/hairstyle timeline wrong on Bohemian Rhapsody.🤔
They also got Roger Taylor’s hair wrong a few times too, specifically live aid
WHAT?
John Wayne as an asian guy????
And i thought my jokes were bad.
Yeah I wish that wasn’t true, but it did happen. Most film historians chose to ignore that film was made
@@LucyLioness100 So no SJW back then? Why?
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Sadly “The Conquerer” (number one) wasn’t just a terrible movie, it also literally killed most of the cast and crew!
It was filmed on radioactive ground in Nevada at a nuclear testing site because Howard Hughes (director and producer) insisted on it because he liked the way the cinematography looked. Within years countless people who had worked on the set (including Susan Hayward and John Wayne) started dropping like flies from cancer and other diseases ☹️
Roller Girl The Conquerer was bad casting due to the way times were during that time and John Wayne’s star power.
John Wayne's lung cancer was from smoking two packs of cigarettes a day for 50 years!
The historical innacuracies of BoRhap were so jarring.
Still good movie though!
I feel like they need to invent a new genre in between biopic and jukebox musical, because Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman would both fall into it... And if it's not a straight "biopic" it doesn't **have** to be historically accurate, right? Although, frankly, I still find it weird to tell a true story wrong on purpose...
Rebecca - WatchMojo Elton John said he wasn’t make a straight biopic. He set songs to pivotal moments in his life, even if they hadn’t been written yet. Hence the film brilliantly closing on “I’m Still Standing” after he becomes sober when he actually wrote the songs while still doing heavy drugs. Doing a musician’s story in that way, where the songs tell the story, is inventive and enjoyable. Never mind Taron does all the singing in the film. It shares more in common with a film like “Across the Universe” than it does “Bohemian Rhapsody”.
And for quite awhile Sacha Baron Cohen was supposed to play Freddie Mercury (it helps that the man CAN sing and with a fairly wide vocal range), but I kept hearing he was clashing with the band on the portrayal of Mercury and the band. Show all aspects of his life, up until his death from AIDS, and they weren’t too keen on the idea. I honestly thought the movie was never going to get made. Still haven’t seen it. When it was released I was still recovering from nearly 2 months in hospital where I almost died, and then add in the inaccuracies...”Rocketman”, to me, even though they were released in different years, deserved the Oscar nominations (and some of the wins) that “Bohemian Rhapsody” received. Hell, it may have, but Hollywood didn’t want two years in a row of very famous musicians going up for a lot of awards.
@@WatchMojoLady Personally, I thought BoRhap was a pretty straight musical biopic but not a jukebox like Rocketman.
BohRhap was accurate and inaccurate at same time. the inaccurate parts was the timeline and how people met. They had to do that because time. But there was things that was true in BoRhap the movie
What about Pocahontas? That contained a few historical inaccuracies
I think because it wasn’t marketed as a biopic that’s why it’s not included. It was an animated film and yes has historical elements, but I don’t think Disney wanted to market it as animated biopic
Wait an animated Disney musical is historically inaccurate? you don't say!!! 😮
Tom Daly a few lol it was so inaccurate only a few things like people’s names were right lol
Well, Disney did screw up on Pocahontas's age. She was only ten when she first met John Smith.
Trees talk, So probable shouldn't be taken as real
A Part II of this list should be made with all the dishonorable mentions, plus "Pocahontas", "Green Book", "The Doors", "Remember the Titans", "Miracle", "The Babe Ruth Story" (1948), "Hidden Figures", "The Imitation Game", and "The Hurricane",.
It's really annoying when they change the story in bio pics, especially in true crime.
I **also** find it annoying
Sometimes they have to to dramatize the story by changing things around. In true crime, it’s pretty easy to fudge the story either on purpose or there is a reason
Don't say free speech when I ask how do they get away with that?
Tiana Pi Tesr
Get away with what exactly? Be specific. And no, "free speech" has nothing to do with it nor is it an applicable reply to anything in these contexts.
ah... it's called movie-making, not, documentary.
Let's be honest, not all biopics are perfect.
U can't say this for Lincoln
Pianist
I would add “Sid and Nancy” to the list. In John Lydon’s autobiography, he describes being shocked that the Sid onscreen bore no resemblance to the Sid he knew, and believed the ending actually glorified heroin abuse.
Defending Amadeus:
Antonio Salieri was committed to medical care and suffered dementia. The flashbacks are told by HIM who believes he is responsible for Mozart's death. Suggesting that the film is intentionally inaccurate. It is historical fiction after all.
