most historically CORRECT WAR movie
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Flatlander Fox
Armed Cultural Consultant
It's not a War movie per se, but Wyatt Earp was a VERY close representation of what happened...
Black Hawk Down was close to actual events too. I did say CLOSE, not all the way correct.
Black Hawk Down was close to actual events too. I did say CLOSE, not all the way correct.
Daaraa
King
I always thought Tora Tora Tora was supposed to be painstakingly done to acurate details. So much effort was put into details it cost the studio that did it a lot more money than they brought in.
I also heard the same sort of thing about the Longest Day although I could be wrong.
I also heard the same sort of thing about the Longest Day although I could be wrong.
joespaniel
Unescorted Settler
Ugh. Tough choice here.
I liked Longest Day, but its a bit off. Tora Tora Tora was indeed better.
Blackhawk Down was very well done, the only way it could have been better was to make it an hour longer.
I think I'll go with A Bridge Too Far, perhaps the best war movie ever made.
I also think it made an effective anti-war statement by telling the truth.
I liked Longest Day, but its a bit off. Tora Tora Tora was indeed better.
Blackhawk Down was very well done, the only way it could have been better was to make it an hour longer.
I think I'll go with A Bridge Too Far, perhaps the best war movie ever made.
I also think it made an effective anti-war statement by telling the truth.
Case
The horror, the horror
While not a movie, 'Band of Brothers' seemed to be extreamly historically accruate.
napoleon526
Emperor
Patton. George C. Scott did a marvelous job accurately portraying such a complicated historical figure. And he looks so much like the actual Patton, it's scary!
Movie Patton:
Real Patton:
Movie Patton:
Real Patton:
Richard III
Duke of Gloucester
"Patton" always feels wrong because of the damn tanks.
I'd vote for "A Bridge Too Far," which remains my favorite war flick of all time.
All evidence seems to suggest that Band of Brothers is also up there.
I'd vote for "A Bridge Too Far," which remains my favorite war flick of all time.
All evidence seems to suggest that Band of Brothers is also up there.
napoleon526
Emperor
The combat scenes and the Normandy landing in particular were amazingly well done. I think that the whole bit about Private Ryan was made up, though. This is understandable, however. They needed some sort of plot device if Spielberg wanted his movie to be more than just a bunch of battle scenes.
joespaniel
Unescorted Settler
Its a fictional story, but based on real events.
I wouldnt call it a "historical" movie though, its entertainment.
So was Enemy at the Gates. Based on real people in a real battle, but not historical in the facts.
Not too many people care enough about that sort of thing, they just want to be entertained for an hour and thirty minutes.
Better off going to the library if you want accuracy.
I wouldnt call it a "historical" movie though, its entertainment.
So was Enemy at the Gates. Based on real people in a real battle, but not historical in the facts.
Not too many people care enough about that sort of thing, they just want to be entertained for an hour and thirty minutes.
Better off going to the library if you want accuracy.
TheStinger
Warlord
Band of Brothers was very good except for the dodgy accents of the British soldiers when they appeared
Magnus
Diplocat
"Glory"
gr8ful wes
Deity
bridge too far
tora tora tora
band of brothers
gettysburg
tora tora tora
band of brothers
gettysburg
klazlo
Avatarless Sociologist
A Bridge Too Far
not just correct but good also
not just correct but good also
TrailblazingScot
I was kittenOFchaos
"The Bridge over the River Kwai" 
sabo
My Ancestors were Vikings
One word...
PLATOON
I've been to Viet Nam and it was scarey all the memories this movie brought back.
PLATOON
I've been to Viet Nam and it was scarey all the memories this movie brought back.
Stefan Haertel
Title
[q]Its a fictional story, but based on real events.
I wouldnt call it a "historical" movie though, its entertainment.
So was Enemy at the Gates. Based on real people in a real battle, but not historical in the facts.
Not too many people care enough about that sort of thing, they just want to be entertained for an hour and thirty
minutes.
Better off going to the library if you want accuracy.[/q]
Sorry, but I didn't think Saving Private Ryan was "entertaining". I nearly puked seeing the first twenty minutes, and to me, the only thing that this movie does is underline the fact, that such kinds of patriotism, as executed by the Americans, which is based on violence and cruelty in pointless combats is totally ridiculous.
I wouldnt call it a "historical" movie though, its entertainment.
So was Enemy at the Gates. Based on real people in a real battle, but not historical in the facts.
Not too many people care enough about that sort of thing, they just want to be entertained for an hour and thirty
minutes.
Better off going to the library if you want accuracy.
[/q]Sorry, but I didn't think Saving Private Ryan was "entertaining". I nearly puked seeing the first twenty minutes, and to me, the only thing that this movie does is underline the fact, that such kinds of patriotism, as executed by the Americans, which is based on violence and cruelty in pointless combats is totally ridiculous.
Alcibiaties of Athenae
Imperator
Sorry, but no.
My oldest brother was in 3rd Brg, 4th Div, Duc Pho, RVN, 1968.
Any resemblance to Vietnam and Platoon is purely accidental.
From my perspective, a Bridge to far showed an airborne operation correctly, even though they omitted some of the more interesting aspects of the fight near Nijmegan ( this is my personal favorite.).
An unmentioned film is Das Boote, which is extremly acurate in it's depiction of WWII German submariners.
Like Platoon, "Pvt Ryan" shows a GROSS historical distortion, namely, US forces committing or considering war crimes (the Ville sceen in Platoon would NEVER have gone unpunished, the JAG corp would have been tipped off, NO WAY would the execution of a civilian been brushed aside, and at one point in "Ryan" they consider shooting their German prisoner, which is ANOTHER war crime, revisionist "historians" that know NOTHING of how the US Army works wrote both scenes, no freaken way to both).
Tora, tora,tora was very well done historically.
Battle of Britain was also well done, but did add fictional elements for dramatic effect.
The Longest day is horrible historically, it's loaded with errors.
One forgotten film is "Guadalcanal diary", this is nearly 100% accurate depiction of the early days on the canal, and was made during the war, oddly enough.
Glory is fairly well done as well.
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