# Inaccuracies that bother you most and least

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**Created:** [June 28, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050 "2022-06-28T16:04:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050/313 "2022-07-09T14:42:54Z")

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So I just found another inaccuracy that doesn’t bother me, over in the “anachronism” thread:

> [@What was the most anachronistic thing you've seen in a fictional work that wasn't intentional or an accident?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-anachronistic-thing-youve-seen-in-a-fictional-work-that-wasnt-intentional-or-an-accident/953956/454):
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> The room is always way too brightly lit for just candles or oil lamps. The only movies I can think of that portrayed this realistically are Barry Lyndon and Heaven’s Gate.

While I understand that real lighting in historical era will be much dimmer than we are used to, film is ultimately a **visual** medium, and so you need enough light for the viewers to see what’s going on. Unless the darkness is an important plot point, like in a horror movie or the like, I’ll largely overlook artificially bright scenes like this.

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