The Alamo Movie Essay

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In the film The Alamo directed by John Lee Hancock takes place in the early 1800s. During the movie there is a standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davey Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna’s forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. From watching the movie and doing the research of what actually happened in the Alamo, one has realized that the movie has many inaccuracies and the movie leaves out and changes around what actually happened in real life. The film makers attempted to sacrifice history and facts for the entertainments sake. Both the historical accuracy and the entertainment suffered.
What happened at the Alamo in 1836? The Alamo began on February 23rd, 1836 which lasted for thirteen days, …show more content…

Texas having rebelled against Mexico and its president Santa Anna, who is driving an armed force to retake the Alamo, the Texan War Party requires the Texas armed force to leave Bexar, go into Mexico and face the Mexican forces at the town of Matamoros. As the story progresses, Crockett lands in San Antonio, where he tells a crowd, "I told them folks 'you all can go to hell, I'm going to Texas". He is informed that others are impatient for Santa Anna to arrive now that Crockett is available to battle nearby them to which a confused Crockett answers, "I understood the fighting was over... Ain't it?", implying that perhaps his intention for traveling out to Texas was to look for new opportunities all the more-so than to join the battle for Texas Independence. Santa Clause Anna soon arrives in San Antonio, much to the surprise of the Texan soldiers, who were not anticipating that the Mexican Army should arrive until late March or early April. The Texans resign to the Alamo compound in spite of its powerlessness, and start strengthening it as best as they can. Aside the chaos, Travis was writing letters requesting help. Just a couple dozen men arrive to go along with

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