Link to story is here: Affleck movie dumps on NZ - New Zealand News - NZ Herald
Dude, have you not ever heard of Poetic License? It makes for good movies.
“Nooo! New Zealand goat cheese is not fatty enough for the Iranian taste. It makes them look bad!!”
Boohoo, GMAFBreak!
I am a New Zealander, and a better title for this thread would be Affleck Bends Truth At UK and NZ’s Expense To Make Better Movie.
Apparently he also bent the truth at Canada’s expense - the Canadian government’s role is greatly reduced and the CIA is brought to the forefront, making it seem like the Americans did all the real work and the Canadians took all the (undeserved) credit.
I saw the movie over the weekend and really enjoyed it, and you may well be right that bending the truth made a better movie. But it’s still a pretty ballsy move to downplay the Canadians and then premiere the movie at TIFF.
nm. Pending my review of the movie and Tony Mendez’s book.
Oh, surprise, surprise. It’s like U571 all over again.
“I struggled with this long and hard because it casts Britain and New Zealand in a way that is not totally fair,” Affleck said.
But you still decided to be unfair. Twat.
Exactly what I came into post.
I’m kinda surprised that Affleck was aware enough to mention the distortions. *That’s *the threadworthy thing.