Young girl goes to see The Aeronauts. Is inspired to greatness because of the great historical heroine Amelia. Puts posters of the movie on her wall and dreams of emulating her achievements. Only to discover down the line that she didn't even exist and was simply a substitute for a male historical hero. Tell her her dreams will only ever be realised in fiction, and will never be real. Deflate her belief in herself and make her feel a fraud and lied to. Way to go.
The things I discovered after watching this movie: Two men did something to do with weather in a balloon. Amelia Wren is based on a real, earlier female Aeronaut, Sophie Blanchard. Two potentially decent historically accurate movies. The latter serving as a real inspiration for young girls. Instead we got one historical mish-mash that just upsets everyone who bothers to check it out.
I'll give it three stars for making me aware of a few things from history. Something most won't bother to follow through.
The things I discovered after watching this movie: Two men did something to do with weather in a balloon. Amelia Wren is based on a real, earlier female Aeronaut, Sophie Blanchard. Two potentially decent historically accurate movies. The latter serving as a real inspiration for young girls. Instead we got one historical mish-mash that just upsets everyone who bothers to check it out.
I'll give it three stars for making me aware of a few things from history. Something most won't bother to follow through.