Weston - I was SO glad to read your comment and I TOO had never heard of it prior and after the movie did my research on the veracity.
Many here know I am a movie addict of sorts. I especially love historically based movies and afterward do the checking on the people or situation.. Recent movies like that for me were Hacksaw Ridge, Snowden, Deepwater Horizon, Sully, 13 hours in Benghazi, Eye in the Sky, Lion, and older ones - Into the Wild, Schindlers List, Apollow13, United 93, Hotel Rwanda, The Pianist, .. just some examples.
Someone mentioned on the thread that a daily thread would be better. I know that with all our busy lifestyles that could be too much. How about a weekend thread like we did on ATRW? I would love to offer to do it, but know I can't. Perhaps someone else could. (stop passing the buck, lysie).
I’m the same way, lol. Though not quite the buff you are. I usually see movies well after their initial release. But two weeks ago I actually went to the movies with a friend. She wanted to see Hidden Numbers. I went home and spent an hour researching the three women portrayed. They were all as accomplished as the movie made them out to be, perhaps even more so.
But the movie was inaccurate concerning their discrimination. The movie was set in 1962 and NASA was completely integrated in 1958. But the ladies did work there prior to 58 so I’m sure they endured racism. Good movie all in all.
I do the same thing with historical movies and also crime movies. The internet has made it harder for Hollywood to tell the story without fact checkers. The movie about Margaret Thatcher was really botched.