another culture's retrospective on WWII, but what should have been a riveting bunch of set pieces in the forest, to me, became a run of rather ridiculous occurrences.
Waterfall: what happened to the other half of that duo? Did he just figure his friend disappeared for no reason?
Firefights: a dozen heavily armed elite paratroopers can't defeat two sub machine guns and several single-loading rifles? Not too elite. And what's with elite troops marching in lockstep a few paces apart into fire? One or two grenades, only, in the elite group? And after his "girls" get slaughtered, sarge is going to march those 3 Nazis back, across that marsh? Don't think so!
Up to that, I was okay with the story, characterizations, etc. At some point, credibility has to enter into a war film, however.
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Topic - "The Dawns Here Are Quiet:" (miniseries) (spoiler alert!) worth watching for insight into - tinear 06:18:32 11/03/20 (5)
- Might I be so bold as to suggest a viewing of the original 1972 film? - Road Warrior 17:50:33 11/05/20 (4)
- You may! Not immediately though; gonna give it a few weeks so the one looses its grip - tinear 07:34:26 11/06/20 (3)
- Life and Fate is on Youtube, but no subs. nt - Victor Khomenko 13:55:20 11/06/20 (0)
- I think Life and Fate is on the 'zon IIRC^ - Road Warrior 12:08:09 11/06/20 (1)
- No mo 'zon for us. Dang. nt - tinear 22:34:00 11/06/20 (0)