Controversial movies based on real people

Ngoc Trinh's "56cm Waist" or Pham Bang Bang's "Yang Guifei" caused controversy when they fictionalized many real details to increase their appeal.

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The story is about a poor girl from the West who came to Saigon to make a living as a model at the age of 15. Thanks to her beauty and hot body, she was lured by many people to become a prostitute. However, the beauty always kept herself to eventually change her life with the help of a rich man.

Ngoc Trinh plays the lead role in the project with a budget of 10 billion and directed by Vu Ngoc Dang. The model affirmed: "There is 70% truth about my life story in the film, the rest are some added and fictional elements to create a cinematic work".

After its release on April 6, the film was rated as having good filmmaking skills but did not convince many people in the detail that 70% of the content is true."The film polishes Ngoc Trinh's reputation with pitiful scenes to make viewers cry," a writer asserted, claiming that the crew intentionally covered up many truths about her showbiz life.

While someThe audience thinks that Ngoc Trinh is not innocent and naive like the character, others express a feeling of disappointment when the part of her life since she went to Saigon to make a living is built superficially and unrealistically. In this part, the love process of the two main characters is pushed too quickly, making it difficult for viewers to believe in true love as mentioned in the film.

Yang Guifei

Released in July last year, the historical drama Yang Guifei starring Fan Bingbing caused a huge controversy among Chinese historical drama lovers. The work is about Yang Guifei (a famous beauty of the Tang Dynasty). However, the romantic idol drama was criticized for distorting many historical details to achieve the purpose of creating drama and romanticizing the story.

In the film, there is a detail that Duong Ngoc Hoan (aka Duong Quy Phi) fell in love with the 18th prince of King Duong Huyen Tong at the age of 14 before marrying the king a few years later. However, this detail is not true to history because there was never a love affair between Duong Ngoc Hoan and Prince Tho Vuong that led to a love triangle like in the film. In addition, the film also caused controversy for making fun of feudal life by displaying many revealing and provocative costumes as well as having erotic scenes outdoors.

Ip Man

Ip Man is a trilogy of films about the Wing Chun master. The films were directed by Yuen Woo-ping and starred Donnie Yen.To transform into the real historical figure, Donnie Yen spent several months preparing for the role. In addition to practicing Wing Chun, he visited the home of Ip Man's sons to learn about his master's life. On set, the actor became so immersed in his role that after the film wrapped, he continued to live the same way he did when he played Ip Man, wearing a loose robe, walking and talking exactly like the character.

When each part was released in 2008, 2010 and late last year, the film became a blockbuster phenomenon with Asian cinema fans.The success of the film led to the opening of hundreds of Wing Chun schools in China and Asia. Donnie Yen is considered the one who popularized this traditional martial art to the public.

However, the work, which was boycotted by many people, fictionalized many plot details to achieve dramatic effect.In part one, the film tells the story of Ip Man from the time his wealthy family fell into poverty due to the Sino-Japanese War. The film ignores the fact that Ip Man was a policeman, and the scene in which Ip Man challenges the Japanese general is fictional. Parts two and three focus on the period when Ip Man went to Hong Kong after 1949 and both exploit dramatic martial arts scenes to satisfy the audience.

Steve Jobs

Immediately after its premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September 2015, Steve Jobs became the most controversial biopic of the year. The plot depicts the two sides of Steve Jobs. At the same time, the genius was extremely passionate about his work, but he also fought with everyone, affecting his girlfriend, family and even his own health.

While the film has been praised for its excellent drama, those close to Steve Jobs insist that it is more fiction than biography. Steve Wozniak - Steve Jobs's close collaborator since his 20s and an advisor on the film - said after seeing the film: "What Seth Rogen portrays on screen is not who I am in real life. Anyone who knows me knows that I cannot say negative things about other people, especially to their face."

Barry Hertz of The Globe and Mail said that Aaron Sorkin had twisted the truth to make the film more dramatic, similar to the film The Social Network. Joe Nocera - a technology reporter for the New York Times who interviewed Steve Jobs many times when he was alive - harshly criticized the film. He wrote: "Aaron Sorkin and his colleagues have created a portrait of Steve Jobs entirely from imagination. Details such as Steve Jobs reconciling with his daughter Lisa in 1998 are completely untrue. This film is a fraud if it is considered a biopic."

Grace of Monaco

Grace Of Monaco tells the story of Grace Kelly, a Hollywood star who became the Princess of Monaco after marryingCrown Prince Rainier III enters1956. Set when the small country was experiencing political tensions with France, the film focuses on the difficult early years of the Princess of Monaco's marriage.

Immediately after its opening screening at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, the film received a storm of criticism from both the Monaco royal family and critics.Princess Stephanie believes the film distorts the truth about her parents to sell tickets.Ian Brodie, a writer for Monaco Life, commented: "Although the film is fictional, it depicts real people and this offends them.Jeffrey Robinson, author of a biography of Grace Kelly, said: "The screenwriters don't know anything about Kelly. They don't capture the real her. It's a shame. They don't honor her."

Whitney

Whitney is a 120-minute biographical film, with a plot that follows the ups and downs of the American diva's career. The film also deals with the complicated relationship between the black singer and her husband, musician Bobby Brown. They first met when they were both famous and had a lavish wedding in 1992. The tumultuous 14-year marriage, with the birth of daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown, was eventually ended by legal intervention. Whitney Houston died in 2012, her death was said to be due to a drug overdose.

First broadcast on televisionLifetime (USA) in early 2015, the film created a huge wave of controversy.Most fans expressed their opposition because the film's content lacked authenticity."This movie is a mockery of Whitney Houston's legacy. It's nothing but sex and drugs," one fan of the singer Whitney Houston expressed his anger. "Is Lifetime allowed to air these sex scenes? Oh my God, it's like I'm watching a Whitney Houston sex movie," another viewer wrote on Twitter.

W.

Director Oliver Stone's film tells the story of the most controversial moments in the life of the most controversial President in American history - George W. Bush. The film begins from Bush's carefree college days to his military service, becoming governor of Texas, then participating in the national oil industry before running for President in 2000. The film also tells the story of his four years as the head of the US state and his subsequent re-election.

After its release, the film was listed among the top 10 films of 2008 by many veteran critics. Film critic JoeNeumaier of the New York Daily News ranked the film eighth on his list of the 10 best films of the year. Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert ranked it among the 20 best films of 2008.

However, W. was criticized for omitting many true details to polish George W. Bush's reputation. For example, the scandal when he was governor of Texas: Bush was protested for making insulting statements about female prisoner Karla Faye Tucker (executed in 1998).

Raging Bull

This is a biographical film about the life and career of the famous Italian-American boxer - Jake LaMotta. The plot is based on LaMotta's own notes in the memoir Raging Bull: My Story. The film project is associated with the names of actor Robert DeNiro and director Martin Scorsese. The film contains many details expressing LaMotta's animalistic nature, jealousy of his wife, his penchant for domestic violence, and violence in the boxing ring. While the film is considered by experts to be an excellent work about boxing, the film has caused controversy because it downplays or ignores many details related to Jake LaMotta's bad habits.

According to VNE