Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
Some great war films on this xmas for those of us that hate this time of year

Sunday night we have Defiance , a great film about the resistance of Jews in Belarus to the incoming nazis .....BBC two 11PM

My favourite other war films ....

Cross of Iron

Platoon

Paths of glory ......Kubrick's finest hour
Cross of Iron is a good film. I particularly like the opening credits. The montage is even better than that of Looking for Mr Goodbar. Everything you need to know about the background to the film is captured in a few minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sqwkpiFg4c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNYX8KpzfeA

I haven’t seen Defiance but I would be surprised if it is not a load of glamorized Hollywood nonsense. I’ve read a lot about partisan groups in Poland and Ukraine and there are two sides to the Bielski Partisans story.

I’m looking forward to watching the new Midway film. I will be able to watch that without worrying about patriots being falsely accused of being traitors or criminals posing as patriots. The amount of destruction in the Battle of Midway was incredible, but I don’t think any innocent civilians were killed apart from some contractors on Midway Island.