Monday, May 31, 2010

"Don't salute the Germans!"

I think I ended up having this conversation with everyone from the Bund save Ryan.

What war movies could be remade today, doing a better service to history and to the original movies?

I was blessed with a full range of movies to choose from today, from "To Hell and Back" to "The Big Red One" to "Heartbreak Ridge" to a full marathon of "Band of Brothers" and to those with HBO, the complete marathon of "The Pacific". The talk started when the cheesy special effects of "To Hell and Back" finally detracted from the enormity of the picture enough to make a person wonder. Who better to play Audie Murphy than Audie Murphy? But, in the end, should Dreamworks decided to revisit classic war films for remaking, that's an absolute must.

Titus added a few to the list. Sink the Bismark was one. BadBoy added The Battle of Britain. I suggested Sergeant York. Thoughts?

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