Originally posted by Feathered_IV:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by leitmotiv:
I'll defer judgment until I see the trailer. As a Yank, I'll be justly indignant if the true story of Manfred's death isn't shown---potted by Sergeant York with his turkey shooting rifle.
Firing from the hip I suppose? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Hips don't lie.
Originally posted by Vipez-:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Feathered_IV:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by leitmotiv:
I'll defer judgment until I see the trailer. As a Yank, I'll be justly indignant if the true story of Manfred's death isn't shown---potted by Sergeant York with his turkey shooting rifle.
Firing from the hip I suppose? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Hips don't lie. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
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I doubt that wholeheartly.Originally posted by leitmotiv:
While standing on his head with one hand because his other was being used to beat up all the Aussies in his locality. I demand an apology and restitution from the German government for every American traumatized by Manfred's remark.
I am skeptical about this item because the ad people have his alleged romance with the good nurse front and center---I sense "cruel, love-starved, murdering Prussian saved by the love of a woman from himself only to be laid low by spoilsport, crude, unsporting Australian infantry who didn't believe in true love &etc."
Just look at the other german war movies.
I suspect it to have some of the usual cinema stuff in it ( love story etc.) but in general I think we'll see something more dark and real in tone then Flyboys for example.
"Dark Blue World" had a love story too but it was done in very different way then the usual Hollywood stuff.
As I said in the Flyboys thread, just look at the
"replicas" they use. The paint schemes are real to the bone.
And the guy playing the Baron himself is known for good character work here in Germany.
I'm full of hope.
Glad to read your comments, HuninMunin, and I am now looking forward to the film. American cinema lovers have become rather cynical. The story of von Richthofen deserves to be told well. He was a fascinating man, and there certainly is a great deal of quality biographical material available on his life.
If they made a 2 hour movie about pizza starring only Jessica Simpson and Jessica Alba AND they appeared in every scene AND they were nude the whole time AND the MPAA decided that even an X rating was not harsh enough, then I would watch it and not be bored. In fact, I could probably watch up to 8 hours or so of that movie before I got "bored".Originally posted by Udidtoo:
I don't care who they put in it. A 2 hour movie about pizza would be boring as hell.
Other than that though, you're right, pizza movie=boring.
--Outlaw.
I can imagine how cynical you must've been after leaving Pearl HarborOriginally posted by leitmotiv:
Glad to read your comments, HuninMunin, and I am now looking forward to the film. American cinema lovers have become rather cynical. The story of von Richthofen deserves to be told well. He was a fascinating man, and there certainly is a great deal of quality biographical material available on his life.![]()
I think the difference between european ( british aside a little bit) and american war movies is just that a <span class="ev_code_RED">typical</span> american audience expects entertainment even in such serious topics like war movies.
As beeing very well aware of the cruelty of war and the absolute absence of pride in the actions our country did in war, although mostly beeing aceptional in military terms, a movie that has history wrong and/or dipicts it in an emotional frame that doesn't do justice to the real events, will be slaughtered in no time by critics.
For example, Das Boot was slaughtered aswell when it was released because it depicted the Nazi soldiers as normal men.
Totaly over the top and caused by the heavy left wing attitude that ruled this country and is only about to finaly break up.
As a result of this "reawoken" pride we feel for our country as it is today and the attitude towards war I can imagine that a movie about the Red Baron made today will be both historicaly correct ( in a certain way) and entertaining.
But again, I only hope so.