What's your favorite historically based movie?  

LOL! Yeah it seems like so many historical movies are war movies. Thoguh I think 300 look awesome. I love Frank Miller. His graphic novels are amazing.
I haven't seen Thin Red Line. I did see Marie Antonette the other day...it was eye candy, but beyond that pretty boring.
I wish lord of the Rings and Harry Potter were based on history!

I haven't watched 300 though I read a review on the papers today - about how the director forced the entire beef shop of actors to become beefcakes.

I wish the same for harry too - because I want to enroll in Hogwarts!!

I didn't like "Thin Red Line" at first, but like "Pulp Fiction", I had to watch it a couple/few times to appreciate it.

I think for me these movies were sleepers at first because of their odd flows and story formats. Now I like them.

Oh and yes, Lord of the Rings counts. Gandolf ran for Secretary of State back in the 50's. He didn't win though.

...just a joke people, no need to break out the Google.

That is a great movie! It's based around a real person, so I say it counts (this is my discussion anyway ;-) Does it have fops? I love a movie with fops.

You know, I can't remember if there were fops in it. Looks like you just gave me an excuse to watch it again!

I was just talking about Gladiator with someone. One of my favotie lines from that movie (and one I quote often) is: "It vexes me. I'm terribly vexed."

Exactly. It's not really history...just based in Hostory. I always though it was such a shame that Shakesphere in Love kinda over shadowed Elizabeth....which I thought was a superior movie.

I have to rewatch Capote. I had reneted it, but my mind was on a family medical issues while I watched it, so I didn't really pay too close attention.

I like civil war movies too. Sometimes they are hard to watch becuase of the violence, and the medical facilites of the time. But they are so interesting.

Hello, I was in Gods and Generals. I was an extra in it. Compare the picture currently in my blog to the scene where there is a close-up of Chamberlain listening to the battle casualties of Fredericksburg..."relatively...low." I am right behind him and I look like I'm half asleep/half pi**ed off. If you blink, though, you'll miss it. Ha ha.

I gotta say though, I've never heard anyone say it was one of their favorite movies. I thought it was terrible, and I love history. It is pretty accurate though.

Anyway, yes, Gettysburg and Glory were good movies, Schindler's list was great too. Haven't seen Hotel Rwanda.

I LOVE Tombstone. I hadn't even thoguht of that. Great Call!

I'm your huckleberry. Val Kilmer made a great Doc Holiday!

Tombstone is really great! I get all teary eyed every time I watch that movie.

"I want your blood. And I want your soul. And I want em both right now."

That movie has the perfect Victorian era script. The writer/writers deserve many kudos (as well as Val Kilmer of course).

"Sly boots, must be a peach of a hand."
"Isn't that a daisy?"
"I'm right as the mail."
"Maybe poker's not your game Ike. I know, let's have a spelling contest."

...and one of my favorites. Talking to a man with a shotgun pointed at him:

"Why Johnny I apologize. I forgot you were there. You may go now."

Everyone should see that movie. Here's the Tombstone movie script...

www.imsdb.com/scripts/tombstone.html

Didn't work. Let's try it this way.

http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Tombstone.html

Yes, that movie had some of the best lines in it. Really took you to that time period. Really tried to make you understand the different sides of people who lived then.

I love brave heart too!The music is amzing!I love the music so much!

Spririt of St Louis and The Memphis Belle...I forgot about those. Jimmy Stewart was amazing in that movie, especially with the fly. "Oh hello Mr Fly"

And the Memphis Belle, always keeps me on my seat. I was on that plan many years ago. I was crawling through the belly of the plane and I hit my knee. Scraped it up real bad to the point of blood coming out. So I can claim that I bled on the Memphis Belle. Ok, not a great claim, but one none the less.

"Which way to Ireland?!"

Great movies. "Memphis Belle" really opened my eyes to the war in the skies.

I'm a little jealous. I haven't seen either airplane in person. I didn't know they relocated the Memphis Belle to Dayton, Ohio Air Force Museum. The site says: "In order to visit and view the Belle you will need to request a behind the scenes tour when you visit the museum."

www.memphisbelle.com

They probably cleaned the blood out, but what if they didn't? I can imagine a father telling his son that it was probably the blood of a waist-gunner. Creepy! But hey, the kid would probably be more likely to pick up a book and read about it after seeing that.

Hey, are you the reason they stopped giving tours to everyone? Ha ha.

Perhaps I wasn't the only one who got hurt. So they decided to lessen the crowds.

I've seen the spirit of st louis at least a 100 times. Well, that's what it feels like since I have been in the Air and Space museum that many times.

Oh, just thought of something. I also hurt my knee in that museum. I was going up the escalator, triped and landed on the jagged part of the step. Had to be carried to the first aid. I have a picture of me sitting on the steps in front of the museum with a bandage on my knee. Seriously, not making this up! Wow, never thought of that before today.

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Ha! I even have a scar on my knee from the museum. A little bit of of history engraved on me!

I didn't think Walk the Line was that great. I mean, i give props to Reese who sings A LOT better than June Carter ever did. I can say that with authority since I saw Johnny and Cash in concert years ago. It was a decent movie, but that's all i give it.

Last of the Mohicans was great as well as Dances with Wolves. Again, two movies loosley based on history.

I can respect that review of "Walk the Line". I guess I liked Joaquin Phoenix's and Reese Witherspoon's acting in it and even though I'm not big on 'overcoming drug addiction' story plots because of their depressing nature, I still liked the movie.

I forever missed the opportunity of going to a live Johnny Cash event. My grandmother says she has a picture of him and her while he was much younger. He was singing in just a small regular bar in New Jersey. Anyway I love listening to his music.

June Carter I've never heard sing at all.

"Last of the Mohicans" is just awesome. The cinematography and battle sequences are very sharp. This is one of my favorite scenes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbsbifPvQ4c

The background music is unforgettable.

Those are both very good choices too. They didn't even cross my mind. I would recommend both of these movies very highly. Thanks for the reminder.