Martin Kirkegaard wrote:Hey Caldric,
What I wanted to point out with that example of the .50 cal was they will always exists, and people will always use those small errors to call a movie unrealistic. I find BoB one of the most realistic movies/series out there. What I hate the most is how people say it glorifies the American soldiers, and how the Americans never die. When the company was pulled off the line in late june the company had lost 65 men. Plus the lost a decent amount of men in the Battle of the Bulge. You see them cry, break down, give up - You never see them going rambo-like into a firefight.
You can hear and see in the documentary how many of the men including Winters in bothered about, what they've done during the war, and how it still hunts them.
Hi Martin,
I agree completely, I like you just do not understand the people who slam the film as glorifying anything, it sure as hell did not glorify war.
Fact is the US lost the least of all of the Major Powers in the war, they almost without exception had fewer casualties then the enemy in almost all of their engagements. I think a great deal of this is due to the fact that the US had plenty of time, we had time to build supplies, to wait for air power, to wait for good weather, and the commanders ability to fight when and where they chose with the exception of places like the Bulge.
I think the psychological aspects shown in BoB was the best ever done, the Lt. most especially. He slowly succumbed to the stress, or the young private that was just scared to death but finally went from scared to indifferent which would lead to his death.
It was the most powerful war movie I have ever seen, showing all aspects from coward to unsung hero, to just men doing something they did not enjoy. Is without a doubt the best war movie in history as far as I am concerned.
