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Title: Horrible misrepresentation
Review: As a fictional tale of a man who did not historically exist, this film could potentially be a decent movie. As an attempt to portray history, however, it is a wretched failure. Not only does this film perpetuate the false heroic image of Christopher Columbus that already exists excessively, but it magnifies it. Columbus is portrayed as endlessly peaceful and sympathetic and harboring too much fascination with the "Indian" cultures to concern himself with the quest for gold. This is an outrageously false portrayal of a man who led a ruthless slavery system followed by genocide of Native American cultures. A film like this is dangerous because it is interpreted as a true account of history when, in fact, it is horribly false
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