Memphis Belle on AMC.

[VenusRising]

I refuse to watch most all war movies, but this one I like. Great cast. Great story.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100133/

[AnnieBW]

1. Mmmm... Billy Zane...

Oh, and the newbie pilot in the bar is a young Ben Browder.

[VenusRising]

2. I'm right there with you on Billy Zane.

He's on my laminated celebrity 5 list. :evilgrin:

[Aristus]

3. I was disappointed in it, actually. After years of hoping for a good up-to-date

color film about the B-17 bombers and their crews. I thought the acting was mediocre (except for the always sterling Matthew Modine and David Strathairn), the dialogue was crummy, and the plot a little far-fetched. B-17 bomber crews faced myriad dangers in the course of a mission, but trying to ratchet up the suspense for the last mission by subjecting them to EVERY possible risk and hazard (most of which didn't happen to the Belle on its last bomb run) was ridiculous. Sean Astin, an actor I quite like, was annoying as the ball-turret gunner. And I can't believe we were supposed to be sympathetic to the hamburger-obsessed creep who was looking forward to McDonaldizing England and America after the war. All in all, the movie was a bit of a let-down.

But, please, enjoy! :-)

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. Historically, it's crap

But I've still seen it three or four times because... well, it's entertaining.



But, shit — they didn't even get the Belle's nose art right. How hard is that? :shrug:

[pokerfan]

6. I have to agree

I would say that it's more fiction than fact which is a damned shame given the source material, i.e. history.

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. Hollyweird apparently thinks history is boring

As evidenced by the debacle that was "Pearl Harbor." :eyes:

[pokerfan]

8. Damn you!

As soon as I read your subject title, I was going to bring up Pearl Harbor!

I like how one of the characters at the start of the attack is heard to exclaim: "Japs? I didn't even know they were sore at us."

Oh really? I guess he was unaware of the oil embargo and the fact that we were already (unofficially) fighting them in China and Burma.

Idiot movies made by Hollywood idiots. But the CGI looked good!

The best movie on Pearl Harbor is Tora! Tora! Tora!

My favorite war movies in no particular order:

Tora, Tora, Tora
Enemy at the Gates
Band of Brothers (miniseries)
The Longest Day
Schindler's List
Cross Of Iron
A Bridge Too Far
Saving Private Ryan
Empire Of The Sun
The Great Escape

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear VenusRising!

Oh, I loved that movie!

And the fact that it was a true story just made it resonate even more for me...

Enjoy!



:hi:

[Archae]

9. I have the FIRST "Mempis Belle" film.

The actual documentary, shot on the real planes.

Not actors, the actual crew.

This second one is CRAP in comparison.