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RE: [WW] Primer Movies for Weird Wars II
Very
good point Sir! I completely agree. We (Shane, Chirs Libey, Jay Kyle, and
myself) had a conversation at lunch today that pertains to your this. Basically,
I declared that Hollywood (some of their movies are exceptions) did not
really portray War as the true horror for what it is. For instance, I knowing
what I did about D-Day, War in general, and just plain common sense, never
pictured what was portrayed in the movie, 'Saving Private Ryan'. I read about it
in school and if you had asked me about what would happen to troops of that era
making an amphibious assault like what occurred on Normandy, I would have told
you it would have been a blood bath. But in my head, and I seriously believe it
is because of the way movies were portrayed when I was younger, the Americans
just landed on the beaches of Normandy, took some casualties, and basically
kicked some Nazi ass! But after 'Ryan'..., lets just say it clicked and made
sense. BTW, Shane disagrees with me that Hollywood did not portray War as it
should have been, i.e. 'Ryan' and many of the '90s Vietnam movies (i.e. 'Full
Metal Jacket')
Lee
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If possible watch the movies
in as close to chronological order as possible
and see the evolution of
how Hollywood portrayed WW2.
Makes for some interesting viewing that way.