The movie is actually pretty accurate in general, but it’s definitely not 100% true
Grwat rebound, seldomly used
I still enjoyed Bohemian Rhapsody though
I did too :3 was a good movie ^_^
@@LadyUsakoB Yeah, that movie definitely made me have a much better appreciation of Freddie and Queen (well, more than I already did) and I ended up seeing the movie four different times
@@andrewpappas9311 Awesome ! Me too, i wanna watch it again a few more times.
@@LadyUsakoB Obviously I saw it with different people each time (my mom, my older brother, my cousins and with some friends), but it's definitely a great movie. And the fact that Brian May and Roger Taylor were in charge of the music and a lot of the costumes (I read that the stuff worn by the actor who played Brian were from May's own collection) just makes me love the movie even more
@@andrewpappas9311 Oh wow i didn't know all this! O.O That's even more amazing! :O
*Fact: biopics are right all the time, 40% of the time.*
Well, at least even though these stories were inaccurate, most of these films are still really great.
Facts social network is phemonal
I think in the honorable mentions, there should be at least 1 fact check on every movie shown there
Exactly, I only knew about Bonnie & Clyde, the rest I have no idea what they're about...
Oh, interesting - let me bring that idea up to the team!
@@WatchMojoLady thank you, this is what I love about TH-cam, sometimes you reply
I've never even heard of the one about David Byrne (OBGB?) or Stonewall. But then again, there's always Wikipedia.
But Amadeus wasn’t a biopic. It was a revenge thriller that decided to use classical music figures
it hurts to say this since its one of my favorite movies but the danish girl should have been there. It's almost 100% false
And bland for that matter
None of these movies claim to be historically accurate. Hollywood glorifies history because they're selling entertainment, not educational material. "Based on" should be enough to realize some liberties have been taken. This goes with novels to movies too. People who complain obviously missed the "based on" letting them know their beloved book has been altered to sell a movie.
Oh thank you for including Bohemian Rhapsody!!!! I was in the VAST minority who disliked this film because it was inaccurate, and that as much as I like Remi Malik, he was no Freddie. That honor should have gone to Sasha Baron Cohen. Hopefully this will be one of those quick remakes and someone will do an exponentially better job at further immortalizing this legend.
I agree with you that bohemian Rhapsody was riddled with mistakes, any Queen fan would know that. that being said Am i the only one who thinks Sasha Baron Cohen would have been shit as Freddie Mercury. His best acting roles were chatecters that took the piss out of things. Ali G - youth culture , Borat- how Americans see othern, less advanced countries, Bruno - fashion industry, homosexuality and american attiudes to it. To name but 3. Nothing wrong with that .
It's diffrent When it comes to playing a real person you habe a responsibility to play them as they were. I don't belive cohen would have been able to do it without taking the piss. As Queen fan that would've broken my heart.
I loved the movie it was amazing
Sasha baron cohen would have ruined the movie rami was born to play Freddy mercury
It's a movie that was made to entertain and sell and did so well. He is immortalised through his music. The movie was a joy to watch
@@Fcutdlady The reason he backed away from the film was due to creative differences, so I totally get the risk in investing based on his previous characters. But that's kind of his talent, he literally transforms into who he's playing. I personally hate his movies like Borat and Bruno, that's not my brand of comedy. But watch him in Sweeny Todd, or Hugo. He's great. This movie was supposed to be his leap into serious roles, and he was kind of passionate about doing it justice when he was originally pegged for it, but when he was made aware that they weren't going to dive into his sexuality or personal life and some historical details would be changed, he bailed. He was supposed to sing live too which would have been interesting. I know I'm critical because I'm actually comparing Remi to Freddie and that's not fair, Freddie is truly untouchable.
Regarding A Beautiful Mind, you forgot to mention that Nash's hallucinations were auditory, not visual.
He also refused to use prescribed medicine, which helped. Most movies about people taking pills, like Beautiful Mind or Dallas Buyers Club, are _extremely_ manipulative to be Oscar Bait.
Kasumi Rina Gaming ladies and gentlemen this comment does not mean stop using you meds
Though I would say with movies being a visual medium, showing the hallucinations as visual does make sense. Overall it is a pretty good depiction of schizophrenia, even one of lecturers recommended watching it.
