Anyone else pissed at the new movie "The Alamo"?

[Vesayen]

It is portraying the Americans as the "brave innocent victims fighting against the evil mexicans!".

Which as anyone with a historical backround knows is utter bs....

Texans were illegally crossing the border in large numbers and breaking Mexican law(i.e. slave laws amoung others).

When these aggresive settlers who are telling Mexico to F off are slaughtered wholesale, how are they brave, innocent victims :?

[Nubclear]

One question:

Is the movie in English or Spanish?

[DinoDoc]

No. It looks like it might be entertaining. I don't go to movies for history lessons.

[Vesayen]

Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
One question:

Is the movie in English or Spanish?

English, and total ######## from the promo I saw for it.

[centrifuge]

I think it looks awesome, and will certainly be seeing it

Historical movies always warp the truth anyway...

[Asher]

You're going to have an ulcer by the time you're 20.

[Dis]

well it's okay with that submarine movie. It's okay to demonize white people.

But this film is not politically correct. It should not be showing the mexicans in a negative light.

[Berzerker]

Quite "pissy" today, aren't we...

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Vesayen


English,

Well then did you expect anything less than blatant revisionist history?!

[Vesayen]

Originally posted by Dissident
well it's okay with that submarine movie. It's okay to demonize white people.

But this film is not politically correct. It should not be showing the mexicans in a negative light.

It has nothing to do with mexicans in a negative light.... in this case whitey WAS the bad guy lol!

[JohnT]

Originally posted by centrifuge
Historical movies always warp the truth anyway...

For a film that tries to break this mold, you might enjoy the new movie about Martin Luther which is far more accurate than not (allowing for the limitations of the medium, that is).

[Dis]

yes but by showing the whiteys as the good guys, well you know what that leaves the mexicans as...

just for that, I'm going to piss on the alamo.

And no John Wayne in this movie

[St Leo]

Uh, this looks like another movie trying to compensate for the fact that US doesn't have an interesting history. I'll pass.

The trailer was only slightly less ponderous and boring than the Seabiscuit trailer. Ugh.

[MrFun]

Does the movie make any mention that one reason for the conflict, was that some white settlers who were slave owners, were violating Mexico's abolishment of slavery??

[Vesayen]

From the preview no it dosent, it shows the poor innocent texans being killed by the evil dirty brown mexicans..... complete #$(@$*%@.