I hate when Hollywood rewrites history

[CatWoman]

The Untouchables is on right now (on AMC)

Tho a very good, entertaining movie, it's riddled with factual errors.

Frank Nitti committed suicide -- he wasn't pushed off a roof top by Eliot Ness.

Eliot Ness and Al Capone never met face to face either.

[Aristus]

1. Sean Connery won an Oscar for his portrayal of an Irish cop.

But his Irish cop had a strangely Scottish accent! :+

[Bucky]

4. And how many Irish cops in the 20s said "You're the man now, dog!"?

Not many.

[Aristus]

11. That wasn't "The Untouchables". That was another movie

he was in; set in contemporary times. Can't remember the title offhand. B-)

[CatWoman]

7. Hi, Sweetums

:hi:

I owe you an email.

Been reading up on Julius :hi:

[Aristus]

12. Hi baby!

:hi: I look forward eagerly to your promised e-mail. B-)

[Fenris]

2. Well, if you don't like when Hollywood rewrites history...

Don't watch "Braveheart." Or "Gladiator."

Or most historical epics. ;)

[AmyDeLune]

3. WHAT!?! Spartacus isn't historically accurate?!?!

I'm shocked, shocked I say!

I suppose next you'll tell me that the Disney version of Pocahontas is wrong too! :P :P :P

[Bucky]

6. Neither is "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"

England didn't even have coconuts in the 6th century. Sheesh. Totally inaccurate.

[NewJeffCT]

9. coconuts could be carried

a swallow could grip it by the husk...you know, a 5 ounce bird carrying a 1 pound coconut.

[CatWoman]

5. I love Gladiator

:hi:

but your'e right, of course

[NewJeffCT]

8. true, but it's Hollywood

but, I do think the battle of Stirling would have been great if it had been accurately portrayed (i.e., with a frackin' bridge in the battle which was the frackin' key to the whole frackin' battle!)

[NewJeffCT]

10. no meeting up with the Mounties, either

after all, there was no Prohibition in Canada... like the little DVD scroll on the bottom - Canadian audiences were laughing at the movie due to the innacuracy of the portrayal of the mounties.

[Graf Orlok]

13. How 'bout Back to the Future Part II???

Marty McFly went to the future...2015...so technically the movie isn't wrong yet, eh? :)