Earlier this year when The Last King of Scotland was out, I had this "discussion" with someone regarding biopics.
My thoughts are, in short, thus:
When anything but the truth is told, you do the viewer and those whose lives you are depicting, a disservice. "Re-imagining" events for the sake of effect - even when the result is greatly enjoyed by the audience - is derogatory*.
If the TRUE story is not worth telling -or your WACK a$$ can't tell it and convey the depth of it, just don't tell it.
Example:
Watch Cinderella Man. Or watch the last 20 minutes of the movie Where Jim Braddock fights Max Baer.
Then watch this.
See the difference?
Hollywood blows.
I'm disappointed in Opie.
