re: I have heard that "The Patriot" is terribly inaccurate and offensive to the British

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It was presented as a serious effort


Well acted
Well scripted
Well shot

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Did you tear up at the end when the one token slave character fought with them and the mean colonist extra said he was honored? It doesnt get worse than that.

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You had no feeling at all when a man had to watch his son die?

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Yes, I had the awful feeling i was being manipulated



I agree with whoever brought up Independence Day. The Patriot is unwatchable because it takes itself so seriously but the dramatic material is beyond awful. If it was more tongue in cheek and self aware it could be ok, like Independence Day was self conscious of its limitations and managed to be entertaining. Instead it tries to be Braveheart but with one of the most shallow, cliched scripts imaginable and absurd overacting.