10 Most Historically Inaccurate Movies／10大胡扯歷史片 你看了幾部？

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哎唷，通常看電影都嘛是想放鬆心情好好享受，就當作是純娛樂元素就好，別太認真看待這些虛構歷史題材的電影囉～

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不少影迷喜歡看歷史題材電影，領略古往今來風雲人物的歷史偉績。但，電影是虛擬的藝術，為增加戲劇張力和衝突性，劇情常顛覆史實，影迷恐誤以為真。最近，美國《洛杉磯時報》(註) 圈選了「十大胡扯歷史電影」（Ten Most Historically Inaccurate Movies），影迷們或可參考之。

史前一萬年 沙漠中沒長毛象

一、《史前一萬年》：羅蘭．艾默里奇執導的電影向來貼近事實（例如《ID4星際終結者》中，科學家因感冒激發靈感，以麥金塔電腦病毒癱瘓外星人艦隊），但今年他拍攝《史前一萬年》卻有些走樣。首先，長毛象並未在沙漠被發現，若牠活在沙漠，就不需一身長毛禦寒；長毛象也不可能用來建造金字塔，埃及最古老的金字塔要到西元前兩千五百年才有。

二、《神鬼戰士》：真實的羅馬皇帝康莫德斯（Commodus）未如電影描述般有戀姊情結，他雖是暴力的酒鬼，但並不愛抱怨；他統治羅馬超過十年，而非僅數個月。尤其，他並未弒父，皇父馬可．奧里列死於水痘，他自己也非慘死在競技場上，而是在浴缸中被謀殺。

三百壯士銅甲披身 非只小皮褲

三、《三百壯士：斯巴達的逆襲》：電影中古希臘斯巴達戰士力抗波斯大軍的溫泉關戰役確實曾發生，但波斯國王索斯並非八英尺（二四七公分）高的巨人。根據史實，斯巴達議會由年逾六十的長者組成，而非電影中卅幾歲的人。上戰場時，斯巴達戰士穿著銅製盔甲，而非賣弄肌肉、只穿一條皮製小短褲。

四、《末代武士》：日本在十九世紀確實曾雇用許多外國專家訓練他們的軍隊現代化，但其中多是法國人，而非美國人。日本男星渡邊謙飾演的武士首領勝元，確有其人，但他是切腹而死，而非死於戰場上機關槍掃射。阿湯哥飾演的美國酒鬼上尉歐格仁，應該比較會拿筷子，而非武士刀。

五、《阿波卡獵逃》：梅爾吉勃遜執導的這部電影，讓人類學家深感頭痛。馬雅文明確實有血腥的活人祭，但並非用來祭拜太陽神，而且，只有高階的俘虜才會被殺。電影結尾西班牙征服者駕船抵達，意味物競天擇的另一場大屠殺又將開啟。事實上，當時九０％的美洲原住民，皆因被感染天花致死，而非死於征服者的槍下。

藝伎回憶錄 場景服飾弄錯

六、《藝伎回憶錄》：在拍賣初夜「水楊」（Mizuage）後，藝伎學徒不僅髮型改變，和服下面的紅色衣領也會換成正式藝伎的白色衣領。但藝伎並不會與初夜的恩客發展進一步的親密關係。此外，章子怡在片中的那場經典的勁歌熱舞，感覺不似戰前的京都，倒像是「Studio 54」的變裝藝人秀。

英雄本色 三百年後男人才穿裙

七、《英雄本色》：首先，蘇格蘭男人要等到威廉．華勒斯死後三百年，才開始穿蘇格蘭裙。電影中，梅爾吉勃遜飾演的蘇格蘭獨立英雄華勒斯在著名的法爾寇克（Falkirk）戰役中，以他迷死人的藍眼珠，電昏了英國國王艾德華二世的法國公主妻子伊莉莎白（蘇菲瑪索飾），成了艾德華三世的老爸。但根據史書，法爾寇克戰役發生時，伊莉莎白僅三歲大。

八、《伊莉莎白：輝煌年代》：電影時空背景設定的一五八五年，真實的英國女王伊莉莎白一世，年已五十二歲，扮演她的女星凱特．白蘭琪只卅六歲，似乎太年輕了點。伊莉莎白一世也沒有被俄國沙皇伊凡四世（人稱「恐怖伊凡」）追求，況且，當時他已亡故。電影中，她身穿白色甲冑，手持寶劍，跨騎白馬，率軍迎戰西班牙無敵艦隊，但根據史實，她當時是側騎，手拿指揮棒，比較像王室鼓號樂隊隊長，不似法國的聖女貞德。

決戰時刻 男主角畜奴且未婚

九、《決戰時刻》：梅爾吉勃遜在片中扮演的角色乃根據美國獨立戰爭一位綽號「沼澤狐狸」的法蘭西斯馬里恩發展出來，然而他並不是電影中思想前進、生了七個小孩的愛家男人，真實的主人翁畜奴且未婚，直到戰爭結束後才迎娶姪女。歷史學家指控，他曾迫害屠殺原住民契若奇族人（Cherokee），至於梅爾吉勃遜成功為子復仇的吉爾福德縣府戰役（Battle of Guilford Court House），真實歷史是：美國人輸了這一仗。

