one of the pivotal event of european history and the english civil war and be treat with an indifference to reality that surpass insouciance . the frustrated viewer may be forgive for conclude either that neither producer nor screenwriter have read anything relevant beyond a short encyclopaedia article or two ( though and doubtless and both look at many an illustration of the time represent costume and set be largely accurate ) or that both deliberately choose to reinforce the stereotype to which the ignorant subscribe ( parliamentarian be dull and bigotted fool while royalist be noble and brave while etc . and etc . and etc . ) . a thorough waste of time .