So, just what are we talking about?

[kandrathe]

Two points, though.

History is as much story as fact.  There is a story is most history you read, see or hear.

Oliver Stone does not make documentaries any better than Mel Gibson does, yet there are idiots who think his Nixon and JFK films are historically accurate.  :angry:  He too makes a pretty penny with his artistic license.

Agreed. Which is why I end up with so many books around me each with a slightly different opinion. I rue the death of print. I fear we are becoming a culture that relies on the movie, rather than the book. Even as faithful as Peter Jackson tried to be with LOTR, the story he told is very different from Tolkien's.

Part of my concern is in people misperceiving Hollywood with Holy wood, or even Unholy wood. The Film industry has one goal -- box office. They don't care about the art form, or the accuracy -- only the take. If they can convince people to go to the box office by whatever means, they will. In many ways I think that the Film industry is a perfect example of how cruel pure Capitalism can be.

My prediction is that "Hollywood" having seen the success that "The Passion" had in motivating many Christians to shell out their $10 -- plus the many interested in seeing what all the hoopla was about, will now produce 3-5 more religiously based "controversial" films within 2 years.