CAMELOT FANTASIES

No problem, TT. Most of the tidbits were taken from the biography anyway.

So very recently I've seen the mini version of Bonnie & Clyde. This was on TV and had Part 1 and 2 to it so it was basically 4 hours long. While I thought it was okay, I don't think it remained truthful to the original story. I later studied a bit and found out Bonnie and Clyde did not meet at Bonnie's wedding. That part was glamorized unnecessarily. Also, it showed Bonnie firing at police at times whereas the truth probably is that perhaps Bonnie never pulled the trigger against anyone.  I say that because there's absolutely no account for this event - no eye witness or whatsoever, so that part wasn't believable either. And this story isn't even 100 years old and has already been heavily manipulated. Perhaps the old film is more true to its original story. 

This also reminded me of the overrated movie A Beautiful Mind. I got curious after watching the movie and decided to find out more about it. And what I found out didn't really match to its film story. It was glamorized and manipulated to make it a feel good movie, while the real life story had many bitter moments and wasn't at all as clear cut. Quite ironic that it even won the Oscar but then again we do like our fake stuff and want to go home feeling good about it.

So when I hear this story or that story was based on 'actual events', I don't find myself highly convinced.

Fake or not, I loved A Beautiful Mind. I was sleepy the night that I saw it, but somehow after about 20 minutes I was sitting on the edge of my bed. As I watched that movie I remembered tidbits my BFF had told me about what was going with her husband. Hearing her talk about it hadn't properly prepared me for her reality.

By the time the movie was over I was bawling like a baby. I called her up and apologized for my lack of understanding. I went and bought her a copy and she wept too. She said it was her exact experience and she used the movie to explain to her young pre-teen and teenaged sons why dad had to go and live in a nursing home.

That movie holds a special place in my heart.