Posted on 01/09/2018 6:18:46 AM PST by Rummyfan
I was attending a Christmas party over the holidays and, in the course of conversation, made the following statement:
“I can’t watch very many war movies anymore.”
My sister in-law, thinking I was talking about some kind of emotional issue said, “Of course…” I immediately interrupted her.
“No, it’s not some kind of PTSD thing or anything like that. It’s just that I think I’m hyper-critical and I end up taking myself out of the movie.”
This caused me to think about all the war films I watched over the years and which ones based on my experience actually bring something to the table. As a caveat, I fully admit that most of my criticisms are purely superficial. The layman would never notice or appreciate the difference if it was changed to be more accurate.
Additionally, I was a helicopter pilot for 24 years, so if I don’t notice that the guys in a stack getting ready to kick down a door weren’t oriented correctly that’s not my fault, it wasn’t my job in the Army.
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Loved that movie, and around the same time I saw another Australian film called Gallipoli starring some little known guy who later became somewhat famous.
Singapore was the greatest military disaster in the history of the British Empire. And all those guys who had to endure the hell of imprisonment under the Japanese.... Could write a whole book on that theater of the war....
Wasn’t there a documentary about that battle? I don’t think it was a movie I saw but it covered Romesha and it was great....
At Dunkirk they did run home. At Singapore they surrendered to a Jap force a third their size.
Only pointing it out because we always accuse France of being fast to surrender.
Good to know that about Tennant.
again they did not “run home”. They died by the thousands at the hands of the Japanese.
Did you see it with dubbed english?
All I’ve ever seen is in russian and couldn’t watch it
I saw with English subtitles it was on YouTube at one point, don’t know if it still is.
I recently read Leckie's book...called "Helmet for my Pillow"...a great book...and a very fine writer. Who was a Marine in the Pacific Theater....
And was played by and actor...in the series..."The Pacific"....which I've not seen it all...but from what I have seen...it's very good.
I guess it would depend on what type of missions he flew. Troop, gunship, dustoff, supply etc. From an Air Mobile grunt perspective of the era, also Ft Benning trained in the footsteps of the 7th Cav. which the movie was based on. You can rest assured that movie was chillingly, extremely accurate.
Crimson Tide and Hunt for Red October were always for me movies to be seen over and over - much like Sand Pebbles. Great acting in both and awesome music sound tracks.
They didn’t stand 400,000 men on an open beach. The whole thing lasted over a week, mostly they were hiding in buildings and stuff, the lines were just as many folks as they figured they could get loaded in a couple of hours. As for air and ship protection that was England playing the long game and not wanting to lose ships and planes they would need later. As for overcrowded ships being sunk, yeah that’s what happened in the early parts of the war when the Wolf Pack owned the seas.
“”Bacon should have been nominated for an Oscar.””
He’ll be like James Woods - great, great actor and never an Oscar. I didn’t think Woods had ever been nominated but I guess he has. He’s made lots of very good movies.
Hmm... No Kelly’s Heroes???
:)
“The Lost Battalion”
One thing I really appreciate about "Saving Private Ryan" was the attempt to get the details right, which I think influenced later movies. I grew up watching movies from the 50s, 60s and 70s where the "German" tanks were American Patton tanks with German insignia slapped on. If it's a WWII movie, I better be seeing ME 109s, MG 42s, Tigers and Panzer MK IVs - the details matter.
Not all the movies from the 60s were so casual - "The Battle of Britain" stands out with its ME 109s and HE-111s.
Not surprised about Crimson Tide. The script was rewritten by Tarantino, who proved in “Inglorious Basterds” that he has no idea what war movies are about.
Just read “Wrong Valley”, thank you. (My hands are sweaty after reading it.)
Watch near zero ‘war movies’.
The question I always ask, have you ever been in a car accident?
A car accident, a few seconds start to finish.
Please name a movie that is close to replicating your feelings for the short time of the accident, and movies run an hour plus?
Few movies can convey anything close.
How about “Hell in the Pacific”?
Can’t go wrong with Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune.
Breaker Morant is an excellent movie...haven’t seen it in over 20-years; time for another viewing.
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