@@rosemarieboulton4683 Er, not true at all.. In the movie he saw eveything, nonexistent rooms, nonexistent people. It is very rare and Nash had the common scizo, the auditory hallucinations where you hear clearly how someone is talking to you. I have met several scizo people and they have very common problem, they don`t understand whether did speak the voice in the head or a real human. You can speak with some with scizo and he/she hears the voice same time. Thats can drive them crazy. Also the voice in their heads is usually aggressive and talking shit about everybody. Usually the voice reflects the fears of the person himself.
Finally they admitted Bohemian Rhapsody was very far from reality and was ...well... heavily made up
mhm it was. Still good though :3
@@LadyUsakoB to my likingm it was pretty poor
No one never said it was a accurate portrait. it was a dramatization based on events in Queen history.Only fans wanted a true bio pic..
xennialpride80 you must be fun at parties 💋
@@Denis-89 very many mistakes there
Little added thing about The Conqueror. It was filmed down wind of the Nevada nuclear test site. Not only did they film during tests and receive fallout, they also grabbed truckfuls of contaminated dirt and brought it back to Hollywood for additional shooting. There were 220 cast and crew. 90 contracted cancer. Wayne and Hayward both died of it.
The Strokes need their own Biopic. Let’s see what nepotism looks like from musicians’ perspective
I wonder who would play Julian Casablancas
why? sorry just like the band dont know about its background
I love THE GREATEST SHOWMAN and BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY. And oh yes, I was always well aware that they were historically inaccurate!
The Greatest Showman is one hot stinking garbage. What a terrible movie.
Straight Outta Compton. Eazy E didn’t die broke
kevindagame someone close to me said that the movie was right when Eazy’s girlfriend ran out the hospital.
I don’t remember the movie saying he was broke.
I saw an interview with BG Knocc Out and he said Eazy also didn't get beat up by Suge's goons to sign contract over Dr. Dre rights. He was forced at gunpoint to sign contract over but they didn't touch him. He also said he signed a fake signature when he did it.
Never showed him brooke
It also infamously left out Dr. Dre's domestic abuse.
Ed Wood Jr. should have made The Conqueror. Imagine how good it would be to see Vampira is Bortai, Bela as Jamukha and Genghiz fighting octopus from spaceship.
amar patil I would so watch that!xx
My honorable mention is gotta be Rush, a film that was based on true story of the famous rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda (which is my favorite movie based on F1).
The movie is somewhat follow well of the F1 season in the mid-70's, but some moments that it was forgotten or even inaccurate, like the racing in F3 (which in reality, Hunt was racing with other driver, not Lauda), the Japanese GP (when in reality, Hunt overtook Alan Jones, not Clay Regazzoni), the over exaggeration of the rivalry (which Hunt/Lauda rivalry shared a flat early in their careers and good pals together), the nickname of Nürburgring (its "The Green Hell" than "The Graveyard") and the movie's ending (where Hunt meets Lauda in a bike with flatted tire, when in reality, Hunt lost all of his money thanks to his substance abuse from alcohol, though Lauda had to help him out to give him a money and clearing up the addiction to be sober, then becoming F1 color commentator with Murray Walker that we all know and love before his death at 1993.)
surprised Ashton Kutchers "JOBS" didnt even make the dishonorable mentions list
How was John Wayne supposed go be Genghis Kahn when he can't even play a convincing cowboy?
I almost want to watch this now for a good laugh!
Also regarding the Bohemian Rhapsody film, Cypher of Cynical Historian fame said that the movie claimed Freddie Mercury was gay, when in real life he was bisexual considering he had multiple male and female partners in his life.
I'd also like to throw my hat in the ring for Black Mass. I read the book in preparation for the film since I love the old time gangster stuff from what I remember the film omitted the meddling in the horse races, fixing them for the sake of a larger payout for a specific horse. Brutal as he was, Whitey Bulger hardly ever cussed that much, especially with his associates. The connection between him and John Connolly was established early in the book when an adult Bulger helped a kid Connolly buy some candy. Connolly, growing up to be an FBI agent based in Boston still kept an eye out for Bulger and it is true that he was charged with obstruction of justice by hiding Bulger's dirty work, but again he didn't swear that much and I don't remember them being that connected in the book. Connolly did give fair warnings to Bulger as the story progressed. I think they were having too much fun with some of Boston's stereotypes, only a handful of which represent at least 1/8 of Boston proper.
Eh so Bohemian Rhapsody is not accurate to real life events. Doesn't stop it from being fun for me.
Just you?
Irishman sure deviated from history but I still love it. Best of 2019, I'd say.
Nope, once Hollywood
Hahaha, Parasite, hehehe.
