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WWII Movies

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Roscoe Arbuckle, Sep 14, 2019.

  1. Roscoe Arbuckle

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    Obviously, Schindler's list, Saving Private Ryan, Tora Tora Tora and other popular ones everyone knows about, but I've always found it good stories, fictional or based on something.

    My two suggestions:

    Boy in the striped pajamas



    In Darkness



    Any others any of us should see?
     
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    I’m watching inglorious bastards right now.
     
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  3. Roscoe Arbuckle

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    HATED that movie. I love Tarantino, but that was so factually inaccurate.
    There will be idiots that see this movie and think this is what actually happened.

    HATED HATED HATED it.
     
  4. Buck Turgidson

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    The English Patient
     
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    When I was but a wee little child I was raised by "The Big Red One" and "Force 10 From Navarone" (which objectively was pretty terrible but I love it).

    "A Bridge Too Far" is pretty freaking awesome:



    I love "Where Eagles Dare"



    And "Midway" from 1976:



    And I'm always drawn to the weirdness and anachronisms of Kelly's Heroes whenever its on:

     
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    tmoney1101 Contributing Member

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    I wholeheartedly disagree, I love this movie, and you did say fictional in your op. I don’t give much credence to what idiots think is faculty accurate or not so it doesn’t bother me if they believe the story.
     
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  8. Roscoe Arbuckle

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    There is a HUGE difference between a fictional movie based upon factual events, and the Traveshamockery that Quentin did.

    Again, idiots will watch this movie and think Hitler was killed in a movie theater...
     
  9. Roscoe Arbuckle

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    Still better than Quentin...
     
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    What???

    I'm guessing there is another Tarantino movie you hate too then
     
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  11. Roscoe Arbuckle

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    Did you miss where I said factual inaccuracies?
     
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    But why should that bother you? If someone is dumb enough to believe that hitler was killed in a movie theater then I’m not wasting my time trying to persuade them differently. It’s like arguing with some one that still supports trump. People are going to believe what they believe. You can’t argue with stupid.
     
  13. Buck Turgidson

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    Obviously Inglorious Basterds is a horribly counterfactual movie. I mean, if Hitler had his head shot off in a movie theater, how in the world could this documentary be true?

     
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    Next you're going to tell me that Brad Pitt *didn't* kill the Manson Family members in the house next door to Roman Polansky's.
     
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    There's a pretty silly Russian movie called T-34 that came out recently with people drifting their T-34's around corners and jumping over broken bridges like the Dukes of Hazzard and what not. Still pretty exciting and good special effects. Good fun:



    Contrast that with a very disturbing and dark Soviet film from 1985 called "Come and See" that is pretty widely viewed as a masterpiece:

     
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  17. Buck Turgidson

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    That was a fun movie, not sure if factual though.

    @Ottomaton, Come and See is a great and very ****ed up movie.
     
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    Not a movie, but the British documentary WW2 in HD/color has some really rare footage and excellent commentary -- it's on Netflix.
     
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    It's an alternate universe movie -- I've never heard anyone not understand that before.
     
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    Well, there's still a lot of people around who think we have a Mineshaft Gap.
     

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