Reel History: The World According to the Movies

The premise that historical films have little to do with the actual historical events they are based on is not something new. We all know that (I hope) and this is one of the reasons I try to do my homework before I watch a film or any TV-series based on a by-gone era. If I discover that they vary from the truth, I will not watch it. Having said that, I am not sure what this book wanted to prove and, frankly, amidst all those poorly-made jokes, the witticism (just because books like these are supposed to be witty) and the dubious attempts in film criticism, I did not have the patience to find out. In my opinion, it was an interesting idea, it looked as if it had some potential, but its execution was just not there.