I am with you on this Joe. I would love to see a remake of the Battle of Britain. And, and “A Bridge too Far”
No way on Bridge Too Far. They got it right the first time, and any remake would screw it up…
I fully agree with you Carlos…it is in my Top 5 WWII movies. I just would like to see something like that remade. I love WWII movies so it would be nice if they made more of them. And I could not agree with you more about today’s Directors and Producers remaking classics and absolutely destroying them.
I should post this on favorite movie lines thread
Robert Redford in Bridge too Far
Hail Mary full of grace
Hail Mary full of grace
Hail Mary full of grace
One of my favorite scenes
Hey old fart here- no way on Battle of Britain. Those were real bf-109s, although with different engines. Those were real He-111’s.
Real Spitfire.
Oh, and Sue York running around in nothing but an Oxsfordcloth bottundown?
Shadup already.
The Midway movie looks ok from the trailer. I am happy anytime a WWII movie gets made, They make so few. I am on the fence as for Pearl Harbor. I liked the action sequences…the attack itself, the bombing of Japan Etc. The love stuff could have gone away. Tell the story of Pearl Harbor…it has enough interesting stories without all the lovey stuff. I hope they dont do the same thing in Midway. I am sure there will be a love interest but id rather see how the battle unfolded, how the attacks we executed ETC than to see how a couple falls in love.
In the defence of ‘Pearl Harbor’ it did have a young Kate Beckinsale in '40s era hair and dress…
Roooowwwwrrrrrrrrrr… [ht]
Would post a photo but the FSM staff told us not to post cheesecake so use your own search engine…
I bet he’s grateful he wasn’t part of the Hornet’s airgroup.
I don’t get that as the premise of “Shattered Sword”, that the Japanese were doomed to fail. The authors refute the “incredible victory” premise that Fuchida sold, but they list factors on both sides that contributed to the results, including mistakes, elements of luck, and elements of heroism. Fate isn’t a factor that they cite.
Yeah, if only they had put Susannah York in some 40’s hair for her stockings & suspenders scene in Battle of Britain… but then again, Longest Day and Tora! Tora! Tora! did the same for their female role hair styles…
”DONT YOU YELL AT ME, MR. WARRICK!”
From what I’ve read of the movie, Lt Best of Bombing 6 is gonna be one of the central characters. Just a guess, the female shown in the previews is gonna be his wife in base housing at the time of the attack… again, just guessing based off what is in the preview, not a love story per se, but since the Enterprise was at sea at the time of the attack, it’s a way to incorporate the attack into the film.
“From Here To Eternity”- double trouble Deborah Kerr and Donna Reed.
Oh yeah, I really need to go back and rewatch those classics again…[ht]
I think I’ll pass on Emmerich’s “Midway”. I may watch it, once it passes to broadcast. I just expect there to be too much dramaticization added, for my taste.
And yeah, his “Godzilla” was God-awful. I wanted to get up and walk out of the theater, but I thought of what Geddy Lee once said-“Ten bucks is ten bucks, eh.” I enjoyed some of the character actors, including Clyde Kusatsu, and even the principals did the best they could with the dreck they were given. But it’s just a bad, bad movie, not worthy to be included in discussions of Godzilla.
Life long Godzilla fan speaking here … I kid you not, there is a closeup shot of the lizard that I seriously thought looked strikingly like Jay Leno. That movie was not a Godzilla flick; it was a giant lizard movie with a bit of Aliens thrown in at the end.
I love your guys Godzilla passion.
After GMs comment on the battle of Britain flick I did some IMDb’ing and the trivia section is pretty cool. GM is spot on. One note said after all the aircraft acquisitions the studio was the 35th largest airforce in the world and Adolf Galland was the technical advisor! Great movie. Sorry for the tangent but it’s a great read:
Thanks.
A couple of comments.
I had a good friend Who bought six of the 109s from the Spanish AF. Never came to much, I think he traded them for a super car.
I had a good friend at work who was a pilot in 303. His daughter is a close
Just watched the original, “A Bridge Too Far” again this weekend. This is a really great WWII movie, focusing on the REAL people involved, instead of those “based on actual events” characters. Only bad thing were the TERRIBLE “Tiger” tanks - yuck!
Gotta agree there! They could film Kate Beckinsale reading the phone book for two hours, and they’d get my ticket money for sure!
Trailer didn’t do much for me. The CGI looked too glossy and then saw who was directing it that explains it. This is one I’ll wait for reviews to come out before committing to watching. I actually hope it turns out to be good as there’s not many movies coming out anymore that I care for.
Armor, in Bridge Too Far, I did not mind the Leopards as panzers. I think it was supposed to be a Panther rather than a Tiger. It sure beat almost every previous war movies Panzer, except for Kelly’s Heroes Tiger and Is Paris Burning‘s? Panther.
GS, in the previews for both Midway & Dauntless, the CGI looks too glossy. I hope that they take care of that for the actual movie.