I am by no means an expert on this subject. Let me preface my comments by that. I am also very new to this... So don't beat me up too bad on this. It appears to me that everything we've learned about the Pilgrims and "Thanksgiving" through school or books is inaccurate as like the Bible... Everyone has their own versions and interpretations of the original writings and the translation of the language. I found the movie fascinating and probably as accurate as we're going to get. The pilgrims heard about America and this "new land" but also heard "stories" about the savages. We all know what happens when a story is told... by the time it gets to the 20th person.. these savages could be the likes of the Devil himself. LOL So being weak and terrified coming to this new land and starving no less, and having no shelter. stealing things from the Indians is no great disgrace. They have been portrayed quite differently to us back in grade school. I find it interesting the amount of discussion there is every year on WHAT they ate. Who cares? I know some people who don't like turkey and have ham... Does that make their thanksgiving any less than ours? I just don't understand the relevance. So if we found positive proof that they did NOT have turkey and only had lobster and clams would everyone stop eating turkey for thanksgiving? The idea of this was .. it was a harvest meal and they gave thanks for this new land, their lives, and what God had provided them in the way of provisions. It doesn't matter who was their with them... It's about just giving thanks... a day of remembrance of what you have to be thankful for. Used to be a time when at every meal... we gave thanks for God's bounty that has been provided to us. I too would have been tickled if my Isaac Allerton was mentioned more but this movie was based on Bradford's writings so the story was based around the major players who were involved in this endeavor. I have a book by Caleb Johnson that discusses the Mayflower passengers and based on Bradfords accounts describes each passengers role in the entire trip. Not everyone can be the star of the show. If there is only "one know account" don't we have to take their word for it and quit making up our own stories and assumptions? Where would we be if we didn't have that even? My pride in watching the movie was what they went through on board the ship. I can't imagine such conditions. I watched a Mayflower movie over the weekend with Spencer Tracey and talk about dramatic license... They made William Bradford as the one who fell overboard not John Howland.... as the writers/director wanted a little "thing" going on between Capt. Jones and Dorothy Bradford. The more a story is told wrong the more questions and topics for discussions we have. Thanks Craig for letting WE lay people voice our opinions on the movie. Sometimes these discussions remind me of disagreements I have with my husband watching the History Channel or something.. all these PhD's and Historians MUST be wrong because my husband heard it differently somewhere else.. LOL I like to believe people who know more than I. Everything we read and watch is a dramatization because we weren't there and can only give interpretations of it the best way we can. Janean