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Originally Posted by j. d. worthington  On that one, though... that's something that has been the case with not only drama but fiction since the earliest examples of tales (other than biographies) about any famous figure. They do take on a mythic stature in the mind, and so the truth gets increasingly distorted. Which, as I said, I don't mind if it's presented as a piece of fiction using these historical personages... that's fine. But it does irk me when they make claims to being faithful to the facts and then completely ignore them in favor of something more visually or dramatically suitable to the format.... |
I don't totally dissagree. I mean, I don't mind minor alterations to the story for dramatic purposes, I do understand that and alot of times it makes the story more entertaining. A perfect example is the move Apollo 13.....the scene where Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton all butt heads and accuse one another of being responsible the malfunction...in reality that never happened. it was just added to make the story more dramatic, and I'm ok with that. I just have a problem when they change so much that the story doesn't even resemble the true story.
When it comes to Tombstone there are several flaws...first of all, one of the first things Wyatt Earp did when he came to Tombstone was to secure a job as the town marshall. So the first 45 minutes or so of the movie where he resists the idea is a total fabrication. Also, both of his brothers were shot several months apart...not on the same night like it is shown in the movie. There is also no record that Doc Holliday ever killed Johnny Ringo. He was found dead leaning up against a tree just like shown in the movie, but his killer is still a mystery to this day. The one thing that is accurate in the movie is the gunshot at the ok corral. It's hard to mess that one up because it's very well documented...the sherrif in the movie who jumped into the building right next to where the shooting began witnessed the whole thing and wrote about it in detail so they pretty much knew what had happened. Why they changed everything else, I don't know.