Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Dalton (A) on October 14, 2007 at 20:17:05

In Reply to: RE: "The Longest Day" -1962. posted by AudioHead on October 12, 2007 at 08:09:06

I appreciate the movie for its broad scale. Virtually all modern war movies focus on a small band of soldiers - always depicted as hapless victims of circumstance - who are just trying to survive. We get very little sense of them accomplishing a mission larger than themselves which would give their sacrifices and deaths some dignity and meaning. We, the viewers, are meant to sympathize with their plight but not to appreciate what they accomplished.

"The Longest Day", if not as realistic in showing the horrors of war as modern war movies do, at least tries to give an idea of the herculean logistics and strategy involved in the invasion as well as showing the progession of events from various perspectives (American, British, German, French resistance, etc) while also giving us annecdotal stories of the common soldiers.