ScoobyDoo{KEA}
Fledgling Freddie
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yes but he played a fantastic part.absolute evil bastard giving them pasta then making them run currahee ...class
I dunno Trem, I just didn't see what value you added to the topic by calling it dreadful.
Perhaps your comparison of it with Saving Private Ryan may have led to more interesting debate.
Why is BoB 'shite' whereas SPR is awesome? Repetitive? Do tell.
*beep*FS I love Simon Pegg!
I dunno Trem, I just didn't see what value you added to the topic by calling it dreadful.
Perhaps your comparison of it with Saving Private Ryan may have led to more interesting debate.
Why is BoB 'shite' whereas SPR is awesome? Repetitive? Do tell.
There was a massive following of it on here when it was first shown. So I went and got them all and took them away on holiday with me to watch when the weather was shite. I did sit down nice and quiet and started to plow through them but I felt it offered nothing new....or interesting. SPR set a milestone for war films, it was brutal, beautiful, moving and it hit the nail on the head the suffering the soldiers must of gone through.
If you want a good old Brit war film then you should watch 'A Bridge too Far' which although a bit long, is still an ace film.
I love the bit where the Kraut comes over the bridge to discuss terms, and the British soldier in charge tells him that they must surrender at once
If you want a good old Brit war film then you should watch 'A Bridge too Far' which although a bit long, is still an ace film.
I love the bit where the Kraut comes over the bridge to discuss terms, and the British soldier in charge tells him that they must surrender at once
People cannot all like the same thing.
Can't agree more, and of course your allowed to hate it. I just counted it as a troll as you came into a pro-BoB thread, told me it was shit, and didn't tell me *why*.
If you've got a reason for that opinion, then I have no problem with you airing it
Thing is, now, I want to watch another episode, I will do tonight.
I think also I have a problem with that guy out of Office Space (in which he was excellent), his face just doesn't seem to fit in BoB.
The American generals wernt gun-shy, they sent countless thousands to thier deaths, sometimes needlessly. Montgomery knew his troops were limited, and didnt want allied deaths for no reason, so was more cautious.
But at the end of the day it was Monty who masterminded and led the D-Day assaults, and he was replaced (by no-one!) after it was successful, to suit the American media ...
The American generals wernt gun-shy, they sent countless thousands to thier deaths, sometimes needlessly. Montgomery knew his troops were limited, and didnt want allied deaths for no reason, so was more cautious.
But at the end of the day it was Monty who masterminded and led the D-Day assaults, and he was replaced (by no-one!) after it was successful, to suit the American media ...
Yes, what I should have said is that Brit troops often thought American generals were gun-happy; they absolutely hated Mark Clark (although a lot of American troops weren't keen on him either). Of course Commonwealth troops also always thought they got the shitty end of the stick compared to Brit troops.
Nature of war I guess, but my point is, the anti-British sentiment in BoB is based on reality. The only bit that rankled for me was the XXX Corps tank commander bit, but A Bridge Too Far had that bit with Robert Redford berating a XXX Corps officer as well; Americans have often felt that they did their bit during Market Garden and so did 1st Airborne, and that XXX Corps let the side down, and ultimately it was Monty's fault. (I know its more complicated than that, but I think its safe to say that Russians or Germans would have linked up to Arnhem no matter what, and Americans would have tried).