So another idea from my friend Dave is to tackle the fun topic of accuracy of American Military themed movies. At first, I was taken aback. Lately, movies have become much more attentive to accuracy, but some...well, we're not gonna go there. May have to revisit some really baaaaaad history movies (Pearl Harbor...::vomits slightly in my mouth::), but we'll see. So far, I've got a few in mind, going to be watching "Tora, Tora, Tora" again as well as "Midway," "Gods and Generals," and others if I can. I look forward to watching some great and not so great films once again and critiquing them on their accuracy.
If you have any ideas for films, please feel free to comment.
Here's what I've got so far:
Midway
Tora, Tora, Tora
Gettysburg
Gods and Generals
John Adams (not fully a military film, but Adams does become a pirate!)
Band of Brothers
The Pacific
We Were Soldiers
The Patriot
Saving Private Ryan
Windtalkers
Jarhead
The Longest Day
Battle of the Bulge
A Bridge to Far
Black Hawk Down
The New World
The Great Escape
Great Raid
Flyboys
Glory
Thin Red Line
The Alamo (Not really American, but still a neat movie)
Sergeant York
The Green Berets
In Harm's Way
Sands of Iwo Jima
The Horse Soldiers
The Dirty Dozen
Pearl Harbor
I'm sure there are more, but this is a pretty comprehensive list.
HA IT took me a while but I found one....PATTON!!!
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