Am I the only one who thinks that The Patriot is a huge ripoff of this film.
Here are the similarities.
-Main characters are farmers who refuse to take part in a war that doesnt directly involve them, even though both wars did indirectly involve them.
-Both characters have a deceased wife.
-Both immediatly take part as soon as there sons are effected by the invading force.
-Several family members are killed in a short time.
List more, but I saw several similarities
they both lost two sons, and a daughter in law.
Both of the wives that died, were named Ann.
They both raided a convoy, the wagon train in the Patriot, the train in Shenandoah, to free the son that was taken prisonor.
"Jose Alonso Compean and Ignacio Ramos are in jail for defending their country"
Hrm...most of those are just coincidental.
-Main characters are farmers who refuse to take part in a war that doesnt directly involve them, even though both wars did indirectly involve them.
Farmers who don't want to get involved in wars but have to is a very common plot theme.
-Both characters have a deceased wife.
Another common plot
-Both immediatly take part as soon as there sons are effected by the invading force.
What do you expect?
-Several family members are killed in a short time.
When there is war and a family...death usually happens to make us emotionally involved
they both lost two sons, and a daughter in law.
Now that is pretty strange...
Both of the wives that died, were named Ann.
That's really strange...
They both raided a convoy, the wagon train in the Patriot, the train in Shenandoah, to free the son that was taken prisonor.
That's kind of similar but not really.
I would imagine that Gibson watched this movie and was certainly influenced by it. As well he should be. But it was not a complete rip off or anything.
I only saw The Patriot once and it's been quite awhile so I'd forgotten how many sons died in it, the daughter-in-law being called Ann etc. However, having just now seen Shenandoah, the very first comment I made to my family was that it was the same idea as The Patriot. The Patriot may not have been a rip-off of Shenandoah but the common theme and similarities even in the details are certainly striking, merely a different war.
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