Movies and Films
This is the forum for Movie and Film discussions. Again, our topic is naval warfare in WWII for the most part.
Re: Historical Accuracy of U-571
Posted by:
Siegfried von Funk
()
Date: December 09, 2004 10:01AM
bradley hunter-mann wrote:
> i meant war movies are supposed to be accurate, how else will
> the point be put across that these men died for our freedom.
Some are, some aren't. Some try for accuracy and fail, others are sheer entertainment. I was disappointed in "Memphis Belle". Wherein what should have been, and was in real life, a "milk run", the filmmakers, out of whole cloth, made something up. Exciting? OK. Accurate? Nah. After I got over my indignant disappointment, I figured, "What the cluck" and I watch it occaisionally.
It's like the difference between, let's say, "The Longest Day" or "A Bridge Too Far" and "Kelly's Heroes" or "The Dirty Dozen". Enjoy 'em all, howe'er ye can, sez I.
von Funk
> i meant war movies are supposed to be accurate, how else will
> the point be put across that these men died for our freedom.
Some are, some aren't. Some try for accuracy and fail, others are sheer entertainment. I was disappointed in "Memphis Belle". Wherein what should have been, and was in real life, a "milk run", the filmmakers, out of whole cloth, made something up. Exciting? OK. Accurate? Nah. After I got over my indignant disappointment, I figured, "What the cluck" and I watch it occaisionally.
It's like the difference between, let's say, "The Longest Day" or "A Bridge Too Far" and "Kelly's Heroes" or "The Dirty Dozen". Enjoy 'em all, howe'er ye can, sez I.
von Funk
