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In reply to the discussion: War and war impact movies you think every one should see [View all]Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)When that was shot, 1977 or so, I was living nearby Arnhem where the movie was being shot, so I feel I have a bit of a personal stake in this, I think. When the movie finally came out, it was lukewarmly received because the era of the all star cast war movie was kind of over, plus what with Vietnam and all, we were tired of the subject.
But I recently saw it again on Blueray and it's a much, much better movie than I remembered. It has a near-visceral impact in places and it treats everybody involved with respect instead of treating the Germans as cartoon monster bad guys. Shame it had to pander to Hollywood by adding in an American unit that wasn't actually involved in the whole thing but that's par for the course. I suppose I should be glad they didn't capture an Enigma machine while they were there.