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Watched "The Guns of Navarone" Tonight
- Thread starter Gibbs505
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I just an EXCELLENT movie last week on TCM . " A walk in the Sun". from 1945. Its about a group of U.S GIs going to take out a a fortified farm house in Italy, about 4 miles from Anzo beach. I just like the movie. The first time I saw it was in 1988 and I did not see it again until a few years ago when AMC and the History channel started to show it again. I watch it every chance I get. The cast is excellent with many of the actors becoming more popular in later years. This movie offers excellent insight into what makes people tick. The platoon making its way inland during the invasion of Italy offers insight into what a farmer, school teacher, etc. considers important in life. One scene which I believe describes the futility of war is where the farmer determines that the soil is worthless. The cerebral fellow (John Ireland) states simply that it is because too many soilders have walked over it for too many years (centuries).
I especially like how John Ireland "writes letters" in his head and hopes to write them on paper later. I also like the part where Lloyd Bridges starts laughing because he suddenly feels like a little kid when planting explosives on a bridge. The confident Sergeant ( Dana Andrews) shows fear when about to give the command to launch the attack on the farmhouse.
The fast talking dialogue between Richard Conte and his buddy remind me of Jerry and George from "Seinfield". This is an excellent movie. I believe that most people would appreciate this movie, whether or not they watch war movies. This movie offers a lot of insight into human nature.
The movie is practically void of blood and gore and leaves it to the imagination of the viewer, such as when the Lieutenant is seriously wounded while on board the landing craft, with half of his face missing. You can imagine it and don't have to see it.
I was told that the writers from " Band of Brothers"watched this movie a couple of times ( on Speilburg's suggestion) to get how the men interact / talk on their on their mission. The movie itself was based a novel of the same name, which was based on the author's own war time experiences.
I especially like how John Ireland "writes letters" in his head and hopes to write them on paper later. I also like the part where Lloyd Bridges starts laughing because he suddenly feels like a little kid when planting explosives on a bridge. The confident Sergeant ( Dana Andrews) shows fear when about to give the command to launch the attack on the farmhouse.
The fast talking dialogue between Richard Conte and his buddy remind me of Jerry and George from "Seinfield". This is an excellent movie. I believe that most people would appreciate this movie, whether or not they watch war movies. This movie offers a lot of insight into human nature.
The movie is practically void of blood and gore and leaves it to the imagination of the viewer, such as when the Lieutenant is seriously wounded while on board the landing craft, with half of his face missing. You can imagine it and don't have to see it.
I was told that the writers from " Band of Brothers"watched this movie a couple of times ( on Speilburg's suggestion) to get how the men interact / talk on their on their mission. The movie itself was based a novel of the same name, which was based on the author's own war time experiences.
