How many milsurp nuts have seen Passchendaele?

It sucks

Bad acting, poorly cast characters, weak plot that takes FOREVER to develop...and then a short war movie...yikes...and I paid to see that? Save your money!

Came home and my pal put Saving Private Ryan on (which I'd never seen)...now THAT's a great war movie...

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rzmitch said:
Bad acting, poorly cast characters, weak plot that takes FOREVER to develop...and then a short war movie...yikes...and I paid to see that? Save your money!

Came home and my pal put Saving Private Ryan on (which I'd never seen)...now THAT's a great war movie...

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You've never seen S.P.R?!!! You really missed out then.
If you liked that, start renting (if possible) or better yet buy the complete "Band of Brothers" series.
 
It was a typical love story with a cliche battle scene. While some parts of the movie were quite good and more parts showed promise, the writing was so bad at times that I found it disengaging and distracting. Most of the terrible bits have already been torn apart earlier in this thread.

Let it be resolved that no one shall ever again jog back and forth across no man's land under withering rifle fire to retrieve the crucified relative of a love interest. Gawd.

Edit: Even if the bad guys are going to eventually cease fire and nod solemnly in admiration and understanding.
 
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The movie did have power. In a Canadian theatre, at a Canadian movie, a love story set against one of Canada's greatest battlefield moments...what else could you ask for? There is a LOOOONG way to go to "re-educate" Canadians about our own history. This was a very very good start.

As some have pointed out, when most of the audience sits spellbound at the end of the movie, just to watch the real WW1 footage with the musical score with the credits, you know it's a good movie.

It is not an action movie, or a war movie, and I think many here, including myself expected that going in on opening weekend. However, it's low key, not overly melodramatic Hollywood bull####. I like the simple dialogue, real people speak more like that than they do in most American movies. Take everyo9ne you can to see it, then after, teach them about what Canada really does in the history of the 20th century.
 
Great Portraits.

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Some colourized photographs of Passchendaele released in 2007.



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Thank You !! "Vimy" for these Excellent Pix , the REAL stories are in these pictures ! Is there a link where they can be viewed? --- Far as the movie "Passchendaele" is concerned I'll be waiting for the DVD --fast forward is king!
 
Couldn't have said it better. My wife was sobbing at the end after the scene with all the graves. I hope people will take it for what it was, a movie. Just because it wasn't what they were expecting doesn't make it a horrible movie. I personally can't wait for it to come out on DVD.
 
I heard the movie company was in Calgary grabbing any white males of about 6 feet in hieght to play in the background shots. It's good to see a movie on the big screen with some locall ties.
 
Beadwindow said:
FYI, the last photo of the Germans with the machine gun is an altered photo, and I've seen the original photo of the background onto which they were very cleverly pasted. That said, the rest of the photos appear to be authentic.

Regards,

Frank
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come to think of it, those huns look like they've been plopped down. photoshop?

as to the casting for passchendaele, they had a "cow call" or a general casting call at a big hotel in calgary. they were taking any males with short natural coloured hair, ad preference was given to guys with military/firearms experience. at one point early on, they were coming up short on rifles, and asked if i was willing to use my own lee enfield on set. luckily, the props company had plenty of rifles, and seeing how they faired at the end of each day, i was glad i didn't bring mine!
 
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Saw the movie last night.
It is very well done and overall an excellent movie.
Bear in mind it is not a typical "John Wayne" hooraw type of movie. It is factual and accurate as far as a movie company can make it.
It is not a documentary, but a movie made for entertainment based on real event.
To put it into comparison..the closet recent movie that would be the A&E movie "The Lost Battalion".
Though I should note that in that movie, the U.S. Infantry of WW1 never used the K98 Mauser or the No.4 Lee Enfield, as was seen in the trenches and carried by the marching troops earlier on.
The singular error that stood out was the 303 cartridge which was placed on the map to emphasize Paachendaele village. The Canadians used the MkII through MKII cartridge with the Cupro-nickel plated 200/220 gr round nose bullet...the cartridge used in the movie was a MkVII cartridge with a 174 gr spire point FMJ.
Here is an interesting observation...normally at the end of the movie prior to the credits, most of the audience gets up and leaves. At the end of the movie the lead characters and actors were being listed with original WW1 footage added to one side. Not one person moved while these credits were being run. Only after the footage had ended and the production cast credits were rolling did people start to leave...that I found unusual and surprising.
Hopefully it will make it to the US, though I doubt it.
It you get a chance go and see it.
Cheers
 
Alonzo said:
The singular error that stood out was the 303 cartridge which was placed on the map to emphasize Paachendaele village. The Canadians used the MkII through MKII cartridge with the Cupro-nickel plated 200/220 gr round nose bullet...the cartridge used in the movie was a MkVII cartridge with a 174 gr spire point FMJ.
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Damn.... talk about splitting hairs. Maybe you should phone the production company and #####... :rolleyes: :p


Alonzo said:
Here is an interesting observation...normally at the end of the movie prior to the credits, most of the audience gets up and leaves. At the end of the movie the lead characters and actors were being listed with original WW1 footage added to one side. Not one person moved while these credits were being run. Only after the footage had ended and the production cast credits were rolling did people start to leave...that I found unusual and surprising.
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The same thing happened at the theatre I was at... I found it unusual but I was kind of pleased to be honest.

As for the movie... bah... Passchendaele should have been called something else, as the title is very misleading. Whatever critic called it the "Canadian version of Saving Private Ryan" should either be slapped in the face or applauded for being so correct, as I'm not surprised. The Canadian version of anything would be more hokey, sappy, and cheesy.... with less fighting and more huggy 'feel-good-ness' thrown in. :rolleyes:
 
Suputin said:
When it comes out on DVD I am going to buy several extra copies and send them to some US friends.
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My plan as well... a bit of an education to some in that other countries were involved in WW1...not just he US.

TYLER...yeah it is a bit of a stretch with the cartridge though it made the point there was little to find wrong in the equipment etc.

Cheers
 
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