Bohemian Rhapsody makes me sad for how inaccurate it is.
Don't forget "Shakespeare in Love" if someone hasn't mentioned it already!
As upset I was watching Bohemian Rhapsody was in the theaters, with the hair and song difference from the timeline and the "break up". Movies take liberties. And that's a natural thing for them to do. Maybe there were tensions behind the scene, that might not have resulted in a full-on breakup, but could've very well had. And yeah, Paul wasn't AS bad as the movie portrayed. But I've seen a lot of sources saying that he betrayed Freddie before his death. So...who knows at this point. I still like this movie, even with all of the inaccuracies. Freddie is my favorite frontman of ALL time. And I'm glad his legacy lives on. Long Live The Great Pretender!
Mojo: “There is still no proof that Sheeran killed anyone, let alone Jimmy Hoffa”
Frank Sheeran: “Yes that was on purpose. It’s called being a professional”
Ed Sheeran
@@annescholey6546 ed sheeran the musician? You realize this is about The Irishman, the movie about FRANK sheeran (kinda)?
"Dragon the Bruce Lee Story" was not a very accurate portrayal of Bruce's life. Even the director admitted it was mostly a fictional account of his life.
Lol the pronunciation of Genghis Khan killed me 😂
Also the Conqueror was the most deadliest movie created as they filmed on an irradiated area, causing a lot of the cast and crew getting radiation sickness or worse.
The one that really annoyed me was Hurricane.
Not only was the very first thing innaccurate, they changed location layouts that still existed at the time.
American Sniper?
Amadeus is not a biopic. It’s an adaptation of a fictional play.
As a massive Queen fan I still can't get over the historical inaccuracies in Bohemian Rhapsody. I absolutely agree that Rami Malek deserved his Oscar because he was brilliant, and I did enjoy the film, however, I woul've absolutely loved it I didn't know the story of Queen well enough to pick up what wasn't real.
Nash's had two sons. One he didn't acknowledged (meaning help take care of) became a nurse and lived often in foster care. His other son who he did acknowledge and helped raise. The son Nash helped raise developed schizophrenia like his father. The one he didn't raise doesn't have that problem. I am not going to lie the first time I read that "nature vs nurture" instantly popped into my head.
You covered "The Greatest Showman" but nobody talks about the movie "Barnum" staring Bert Lancaster, who was an acrobat in his early days, playing an elderly P. T. Barnum telling his story.
There was no need in Bohemian Rhapsody to "add drama" by making up a "reunion" for it. REAL STORY: Freddy purposefully put them at a weird time for the live show knowing that it'd be peak time for the USA. They rehearsed and reworked their songs to have maximum flow/efficiency/hype. Every other band showed up like it was a charity act, which tbf it was, but Freddy and Queen showed up READY TO WIN, and their performance absolutely shows that. Sometimes real history is more fun than the bs stories we get for "drama" sake.
You know what they say, "History is not taught on the big screen. Only books and school would tell you the facts."
@Issac Martinez Chavez - Well, I can somewhat agree with you on that. But then again, it only depends on the accuracy of history books as well as the level of education in all schools, colleges and universities, too.
The Irishman is such a great film
Nah
Slow. And characters appear that are never developed. For such a long movie you should know who that guy who is suddenly a major character is. I wanted to love it. But it kept getting worse as it went
@@cgaccount3669 very true. With such a bloated run time, youd think they could develop some character arch or story line that's actually worth getting invested in.
"The Buddy Holly Story" was another gem of inaccuracy!
Amadeus is loosely based on Mozart and Salieri, a russian play. Since people outside of former Soviet Union never heard of Pushkin, most are not familiar with that fictional story.
Pearl harbor? From Hell... about Jack the Ripper... sure it's obvious when you watch the movie but even the general known facts are completely wrong
I don't think "Pearl Harbor" would count because this video is about inaccurate biopics, that is to say, biographical pictures, or movie biographies which deal with the stories of famous people ("Bohemian Rhapsody" is about Freddie Mercury, "The Greatest Showman" is about P.T. Barnum, "The Conquerer" is about Ghengis Khan, etc). While "Pearl Harbor" is indeed about an actual historical event, the characters in the film are entirely fictional. It's like with "Gone With The Wind;" the story is set during the days before, during, and after an true event in American history, namely the Civil War, but Rhett Butler, Scarlett O'Hara, Ashley Wilkes, Melanie Hamilton, and the other characters aren't real people.
