What's Your worst war movie ever

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RE: What's Your worst war movie ever

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[:D]You can't be a native Texas and hate John Wayne movies ( no matter how bad[;)] ) - I bet you hate dogs, apple pie and you mom too!! [:D]
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RE: What's Your worst war movie ever

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"However, I'd rather have a 300 pound reenactor with authentic uniform and equipment who is scrupulously trying to be "real" than a hired extra who knows nothing about the period or the war. "



Authentic uniforms are a definite plus, and I'm sure the movie budget is helped by not having to outfit a regiment of soldier. However, I am still not sold on reenactors in movies. Nothing against reenacting, getting out for a weekend in another period sounds like a lot of fun.

The best movies with a lot of extras generally get them from the military. Waterloo used Russian soldiers and Gardens of Stone used actual troops from the 3rd US Infantry. Of course that doesn't solve all the problems with putting together realistic battle sequences. It still takes good directing and editing to make sure there aren't any individuals taking a time out in the middle of an advance.

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RE: What's Your worst war movie ever

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Besides Battle of the Bulge, others on my suck list include:

The Green Berets (Need I explain why?)
The Big Red One (Terrible Combat scenes plus Mark Hamil-aparently coming off his recent hit "Camero Summer")
Midway (They used a lot of WWII combat footage aparently to save money on special effects.)
Tora Tora Tora (See Midway above)





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