D-day was one scene. yes it was an incredible scene, but it was just one scene. A dunkirk esque D-day movie would be amazing. so much went into that invasion that I think a full movie on just that would still be well received.
I would love a Battle of Britain remake. The one from the late 60s with Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, and a young Ian McShane had some really awesome aerial dogfight scenes flown at the time by former WW2 pilots who fought in that battle and in the war. That would be a remarkable story to tell and would be incredible to shoot due to all of the aerial combat. Aerial combat tactics for the RAF shifted somewhat during that long campaign and anytime we could get more Spitfires and ME-109s on the silver screen, I'm all for it.
1. 1 scene 2. documentary 3. 50+ years ago. I think enough time has passed that another D-day movie could be done and be well received.
The Longest Day is about as good as there currently is for a D-Day movie. Great cast too. It was actually filmed all up and down the Normandy coast and specifically at Point Du Hoc which is no longer allowed as a site for shooting due to erosion. I would still be all for it though. Technology can overcome anything today.
yea I know. I know I will love it, it has just fallen into a black hole list of things I know I want to do/watch but take forever to get around to it.
It's better than everything you have seen since its release. Looks like you have weekend plans now. Or hell, just turn off ESPN and start it now.
Just need another movie where Hollywood pulls out all the stops and gets a "Bridge Too Far" type of cast. The amount of fantastic actors in that movie is pretty staggering.
I guess it's been a few years but my recollection is it essentially being Pearl Harbor, the prequel. Unnecessary love story tacked on to uninspired war scenes.
The battle scenes in HR are fucking terrifying. Crazy Mel, his obvious character aside, is an amazing director.
I rewatched BoB and The Pacific recently (past 6 months) and they both hold up. If that Spiers scene in BoB is anything close to what really happened, Jesus.
there are quite a few WWII topics that haven't really been dealt with in recent cinema. it'd be nice if the success of hacksaw ridge and dunkirk encouraged future films. WWII genre kind of died around the mid-2000s other than a smattering of mostly mediocre films here and there.
I really think Nolan could have gotten away with turning this into an epic. Yay action action action, but I feel like he did a disservice to what made Dunkirk what it was.
After Wonder Woman, I hope they can get a WW1 film made. Lost City of Z touched on the front lines/trenches briefly as well.
Also, anyone that's yearning for WWII cinema, I'd strongly encourage watching things like Kurosaw's Dreams (get ripped and enjoy) or Ichikawa's Fires on the Plain.
as has been said, I think "Midway" has aged well, but a modern take on it would be incredible. My favorite battle in the Pacific.
I think a movie on the Dieppe Raid would be great. It was essentially a suicide mission carried out by mostly Canadians. Those who have read "Intrepid" will know the real reason for the raid and how successful it was.
One other thing; I enjoyed the accurate depiction of just how indecipherable full-blown British accents are to non-Brits.
It's one of the rare movies that I didn't know how I felt when it was over and 2 weeks later think it was a masterpiece. Usually it's the opposite.
Spoilered because I'm sure most don't care about this mostly off topic tangent Spoiler British actors being able to completely abandon their accents blows my mind. We're used to, for lack of a better examples, the John Oliver, DDL, and Emma Watson accents; those of performers/professionals that tone them down to reach larger audiences. I know this is annectdotal, but I personally was able to understand every 2nd/3rd/etc language English-speaking European better than I was able to understand most Brits I encountered while in England. And I wasn't in scouser country or anything, I was mostly in London.
Listened to a podcast the other day where the host was playing a news program from London back in the 80s and had to translate the words of a London news anchor. I understood every 10th word in Snatch which my guess is the point.
Just rewatched Midway, what a flaming trash heap. Honestly would rather watch Pearly Harbor again. Time for a remake.
Spoiler Why did Tom Hardy land behind lines rather than bailing and using his parachute? Too low to jump by that point?
Was thinking about this myself. This is a guess and not rooted in any knowledge Spoiler perhaps landing behind enemy lines was still the safest alternative to bailing because the eject/parachute escape mechanisms weren't any safer than just landing and taking your chances as a pow? The first pilot chose the sea landing over ejectment and his whole subsequent escape issuewas premised on not being able to exit due to some sort of malfunction. Or maybe it was a type of pilot pride thing? Land at all costs. Don't bail out. I don't know. Just spit balling. What a great movie. Super intense. I found myself gripping the arm rests. Only other film that could match or surpass the intensity is Mad Max: Fury Road. Tom Hardy was just fantastic.