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May 26, 2018 - 10:57 PM
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dragon53
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EDWZOOMOM:
I watched BLACK HAWK DOWN tonight which is one of the best war movies.
My opinion about the movies you watched:
PATTON---perhaps the best war movie in my collection (but Coppola "Hollywoodized" some parts of the movie such as the scene in Sicily where Patton disregards orders from British General Alexander not to proceed to Messina, tells his subordinate that the message was garbled and then Patton captures Messina ahead of the British and greets Montgomery with the Army band playing. In fact, Patton had Alexander's approval for attacking Messina and there was no Army band playing when the British arrived.
Also, the scene after D-Day in Bradley's headquarters where Patton begs for a combat assignment after being punished for the soldier-slapping incidents (two soldiers were slapped, not one) is false. Patton was part of a decoy Army in England for D-Day and knew all along he would be part of the breakout from Normandy.
Also, the movie doesn't include the incident late in the war when Patton sent a task force to rescue his son-in-law, who was captured in North Africa, from a German POW camp deep behind German lines. Patton rejected his top tank commander's (Creighton Abrams) suggestion that the rescue force be much larger. Consequently, the rescue force was wiped out and his son-in-law was wounded during the rescue attempt and was recaptured.
WINDTALKERS---I was disappointed in this movie when I saw it years ago.
MIDWAY---lots of movie stars and does a good job of telling the story about the actual Battle of Midway----but the weak points are the silly Japanese fiancee subplot and the extremely inaccurate use of actual war film footage such as scenes showing Navy F6F Hellcats, SB2C Helldivers, etc. that weren't in use in 1942 and Charlton Heston flying an SBD Dauntless dive bomber and crashing at the end of the movie in an entirely different airplane.
My suggestions for the best non-fiction Memorial Day movies you haven't seen---13 HOURS and A BRIDGE TOO FAR (A BRIDGE TOO FAR has a cast that is hard to beat----Sean Connery, Robert Redford, Michael Caine, Anthony Hopkins, Lawrence Olivier, James Caan, Gene Hackman, Elliot Gould, Liv Ullman, Edward Fox, Ryan O'Neal, et al.).
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In Harm's Way
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