The Dark Knight - [spoilers ahead, ye be warned]

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Wow, quite the smack down, as you're an Honored Fellow of the Film Nit Pickers Assn., correct?

I don't think so. Or rather, not in this case.

For the most part when I nitpick a movie it is because of issues with internal consistency.

Yes, if a real-world historical plot point is somehow important to the success or message of a movie then it is a point I'll care about if it is wrong. But the fact that the lake where Jack went fishing wasn't build until five years after the Titanic sank isn't vital to the story's impact or internal consistency.

If, however, a movie is exploring the real origins of the U.S. Civil War (through a fictional tale) and it says there was no slavery in Florida and thus plot points X, Y, and Z then I'll have issues.


But like I said, everybody has their pain points. And when it comes to movies you generally tend to be most sensitive to the areas you are most familiar with. I don't really know anything of the deep details of the Titanic (historically it isn't that important of an event and it was never more than a footnote in any of my classes and reading) so I'm not bothered.

Set a movie in the Boeing Machinists' Union during the 1970s and perhaps a similar level of historical squishiness will drive me nuts.