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"A Bridge Too Far" got ripped by critics but

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In Reply to: Vehicles posted by Troy on January 04, 2004 at 12:16:45:

its actually a good war movie. The German armoured cars didn't look right, but at least the Allied tanks were correct.
I think the big problem folks have with Bridge is that it's hard to follow if you don't already know about Operation Market-Garden, and, since it was a Allied defeat, most people never heard of it.
Worst war movie for accuracy is the ridiculous The Battle of the Bulge. The climactic tank battle was filmed on plain in Spain (sorry about that) because the director wanted as much of action as possible visible to the viewers. Never mind that the battle was fought in the dead of winter, in the Ardennes Forest.
The names of the towns were changed, the names of the generals were changed, the objective of the offensive was changed. The actors who played the Germans (with the exception of the always excellent Robert Shaw) had excrutiatingly bad accents...another Hollywood mess.

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Re: "A Bridge Too Far" got ripped by critics but - klaus 00:47:19 01/05/04 (1)
Defeat? Montgomery didn't secure the objective at Arnhem. It's a failure, not defeat. I'm not sure that the very word 'defeat' or 'debacle' can be applicable for a minor tactical operation like Market Garden - with the enemy unable to reverse tables. Dunkirk in 1940 - that was a defeat, and a success for the British as well.
- I'd call the near total destruction of the British 1st Airborne Division a defeat. - olddude55 03:01:04 01/05/04 (0)
  The Allies shifted all of their dwindling fuel resources to Market-Garden and all they ended up with was useless salient that had to be defended trench-warfare style.
  The US First Army was then directed to support Monty's right flank. This led to the disastrous engagments in the Huertgen Forest and stalemate on the western front.
  The breathing spell gave the Germans the space they needed to execute the Ardennes Offensive.
  Market-Garden was no "minor tactical operation," either. It involved the entire Allied Airborne Army, and the British 30 Corps. It was a bold, if poorly thought-out, plan to turn the Siegfried Line and end the war in the fall of 1944.

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