"I Couldn't Get Past The First 15 Minutes": People Are Revealing The "Painfully Obvious" Historical Inaccuracies In Movies That Made Them Furious, Because They Actually Witnessed It In Real Life

I'm a movie buff, but I'm besides an highly harsh critic. Nothing bothers maine rather similar plot-holes, particularly the evident ones. In bid for maine to truly LOVE a movie oregon show, it has to genuinely enactment up with what is plausible, oregon for humanities movies and biopics, what mostly happened successful existent life.

So recently, we asked the adults of the BuzzFeed Community to stock a movie that got a humanities oregon taste lawsuit really wrong. Here's what they said:

1. "The Greatest Showman. PT Barnum was not a large person, and was portrayed successful acold excessively bully a light. He treated radical horribly, and conditions associated with the circus, peculiarly for its workers, were not that good. He started his amusement concern inheritance began erstwhile helium purchased the right to 'rent out' an older Black woman who was 'advertised' arsenic George Washington's nurse."

—Anonymous, Wisconsin

2. "I got to sojourn Austria erstwhile I was a kid, and we went connected the Sound of Music tour, wherever they showed america the Von Trapps' location and celebrated landmarks. I emotion the movie, but I learned it's lone loosely based connected the existent story: Maria was not the 'head successful the clouds' personality, nor was the Captain aloof —he was precise connected to his children. Maria and the skipper had been joined for years earlier Germany invaded Austria, and Maria didn't judge his connection due to the fact that she loved him; alternatively retired of emotion for the children (though yet she grew to emotion the Captain). They didn't flight Austria successful secret, either — they went casually by train. And geographically, the mountains that they're climbing astatine the extremity of the movie wouldn't person taken them into Switzerland, but further into force territory. Like galore films based connected existent stories, liberties were so taken. But I conjecture that's however masterpieces are created!"

—Anonymous, 24, St. Louis

3. "The full storyline of Titanic was simply not plausible. In nary mode would Jack person been allowed to devour successful the first-class section, nary substance however galore debutantes helium saved. And really, what mean quality being with a encephalon would leap ONTO a sinking ship, not once, but twice?! Geez, Rose, adjacent the rats were jumping off."

—Anonymous

4. "I couldn't get past the archetypal 15 minutes of Pearl Harbor due to the fact that cipher smoked. I person been told that I americium fortunate to person missed it; my gramps was stationed astatine Hickam Field, truthful I person heard first-hand stories. But I'd truly similar to spot a high-quality movie connected the subject."

—oddunicorn733

5. "Any movie with an enforcement adjunct moving astir beck and bottommost to the CEO (or different large head). It whitethorn beryllium that mode successful immoderate companies, particularly successful the US, but arsenic an enforcement adjunct to a CEO of a beauteous large company, it is thing similar successful the movies. For 1 thing, I ne'er marque java for my boss...he comes to my bureau and gets it himself. Last week, I offered to lavation his mug and helium answered, 'WTF, no, my ma would termination maine if she recovered retired I wasn't doing my ain dishes.' And astir of the clip I'm telling him what to do, not the different mode around, conscionable due to the fact that I afloat power his agenda. Directors successful my institution cognize you person to dainty the assistants right, different they tin marque your beingness surviving hell!"

—rohonhonhon

6. "Saving Private Ryan. Although the opening is so a classic, the ngo is nonsensical. There is nary mode that General Marshall, with each helium had connected his mind, would bid a squad to undertake specified a mission. Also, the combat astatine the extremity (though well-filmed) was tactically unsound. You wouldn't spot 1 of your champion men successful a operation to get killed. You would've staged your men down the bridge, acceptable to stroke it astatine the attack of the force (why get each those troopers and rangers killed erstwhile the oncoming American service could easy physique a pontoon bridge?)."

—Anonymous

7. "Born connected the Fourth of July shows young radical protesting the Vietnam War astatine the statesmanlike normal successful Chicago successful 1968. In the movie it's the Republican National Convention. I lived successful Chicago then, and the protests were against the Democrats, specifically Lyndon B. Johnson's vice president, Hubert Humphrey. Not that the Republicans were immoderate better."

—Anonymous, 71, New Jersey

8. "A Few Good Men. Some parts of the movie instrumentality spot astatine NAS Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In 1 scene, they are driving from the airfield to the ferry landing, and remark connected the serviceman wearing formal whites due to the fact that they volition beryllium adjacent to the obstruction line. The obstruction separates the basal from communist Cuba and is obscurity adjacent the airfield oregon the ferry landing. It drives maine crazy; I was determination for 3 years. They should person done immoderate research."

—cheesycoach85

9. "Any movie with a movie prima playing classical soft (or immoderate philharmonic instrument, really…or conducting an orchestra). I was a soft large successful assemblage and I conscionable rotation my eyes. If the manager is smart, they don't amusement the actor's hands, but adjacent that doesn't ever lick the occupation due to the fact that they're not adjacent moving their arms and bodies correctly. The aforesaid rule applies to immoderate movie that shows the movie prima trying to represent a idiosyncratic with a nonrecreational accomplishment (tennis, fig skating, ballet, etc.)."

—lovelyshield875

10. "Fashion faux pas: movies acceptable successful the '60s. Any aged achromatic boots are NOT go-go boots! In the archetypal live-action Scooby Doo movie, Sarah Michelle Gellar is NOT wearing go-go boots! She's conscionable wearing mean agelong boots. On the different hand, successful the Audrey Hepburn movie, Wait Until Dark (1967), Julie Herrod, who plays the small girl, Gloria, IS wearing morganatic go-go boots. Google 'go-go' boots and you'll get immoderate benignant of achromatic footwear imaginable, including the existent thing. You'll spot besides articles protesting each the misconceptions. But I was calved successful 1953, truthful I retrieve go-go boots precise well."

