Joined Oct 2008
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The Bright Center of the Universe
Perhaps the best WWI movie I've ever seen is "the Lost Battalion" from 2001. It was an awesome movie, regardless of having Rick Schroder in it.
As to the reason not more are made? It probably is because as far as wars go, it wasn't that "exciting". A lot of trench war far and not a lot of big scale movements from 1915 to 1917ish.
One movie was made called Paschendale. It's a Canadian movie but I missed it when it was on the theaters. I'm eagerly awaiting for it's DVD release. It's supposed to be spectacular.
As to the reason not more are made? It probably is because as far as wars go, it wasn't that "exciting". A lot of trench war far and not a lot of big scale movements from 1915 to 1917ish.
One movie was made called Paschendale. It's a Canadian movie but I missed it when it was on the theaters. I'm eagerly awaiting for it's DVD release. It's supposed to be spectacular.
Joined Mar 2009
25,361 Posts | 13+
Texas
Like the member said above me, "The Lost Battalion" <2001> starring Rick Schroder is the movie you're thinking of. It was very enjoyable.
As to why no WWI movies, I think it was just so long ago in human thinking that the battles & people just don't ring home with people today. WWII is more tangible than WWI was & at the time I write this, I believe there's only one US soldier left from that time.
Another GOOD WWI movie is "The Fighting 69th" <1940> starring James Cagney.
Joined Jan 2009
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Tennessee
I really like the Charlie Brown Halloween special. I dont like Halloween per say, but I like the part where Snoopy is a world war one flying ace shot down in no-mans land. I even like the accuracy of the special effects, like the European train whistles in the distance, and the shot up sign post that reads "Chalons Sur Marne". Snoopy crawls through the grass past shell scarred buildings while the guns pound the trenches in the night.
What a shocking piece of footage for consumption by 2nd graders? Another little piece of Cold War militarism introducing youngsters to war and all of its fun. After all, if Snoopy can do it, then it must be ok?
What a shocking piece of footage for consumption by 2nd graders? Another little piece of Cold War militarism introducing youngsters to war and all of its fun. After all, if Snoopy can do it, then it must be ok?
Joined Oct 2008
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The Bright Center of the Universe
My reasoning behind the lack of WW1 films is that the US did not feature as much as other nations. I don't want to sound like I'm against America, but Hollywood has this unusual habit of creating films about conflicts where the US played the major part. Yay, America saves the day...again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and finally again...oh, and again
Joined Mar 2008
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Probably true...
Joined Jan 2009
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Tennessee
I liked "All Quiet on the Western Front" for a look from the German point of view. I thought it especially poignant with the scene of the German soldier trapped in the shell crater with the Frenchman that he had stabbed. Quite a moving scene.
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I only saw the movie once, about 15 years ago, but in that scene, do they show him throwing away the address/photos of the Frenchman's family? I believe in the book he made a vow to contact the wife, but then changed his mind.
Joined Jan 2009
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Tennessee
Im like you, in that it has been many years since I saw the movie, so I cant remember some of the details. I think that you may be right though.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_de_films_sur_la_Première_Guerre_mondiale
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WOW no one has mentioned ANZACS!!!!!! I think that was definitly one of the best WW1 films out there. Good humor and I think a better picture fo the overall conflict than any onther movie.
Joined Mar 2009
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Texas
Is that the mini-series with Paul Hogan in it? I barely recall seeing a snippet of it bundled with other movies from the 80s. Never saw it though.
Yep that be the one! I somehow remember it being a movie but I must have seen it during a marathon. I didn't remember it as a mini series but I looked it up and it was done as an 8 part series. Another Saturday I wasted infront of a TV!
Joined May 2009
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I studied WWI literature for A Level English Lit and came across a movie adaptation of a novel by Pat Baker called Regeneration, an all star cast based around Craiglockhart mental hospital in Scotland where they sent shell-shocked officers, looked at Sassoons protest and some of Owens poetry, i'd rate it and it doesn't necessarily come across as exclusive a movie about the home front.
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