
Windtalkers
#1
Posted 01 February 2004 - 06:21 PM
#2
Posted 01 February 2004 - 07:53 PM
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Posted 02 February 2004 - 07:12 AM
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Posted 02 February 2004 - 07:38 AM

Norm
#5
Posted 02 February 2004 - 11:33 AM

Why did it not get great praise in the press ???

#6
Posted 02 February 2004 - 12:02 PM
Norm
#7
Posted 02 February 2004 - 12:32 PM
As soon as the ammo is gone, it came down to whoever could beat (or stab) the other to death.
It makes me wonder what WW2 vets really went through!

Norm
#8
Posted 02 February 2004 - 02:00 PM
#9
Posted 02 February 2004 - 03:58 PM
Yep, B of B is great, lot of British actors as well showing how it should be done...Tom Hanks please take note!
Windtalkers is a good movie, would have been even better without that muppet man Cage in it though...he gets on my tits..
#10
Posted 02 February 2004 - 05:57 PM
Early 28' with a drum, and when he goes back, late,r he's got a nice M1A1...
Don't see that type of care too much anymore.
Good flick, Zamm
#11
Posted 02 February 2004 - 09:33 PM
Look again, when he goes back Cage's charecter has a late 28 not an M1A1. I like that movie, love it when he throws his empties in the front of his jacket. Never tried it, but think it would hurt if you had to take cover in a hurry and hit the dirt.
BB
#12
Posted 02 February 2004 - 10:17 PM
Band of Brothers
Saving Private Ryan
When Trumpets Fade
Windtalkers
All of the above had great TSMG action as well as the BAR.
The Thin Red Line tried to be too PC as did Pearl Harbor...which I don't consider a war movie...just a chic flick in disguise.
Now for the pitch....
If Hollywood wants to make a great WW II film dealing with heroic sacrifice that most Americans are ignorant of today, then the book "The Last Battle Station" should be made into a film. This is the story of the USS Houston (CA 30) and the hopeless battle she fought against the Japanese Navy as a member of a thrown together Allied fleet in the early days of WW II. So much can be done with computers, recreating the Houston, a treaty class heavy cruiser would be a piece of cake.
The Houston, being the last allied capital ship afloat in the far east went down in the waters of Sunda Straight on 1 March 1942 with her guns going...some until they went under the surface. Many of the guns were firing star shells at the Japanese fleet as they had expended all other ammunition. She was cut off from retreat, and ringed with Japanese warships on all sides. Her Captain, Albert Rooks won the CMH posthumously for this action.
Sorry for getting a little off subject, but March 1 is Asiatic Fleet Remembrance Day...and America owes much to the Sailors and Marines of the Asiatic Fleet, who fought without any hope of reinforcement or escape. Truly brave men.
If nothing else, pick up this book and read it...you won't want to stop until it's finished.
C6
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Posted 02 February 2004 - 10:24 PM
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Posted 02 February 2004 - 10:32 PM
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Posted 03 February 2004 - 10:17 AM
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Posted 03 February 2004 - 10:08 PM