Posted on Jan 24, 2016
Is the movie "The Thin Red Line" an accurate depiction?
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Good God, no.
The book is outstanding. The movie was abysmal. I guess I shouldn't have had high expectations with some of the cast that was involved.
In terms of the Pacific Theater, the best recent movie depiction in my opinion was "Letters from Iwo Jima".
The book is outstanding. The movie was abysmal. I guess I shouldn't have had high expectations with some of the cast that was involved.
In terms of the Pacific Theater, the best recent movie depiction in my opinion was "Letters from Iwo Jima".
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LTC (Join to see)
I did not read the book but I agree with the 1SG. Strange movie. The narration of the protagonist who you later find out is killed and mixed in with flashback lovemaking scenes to try to make this a 'chick flick' was weird. Seeing Sean Penn as a dirt bag actor trying to look like a 1SG who looked grungy and add to that John Travolta as a BG who is mocking Ltc Nick Nolte for not making it up to BG so Nolte forces his commander's to go on suicide attacks to an entrenched enemy so he can make 0-6 and he relieves a commander who confronts him.. I did look up the battle and the battle was accurate but the screenplay sucked and the dialogue was unnecessary and made the leadership look like ticket punchers instead of heroes.
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SPC Margaret Higgins
I mostly fell asleep during the movie. Lol. I had wanted to watch "The Bucket List"; with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. Would have been a much better bet.
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LTC (Join to see) - What you guys are crazy.. BEST movie ever.. right up there with Outlander..and MAJ Payne... wow..no taste I tell you none... yes this is sarcasm.. I know 1SG no longer are allowed to recognize this.... but MAJ and Chief.. you guys should know better..
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MAJ Ken Landgren
Margaret,
Allow me to tantalize you:
He dealt skillfully with difficult subordinates such as Omar Bradley and Patton, and allies such as Winston Churchill, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and General Charles de Gaulle. He had fundamental disagreements with Churchill and Montgomery over questions of strategy, but these rarely upset his relationships with them. He negotiated with Soviet Marshal Zhukov, and such was the confidence that President Franklin D. Roosevelt had in him, he sometimes worked directly with Stalin, much to the chagrin of the British High Command who disliked being bypassed. During the advance towards Berlin, he was notified by General Bradley that Allied forces would suffer an estimated 100,000 casualties before taking the city. The Soviet Army sustained 80,000 casualties during the fighting in and around Berlin, the last large number of casualties suffered in the war against Nazism.
He was a non combat commander amongst seasoned and rugged generals, thus FDR promoted him to 5 stars. General Eisenhower was commissioned to be the architect for the entrance of US forces in Europe. The plan entailed attacking and destroying German forces under Rommel in N Africa and cutting off the Mediterranean Sea from Nazi shipping lanes, hence strangling it of freedom of movement of supplies, materials, and soldiers. I believed he planned a landing at Italy first, then D-Day. A lot was on his plate to include plans and details. History will show the seeds planted in his brain became reality and was instrumental in the Allied victory.
Allow me to tantalize you:
He dealt skillfully with difficult subordinates such as Omar Bradley and Patton, and allies such as Winston Churchill, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and General Charles de Gaulle. He had fundamental disagreements with Churchill and Montgomery over questions of strategy, but these rarely upset his relationships with them. He negotiated with Soviet Marshal Zhukov, and such was the confidence that President Franklin D. Roosevelt had in him, he sometimes worked directly with Stalin, much to the chagrin of the British High Command who disliked being bypassed. During the advance towards Berlin, he was notified by General Bradley that Allied forces would suffer an estimated 100,000 casualties before taking the city. The Soviet Army sustained 80,000 casualties during the fighting in and around Berlin, the last large number of casualties suffered in the war against Nazism.
He was a non combat commander amongst seasoned and rugged generals, thus FDR promoted him to 5 stars. General Eisenhower was commissioned to be the architect for the entrance of US forces in Europe. The plan entailed attacking and destroying German forces under Rommel in N Africa and cutting off the Mediterranean Sea from Nazi shipping lanes, hence strangling it of freedom of movement of supplies, materials, and soldiers. I believed he planned a landing at Italy first, then D-Day. A lot was on his plate to include plans and details. History will show the seeds planted in his brain became reality and was instrumental in the Allied victory.
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