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New WWII movies coming!
"TooPlaneCrazy7" wrote in message ... Thanks for your viewpoints. I disagree with Spielberg not showing the viewpoints of the opposing forces. If you see his "war films" such as Empire of the Sun, SPR, and Schlinder's List, you'll see that Spielberg gives the "enemy" a human heart. Spielberg treats his characters with nothing short of respect, unlike most directors today. Schindlers list was unmitigated bull despite the 'gravity' and authenticity with which it was promoted. Schindlers widow said as much and more than a few people have torn holes in the "facts" in that film. Schindlers List goes down the highly selective path of 'righeous gentile' which can only be accomplished by puting your life at risk for a Jew. It is a holocaust movie not a war movie and it barely relates to the facts unfortunatly. I don't see that anywhere that Spielberg give a "human heart" as you say to any German character in SPR (saving private ryan): He turns the main German character into a vile treacherous and dishonourable ogre as is to be expected. As is usual Germans are shown as idiots that have 2/3rds of their bodies hanging out of a 'crap' poorly simulated "tiger tank" ready to get shot up like idiots when in fact these tanks did NOT have peep holes for americans to stick thompson submachine guns into, they opperated in pairs and hosed of infantry of each other and had Grenade lauchers that fired up Grenades vertically to clear any infantry on or near the tanks. In 'Band of Brothers' they are just dumb targets. Ok I understand that the Allies (Americans) win in the end and are the good guys (even though some of them weren't) and the Germans not but they are just another series of americanised, stereoptyped movies in which characters, history, technology are so modified as to be utterly meaningless. It would be better of Spielberg would leave films about Historical events like this to directors and producers with more integrity and authenticity. Even "Memphis Bell" missed an opportunity and that is the best of the films. I'm sick of this rubbish. Taking credit for a British fia't in obtaining code books from a u-boat is another. To tell you the truth, I don't think Americans are able to seperate hollywood hype and historical fact from Hollywood fiction anymore. Some of that is due to low intelligence and knowledge that we have in all populations but it seems so widespread and so unchallenged that most of it is due to Hollywood's lack of authenticity. |
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