[PIF]

I said: “something of what it is like,” not what it is like - remember about 90 percent of Americans have never seen war, nor have been in the military. liveLeaks filmed conflicts are real not actors with makeup and catsup and the explosions are not glorified controlled fireworks. The bits and pieces are not plastic but flesh. Most Americans are very familiar with boredom/dullness.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

You also have to add in the it takes, on average, seven support staff to keep one guy on the front lines.

Which means in any war the majority of the people in the service will never see combat. So they will never see body parts.

And they get left out of the movie. Yet without them doing their job the guys on the front line would be reduced to using rocks. Which are very versatile, you can throw them and boil them for soup.

So a realistic war movie will never be made. The closest you can get is to read the letters and journals of those who were there. And skim over the dull bits. :)