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Aristus

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2. Saw it.

Reply to longship (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 27, 2014, 11:15 AM

Feb 2014

Hated it.

Some Hollywood pencil pusher, during the depths of the Vietnam War, said "Hey! let's make a movie that will appeal to the pro-war and anti-war crowd! And let's make one of the characters a hippie! 'Cause, you know, they had hippies and stuff back during World War II, right? Right?"

Plus, the tank warfare segments weren't terribly realistic. I'm guessing they didn't bring in any tankers to consult on the film...

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Can anyone recommend a good tank movie? [View all] Aristus Feb 2014 OP

Kelly's Heroes! longship Feb 2014 #1

Saw it. Aristus Feb 2014 #2

Sorry. As you can tell, I am ignorant of tank warfare. longship Feb 2014 #3

I've never seen the Battle of the Bulge all the way through, Aristus Feb 2014 #5

I appreciate historic accuracy. longship Feb 2014 #9

Have to disagree Aristus. Nitram Feb 2014 #14

Thanks for the input. Aristus Feb 2014 #15

I guess they werre libertarians :-) Nitram Mar 2014 #29

The beast is awesome!!! grahamhgreen Feb 2014 #4

I agree. Aristus Feb 2014 #7

We'll, you got me googling around... I came up with grahamhgreen Feb 2014 #10

I concur. OnyxCollie Feb 2014 #12

"Sahara" (1943) Paladin Feb 2014 #6

I have vague recollections of a movie, probably from the '90s... ret5hd Feb 2014 #8

That's The Beast. OnyxCollie Feb 2014 #13

I checked IMDB... catnhatnh Feb 2014 #11

I forgot "Courage Under Fire", which opens with the scene of a tank battle from The Gulf War. Aristus Feb 2014 #16

Let me make what I hope is a constructive suggestion: Paladin Feb 2014 #17

I try not to. It depends on the film. Aristus Feb 2014 #18

Glad to hear it. Paladin Feb 2014 #19

The inaccuracies in 'Gladiator' are, you should pardon the pun, legion. Aristus Feb 2014 #20

I read Caesar's accounts of the Gaelic wars in high school Latin.... Paladin Feb 2014 #22

No. Actually 'Gladiator' and the miniseries 'Rome' come the closest. Aristus Feb 2014 #26

Tank Girl? flying rabbit Feb 2014 #21

Yeah. I keep meaning to see it. Aristus Feb 2014 #23

I actually found it to be pretty enjoyable mindless entertainment. flying rabbit Feb 2014 #24

Two things: Aristus Feb 2014 #25

I'll bet this is about tanks. valerief Feb 2014 #27

Saw it. Aristus Feb 2014 #28

Lebanon--2009 kairos12 Mar 2014 #30

Got it on DVD. Aristus Mar 2014 #31

White Tiger (2012) onager Mar 2014 #32

I've had the DVD of "9th Company" for a couple of years now. Aristus Mar 2014 #33

Not on my OnDemand, yet. onager Mar 2014 #34

My primary encounters with Soviet-built tanks was when I was stationed in Europe. Aristus Mar 2014 #35

My DVD copy of "White Tiger" arrived in the mail today. Aristus Mar 2014 #38

These? brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #36

Welcome to DU! Aristus Mar 2014 #37