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It's probably a damn good thing I was never in a war.

posted 11 years ago by Gov_William_J_LePetomane
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Because I probably would have ended up unwittingly killing about a dozen or so of my own men. Half the time that I'm watching ground combat scenes, and this was especially true in Flags of Our Fathers, I can't ever figure out who is who. For example, in this movie there was one scene where one U.S. soldier is watching a guy stab other men on the ground, and at first I was thinking "why isn't that guy shooting the dude doing the stabbing?" only to realize, "oh, he's a U.S. soldier as well." So there's one friendly fire incident right there I would have been involved in.

If I can't tell who is who in movie battle scenes, just think how bad I'd be during the real thing.

Anyone else have this problem?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbLB3z_kFDw&feature=plcp

[–] ns_garcia 10 years ago

I don´t remember ever seen a battle scene in a movie where I understood what was happening!
In the end the "good" guys declare victory, that is all!

Can anyone list movie battle scenes where the distinction between armies are clear?

[–] Janko76 10 years ago

..It's called training.

[–] Blakefield 10 years ago

By the time I got to the end of the movie, I had no idea who put up which flag or who got killed

It's the one problem I have with war movies recently, if I dont know the actors by face, and the character names aren't clearly mentioned throughout the movie, then I'm lost.

I never have that problem watching the Dirty Dozen or the Great Escape

(Maybe I'm getting old)

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