From hell is based on a comic that never claimed historical accuracy
“Jangis” Khan? Really? You’d think someone doing a list of inaccuracies would at least make certain they don’t have any of their own here.
My thoughts exactly!
exactly, learn to pronounce
That is actually how the Mongolian's pronounce it. We mispronounce the name or Anglicize it making it have a "g" sound. Technically she was pronouncing it correctly.
She is pronouncing it correctly in the way that Mongolians pronounce it. I have a friend from Mongolia and she HATES it whenever it is pronounced with a G instead of a J sound. They are being respectful and doing their research in how things are pronounced.
I've never heard anyone ever mispronounce Genghis Khan before, so well done for that!
Yeah we're going to trust the word of the lead FBI investigator that couldn't solve the case. "I don't know who did I just know that he didn't do it because I didn't think that he did it"
At the end of the day, unless you're watching a documentary, any film based on real events will have some if not of inaccuracies just to make a more entertaining and compelling story.
Where did you get your information? The King's Speech was based on the diaries and letters of Lionel Logue. He did call King George Bertie and he was with him during his speeches during the war. "You stammered on the W". "I had to throw in a few, so they'd know it was me". That was taken out of Logue's diary. They actually said that. And one time when they were discussing filmed speeches, George VI said "then I guess you will have to hide under the table, my dear Logue". His stammer wasn't as bad during the war but he still had it and having Logue nearby gave him a sense of confidence. You have probably only heard the edited version of the speech. In the actual speech, the king spoke with many pauses and the occasional stammer. So your claim that he was cured by then is as fictional as some of the movies on this list.
Where’s “Straight Outta Compton”?
Another movie was "Fire in the Sky". Travis Walton and the people who who were actually there during Walton's UFO abduction called the movie sensationalized Hollywood garbage.
Well, we have to accept these are NOT BIOGRAGRPHY DOCUMENTARIES... that's why they're all MOVIES. It's not the same!
For the number one pick John Wayne had even said that he hated it and wished he’d never been in it
John Wayne looked like Charles Bronson in the Conqueror.
Dragon the Bruce lee story was a ok film don't think it was accurate though
That's the one I thought of, unnecessary too because his life was dramatic enough
@@0532MOET Ya, dude led a very interesting life, no need to make crap up like they did.
I'm surprised the favorite didn't make the list. It's freely inspired by queen Ann's life.
All of watchmojo is awesome but Rebecca is consistently my favorite
Bohemian Rhapsody didn't fantasize all of Freddie's background-he and his family were from Zanzibar, he boxed, he went to boarding school in India, he and his family fled to England and were Zoroastrian.
the conqueror was cursed 200 people associated with movie died of cancer , accepted Howard Huge he died of old age and malnutrition.
That movie was literally radioactive. And for additional scenes they brought in tons of contaminated red sand to the studio, which probably doomed even some that got way earlier.
Love your channel, love your topics, but..."Amadeus" is not a biopic. "Amadeus" is a period drama about envy, far more focused on Salieri than on Mozart, and both of them are deliberately exaggerated in service to the theme. Never intended to tell "the story" of real people.
I think the characterisation was spot on. Zuckerburg tried to force native Hawaiians off their own land. He is not a good man
Bohemian Rhapsody still is my favorite movie lol
I'm pretty sure PT Barnum didn't break out into song either in real life
I have not seen Rocket Man but I understand they say in the movie he got his John name from John Lennon which if true is totally and needlessly wrong
A Cor i dont really view it as an out-and-out biopic. Songs are all put in different places where they fit the story better, and i know theres been criticism about the way some people are portrayed, like his dad. To me its more of a jukebox musical
Despite being a bad movie on every level, 'The Conqueror' was a lethal one, too. To recreate the desert scenes in the studio, several tons of soil was taken from a local desert. A desert that had been used for the testing of atomic weapons. Many of the cast and crew involved would die from radioactivity induced cancers in the following years. A truly terrible oversight.
How about The Untouchables? They got the names of some characters right and it took place in Chicago, but that’s about it...
much as I love Man on the Moon, it really did play fast and loose with some details. Like, nothing about Kaufman's daughter that he gave up for adoption, or that he actually did his big Radio City Hall show *before* his cancer diagnosis, etc.
