War > Ryan, Robert War

Advantages: Great performances, Lee Marvin, superb dramatic tension
Disadvantages: Goof ups in depicting war games

The 60's was a period when we had great war flicks like Where Eagles Dare, The Dirty Dozen, Guns of Navaronne, The Great Escape, The Longest Day to name a few. My dad was a lover of such movies, and he would take me along as a kid, and that's how I grew up loving such cinema. Dirty Dozen is a typical lets get together guys and go on a mission, spot the star World War II movies which appeared regularly during that period. But this is one movie which ...
...and superb pacing. With the advent of D-Day, the US Army has come up with a plan to interrupt German chain of command. Raid a secluded mansion where most of the high ranking Nazi officers come to party with their mistresses and kill every one there. It's a suicidal operation, and so the army decides to make use of convicted criminals who are either on death row or facing life imprisonment. It's a win win situation, if they die, they would have the ... Read review

Advantages: Robert Shaw, action, good realism
Disadvantages: Hollywoodised story complete with history rewritten, ( again )

The Battle of the Bulge ( or The Battle of the Ardennes as it was really called ) was the last major offensive ever mounted by Hitler in the second world war and was one of the biggest battles the US forces ever fought. It was also the only battle where the US army suffered a defeat ( be it a short one ) and also the first time they were really pushed back and if Hitlers plan had been a little bit more realsitic, he might well have extended the war ...
...these were veterans and very battle hardened troops, in additional, although many units did retreat, a lot of them stood their ground and this held up the Germans and even though they were completely surrounded and outnumbered, these units caused major delays and some very heavy casulties to the Germans, worse still they caused them to use a lot of fuel and ammunition which they could not afford. However, the allies did have some major fuel dumps ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent film, Cracking Actors, Great Story
Disadvantages: Very Long

...Classification: WAR Cast (just the most famous): Richard Burton .... Flight Officer David Campbell Sean Connery .... Pvt. Flanagan Henry Fonda .... Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Robert Mitchum .... Brig. Gen. Norman Cota Rod Steiger .... Destroyer commander Robert Wagner .... U.S. Army Ranger John Wayne .... Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort About the Film: Now this film is one of a classic war films. It covers the events leading up to and shortly ...
...The film covers this event from a number of angles, each of which you follow as part of the overall story. You follow the events leading up to and after the war from the German Army point of view - therefore you follow the story from the German Bunkers and High Command as they wonder where the Allies will invade and shows the blunders like Rommel who left to go home to Germany to be with his wife and the refusal to wake Adolf Hitler from his sleep ... Read review

Advantages: Top class performances, superb, realistic depiction of D Day
Disadvantages: Tad too long

June 6 is traditionally considered the longest day of the year due to summer solstice. From a historical perspective, June 6,1944 is one of the most significant dates in world history. In military terms, its simply called the D-Day, but as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, tells his soldiers at the Atlantic Front, "This would be the longest day for Allies as well as the Germans". June 6,1944- To any one even remotely interested in war history, this is ...
...launched one of the largest assault by sea, air and land on the German forces. The date which witnessed some of the bloodiest casualties in World War II both for Allies and Germans. An event in history marked by ego clashes, last minute decisions, a battle marked by two sides unwilling to concede an inch. Some of the greatest military persons Rommel, Eisenhower were part of this event. And to make such a path breaking historical event into a 3 hour ... Read review

Advantages: A classic war, action movie
Disadvantages: Very thin storyline

Synopsis *********** Set during the second World War, rebellious Major John Reisman (Lee Marvin) is facing disciplinary action for his attitude but is given an opportunity to escape the impending punishment if he agrees to take on a very peculiar mission. Reluctantly he is put in charge of a mission to pick 12 soldiers facing the death penalty in prison and to train them up for what is effectively a suicide mission to destroy a chateau where prominent ...
...back and escape than complete the mission. Opinion ********* Certain films over the years seem to become perennial favourites of TV, films such as "Star Wars" and "The Great Escape" always seem to be on the screen and so is the fact with "The Dirty Dozen". Set in World War II, the film is predominantly aimed at a male audience with copious amounts of action, although it is still very popular with female audiences. Unlike many war films which rely ... Read review