I have always thought that with today’s technology, someone should make a movie about the Battle for Guadalcalanal 1942 which would include prominently featured sea battles such as the Battle of Savo Island, and the 1st and 2nd Naval Battles for Guadalcanal.
Or, even better around the Philippines in 1944 (Battle of Leyte Gulf) which has the last gasp of the IJN, blunders being made, a charge of the Light Brigade made by destroyers instead of mounted calvary, complete with ironic historic date alignment, baits being taken, messages lost, etc.
I think it would be brilliantly good. So many people are unaware of those things.
Pearl Harbor and Midway have been done (albeit somewhat poorly) and one already knows how Hollywood can hack up those things, so something new would be better.
And I agree with the concept of changing characters around to suit a social justice requirement. Unwatchable to me.
“Or, even better around the Philippines in 1944 (Battle of Leyte Gulf) which has the last gasp of the IJN, blunders being made, a charge of the Light Brigade made by destroyers instead of mounted cavalry, complete with ironic historic date alignment, baits being taken, messages lost, etc.
I think it would be brilliantly good. So many people are unaware of those things.”
Plus the image of the battleships sunk at Pearl Harbor, now lined up in a firing squad across Surigao Strait...lots of opportunity there.
I am sure you saw the ill-fated attempt to do “Pearl Harbor.” Parts of it were OK, and others were not so good.
I think the people that make movies are some of the least imaginative folks around. They want the “sure thing” when it comes to box office. That is why you see endless movies in sequence (Star Wars, X Men, Avengers, etc.)
In the last couple of years I thought Spotlight was good, and I thought Argo was decent. But how do you follow those? Not much sequel potential there.
And remakes of WWII movies are really losing their audience. You will never see another Midway or In Harms Way. Too many actors needed. Too expensive.