I love The Battle of the Bulge. Reminds me of Sunday afternoon's when I was young with sunday dinners and sitting on the sofa afterwards with my Dad. I even had 'I love my Panzer' as a ring tone on my mobile, as for Telly he's brill in it 'Whats thats? You wanted to see Germans? You're gunna see Germans' as was the 'MP's are Krauts' scene. No accounting for a good taste :p Well said. My memories of seeing it in the movie theater as a kid are why I still like it. The inaccuracies didn't matter then. It was just a great adventure movie with us winning, of course. Now I think my favorite part is when the big fuel truck driver decks Telly and throws him a siphon hose. "Here, use your big mouth on this!"
I just remembered 'A Taste of Hell'. Low budget, granted, but this one is so awful it makes Pearl Harbor seem like Lawrence of Arabia. A Taste of Hell (1973) - IMDb
I just remembered 'A Taste of Hell'. Low budget, granted, but this one is so awful it makes Pearl Harbor seem like Lawrence of Arabia. A Taste of Hell (1973) - IMDb Dave Now you're talking! Lawrence of Arabia is my all time time favourite movie, in any genre. But getting back to the stinkers, I saw a recent listing for Von Ryan's Express. It also caters to that 8-13 year old boy audience. Everyone in it has a Schmeisser with a 748 round clip and kills more Germans than were lost in a week on the Somme!
Canuck Everyone in it has a Schmeisser with a 748 round clip and kills more Germans than were lost in a week on the Somme! And every German carried one and every gun had this huge magazine capacity. That is why "Where Eagles Dare" is up there for me.
I can't believe that no-one has included Passchendaele yet as a contender. It has some good points but credibility...? Other awfuls.. U571, Mosquito Squadron, U571, The Fallen and U571 Jim
I can't believe that no-one has included Passchendaele yet as a contender. It has some good points but credibility...? Other awfuls.. U571, Mosquito Squadron, U571, The Fallen and U571 Jim Ah U-571. The only authentic information from this film is the rider at the end which was forced on the filmaker due to popular public demand. Regards Tom
The image is from the John Belushi movie 1941. And YES I loved that movie. I watch a movie to be entertained. I don't watch a movie to pick it apart. Yeah I get a little annoyed when an Officer fires 20 rounds from a Webley but hey, that's hollywood for ya.
oh, if the criteria is based on historical accuracy i havent heard anyone mention 'Escape to Victory'
We are not talking about another source of awfulness: the Spaghetti war movies! I can't name any right away, but I saw a few in the 60's. I dimly recall something on Alamein but too many years have passed. A bit here: Spaghetti War Flicks: World War II Brought to Life, Sort of < PopMatters
I just rememberd "A Yank in the RAF" Actually a pretty good 1941 movie but one scene made me snort out loud even when I was a little kid. Tyrone Power was on a leaflet dropping mission and was frustrated that they were shooting at him and he wasn't fighting back. So he took an unopend box of leaflets, leaned out the waist window, closed one eye to aim and pitched it down towards a search light. He watched it down for 10 seconds and the light blinked out. Direct hit!
The thin red line - total crud of the highest order - my DVD copy now serves as a coffee mug coaster. Days of Glory - yawn I get sleepy just thinking of this film. Money and more importantly life wasted watching these turkeys.
definitely Pearl Harbor - what a waste of useful energy, time and above all amount of money spent on making such a film happen... totally unnecessary.
Worst WW2 film ever? Got to add Saints and Soldiers. How to re-enact the Battle of the Bulge with 5 guys (one of whom has the worst pretend English accent I have ever heard) and no budget. But I must take issue with the listing of two films. The Thin Red Line is a classic. I'd read the book a long time before the film was made and the film is very true to it. The focus is on what's going on in the character's minds and I think the film achieved that well. It's not The Pacific. But it was never meant to be. And Enemy at the Gates is a hugely enjoyable film. It suffers from some historical inaccuracies? So what, it's got Rachel Weisz in it! (Or, if you're inclined that way, both Jude Law and Joseph Fiennes).