Agreed
Great video and I enjoyed it and have a blessed day
You had Patch Adams as an Honorable, but no Good Morning, Vietnam? The real Adrian Cronauer, though still rebellious within the ranks of Armed Forces Radio, did not deliberately set out to cause trouble with his superiors, he was not very funny on the air (at least not as funny as depicted by Robin Williams), and he did not befriend a local girl whose brother was a member of the Viet Cong, and he was not discharged from the Air Force until a year after he left Vietnam.
pretty much every sports movie based on a true story is wrong. for example, coach boone's team in remember the titans didnt really face any adversity on the field. they blew everyone out. there were no close games.
How sad that the worse role Wayne ever did was the one that eventually killed him along with his costar Susan Hayward.
"Steve Jobs" (the one with Michael Fasbender)should have at least gotten a dishonourable mention as I did an assignment on it, and found out that almost everything in the movie was false.
Bohemian Rhapsody was accounts by Brian May and Roger Taylor, and true, many things were wrong, but so many Queen fans loved it. But it bothers me that real members, May and Taylor, loved it and stand behind it stating that only a few changes in the timeline were off for whatever reason. I was very unhappy how they over emphasized some issues with Freddie's character and his family.
Also, Patch Adams is a great story that got messed up with too much "Hollyweird"ism. Hollyweird ruins too many movies in my opinion.
Your Cheating Heart, the biopic about Hank Williams should be mentioned. It was painfully naive and bad.
#1 The Buddy Holly Story (1978) Despite an electric (no pun intended) performance by Gary Busey, coupled with the fact all the music was done LIVE by the actors; the movie bears no actual resemblance to the story of Buddy Holly. Contractual reasons negated using the real names of the Crickets, the number of Crickets, the timeline is skewed/compressed, NO mention of Norman Petty (Buddy's producer), NO mention of Waylon Jennings, NO mention of Bob Montgomery; hell.... they couldn't even get the proper spelling correct on the side of Papa Holley's truck - - they couldn't even be bothered to make sure they got the last place Buddy played correctly! (It was the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa....!)
It's a great movie, but it needn't be called "The Buddy Holly Story". It really should be titled "Generic 1950's Rocker Story #7".
Wonder why these three recent biopics weren't consider to be gotten wrong:
.Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
.A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
.Rocketman (2019)
It's pronounced 'Genghis', not 'Jenghis'
Umm I'm quite sure he invented jenga....
If you want accuracy, read a history book. If you just want to enjoy a good story, turn your brain off and enjoy it. Hamilton isn't completely historically accurate either, even the most die hard fans can tell you that, but people still enjoy it. Why? Because it tells a good story, and honestly, that's all people really want. I'm not saying that it isn't interesting to check the facts afterward. Just don't let it spoil the feeling that the movie gave you.
Edit: I will concede, however, that The Conqueror was horribly miscast. As much as I love John Wayne, this role was not meant for him.
Slight addition: a GOOD history book. There are lots and lots of very bad ones that distort history worse than Hollywood on a bad (or good) day.
You say it's surprising The Social Network was inaccurate because it's recent and everyone is still alive. Unfortunately, when the movie was made, several of the central characters were also involved legal actions (Winklevoss twins suing for more money/shares in Facebook) and would have been prevented from advising on the film even if they were asked.
I couldn't believe it when I went to a midnight showing of Alexander. So bad. A much better story than Braveheart would be a film about Owain Glyndwr in Wales.
Here’s one biopic that really got it offensively wrong. I’m Not Ashamed, which is a fictionalized biopic about the late Rachael Joy Scott, who was one of the victims in the Columbine Massacre. The movie goes as far as alienating our main character into this self entitled, whiny, unlikeable “persecuted Christian” who nearly commits suicide for feeling “oppressed.” The movie also goes as far as having fictional characters & events, & also drowns the viewer in excessive foreshadowing. And those who existed are really out of character. I want to see I’m Not Ashamed in a future countdown of either the top 10 worst Christian movies, or another top 10 biopics that got it wrong.
I actually heard Rachel’s sister speak about her sister’s murder at my school. Absolutely terrible to hear the pain of a family who was one of many hurt by the massacre
Alyssa Black I do hope Rachael’s sister isn’t among those who spreaders their lies I’m Not Ashamed propagated. Because from I learned, the mother Beth Nimmo started the lie that her daughter was murdered for her faith in Jesus. That’s downright disgusting & disrespectful towards the deceased.
The funniest thing in Braveheart is that THERE IS NO BRIDGE IN THE BATTLE OF STIRLING BRIDGE!.. xD Also, while it was a few centuries too early for kilts, it was many centuries too late for face paint.
I've always thought that SpongeBob is just a retelling of Amadeus