discussion Dunkirk

[Guest]

Like I said, tastes differ. I think all of them entertain, some of them more than others and we all have our favourites.
I love the original BoB film but I'm certainly not against a remake in principle. Besides if it's crap you can always watch the original. There's been at least 3 remakes of 'The 39 steps', yet the most popular is probably the Hitchcock version (not the original).

For me, what put me off 'RedTails' wasn't so much the CGI but the caricature portrayal of the German pilot (complete with duelling scar!) I bought the blu-ray and I wanted it to be good but was disappointed. I guess I prefer my war films with a bit more realism.

BTW, a 20mm bullet would go straight through that hull

Cheers
P

I agree in that I don't like seeing modern day Hollywood Propoganda as in painting German pilots as Nazis and baddies and the allies as goodies. All these guys were fighting for their country.... We should respect that. Some showed chivalry in air combat as well, such as Erich Hartmann, Gunther Rall, Franz Stigler and Hans Joachim Marseille
Cheers, John

 

[Guest]

Personally, I didn't enjoy Dunkirk all that much. The fighting scenes were certainly intense (and loud!), but, if you already know the story of Dunkirk, the story line rather lacks tension. Oddly enough, I already knew the story of the BoB, but that film has dramatic tension in spades.
My own personal favourite amongst screen adaptations of WW2 stories remains Band of Brothers.

 

[stona]

Just popped into Duxford this afternoon as I was in Cambridge and had some time. I saw two of the film's stars, a Mk I Spitfire and a Buchon, both still in their make up. On the Buchon in particular this looked like some rather ham fisted weathering, at least to my eye
Cheers
Steve