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A Few Things That Went Wrong in the Patriot

Presented to:
Barry Reynolds

By:
Simon Lamy

On April 10th 2006


Roland Emmerich's 'The Patriot' is a romanced story taking place during the Independence war and depicting the impact of the militia on the United States victory over England; but there are a couple of things wrong with this movie; notably some misconceptions in the main themes and some flagrant historical discrepancies.

The theme of patriotism in this movie is spectacularly absent. The period represented in the historical events which they attempt to depict will indeed invoke ideas of patriotism; but as we sink deeper and deeper in this action-packed, violence-packed movie, we realized that the main characters and most of the ones revolving around them have other motives than patriotism.

For example, Benjamin Martin, the story hero, has already been through the war fighting for the English and never wants to live this again. When his sun is killed by......

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