Accurate Movie? - Page 2

Friedrich H · 23-02-2004, 06:46 PM

"Dark Blue World" is an excellent film. If you want to watch a good film about the Battle of Britain and its foreign volunteers along with a nice love story —all supported by a good story, plot and script— then it is your film.

And certainly "Tora! Tora! Tora!" is the film about Pearl Harbour.

Will O'Brien · 06-04-2004, 11:54 PM

'Pearl Harbour'......................the worst twenty quid I ever spent on a DVD..............serves me right for buying before I had seen it first

Wise1 · 07-04-2004, 12:48 AM

Got to agree with most comments, I think the first 20 minutes if that told me I should stop watching but I paid for it so I saw it through to the end, Another Hollywood film where the facts did not really fit what they wanted to portray.

salientpoints · 07-04-2004, 02:09 AM

Shouldn't this be under 'Books, Movies & Games' as it is a comparison of a holywood film vs real theatre of war? It is not a pure discussion on war in the pacific.

Ryan (purist :P )

By the way I agree with Friedrich on 'Dark Blue World'...

Kiwiwriter · 27-08-2004, 10:40 PM

I couldn't stop laughing at Pearl Harbor. The only thing in it that was accurate was the gore.

I gave up on counting all the historical errors.

And the air battles were a scream...yes, World War II was definitely fought between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader amid the canyons of the Death Star. How could I have been so naive to think that an air battle takes place in the air!

And I thought the Japanese were blunted at Midway, not by the Doolittle Raid.

And I liked the "nurses' platoon," which had the clean-cut heroine in the love triangle, the "fast girl," the "sweet girl who gets it, the "brain," and the unattractive girl who was likely a lesbian.

The best special effect in the whole picture was Kate Beckinsale's American accent. She was also the best piece of upholstery in the picture. Hubba-hubba!

DirtyDick · 28-08-2004, 12:57 AM

I also liked the magic computer effects.

Only about a dozen times could I see Jap Zeros roaring over mothballed Knox Class frigates (USN FFs circa 1975). It would have been better to generate the whole thing; at least it would not end up looking like that film when a modern (1980s) US aircraft carrier goes back in time to 1940 and nearly changes the course of history by preventing the attack on Pearl Harbor

Richard

23-02-2004, 06:46 PM	#11 (permalink)
Friedrich H Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Born in Germany, French citizen and living in Mexico... Posts: 339	"Dark Blue World" is an excellent film. If you want to watch a good film about the Battle of Britain and its foreign volunteers along with a nice love story —all supported by a good story, plot and script— then it is your film. And certainly "Tora! Tora! Tora!" is the film about Pearl Harbour. __________________ "Only the dead will know the end of the war" Plato "Tempus edax rerum" (Time devours all) Ovidious "Vivire militare est" (To live is to fight) Seneca "Tout est perdu forst l'honneur!" (Everything is lost, but the honour!) François I of France. $\'user$

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salientpoints Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Sussex Posts: 456	Shouldn't this be under 'Books, Movies & Games' as it is a comparison of a holywood film vs real theatre of war? It is not a pure discussion on war in the pacific. Ryan (purist :P ) By the way I agree with Friedrich on 'Dark Blue World'... __________________ Website: www.salientpoints.com - join the Whizzbangs & Woodbines WebRing In memory of Sgt. Frank Gearing 1254762 RAF & Pvt. Roland Bird 10582509 RAOC.

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Kiwiwriter Very Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Newark, NJ, and Christchurch, NZ Posts: 2,431	I couldn't stop laughing at Pearl Harbor. The only thing in it that was accurate was the gore. I gave up on counting all the historical errors. And the air battles were a scream...yes, World War II was definitely fought between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader amid the canyons of the Death Star. How could I have been so naive to think that an air battle takes place in the air! And I thought the Japanese were blunted at Midway, not by the Doolittle Raid. And I liked the "nurses' platoon," which had the clean-cut heroine in the love triangle, the "fast girl," the "sweet girl who gets it, the "brain," and the unattractive girl who was likely a lesbian. The best special effect in the whole picture was Kate Beckinsale's American accent. She was also the best piece of upholstery in the picture. Hubba-hubba! __________________ "My intensity is intense." -- Roger Clemens "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." -- Winston Churchill. "I am not a hero. The heroes are all dead. I am a survivor." -- Sgt. William Guarnere, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Check out my little contributions to World War II history at my web pages: World War II Plus 55 or http://davidhlippman.wildbillguarnere.com

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DirtyDick Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: UK Posts: 360	I also liked the magic computer effects. Only about a dozen times could I see Jap Zeros roaring over mothballed Knox Class frigates (USN FFs circa 1975). It would have been better to generate the whole thing; at least it would not end up looking like that film when a modern (1980s) US aircraft carrier goes back in time to 1940 and nearly changes the course of history by preventing the attack on Pearl Harbor Richard __________________ Seeking all things and information about Allied submariners of both world wars

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06-04-2004, 11:54 PM	#12 (permalink)
Will O'Brien Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 41	'Pearl Harbour'......................the worst twenty quid I ever spent on a DVD..............serves me right for buying before I had seen it first

07-04-2004, 12:48 AM	#13 (permalink)
Wise1 Very Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,056	Got to agree with most comments, I think the first 20 minutes if that told me I should stop watching but I paid for it so I saw it through to the end, Another Hollywood film where the facts did not really fit what they wanted to portray.

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