Posted on 05/03/2025 4:15:57 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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The Longest Day
LOL!
“The climax of A Walk in the Sun was ridiculous.”
The part I hated was the sobbing Italians surrendering. It must have been a wartime sterotype because they used it in “Sahara”. It was stupid as the Italians were brave fighters too. Don’t underesimate the enemy.
In Westminster Abbey, the place in England where kings and heroes are laid to rest, they have stain glass windows depicting the Battle of Britain.
I saw ‘The Thin Red Line’ and was bored stiff. How do you make a war movie boring? They succeeded with me.
“The Story of GI Joe” always makes me cry. It was very well done.
I also like”Battle of Britain” and “Battlefield” (Though I thought Van Johnson was totally mis cast).
My father was AAF stationed in Britain and also was at the Bulge...so he told me many stories. Those films measure up pretty well to his recollections
That’s Ian McShane, who played the lead villain in HBO’s magnificent series, “Deadwood.”
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