Quote from: Luddite on 26 December 2012, 12:27:12 PM
Well, ANY film based during WWII that has any Americans in the first 1/3rd of the film is historically inaccurate.   

Not if its in the Pacific............

IanS 

Quote from: ianrs54 on 26 December 2012, 04:08:54 PM
Not if its in the Pacific............

IanS 

Disagreed. Pacific conflict goes back to 1937. Americans officially part of it as of December 7 1941. Unofficially is hard to say ("Advisors" for the Chinese Air Force aka US Army Air Force training in China)

Remake of Red Dawn shouldn't be far away with Russians replaced with North Koreans and their allies   I can see it being a total, Americans save the day film, but aren't they all!

Red Dawn 2 has already been released and to be honest its total pants. The original was way better.

Quote from: sebigboss79 on 25 December 2012, 11:35:22 AM

Problem with the tanks is that none of those is / was left. Some Panzer IV survived in Egypt though. No Panther or Tiger tanks I am aware of.

You'd think this would be less of a problem nowadays with the budgets for big films. I think I heard that Peter Jackson has built a squadron of Lancasters for the Dambusters film. Of course the best films tend not to be the ones with the big budgets.

There are various German tanks in running condition in museums around the world. Of these, the Panther appears more often, because it was used some time post-war by the French. They just don't appear in films, because they are (literally) irreplacable.

But I agree that for new films CGI and modelmaking is the way to go. Also 'modding' existing tanks to look like German ones remains popular (with various levels of succes). The general public just won't care however, any tank with big German crosses on it will do.

If you want something a bit more special, you just have a new one built



http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=548512

Recent WW2....

Just glancing at my DVDs, These ain't that recent but they ain't very old...

Memphis bell
Enemy at the gate
SPR
Band of Brothers (yes it's a series, but still).

If it dose not have to be WW2

Black hawk down
Behind Enemy Lines
Generation kill (Series)
Full metal jacket
Platoon  
Bravo2Zero (Series)
Clear and present danger
Hunt for red October
Zulu (I'd say that was old)
Zulu dawn (that also)
Sharp's Waterloo
Jarheads

I'm sure there is more....

Don't get me wrong on this but I like watching the documentries about the Brit troops in Afghanistan it shows the comradeship and the low points when someone is lost.The sacrefice the soldiers are making and the pure bravery that they go through to get the job or mission done.I don't watch them for entertainment but in a way of trying to understand the hardships they encounter and my knowledge of the battles they are facing.

Like buses, I post this thread and then two decent war movies come along in the same day -

Bridge over the River Kwai and Cockleshell Heroes

On Eastern Front partisan movie far better than Definance is "Come & See"

Also do not forget naval war movies - always like "Tora, Tora, Tora" and Midway not too bad. Battle of River Plate/Bismarck all good Brit war movies, but finest naval movie for me was "Das Boot"

Quote from: OldenBUA on 27 December 2012, 10:17:35 AM
... because it was used some time post-war by the French.

I thought they only used the 75mm gun from the Panther in their own, new, maybe Panthe inspired???, tank design.

No they used roughly 100 (2 btns worth) for a couple of years, replaced with Easy 8's by 1950. The gun was shortened to an L60? and fitted to the AMX-13.

IanS

Quote from: Nosher on 28 December 2012, 10:04:47 AM
Like buses, I post this thread and then two decent war movies come along in the same day -

Bridge over the River Kwai and Cockleshell Heroes

And a third fourth and fifth film today!
Zulu ,The Four Feathers (remake which I have never seen) and the original version of Charge of the Light Brigade

Defiance! I forgot Defience! Awesome film

And boy in the striped PJs but I don't think that's a 'war' film. 

For those of you who have Netflix, I can recommend "the Siege of Jadotville".

It's the story of an Irish company in the Congo in the 1960's - sort of a Rourke's Drift feel.

The excellent Mark Strong plays a UN official, and lots of unknown (to me) Irish actors.

Good, gritty feel to the film. Two things I noticed was the unshaven appearance of the soldiers before they left Ireland, and the amazing pin point accuracy of a 60mm mortar at a stated range of 2,200 yards. 

Are you sure it's not O'Rourke's Drift?

Well, Rourke's Drift is already named after an Irishman. The O's not going to add more Irishness.

Apparently the main actor is the chap from "50 Shades of Grey", and the excellent "the Fall", alongside Gillian Anderson.

The doughty sergeant was the main lead in the US version of "Life on Mars".

Dag Hammarskjold was played by the actor who stars as the Swedish James Bond "Hamilton", and Beorn in the Hobbit films.

To illustrate, here's a picture of Gillian Anderson.

Anderson for Bond!

My former pupil, Chiwetel Ejiofor, would be a cracking Bond.