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[A Black Falcon]

Historical innaccuracies? It's based on a comic book! There are MONSTERS! This probably has all the historical accuracy of Lord of the Rings.

It was written by comic book authors, but it IS based on historical events (and as far as I know doesn't have monsters, though I could be wrong), so historical accuracy certainly does count, and the film is lacking, just like Troy was. Could very well still be fun to see, though, but as a student of history if I notice historical inaccuracies they can irritate me...

I will say the Shah Xerxes portrayal in the film was alittle over the top especially the part about him declaring himself a god, A taboo all monotheists pretty much abstain from due to purgatory plus the fact alienated enraged cult devoutees may try to kill you for blastphemy.

Uh, ASM, the Shah? That was Islamic Persia, a regime wouldn't be founded for over a millenium after the events of the Persian Wars... Xerxes was Emperor of Persia.

As for the 'god' thing, I'm not sure... I know that Persia then was Zoroastrian, which was an essentially monotheistic religion, but I'm not sure if they considered the monarchs some form of deity or not...

Clearly they forget Mel Gibsons Patriot , Which many complained of its Portrayal of the British as a band of murderous thugs who shoot children when they fancy,Which irritated many Englishmen into boycoting it.

Another case of "cinema putting theater above historical fact". It was a decent enough movie, and I liked it, but yes, historically... well, they definitely exagerated the actions of the British in some regards (there is no evidence they burned people alive in a church like that, as far as I know, for instance...), even though that was a bloody, violent war there.

Iranian regime goes nuts claiming warmongering conspiracy

The problem with complaints like this is that they seem to think that there is a connection between the US Government and cultural products of the nation such as films, something that is simply not true... the movie directors have said that they were just making a movie, not a political statement, I believe. I'd tend to believe them...