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

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It has nothing to do with fact vs fiction, that's not my point. The Patriot was not well made. It's unintentionally campy. All of the other movies you just named received critical acclaim and won or were nominated for a host of awards. The Patriot received no critical acclaim and received no accolades whatsoever, for good reason

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Pretty much this. I mean, a ton of movies screw up history unintentionally or intentionally. I mean, how sanitized was the Powhattan character in Pocahontas. Dude was a conqueror of other tribes and I'm pretty sure he was also an enslaver of other Native Americans as well. But he comes across as just the opposite in the movie. That always stuck in my craw a bit.

It's just that The Patriot wasn't good (IMHO).