I know about the real story even before reading that thread.
Naturally there are a lot of omission and changes to the film. Many war films (Patton, Back to Bataan, Band of Brothers series [where they killed off one guy in the story Alfred Blithe, and his family was upset at that; he survived for another 20 years], Pacific series, etc) differ from real life in order to deliver a more succinct story, but the overall message remains the same. In every movie there is always an error to whine about, but let's be honest -- Can't put every single detail in, or the movie will last for 20 hours at least.
by the way, I was talking to that kid who was trolling around, claiming the whole movie is "cheesy, absurd, german kid went to become american fighter pilot, bombing vietnamese things etc. etc etc etc" basically the same generic panning wiseass comment made by lazy teenagers who dont lift a finger to read the biography, not even the outline of the Vietnam war.
No matter how much opinions change, it is disgusting to see naive pricks to denigrate and belittle the sacrifices of those veterans as "cheesy absurd," and all the other adjectives that enters his head.
"Rommel...you magnificent bastard, I read your book!"
-- PATTON
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Patagualian
12 years ago
Thanks Kronos....couldn't agree more, the pillock even said he was a "Jetfighter pilot" silly sod didn't notice that big fan-like thing on the planes nose;
Yet feels qualified to criticise the idea of a German being capable of learning English & the ability to fly an aeroplane.
Regards.
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