Roland Emmerichs The Patriot - An Open Letter to Mr. Mel Gibson :: Movies Film

Roland Emmerichs The Patriot - An Open Letter to Mr. Mel GibsonDear Mel , Having carry the avalanche of outraged articles in the UK press that preceded the UK launch of The Patriot, I contractily admit that I was expecting to see a distinctly anti-British Movie. unmatched such headline complains for example about a blood calumniate on the British People. Some considerable way into the shoot (which, putting the controversy to one side, was otherwise enjoyable), I found myself mocking whether such criticism was justified. Characters on both sides, including the sheath you were playing, Benjamin Martin, were visualised as cosmos responsible for some shameful actions. I in reality was beginning to question what the fuss was all about. I then watched the mise en scene where Redcoats are depicted as sadists hanging old people. Later came the chilling episode in the Church, when Redcoat soldiers on the orders of the films main villain, Colonel William Tavington (part ly modelled on the real-life Redcoat, Colonel Tarleton), on purpose locked a large number of the Colonials, including women and children, inside, before the Church was set ablaze. It was take place from the following scenes that all of the incarcerated victims were burnt to death in the most unconscionable circumstances. To say the least, this episode was unfortunate, as in reality, no such chance ever occurred. Are there not enough grounds for causing bad feeling without inventing atrocities purely for entertainment value? And having said that, I personally, dont even find the aforementioned scenes entertaining. The Brits are inevitably the first and sometimes the only Country to support America, whatever the circumstances or adversity. It is whence even more disturbing that the close friendship between two peoples should be potentially damaged purely for commercial purposes. You always reckon to be a decent man whenever I have seen you world interviewed. It may hop efully be the case that if indeed you have reliable the mega millions quoted for playing the lead role, you were perhaps unaware of the fact that history was existence fabricated at the expense of the truth. According to what I have read about the history of that unfortunate period, there was surely enough error on both sides, without having to invent such horrific events with the British being portrayed as outright sadists. I have read a comment attributed to you in a UK film magazine called Total need in which you apparently made the following comment about your character its based on historical fact but its got some stretches in it.