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I haven't seen this film but it is highly regarded by everyone! I gotta get around to seeing it!mr_clark said:My favourite WW2 movie is a German one called "Die Brücke" ("The Bridge")...
I haven't seen this film but it is highly regarded by everyone! I gotta get around to seeing it!mr_clark said:My favourite WW2 movie is a German one called "Die Brücke" ("The Bridge")...
yes, a powerful movie. Also worth watching is Stanley Kubrick's "Paths of Glory."PvtJohnson said:A good movie I watched in history class was "All quiet on the Western Front" It's a WW1 movie and I thought it was pretty good and there was alot of action.
I always kind of liked "In Harm's Way". Admittedly it lacks any semblance of historical accuracy. I always wondered why they used faked names for Nimitz, Halsey, etc. and even changed the names of the islands in the Pacific. I particularly liked some of the supporting characters, especially the Aussie coast watcher. The scene where Kirk Douglas's character slaps around the publicity officer is classic. Plus, Patricia Neal is always great. Maybe the fact that the first time I saw it was as a kid at the drive-in has stuck with me.........The Doctor said:For the worst WWII movie, I hate to do this, but I have to pick a John Wayne movie. "In Harm's Way" is historically awful; although somewhat enjoyable, in a trashy way.
The book is much better then the film...PvtJohnson said:A good movie I watched in history class was "All quiet on the Western Front" It's a WW1 movie and I thought it was pretty good and there was alot of action.
I have similar "fond" memories of this movie too! As I said, it is a historially wrong soap opera. Don't forget Burgess Meredith's charater "Egan". An awful movie that I will watch any time it's on TV! The daytime surface battle at the end was so historically wrong as to be comical; yet it captured the horror of some of those night engagements in the Solomans.Lance Williams said:I always kind of liked "In Harm's Way". Admittedly it lacks any semblance of historical accuracy. I always wondered why they used faked names for Nimitz, Halsey, etc. and even changed the names of the islands in the Pacific. I particularly liked some of the supporting characters, especially the Aussie coast watcher. The scene where Kirk Douglas's character slaps around the publicity officer is classic. Plus, Patricia Neal is always great. Maybe the fact that the first time I saw it was as a kid at the drive-in has stuck with me.........
Would that be available on DvD?mr_clark said:My favourite WW2 movie is a German one called "Die Brücke" ("The Bridge")...