—Anonymous

11. "Every movie portrayal of a societal idiosyncratic is wrong. Maintaining families is simply a number-one priority, and it comes with definite trained skills to thoroughly measure the information and good being of children. It doesn't ever necessitate instrumentality enforcement’s presence, arsenic depicted successful movies. Movies simply amusement a idiosyncratic walking successful and retired with a child, oregon conscionable talking with instrumentality enforcement adjacent by. It's truthful incorrect connected each level. Working with the household to support children successful the location and/or with household is ever the archetypal goal. It's 'How tin I assistance you and your household to marque your concern better?' and truthful distant and not what's depicted."

—Anonymous, 42

12. "Any movie oregon amusement depicting prison, particularly mean radical conscionable being allowed successful whenever and wherever; not to mention, the changeless representation arsenic correctional unit arsenic the 'bad guys.' No, the inmates are the atrocious guys. The champion depiction of the day-to-day regular and operation is Black Bird."

—Anonymous

13. "The Godfather Part III had the twelvemonth of 3 popes disconnected by a afloat year. And that the code for however atrocious the made for TV movie that was sent to the large surface truly was. The twelvemonth of 3 popes was 1978. But they decided to acceptable the commencement of the movie successful 1979. It seems similar a tiny detail, but it's truly not."

—timothynohe

14. "What deed maine instantly successful Hidden Figures was that the people's eyeglasses had anti-glare coating, which didn't beryllium until astir 40 years later. Now I spot it successful truthful galore movies acceptable successful the past. The deficiency of attraction to authentic item truly irritates me."

—Anonymous

15. "The Man successful the White Van. The portrayal of Halloween successful the '70s was wholly WRONG! We ne'er went trick-or-treating successful the daylight; we ne'er wore cutesy costumes. I liked the movie up to that point, but there's nary mode that was a '70s oregon adjacent aboriginal '80s Halloween."

—Anonymous, 58, Georgia

16. "The Social Network. I was connected field erstwhile the improvement of Facebook happened successful existent time. Too galore depictions of locations and country layouts successful the movie instantly took maine retired of it; truthful overmuch truthful that my hubby had to halt the movie and archer maine to halt calling retired each the issues truthful we tin proceed it."

—Anonymous, 41, Conneticut

17. "Any movie that includes ballet, oregon is astir ballet. They either usage a assemblage treble to bash the existent dancing (seriously, you can't find anyone who tin some enactment AND dance?) and chopped to headshots, wherever the star's arms, neck, space of the head, etc. are dreadfully, incorrect, oregon they springiness the prima immoderate speedy creation lessons and expect them to look similar nonrecreational dancers. Commercials are the aforesaid way. Every clip I spot idiosyncratic doing a ballet measurement incorrectly, I conscionable cringe."

—maskedowl961

18. "Any movie wherever the singer/songwriter records a opus with nary headphones on. Also, it's not communal to grounds the instrumentality and the vocal astatine the aforesaid clip together, similar dependable and guitar/piano. The tracks are recorded separately until each way is perfect, and they spell backmost and re-do vocal takes successful the 'comping' process. Finally, if you're listening to immoderate commercially released track, cognize that each enactment of each instrumentality — adjacent drums — are tally done auto-tune earlier release."

—Anonymous, 55, Las Vegas

19. "Gladiator and Gladiator II were woefully inaccurate beyond account. For example, Marcinus ne'er ruled from Rome, and helium and his lad were some killed successful the eastbound portion of the empire. And sharks…in the Colosseum…"

—Anonymous, 36, US

20. "Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, and Bruno Kirby are eating successful Café Luxembourg (the camera focuses connected a paper that has the name) successful When Harry Met Sally. Café Luxembourg is connected the Upper West Side, but erstwhile the characters locomotion retired of the restaurant, they're successful Soho."

—Anonymous, 57, New York

21. "How astir immoderate movie with ample amounts of currency depicted? I emotion it erstwhile the atrocious feline demands $20 cardinal successful small, unmarked bills...in a briefcase? I'm a erstwhile casino currency relation here, and that feline volition request a dump truck. Seriously."

—Anonymous, 47, USA

22. "Any movie that takes spot successful precocious schoolhouse the '80s and has a queer quality that everyone thinks is chill and trendy. I came retired my elder twelvemonth and mislaid a fewer friends. They weren't adjacent needfully bigots; they conscionable didn't cognize however to woody with it, due to the fact that truthful precise fewer kids were retired astatine that age."

—Anonymous, 58, San Diego

23. "San Andreas. We talked to a geologist successful our assemblage astir this. With astir movies, Hollywood tends to over-exaggerate, according to the geologist we spoke to. This one, however, is really under-exaggerated. So that should archer you everything there."

—silvercomet402

24. "Many TV episodes are acceptable successful towns I've unrecorded in, and it's ever wholly evident that cipher from the accumulation has ever been to that town. Criminal Minds did an occurrence acceptable successful Durant, Oklahoma; they made it look similar a large metropolis with nationalist transportation, and it looked nice. That is not what the one-Walmart municipality of Durant looks like."

—Anonymous, 49, Oklahoma

25. "Literally thing that dramatizes however the tribunal strategy works. I was a unfortunate advocator astatine a territory attorney's office, and I really can't ticker TV shows that amusement courtroom scenes anymore, due to the fact that they're truthful inaccurate."

—Anonymous

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