I tend to be critical of movies, today, but I like the movie because Hollywood tried to do what it could both with the novel adapted to the screen and with the costumes. For example the "bonnets" were actually more modern "glengarry" hats, but the costumers didn't know what the Scottish hats looked like, so they went to the Los Angeles Highland Games in '39 and asked. They got bad info but it was ...1939. Also the height of the Great Depression so limited budget = use guns that look antique.
What "frosts my pumpkin" is when you have movies made after 1990 that are as inaccurate as a movie done a half-century prior, and is poorly conceived, indicating a) laziness on the part of the production staff and b) disdain for the audience. Especially when the true story of whatever they're portraying on the screen, from what we know, actually has a lot of suspense, drama, humor, and adventure. Why embellish or skimp?
I'd like to see a remake of Gunga Din, but move the time period back to about 1860, use muzzle loaders, and bring out the bigotry of the situation, instead of casually touching on it with only one character.
LD