i think some of the commenters misunderstand a few points1 ) it not only about love and war and but rival within the family . he do not kill his brother because he be so vicious but because of how he be treat . no one even talk about the pain that asoka have to go through . and i haven not see braveheart or gladiator but american film do not often show that . 2 ) a it cop it ideas and what bullshit . american copy from japanese idea and they copy from u . and i think that theyre on the verge of make it big here and just like japanese movie and that they will eventually have their own way of direct . you give too little credit when you have no right to judge so hard . 3 ) in the beginning of the movie they tell you that there be fiction in it so your expect that it not exactly how it go but make to be more interesting for the viewer . now how often do that happen . ( rhetorical ) unless in the version you watch they do not say that . but if they do you should have acknowledge that it wasn not all about the truth but about the movie .