Movie that SHOULD be made.

[Jack Daw]

Respectfully, I disagree. A film can be entertaining AND educational. Just off the top of my head, The Great Raid, which was released several years ago, did a very good job telling the story of the 6th Rangers and the Raid on the POW camp at Cabanatuan in 1945. The most recent version of the Alamo story was the best version made. Sure, both films had their problems, but overall, I would be comfortable showing them to a class as supplemental material.

As a history teacher, I have to clean up the historical mess (the travesties of Pearl Harbor and The Patriot come to mind) on an almost daily basis. I suppose it's job security in a sense, but how many people see these movies and will not research the real story on their own?

Just the observations of a "13th grade" teacher.

T.

You disagree that Hollywood films are primarily about entertainment? I ddn't say they couldn't be both, but most are not adequately factual. I agree that The Alamo (2004) is worthy of a classroom showing. I think it's a great movie.