Re: Movies including naval battles ?
Naval battles are in reality probably just too big and complex for a movies to capture more than a single ship fight with any real accuracy and drama.
One you start talking about fleet actions part of the problem is you get either the 'star trek effect' - the desire to have everything happen ridiculous close because it looks boring otherwise - or run into the fact that it is difficult to say how a lot of older historical battle really happened.
If I recall correctly the depiction in Troy of the invading ships sailing toward the beach is a good example of what if fact is the impending collision and death of pretty much all the Archaean army as thier ships pile up in a big wreckage mound in front of the beach.
Ben-Hur probably has the biggest attempt Hollywood ever tried at a galley battle but it still looks forced and stilted.
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