The Battle of the Bulge

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The Battle of the Bulge

Post by klr » Sun Jul 04, 2010 2:09 pm

... I just switched over to this from the tennis, to see a tank battle that is supposedly taking place in the depths of winter in northern Europe. :shock:

I don't know whether to laugh :funny: or cry :cry:

And don't get me started on the tanks themselves, or the actual conduct of the battle. :nono:
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Re: The Battle of the Bulge

Post by Bella Fortuna » Sun Jul 04, 2010 2:14 pm

Tanks a lot?

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Re: The Battle of the Bulge

Post by klr » Sun Jul 04, 2010 2:17 pm

Bella Fortuna wrote:Tanks a lot?

:sofa:
It looks like Sicily or North Africa in summer, not some Belgian forest in December. :I-love-pork:


But it was made in 1965. :whistle:
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Re: The Battle of the Bulge

Post by klr » Sun Jul 04, 2010 2:29 pm

...
There is no trace of snow at all in the film's major tank battle scene. Nor were some battle scenes fought in flat and bare territory, considering the mountainous, and forested and grassy nature of the Ardennes. The film was shot on location in Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range and Madrid, Spain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_ ... accuracies

The film also has a current IMDB ranking of 6.7, which is about, oh, 6.6 too high. :what:
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Re: The Battle of the Bulge

Post by colubridae » Sun Jul 04, 2010 3:48 pm

A holywood movie not historically accurate.


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Re: The Battle of the Bulge

Post by klr » Sun Jul 04, 2010 4:22 pm

colubridae wrote:A holywood movie not historically accurate.


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There's inaccurate, grossly inaccurate, and then "not within an asses' roar of being even a remotely accurate portrayal". :lay:
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Re: The Battle of the Bulge

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Jul 04, 2010 4:33 pm

klr wrote:
colubridae wrote:A holywood movie not historically accurate.


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There's inaccurate, grossly inaccurate, and then "not within an asses' roar of being even a remotely accurate portrayal". :lay:
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Re: The Battle of the Bulge

Post by klr » Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:03 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
klr wrote:
colubridae wrote:A holywood movie not historically accurate.


:panic:
There's inaccurate, grossly inaccurate, and then "not within an asses' roar of being even a remotely accurate portrayal". :lay:
"BotB" was, is, and always shall be pathetic.
You heard it from Da Man. :levi:

EDIT: Maybe time for a remake? I'm all for remakes when the original is, well, shit. :coffee:
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Re: The Battle of the Bulge

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:14 pm

klr wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:
klr wrote:
colubridae wrote:A holywood movie not historically accurate.


:panic:
There's inaccurate, grossly inaccurate, and then "not within an asses' roar of being even a remotely accurate portrayal". :lay:
"BotB" was, is, and always shall be pathetic.
You heard it from Da Man. :levi:

EDIT: Maybe time for a remake? I'm all for remakes when the original is, well, shit. :coffee:
WETA and the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler? :shiver:
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Re: The Battle of the Bulge

Post by klr » Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:19 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
klr wrote: ...

EDIT: Maybe time for a remake? I'm all for remakes when the original is, well, shit. :coffee:
WETA and the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler? :shiver:
I'll take whichever effects and props people were involved in Band of Brothers. :plot:
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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Mon Jul 05, 2010 12:11 am

I keep expecting to see Elessarina in this thread... :whistle:
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Re: The Battle of the Bulge

Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Mon Jul 05, 2010 1:37 am

Are there any good films depicting the battle of Kusrk? - Someone must have made one, surely?
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Re: The Battle of the Bulge

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Jul 05, 2010 1:58 am

Bri wrote:Are there any good films depicting the battle of Kusrk? - Someone must have made one, surely?
I've never heard of one.
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Re: The Battle of the Bulge

Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Mon Jul 05, 2010 2:21 am

Gawdzilla wrote:
Bri wrote:Are there any good films depicting the battle of Kusrk? - Someone must have made one, surely?
I've never heard of one.
Pity that. - You'd think the most awesome series of armoured battles and most expensive day in terms of aerial warfare ever would get a mention. :think:
Maybe it would be too expensive to make or something... :dono:
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Re: The Battle of the Bulge

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Jul 05, 2010 2:23 am

Bri wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:
Bri wrote:Are there any good films depicting the battle of Kusrk? - Someone must have made one, surely?
I've never heard of one.
Pity that. - You'd think the most awesome series of armoured battles and most expensive day in terms of aerial warfare ever would get a mention. :think:
Maybe it would be too expensive to make or something... :dono:
"Cross of Iron" may have something in it about Kursk, but just as a subplot.

The Eastern Front doesn't get much air time in the West. "Enemy at the Gates" helped that somewhat.
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