二○○一太空漫遊 預言錯了

十、《二○○一：太空漫遊》：在這部科幻經典中，二○○一年時，人類已登陸木星，與邪惡的電腦展開智慧之戰，人類進化且呈「量子跳躍」（Quantum Leap）。然而，真實的二○○一年，俄羅斯「和平號」太空站從天上掉下來，人類還停留在微軟Windows XP階段，還在觀看湯姆葛林的低級無聊喜劇《哈啦小子》（Freddy Got Fingered）。不過，有時電影預言錯了，似乎比較好。

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(Tammy had seen at least more than half of them.....
Well, we just wanna release the stress most of time we go to the movies. Just think they are part of entertainment, fantasy elements and enjoy! ^^)


We all accept that movies stretch the truth in the interest of building drama. The following ten flicks, however, treat the truth like it was Silly Putty -- pulling and twisting it until it's unrecognizable.

10,000 B.C.

Director Roland Emmerich is usually a stickler for realism (see: sending a computer virus via Macintosh to aliens in Independence Day). So we hate to inform him that woolly mammoths were not, in fact, used to build pyramids. Heck, woolly mammoths weren't even found in the desert. They wouldn't need to be woolly if that were the case. And there weren't any pyramids in Egypt until 2,500 B.C or so.

Gladiator

Emperor Commodus was not the sniveling sister-obsessed creep portrayed in the movie. A violent alcoholic, sure, but not so whiny. He ruled ably for over a decade rather than ineptly for a couple months. He also didn't kill his father, Marcus Aurelius, who actually died of chickenpox. And instead of being killed in the gladiatorial arena, he was murdered in his bathtub.

300

Though this paean to ancient moral codes and modern physical training is based on the real Battle of Thermopylae, the film takes many stylistic liberties. The most obvious one being Persian king Xerxes was not an 8-foot-tall Cirque du Soleil reject. The Spartan council was made up of men over the age of 60, with no one as young as Theron (played by 37-year-old Dominic West ). And the warriors of Sparta went into battle wearing bronze armor, not just leather Speedos.

The Last Samurai

The Japanese in the late 19th century did hire foreign advisers to modernize their army, but they were mostly French, not American. Ken Watanabe's character was based on the real Saigo Takamori who committed ritual suicide, or "seppuku," in defeat rather than in a volley of Gatling gun fire. Also, it's doubtful that a 40-something alcoholic Civil War vet, even one with great hair, would master the chopsticks much less the samurai sword.

Apocalypto

This one movie has given entire Anthropology departments migraines. Sure the Maya did have the odd human sacrifice but not to Kulkulkan, the Sun God, and only high-ranking captives taken in battle were killed. The conquistadors arriving at the end of the film made for unlikely saviors: an estimated 90% of indigenous American population was killed by smallpox from their infected livestock.

Memoirs of a Geisha

The geisha coming-of-age, called "mizuage," was really more of a makeover, where she changed her hairstyle and clothes. It didn't involve her getting... intimate with a client. In the climactic scene where Sayuri wows Gion patrons with her dancing prowess, her routine - which involves some platform shoes, fake snow, and a strobe light - seems more like a Studio 54 drag show than anything in pre-war Kyoto.

Braveheart

Let's forget the fact that kilts weren't worn in Scotland until about 300 years after William Wallace's day and just do some simple math. According to the movie, Wallace's blue-eyed charm at the Battle of Falkirk was so overpowering, he seduced King Edward II's wife, Isabella of France, and the result of their affair was Edward III. But according to the history books, Isabella was three years old at the time of Falkirk, and Edward III was born seven years after Wallace died.

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

In 1585, when the movie takes place, Queen Elizabeth was 52 years old - Cate Blanchett was 36 when she shot the film - and was not being courted by suitors like Ivan the Terrible (who was dead by then). And though the movie has her rallying the troops at Tilbury astride a white steed in full armor with a sword, in fact she rode side saddle, carrying a baton. She was more of a regal majorette than Joan of Arc.

The Patriot

Revolutionary War figure Francis "The Swamp Fox" Marion was the basis for Mel Gibson's character, but he wasn't the forward-thinking family man they show in the flick. He was a slave owner who didn't get married (to his cousin) until after the war was over. Historians also say that he actively persecuted and murdered native Cherokees. Plus, the thrilling Battle of Guilford Court House where he vanquishes his British nemesis? In reality, the Americans lost that one.

2001: A Space Odyssey

According to this film, in year 2001 we would have had manned voyages to Jupiter, a battle of wits with a sentient computer, and a quantum leap in human evolution. Instead we got the Mir Space Station falling from the sky, Windows XP, and Freddy Got Fingered. Apparently the lesson here is that sometimes it's better when the movies get the facts all wrong.

※Original article from : Yahoo! Movies