History books which depict the truth are gradually being destroyed, burned, and censored. This movie is an example of what happens when society does that.
The film tries to be fair to the cavalry. However, Geronimo was never an American legend. He was hated and despised even by the Apache. His following was exactly like that of Charles Manson. His deeds and actions were exactly that, too. In fact, he was the Charles Manson of the West. He would butcher people for no reason-women, children, Native Americans, Mexicans, anyone. He was just a monster. His followers were many, but so were Manson's. They, too, were wackos.
This movie depicts Geronimo as an honorable chief. All chiefs of the old West were more than willing to work with John Clum to send the Apache police to arrest him.
There is a problem with rewriting History. Movies that paint Billy the Kid and Jesse James as heroes are the same, but minor since they were just outlaws who killed. Geronimo was just a mass murderer for sport and fun. Those are the facts.
This is identical to a movie being made in the future in which Charles Manson will be depicted as an honorable American governor who suffers wrongs and indignation, and is in the right in his noble actions. That is the trouble with America's love of rewriting History.
The film tries to be fair to the cavalry. However, Geronimo was never an American legend. He was hated and despised even by the Apache. His following was exactly like that of Charles Manson. His deeds and actions were exactly that, too. In fact, he was the Charles Manson of the West. He would butcher people for no reason-women, children, Native Americans, Mexicans, anyone. He was just a monster. His followers were many, but so were Manson's. They, too, were wackos.
This movie depicts Geronimo as an honorable chief. All chiefs of the old West were more than willing to work with John Clum to send the Apache police to arrest him.
There is a problem with rewriting History. Movies that paint Billy the Kid and Jesse James as heroes are the same, but minor since they were just outlaws who killed. Geronimo was just a mass murderer for sport and fun. Those are the facts.
This is identical to a movie being made in the future in which Charles Manson will be depicted as an honorable American governor who suffers wrongs and indignation, and is in the right in his noble actions. That is the trouble with America's love of rewriting History.