TrinityJ Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 What is up with this stuff? Historical fiction? I love history and i love fiction. But when you turn them into one single category, i dont know whats what. Although this movie looks epic, I have a hard time understanding the real life of genghis khan after watching this stuff. Did genghis really have a strong, good wife? Did he really go through all that hardship before becoming Khan? I think writers have to be careful when they take on History. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Dancer Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 I think writers have to be careful when they take on History. No of course not.....that's why it is called fiction.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 It is just a story If someone actually used this story as a reference to factual history, I would have to wonder at their intelligence. Enjoy the "story" - it is nothing more. Borg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Dancer Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 It is just a storyIf someone actually used this story as a reference to factual history, I would have to wonder at their intelligence. Enjoy the "story" - it is nothing more. Borg Anachronisms bother me ....like watching a 1950s roman epic and seeing the roman cavalyman using his stirrups... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 Anachronisms bother me ....like watching a 1950s roman epic and seeing the roman cavalyman using his stirrups... That is because the extras do not have the skill to ride without them. Borg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brain Candy Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 (edited) What is up with this stuff? Historical fiction?I love history and i love fiction. But when you turn them into one single category, i dont know whats what. Although this movie looks epic, I have a hard time understanding the real life of genghis khan after watching this stuff. Did genghis really have a strong, good wife? Did he really go through all that hardship before becoming Khan? I think writers have to be careful when they take on History. Its probably going to suck, and is going to remain as faithful to the historical source as Beowulf was, adding soapy bits about how he was just an ordinary nice guy righting a few wrongs. Most movies suck. Historical fiction can and has been done well, there are plenty of things you can do and say artistically with an event or time period. Edited June 9, 2008 by Brain Candy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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