So, What did I think? Classic film review- The Longest Day
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- čas přidán 5. 06. 2024
- With the eightieth anniversary of D-DAY, now is the perfect time to re-watch one of the truly great war movies of the 20th century. A film that has replaced in the public zeitgeist by Saving Private Ryan when it comes to D-Day but in my opinion is still the definitive film chronicle of the events that occurred on the 6th of June 1944 that echo through the decades that follow.
- Krátké a kreslené filmy
It’s been my favorite movie since I was a kid growing up in Ft. Bragg surrounded by the 82nd Airborne.
…and it’s the first book I ever read from cover to cover.
This movie is a very big deal in my life.
I got to visit Normandy for a very short day- it’s hallowed grounds.
A great classic indeed. But imho it is time for a new movie about D-Day. Think of a broader view as in TLD, but with visuals like SPR. The vast scale of the landings can be recreated with AI soldiers in the background and real actors up front, think the ride of the Rohirrim in Jackson's LOTR. Look at the great job they did in The Pacific or Letters from Iwo Jima. Bring it on!
Haven't seen it since I was a kid - my main memory is "My old grandmother used to say anything mechanical, give it a good bash", and it was a very long film.
Congrats for being able to sit through it . Then again , after Saving Privet Ryan , pretty much anything before , or after , is going to look bad . Sometimes real bad .
just cueing it up to watch
My favorite actor would be Robert Wagner. The worst actor was John Wayne. John, I think, ruined the movie. Many great actors like Eddie Arnold and Robert Mitchem. I am 76. My dad was at Normandy and later was seriously wounded in the battle of the bulge.
thanks for watching, that's why I pointed out even Wayne has his moment in this film. I'm Irish but a lot of Cousins on my mothers side fought in the war...one cousin visited and stayed a few weeks at my Grandfathers farm and left his old GI field jacket behind...deliberately. Back in the eighties Military surplus jackets were all the rage in school and my mother got her cousins coat for me out of a cupboard, I wore it til it fell apart , one thing I noticed was a darn in the jacket arm and what appeared to be rust stains...all my mother said was he told them he got the hole in his jacket while he was in the service..." at some place called Bastogne" 😯
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I had two Uncles that fought in the battle of the Bulge.
One was a gay radio operator in Patton’s Army, the other was one of those thought to be dead an frozen, but made a nose when he was being loaded on a truck- and survived.
@richardmardis2492 good grief he was lucky!
@@sowhatdidithink4205 You bet Wayne had a moment. The scene where he's looking at the dead soldier and the look on his face was great acting.