DPS Ammonite Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) Popular movie makers decided that the real life of one of the most important paleontologists ever, Mary Anning, was not interesting enough when they created the movie, Ammonite, to be released in September in Cannes, France. The makers decided that they could spice things up by turning the movie into a fictional romance. I kind of wish that PBS or the BBC could have made it instead. Be careful when learning history with something made by popular movie makers. EDIT: My gosh. I see that the BBC did help to produce this movie partially shot on location in Lyme. Hopefully this semi fictionalized account will do Mary justice. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonite_(film) https://www.google.com/amp/s/entertainment.inquirer.net/385498/saoirse-ronan-kate-winslet--romance-film-to-get-french-premiere/amp https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/20/mary-anning--palaeontologist-women-film Edited August 5, 2020 by DPS Ammonite 2 My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 I read the book that this movie was based on and the book did create a fictionalized romance but fortunately it was a very small part and the rest was pretty good. Of course it was a "novel" of conjecture of her life, but it was still fun to read about such a great historical figure. Books are always better than the movie anyways....hhahhaha 1 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 5 minutes ago, JamieLynn said: I read the book that this movie was based on and the book did create a fictionalized romance but fortunately it was a very small part and the rest was pretty good. Of course it was a "novel" of conjecture of her life, but it was still fun to read about such a great historical figure. Books are always better than the movie anyways....hhahhaha They better stay away from The Index Fossils of North America. My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 hahhahah!!!! Now that's a movie I'd watch..... www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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