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“Based on a true story”.
The catch in that line is the word “based” and also “true story”.
Because as soon as you change the story which was supposed to be true, it doesn’t remain a true story at all. Most of the movies based on a true story are not exactly what happened in real life.
Sometimes they make the story seem too exciting or sometimes they will omit out things that will  make the movie look bad.
Some of the most glaring errors in these movies are listed below.
1. Argo – Canada did 90% of the job, and it was not as thrilling as shown in the movie
It was actually Canada that planned the majority of the operation. Yes, the CIA was involved, but most of the heavy and risky work were done by the Canadian embassy officials.
Also, the climax, where the Iranian revolutionary guards try to chase down the plane didn’t happen at all. Everything went without a hitch. Also, it was the Canadians who bought the tickets for the Americans, and not the CIA.
2. Catch Me If You Can – there is no real life Carl Hanratty (the role played by Tom Hanks)
In the movie, Frank Abagnale’s father is shown to be a con man too. But in reality, his father was a very honest guy, and Frank actually conned his own father before he started conning other people.
Also, the character Carl Hanratty, played by Tom Hanks doesn’t exist at all.
And nor did Frank call “Carl” every Christmas.
3. The Revenant – the man didn’t go to avenge his murdered son, he just wanted his things back
In the movie, the main protagonist Hugh Glass survived the harsh environment and went after the villains who killed his son.
In reality, there is no evidence that Hugh Glass even had a son. The motive behind his brutal vengeance was simple – he wanted to take back whatever was taken from him.
He did do a lot of badass things like in the movie, though. All that is real.
4. Munich – there was collateral damage too – wrong people got killed
In the movie, every killing goes pretty flawlessly. But in reality, many innocent civilians were harmed. They killed an innocent Moroccan man instead of a Palestinian terrorist. And he had a pregnant wife travelling with him.
In all, the Mossad killed 3 innocent men and injured 15 innocent civilians during the whole operation.
5. Steve Jobs – he almost destroyed Apple after he returned back
Steve Jobs actually rejected the offer to join Apple again as the CEO after he was fired. And he didn’t actually bring the awesome change in Apple as they show in the movie.
He almost caused a disaster when he sold all the company shares that were given to him.
This is the reason Jobs made more money from Pixar than he did with Apple.
6. The Pursuit Of Happyness – he wasn’t a good father at all
The main character we all came to love – Chris Gardner was not as good as they show him in the movie.
Firstly, Gardner didn’t get into the training program because he solved a Rubick’s cube.
Secondly, his son was not with him for the first 4 months he was into the program.
He also sold drugs and did cocaine in the period he was struggling. Also, he cheated on his wife. That is why she left him in the first place.
7. 12 Years A Slave – Solomon disappeared forever after he was freed
4 years after publishing 12 Years A Slave, the movie’s main character Solomon disappeared again.
He was probably kidnapped and sold into slavery, because a lot of people who knew him claimed that they saw him working as a slave in many places.
So, in all, it was not just 12 years, it was much more than that.
8. The Theory Of Everything – Stephen Hawking was abused AFÂ after he left his wife
Stephen actually divorced his wife Jane in 1990 and moved in with his nurse and completely stopped talking to his wife.
His nurse turned out to be very abusive and Hawking ended up in the hospital with a broken femur, wrist and arm. His nurse abused him on a regular basis and Stephen didn’t actually complain about it once throughout his life.
And hence, it didn’t make it into the movie.
9. Titanic – the violinists were treated horribly after the rescue
The lovely band members all died on Titanic.
What they didn’t show was that the band members’ families were asked to cough up money for the uniform they were wearing when the Titanic drowned, and also for shipping the dead bodies.
All decency be damned.
10. Dallas Buyers Club – Ron was bisexual and was not a cowboy
Ron Woodroof was not a cowboy. He always looked very decent and presentable.
Also, he was bisexual and was as active with the gay community as he was with the prostitute one.
11. Invictus – there were a lot of racist problems in the team, more intense than portrayed in the movie
The racism issues in the national team weren’t as dull as they showed in the movie. The problem was much nasty as the players regularly got into yelling matches where they threw racial slurs at each other.
They also refused to shower in the same shower complex and didn’t share the same locker rooms.
12. The Sound Of Music – they told everyone openly and left on a train
In the movie, the Von Trapp family sneakily escape after a performance in a thrilling climax involving a car chase and a hike through the mountains.
In reality, the Von Trapp family just bought regular train tickets and left after informing everyone.
But that would make a very boring movie, wouldn’t it?
13. Braveheart – he wasn’t just a commoner, but was a knight and a landowner
Willian Wallace was not a lowly peasant. He was a knight and owned land too. Also, his father was not killed by the English either.
His father actually fought for the English the whole time.
If storylines are kept exactly according to facts, there will be no drama at all for us to enjoy in the cinema.
The screenwriters know all this, and hence they make tweaks in the stories so that the movies look more exciting to us.
Real life is dull, drama is what makes it interesting on the silver screen.
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