Conquistadors
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Movie Reviews of Conquistadors
Movie Review: History-Lite
Summary: 3 Stars
This is an entertaining review of the exploits of the Spanish conquistadors in the New World -- it skims over their various adventures with the advantage of letting us see the places where they actually occurred as they are today.Movie Review: GIVE ME A BREAK.
Summary: 1 Stars
I THOUGHT THIS WAS SUPPOSSED TO BE ABOUT THE CONQUISTADORS. I THINK THE HOST HAS AN EGO PROBLEM. HE SHOULD WATCH SOME OF THE KEN BURNS SHOWS SO HE WILL KNOW HOW TO MAKE A GOOD SHOW. MANY TIMES THEY MAKE YOU WATCH THE HOST WALKING OR SHOW HIS BACK OR CLOSE UP SHOTS OF HIS FACE. WHAT THEY SHOULD BE SHOWING IS RUINS,PAINTINGS FROM MUSEUMS, ACTORS IN COSTUMES ETC... I DID NOT WANT TO SEE A BUNCH OF GLAMORE SHOTS OF SOME GUY. THAT BEING SAID: SOME OF THE THINGS SHOWN ARE GOOD. THEY DO SHOW SOME RUINS ETC... BUT, THEY KEEP GOING BACK TO THE GLAMORE SHOTS OF THE HOST. ALSO, SOME OF THE SCENES ARE OUT OF PLACE. WHEN DISCUSSING THE TIME CORTEZ DESTROYED HIS SHIPS SO HIS SOLDIERS COULDEN'T LEAVE THEY SHOW A BUNCH OF PEOPLE DRAGGING A MOTOR BOAT ON SHORE, WHEN DISCUSSING HIS MARCH INLAND THEY SHOW A BUNCH OF PEOPLE RIDING ON A BUS. THE INFORMATION DELIVERED VERBALLY IS GOOD. BUT, THEY COMPLETELY DESTROY THE MOOD FREQUENTLY WITH THE PRESENTATION.Movie Review: "Hey Look They use Volkswagons for Taxis in Mexico"
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this film for use in my social studies classes. The film had more to do with the producer visiting modern mexico, riding around in taxis and trains, eating mexican foods, talking to modern people, etc than with Spanish Conquistadors. This film was really hard to follow for students and many came away saying "what did that have to do with Cortez?" I expected something on the order of "500 Nations" or something that would interest young learners and am really suprised that PBS released this quality of documetary. It was more like a travel film or something like that. The viewer walks away from this thinking "huh?"Movie Review: Wood Should Read The History Books
Summary: 1 Stars
I have recently taken on learning the history of the Spanish Conquistadors and have read several of the classics of that history like Diaz, Prescott, and Thomas, and I must say that this show is almost completely opposite to their writings.
This documentary I believe is the history as this phony wishes it and not how it was. It makes me wonder why my tax dollars would support such a work of falsehood and trash.
Save your money and don't buy, instead read Bernal Diaz or Prescott.
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