You Know It's An American War Movie When...

In every RAF squadron we always have a "plucky" little red-headed Scot who at some point in the film stares off into the distance thinking about his "Mary" waiting for him in the glens (They always live in the bloody Glens!! There's no urbans Scots in War movies). Then we have the Welshman who is always the experienced chap and never gets excitable, is sometimes called Huw and you are always waiting for him to break into a song in his booming baritone voice!

And its amazing how many Irishmen in War movies use expressions like "Begorrah" and are always portrayed as slightly loony!

 

That's hilarious about the typical American war movie.

You left out a few other cliches:

The senator's kid who thinks he's better than everyone else in his company, breaks the rules, defies the drill sergeant, and pays for it. Later in the film, this ostracized guy truly bonds with his buddies, usually by dying to save their lives.

The kid from Brooklyn who loves his Dodgers (the baseball team that moved to Los Angeles in 1957)

The kid from Arkansas who's "too young to die," worships his girlfriend in the picture, and gets killed.

The tough guy who gets the "Dear John" letter from his wife, becomes a blubbering mass, and gets killed.

Often there's an incompetent colonel who orders the men on a risky and suicidal attack, that ultimately takes the hill, but at a tremendous cost in lives and stuntmen.

The evil sadistic Japanese commandant who tortures the American POW in the name of the Emperor. He commits hara-kiri when the battle goes against him.

The wise old general who, after the battle, looks over the corpses, and wonders where America gets such brave men to fight her battles.

Don't forget the fast talking US sergeant who has a permanent cigar in hie mouth!

 

I think every cliche ever put in an American movie came from Battle Cry.

 

And its amazing how many Irishmen in War movies use expressions like "Begorrah" and are always portrayed as slightly loony!

That's pretty much an accurate portrayal, eh?:p

 

That's pretty much an accurate portrayal, eh?:p
Ah Begorrah, Jeff I think you're on to something there now?

 

That's pretty much an accurate portrayal, eh?:p
Cue "The Fighting 69th."