Afterwards, I asked him what he thought. Keeping in mind that he rarely said anything negative about anyone....he said "It was a fine movie, but no one looked cold enough."
Ever since then, I judge all war movies by how cold/hot/wet/dry/hungry/dirty/tired/generally miserable the actors look. :-)
Everything changed after “Saving Private Ryan” and “Band of Brothers.”
Nuff said.
I knew a Battle of the Bulge vet. One day on the golf course it was very, very hot, but unlike the rest of us he wasn’t complaining about it. When asked why, he said, “I swore at Bastogne that I’d never complain about the heat again.”
It was good for what it was, but the US Tanks were way too new. Battleground was better.