Why "Young Washington" Is Spectacular And The New Moana Movie Flopped
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Welcome to Politics by Faith. This is where we take the news of the day, we bring it to the Bible. We can walk away with peace and perspective. New headlines every day. Medical Ecclesiastes says there's nothing new under the sun. So thanks for being here. To get the true story, the story of the day today, go see the movie Young Washington. It was spectacular. I erupted in applause at the end of the movie. I've never done that. I've never applauded when a plane lands. I've never clapped when a movie's over. But I jumped up and said spectacular. And I wasn't alone.
Why does the host say 'Young Washington' is a must-see movie?
The whole theater loved it. It was incredible. I avoid historical movies because if they're not accurate, it annoys me. I see a thing on the screen and I wonder if it really happened. And then after the movie, I go home and I check and it didn't happen at all. It's like, oh, what a waste. I hate that. And it's not worth it because it messes with your brain. And then you have to un-remember, un-see something. I don't know if it's the trained historian in me. I was a history major in college after all. But it just offends me. Because a whole generation of people are going to get their information about history from this movie. And then it never happened. You guys just made it up. So a film director has incredible power in reshaping a historical figure.
I never saw the Napoleon movie by Ridley Scott. I'm not doing that. And I'm going to avoid the Odyssey by Christopher Nolan. As always, the book will be better. All that being said, I'm just trying to say that I'm a tough critic with history movies. Of all movies, I'm a huge movie fan anyway. But with the history movies, certainly, this movie is unbelievable. I loved every second of it. And then when I went back and looked at the historical accuracy of the major events in the movie, they all really happened. No spoiler alerts. And today, if you haven't seen it yet, I want you to see it. So I'm not going to give any spoilers here. And I want you to have the full experience. But I'll tell you, Washington was really on that island.
That really happened. I talked with the director today of the movie. We record an interview. We're going to air it tomorrow on Sirius XM. But I asked him about the historical accuracy and how you'd handle that as a filmmaker and the responsibility of that. And he said, making a movie, he quoted some famous director. He said, making a movie is not a photograph. It's more of a portrait. And you do have to do some things, mostly compress some time and compress characters. So he said, in real life, there were three French generals in the story of this part of the French and Indian War. They had to condense that into one guy. They had to move the timing of some things. So like that interaction with the Indian chief, it actually happened 15 years after the war.
Actually, we'll tell that story in just a moment here. I'm okay with that. I think it's sort of like John Trumbull's painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. We've all seen that painting before. That never happened. All the signers were not there in one room signing it like that. It didn't happen. That's a depiction, a portrait that represents the meaning of the moment. And we're OK with looking at the John Trumbull painting accordingly. And I think we should be here, too. But. Well, let me say this. This is the best thing I learned during the interview with the director. If you revere the subject. Then you can do this. And the people who made this movie about George Washington, they admire and revere and appreciate George Washington.
So they're going to be true to the subject. And they made something that George would be proud of. They made something we can be proud of as patriots. I loved it. And I'm not going to give any spoilers, but I loved it because it showed his failures, showed his pride, showed his ambition, how it got the best of him and was really bad. It showed how he dealt with that. I'm trying to be very careful. My words are showed how he dealt with that. He took the lowest seat at the table.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:03–0:40
2
Why does the host say 'Young Washington' is a must-see movie?
0:40–6:49
3
How accurate is 'Young Washington' compared to historical records?
6:49–8:43
4
How did the director balance historical fidelity with cinematic storytelling?
8:43–9:18
5
What specific scenes were condensed or moved for the film?
9:18–13:26
6
How does the film depict George Washington's failures and personal growth?
13:26–17:30
Speakers
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