"A Bridge Too Far" got ripped by critics but

Posted by olddude55 on January 4, 2004 at 12:45:58

In Reply to: Vehicles posted by Troy on January 4, 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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Topic - PATTON - danj 01:16:25 01/02/04 (13)

Very good movie and great soldier. - Alex Yakovlev 11:38:52 01/08/04 (0)

Re: PATTON - klaus 04:14:30 01/02/04 (9)

Re: PATTON - danj 23:43:30 01/03/04 (1)

Scott was also excellent in "Hardcore" and.. - olddude55 06:41:59 01/04/04 (0)

Re: PATTON - olddude55 07:17:31 01/03/04 (6)

You can't be serious... - klaus 10:07:52 01/03/04 (5)

Nope. It's faithful to the book, - olddude55 06:39:06 01/04/04 (4)

Vehicles - Troy 12:16:45 01/04/04 (3)

"A Bridge Too Far" got ripped by critics but - olddude55 12:45:58 01/04/04 (2)

Re: "A Bridge Too Far" got ripped by critics but - klaus 00:47:19 01/05/04 (1)

I'd call the near total destruction of the British 1st Airborne Division a defeat. - olddude55 03:01:04 01/05/04 (0)

Re: PATTON - rico 02:26:27 01/02/04 (1)

Legend has it Nixon watched it TWICE before deciding to GO with the Cambodian incursion. n - albee33 10:25:45 01/02/04 (0)

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"A Bridge Too Far" got ripped by critics but - olddude55 12:45:58 01/04/04 (2)

Re: "A Bridge Too Far" got ripped by critics but - klaus 00:47:19 01/05/04 (1)

I'd call the near total destruction of the British 1st Airborne Division a defeat. - olddude55 03:01:04 01/05/04 (0)

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