so that means that every movie ever made, based on an actual event, is "fiction" simply because it may not represent EVERY SINGLE FACT that occurred that day. movies about the D Day invasion, Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, etc - are all no good, because they contain some blending of non-essential facts to make the presentation flow theatrically.
instead, let's focus on the real question - what was FALSE in the movie last night? which SIGNIFICANT information presented, was a lie?
I agree with your assessment, but would note that I wouldn't want to "teach the history" of Pearl Harbor by just showing "Pearl Harbor". You need to teach which parts are historically accurate, and which parts are just our best guess of what happened.
I think having this miniseries was important, having watched about half of the first half, because I realised that I needed to get a broad understanding of what was happening. But i didn't feel like I was learning history, just getting a feel for our failure in the 90s to take this seriously.
so that means that every movie ever made, based on an actual event, is "fiction" simply because it may not represent EVERY SINGLE FACT that occurred that day. movies about the D Day invasion, Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, etc - are all no good, because they contain some blending of non-essential facts to make the presentation flow theatrically.
It means that they are "entertainments" and should be treated as such.
I saw a guy in the Al Queda training camp scene with all his teeth.