I fucking loved the zulus, but mainly cuz they were badass and smart af for what they had

They still seem like a bunch of barbarians to me

historical films have their time and place.

Yup

no rei is best day

But yeah maybe the real ones were a lot smarter too

More info over time = more unlikely to be accurate as time progresses

'They still seem like a bunch of barbarians to me' they were.

the place where the Zulus were was a colony until 11 years after the release of the movie

nvm

Yeah, with brits still living there, they HAD to portray the brits in good light

on the map it looked a bit like mozambique had some

Politically speaking

When the movie was made it was still a colony?

It was made in the 60's

3 years before

nah

SA was decolonized by then

1961

@Baraban would you prefer if the good, the bad and the ugly were more historically accurate?

No

why?

It's not an historical movie

Not really

Spaghett!

Somebody toucha mah Spaghett Western!

Plus what I complained about wasn't really historical accuracy, but the Zulu having a really stupid and non sensical strategy in the movie

Yeah

I assumed as much

to a certain extent that was kinda true though.

They were limited

Not dumb tho

you can't really do their main and only tactic when you've got a bunch of chaps with guns defending an encampment.

They fucked up the brits in the beginning, retards dont do that

keep in mind that the pincer was really their only tactic, and the entire reason behind shaka's rise to power amongst the zulu

Yeah, but when you hide in small ravines, that shit is scary, which they did a couple times

SNEAK ATTACK MADA FAKAH

How did the Brits won the fight in reality anyway? I mean it was still 100 against a few thousands, and they had no artillery

Leadership

And i think cavalry?

The best tacticians always win with crazy odds