Fairly Accurate Historical Films

[indianasmith]

DARKEST HOUR was perhaps the best portrayal of Winston Churchill I have ever seen.
It got a few things wrong, but it sure got a lot right!

[ER]

Sometimes I think the last thing people want is historical accuracy. Think about how popular Ken Follett's bunk is, modern people and outlooks dressed in old timey clothes presented as historical fiction? That goes double for films. For years before I watched it I heard how Deadwood got the Old West right but even it didn't dare trod down some paths. Oddly enough that old black and white British psudo-doc on Culloden might be the closest thing I've seen to a genuine reenactment of what that particular past looked like, bad skin and teeth and dirty attire not excluded.

[ER]

DARKEST HOUR was perhaps the best portrayal of Winston Churchill I have ever seen.
It got a few things wrong, but it sure got a lot right!

Call me shallow but all I could think about as I watched (that outstanding performance, absolutely agree there) was how Churchill didn't wash his hands after going to the bathroom. That took me right out of the film. (Not kidding.) I know I'm a neat freak and wash my hands like two dozen times a day but how that moment didn't wreck the movie for everyone I don't know.