was pretty excruciating to watch in the cinema, repeated viewings didn't depreciate it much either.but can't watch the scene near the end when the German soldier stabs the American
Killing people is horrible, who knew?
the start/end in the graveyard (which I always seem to forget about) does feel pretty schmaltzy, asking his family if he was worthy, but then I guess that is the main point of the story, is saving one person worth risking others.
scudProbably one of the best "modern" war films, and one that is under-rated compared to other Vietnam films in my eyes, is "We were soldiers" with Mel Gibson before he became ones of them there racists (in the words of Father Ted)
Speaking of schmaltzy, overly sentimental cliche ridden films.... I found it genuinely terrible.
I took for family to Normandy in the summer to see some of the D-Day stuff, went to Pegasus Bridge and now hoping this film out next year will be good:
http://pegasusbridgethemovie.com/
and you could say that SPR is loosely based on fact too.
cos, well the D-Day landings deffo took place (not seen them as subject to any conspiracy theories yet) and the [url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niland_brothers ]Niland brothers[/url] existed too.
It's a film/movie. Of course parts of it are made up but the key thing is the battle scenes. I've fortunately never been involved in any but they seem the most realistic and terrifying.
Some lads I knew at uni were film extras in SPR. That bit where a few American soldiers are sorting out the dog tags and some soldiers are walking past looking at them. One of them looks directly at the camera. Him! I knew him! Others were dotted around or in scenes that didn't make the final edit.
Always thought the scene in BoB where the forest gets mortared for about twenty minutes rivals the opening scene of SPR when they're in the boats.
Interesting reading about some people not watching the film because of TH being in it. Of the actors of that time, who would've been a better lead for SPR?
When it was released one of my friends said an old guy next to him was sobbing during the film. 😥
It was clearly a film that could stir some very real emotions.
Saw it at the cinema when it came out, I walked out a sweaty wreck, Mrs M said I was with them for most of the film. Watched it later on DVD and it wasn't the same.
doordonotInteresting reading about some people not watching the film because of TH being in it. Of the actors of that time, who would've been a better lead for SPR?
Daniel Day Lewis, Liam Neeson, Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman,Jeff Bridges, Kurt Russell, Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, Kevin Spacey, Kevin Costner, Laurence Fishbourne, Mel Gibson, Michael Keaton, Nicholas Cage, Ralp Fiennes, Russel Crowe, Sean Penn, Tom Cruise, Willem Dafoe, Woody Harelson, Matthew McConaghey.....and i would happily say you could have gone into lower tier less well known actors too since the film wasn't a Tom Hanks vehicle and the film's success or failure is nothing to with him (although I don't like him and found him to be too old and fat for the role).
Can't stand Hanks normally, but didn't mind him in SPR cos it's one of the few films where he doesn't try too hard.
As long as it is more 'Band of Brothers' than 'The Pacific' which was, quite frankly, dull.
The problem with The Pacific is the fighting there was very much a case of one "short" horrendous battle followed by either nothing else (for some soldiers) or a huge gap between that and another battle. I've read both the source books of the Pacific and they both have large non-fighty-war parts because, fundamentally, it's quite the job to set up amphibious assaults.
I'd agree though, it was nowhere near as good as Band of Brothers.
[quote="badllama"]Saw it at the cinema originally took the ex telling her it was a Tom Hanks movie, she was not impressed, my bad.
One of the first dates with the woman who is now my wife (possibly the first time we went to the cinema, actually) I took her to see [i]Crash[/i]. The Cronenberg film. That was a poor choice too.
Probably one of the best "modern" war films, and one that is under-rated compared to other Vietnam films in my eyes, is "We were soldiers" with Mel Gibson before he became ones of them there racists (in the words of Father Ted)
New Mel Gibson WW2 movie, as director, is supposed to be very good. Hacksaw Ridge.
Jeez. Some of you lot...
You'll be telling my U-571 is an inaccurate portrayal of the capture of the Enigma next.
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Jeez. Some of you lot...You'll be telling my U-571 is an inaccurate portrayal of the capture of the Enigma next.
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Jeesss, everyone knows Jon Bon Jovi won the war for us!
