Originally posted by Rino
I think you guys need to take a deep breath when it comes to
Hollywood. Anyone with a bit of sense knows that these movies
are in no way documentaries. Someone pitched a idea to
the producers, who then "interpret" the script to supposed
cater to the lowest common denominator.
By the by, they did make what I consider an absolutely cheesy
Tuskegee Airmen movie. As far as insulting the Poles and
Canadians, the US did capture an intact U-Boat, just much later
in the war, the U-505. In fact the Bletchley Park people were
furious as they thought the capture had blown the Engima
secret.
Rino, I quite agree. Tom Cruise, as they say, puts bums on seats. Every movie which seeks to dramatise historical events is going to have to take a few liberties to make the film have a coherent plot. The point is the extent to which the liberties are taken.
A good example would be 'Operation Daybreak' - in my view, the best WW2 film ever made. Although the actors spoke in English, the audience was left in no doubt that the heroes were Czech and from what I've read, they managed to follow the real events pretty closely without sacrificing too much accuracy.
Still we mustn't convict the Tom Cruise film until we've seen it.
Replicant: I shall be buying 'Secret Army' soon. I hope I don't think of 'ello 'ello when I see it!
Ravs
