[ SECRET POST #2879 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2879 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Movies based on true stories

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I like this, think that creative liberties are absolutely necessary in order to tell a good story - and when it comes to things like this, entertainment value is more important than staying 100% true to real life events.

The problem comes when changes or additions drastically alter the story, or imply things that are outright not true and misrepresent a person a downright stupid degree. If you were telling a story about a guy who was gay and you not only didn't mention it, but wrote in a female love interest - I use this example because I remember reading about something like that happening a few years back. I'd be less put off by omitting that detail if not for the fact that it's a blatant misrepresentation. On the other hand, I wouldn't be as bothered by stories that were about, say, a particular scientist, and the story skewed the importance of everyone involved - downplaying the role of some people in favor of heightening the importance of the main character. For the sake of a story, I think this is all right.

What I'm thinking about right now is The Social Network, which overall does justice to the general order of events that happened, but went ahead and personalized Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin and drastically rewrote certain people's personality. I think that's all right.