There was quite a bit of tension in some parts of the movie and this makes up for the shortcomings to some extent. I'm not a movie critic, if the movie entertains me then it has done its job, right? I am however quick to see howlers (noooo, not wolves, glaring mistakes). Like I said earlier, I enjoyed the movie and as you've guessed - there's a big BUT and here it is ....
I wanted Riggs to shut up before I was 30 mins into the movie. I so nearly turned it off in the early part of the movie because of that actors voice, his laugh and his terrible timing when reciting lines. Enough about him anyway.
The movie on the whole entertained me but I'm a glut for war movies anyway. Things which spoilt this for me was the men running about trying to evade capture with metal clanging all over their body. Metal plates banging metal cups was seriously bad to see. In reality it would be padded as we all know.
The other thing was the light that illuminated everything they were doing. It was like a spotlight being shined on them. There was no moon out because you could see that it was pitch black beyond the range of the spotlight. So they did have spotlights shone on them. Not something you would be shining throughout the night while trying to evade capture.
The sound often resembled something that was recorded inside on a stage, then edited into the movie during scenes shot outside in the countryside. Sound just isn't like that in big open spaces.
Parachute jumping into a girlfriends garden would need much greater height and the parachutes back then were not controllable like they are today with ropes to steer the direction. It was an impossible landing in 1944.
Why was Riggs running around in the countryside with no helmet? The D-DAY landings were a major secret. Huge steps were taken to ensure the invasion wasn't expected on the other side of the Channel ... yet the girlfriend and her mother knew the parachutist boyfriend was off on a mission to Dunkirk. It wouldn't happen. The boyfriend wouldn't be allowed off base or near a telephone.
Being an American made movie, the historical accuracy of it has to be questioned because of all the past travesties like The Dambusters, U-571 and every other "true story" in between. Pinch of salt? A bucket of salt more like.
Sorry, but since Eddie Livingstone spent most of the movie alone there was nobody to witness what he did. The fact he was captured meant that too much time passed between the events and his release for anything to be substantiated. You could have had Eddie Livingstone doing anything you want, nobody can corroborate the story - so forget the scenes featuring Eddie Livingstone.
Easy on the eye this movie. A lot of people will like it for various reasons. If you're expecting something more than a low budget movie then forget about watching this, if you're not overly critical and just enjoy the ride, you'll like the movie like I do.
I wanted Riggs to shut up before I was 30 mins into the movie. I so nearly turned it off in the early part of the movie because of that actors voice, his laugh and his terrible timing when reciting lines. Enough about him anyway.
The movie on the whole entertained me but I'm a glut for war movies anyway. Things which spoilt this for me was the men running about trying to evade capture with metal clanging all over their body. Metal plates banging metal cups was seriously bad to see. In reality it would be padded as we all know.
The other thing was the light that illuminated everything they were doing. It was like a spotlight being shined on them. There was no moon out because you could see that it was pitch black beyond the range of the spotlight. So they did have spotlights shone on them. Not something you would be shining throughout the night while trying to evade capture.
The sound often resembled something that was recorded inside on a stage, then edited into the movie during scenes shot outside in the countryside. Sound just isn't like that in big open spaces.
Parachute jumping into a girlfriends garden would need much greater height and the parachutes back then were not controllable like they are today with ropes to steer the direction. It was an impossible landing in 1944.
Why was Riggs running around in the countryside with no helmet? The D-DAY landings were a major secret. Huge steps were taken to ensure the invasion wasn't expected on the other side of the Channel ... yet the girlfriend and her mother knew the parachutist boyfriend was off on a mission to Dunkirk. It wouldn't happen. The boyfriend wouldn't be allowed off base or near a telephone.
Being an American made movie, the historical accuracy of it has to be questioned because of all the past travesties like The Dambusters, U-571 and every other "true story" in between. Pinch of salt? A bucket of salt more like.
Sorry, but since Eddie Livingstone spent most of the movie alone there was nobody to witness what he did. The fact he was captured meant that too much time passed between the events and his release for anything to be substantiated. You could have had Eddie Livingstone doing anything you want, nobody can corroborate the story - so forget the scenes featuring Eddie Livingstone.
Easy on the eye this movie. A lot of people will like it for various reasons. If you're expecting something more than a low budget movie then forget about watching this, if you're not overly critical and just enjoy the ride, you'll like the movie like I do.