For as long as there have been wars, there have been re-enactors. The Ancient Romans staged naval battles in flooded amphitheaters. In the late 19th century, survivors of the Battle of the Little Bighorn re-enacted their own defeat. To this day, there are many communities of history buffs gathered to recreate skirmishes all over the world.
All of these re-enactments share one thing: people, usually experts or just passionate fans, putting themselves in the buckled shoes of those who have come before. But for the 250th anniversary of 1776, the year of America’s founding, acclaimed director Darren Aronofsky is making a soulless, AI-generated recreation of the year that sounds bad, looks worse, and can’t even get basic facts right.
