vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
After Red Tails and Pearl Harbor, I no longer have expectations.
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Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
..... and not one Bf 110!!
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Honestly, if you go back and look at the movie Battle of Britain, you would think that the Luftwaffe only had the Bf109, the Ju87 and the He111 while the RAF only had Spitfires...
I understand it was "only a movie", but the BoB had such a wide variety of aircraft that sticking to only one type or the other kind of kills the atmosphere. (Kind of like in Flyboys where all the German aircraft were red DR.Is)
I understand it was "only a movie", but the BoB had such a wide variety of aircraft that sticking to only one type or the other kind of kills the atmosphere. (Kind of like in Flyboys where all the German aircraft were red DR.Is)
It was made in 1969, without the benefit of CGI. The flying sequences were performed by real pilots in real aeroplanes.
They had problems finding a flyable 110 because most of them ended up nose down in the south coast of England when they met an RAF fighter.
at6
1st Sergeant
Would probably still beat Italian war movies or should we say Spaghetti shooters? I've seen some of those and they are totally ridiculous.Long and bitter experience of Hollyweird war movies maybe ?
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Alot of movies back in those days were pretty innovative when it came to aircraft. Look the Japanese aircraft inTora! Tora! Tora!...to the casual observer, those were attacking IJN aircraft. To the those that knew better, it was a great chance to see some BT-13 trainers!
parsifal
Colonel
I think one of the best war movies was Tora Tora Tora so far as accuracy was concerned
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I56EnecvVZU
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I56EnecvVZU
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Loved Tora Tora Tora!
Yeah. Considering who made it. Travesty.
bobbysocks
Chief Master Sergeant
Riiiiiight! The same as you read Penthouse and Playboy for the articles...?
they have articles in them? where?
RAGMAN
Airman
I just watched fury. It was pretty good. A tank version of saving private ryan is what I compared it to.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Ummmmm......no.
So 300 SS troops with crates full of Panzerfausts against a single Sherman and .....yeah..... I won't spoil it for those who didn't see it but I'm sure they can draw their own conclusion.
Will admit the effects were good and that it's nice to see some original equipment. But the story was predictable and held to the unfortunate norm established by most Hollywood war movies. I would not put it in the same league as Ryan which put itself above that sort of thing.
So 300 SS troops with crates full of Panzerfausts against a single Sherman and .....yeah..... I won't spoil it for those who didn't see it but I'm sure they can draw their own conclusion.
Will admit the effects were good and that it's nice to see some original equipment. But the story was predictable and held to the unfortunate norm established by most Hollywood war movies. I would not put it in the same league as Ryan which put itself above that sort of thing.
