The short period when big scale historical movies were cool

[C-Mag]

Some classics (I don't want to know how unrealistic they are)







Also, Braveheart is an awesome movie. Don't try to learn history from a movie.

Apocolypto was good
Last of the Mohicans was very good, and a hell of a lot more entertaining than the book
Dances with Wolves was a racist shitbag movie

[DBTrek]

Let's not forget Dances With Wolves which resulted in the immediate Elizabeth Warren-ification of middle class white folks who all started claiming that they were 1/32nd Cherokee according to their grandmas.

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

Com'on, I think we know that started with:

[C-Mag]

Let's not forget Dances With Wolves which resulted in the immediate Elizabeth Warren-ification of middle class white folks who all started claiming that they were 1/32nd Cherokee according to their grandmas.

Right
Why does everyone want to claim Cherokee. For gods sake people there are tons of cool tribes out there.

[C-Mag]

Com'on, I think we know that started with:

I counter with dipshit Tim McGraw

[DBTrek]

Right
Why does everyone want to claim Cherokee. For gods sake people there are tons of cool tribes out there.

I blame hair bands.

[SuburbanFarmer]

They were the most notorious resistance against The Expansion. Fought hard, and died hard.

They also suffered (arguably) the worst humiliation, via the Trail of Tears. Also, their name sounds the coolest.

[DBTrek]

And they owned slaves.
But we don't talk about that part.

[Fife]

[SuburbanFarmer]

And they owned slaves.
But we don't talk about that part.

....therefore the Trail of Tears was justified? Man, you are batting .000 today.