I agree. You're right: they are entertainments, after all, not history lessons. We watch to be distracted from the fact we're all racing towards an unknown, inescapable death. That said, I do wish moviemakers would stick closer to the facts especially when it's a political issue.
The flip side to this, or the movie that does it the right way, is Thirteen Lives, about the boy's footy team in Thailand that got trapped in a flooded cave for a couple weeks. This movie was almost devoid of flashy "Oscar-bait" moments, everything was played almost low-key by the main actors, and I think they did it this way because the story itself was so incredible and solid there was no need for gussying it up. By far the best movie Ron Howard has ever made. I say this now not having checked the 'net to see what liberties Howard took, but hopefully they hewed close to the actual events.
