One problem that arises is that in the court case the film made it dramatically clear that the prisoners were from Africa, whereas in real life a simple statement by the prisoners was enough . Throughout the film Spielberg focuses on the stereotypes of the prisoners and does not use the information written by John Barber about the life and history of the prisoner. The final mistake I think was made about the film was that there was a lack of information that truly showed how complex and harsh Africa was at the time. It completely ignored the real role of war in Africa and how much it added to history. I personally feel that while these inaccuracies didn't taint the story too much, the same basic story was still there, just Hollywoodized. Although I feel like it doesn't represent the story enough. The fact that so much information about Africa and captives is less than humanized fades from the real story. I personally liked the movie, but I feel that reading the real story was much more interesting because it showed how important it was that such an incident happened.