I don't really feel the need to see any more WWII or Viet Nam flicks. The best ones I think have already been made and those wars have been pretty exhausted, film-wise.
WWI, I agree, is pretty neglected and I'm sure filmmakers could do some great things with it.
We've seen a lot of shit-films about this current "War on Terrorism," and with The Hurt Locker being the only good one I can think of I don't really want to see anymore; I think people should let some time pass. Things aren't even resolved and I think the films would be much better with some perspective.
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totally agree.they dont make anywhere near as many of those movies as they do of wwII. It was great to see them back at it not too long ago with Flyboys.I love that movie.was great on the big screen.
I think the absence of WW1 movies can be attributed to how... inglorious, the first world war was. Planes and tanks and the like didn't play as big of a role, no real mega epic D-Day esque battles (that the common person would be aware of anyway!), and a whole lot of... sitting around in a trench, shooting at people you can't even really see, and changing your socks when they get damp so you don't get trenchfoot.
Not to say that there wasn't anything epic about WW1 or that there haven't been any good WW1 movies, there have, but I could see how WW2 might have more of a draw to your average Michael Bay loving fan.
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I cant remember the last war movie I enjoyed and was generally interested in the actual history of which took part. Maybe Windtalkers or We Were Soldiers?
Wasnt a fan of Clint Eastwoods 2 movies....
I majorly agree with Darth Truculent, World War 1 has been over-looked for ages. Last one I can barely think of was that piece of shit "Deathwatch"
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