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Finished Rosemary and Thyme, Season 3, which seems to be the end of the series. Still delightful. People who like this sort of thing will like this sort of thing. My Grade: B-
And watched, over two days, The Patriot with Mel Gibson and a young Heath Ledger with Jason Isaac playing the villain of the piece with panache. If I could have turned off my historian brain, I would have enjoyed this more. Good points: Touching on the civil war-aspect of the War of Independence, reminder that the British had the upper hand for sometime and it was a close run thing to the end. Bad points: Bad history, atrocities that did not happen, lack of mercenaries under British command, French not given enough credit. Still, the battle scenes were impressive and there were a lot of good "player character" moments with Mel Gibson's character. My Grade: C
The Wikipedia article on the movie has some solid points about the historical controversy it stirred up. Also researching the move led me to a very fun webpage about Banastre Tarleton upon whom Jason Isacc's character was based.
And watched, over two days, The Patriot with Mel Gibson and a young Heath Ledger with Jason Isaac playing the villain of the piece with panache. If I could have turned off my historian brain, I would have enjoyed this more. Good points: Touching on the civil war-aspect of the War of Independence, reminder that the British had the upper hand for sometime and it was a close run thing to the end. Bad points: Bad history, atrocities that did not happen, lack of mercenaries under British command, French not given enough credit. Still, the battle scenes were impressive and there were a lot of good "player character" moments with Mel Gibson's character. My Grade: C
The Wikipedia article on the movie has some solid points about the historical controversy it stirred up. Also researching the move led me to a very fun webpage about Banastre Tarleton upon whom Jason Isacc's character was based.