The problem with changing the facts of a true story for "cinematic" reasons is that too many people, particularly Americans, just accept the altered facts as the truth. It annoys the **** out of me. Either tell the story or don't tell it at all.
Americans are dumb as ****, they need the films changed so they can understand them. Yank: Where you from? Me: Scotland Yank: Oooohhh, that's in Sweden isn't it?