This film is the perfect example for your average sort of war film produced by Hollywood. And also this is the classic counter argument to the German made Das Boot, in this film, the Germans shoot defenceless allied prisoners and defenceless civilians, stuck up German officers are everywhere, and plucky Americans are getting the better of the Germans at nearly every turn.
The film is also good for facts, yes the Germans were running out of fuel very rapidly and yes they were killing defenceless people. If youre the sort of film viewer that gets a thrill out of finding contunity errors... this film is a GOLDMINE! I noticed 3 just watching it!
1) 1)the Germans were using repainted T-34 tanks (used by the Russians) as king tiger tanks
2) 2) the Americans were using M24 Chaffee tanks up against these fake king tigers, a light recon tank up against a 70 ton heavy tank... I think not Hollywood!
3) 3)Theres a scene where Americans place white explosive on the underside of a German tank and in the next shot the explosives are not there
It’s plain to see that I have too much time on my hands in these summer holidays... hmmmmm
But apart from that, this film will do in terms of my research project. It shows the Americans side to the war. Now to move onto the British side!
No comments:
Post a Comment