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Saving Private Ryan was never intended in any way to portray the real thing it was based on, they never said "based on a true story" (which in itself should always be a red flag). If I see "based on a true story" I know already there is going to be much made up. I view it as fiction, with an opportunity to research, read, and find out about the real story it was based on, but...I treat it that way.

If I see "This is a true story", I fully expect that to faithfully portray the real story, and I do take umbrage at deviation from that if they characterize it that way.

My most hated movie that was "based on a true story" is "The Monuments Men".

I despise that movie with a white hot burning passion.

Not only did they completely butcher and make a ridiculous and stupid movie based on the real thing, but...they could have made a serious and fantasic movie about the TRUE story, accurately portraying it. It was an amazing true story, no need to Hollywoodize it and make it stupidly ridiculous. I was so looking forward to that, when I heard about it, but when it got closer and I saw who they were casting for it, well...I had an idea.

Another movie I liked, but was sorely disappointed in, was "Unbroken". To me, the MOST powerful part of that true story was after the war ended, his story about becoming an alcoholic and destroying his life only to find God and make his way back to Japan to meet and forgive in person the men who took part in torturing him. I thought the deliberate OMISSION of that part of the story gutted it nearly completely. I thought that was the most powerful part of his story. they could have cut out 15 minutes of them drifting on the ocean and used that at the end, but I heard the producer didn't want to bring religion into it!

"Too many people think what Hollyweird portrays is history..."

I completely agree, but what I once found more disturbing was when I went to see the movie "Apollo 13" (which WAS a true story and received high acclaim for accuracy) and was walking out of the theater, I heard a young couple conversing in front of me and the woman said "I was really glad the movie ended the way it did..."

LOL, I nearly fell to the floor!