@SuperbattleshipYamato Yeah I get you 100%. Alternate History is a niche interest in the first place so finding other people willing to go down the rabbit hole is always tough.
Monuments Men
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As an architect and mild WWII enthusiast, I was pretty excited to hear about this movie, especially since they dragged the reclusive Bill Murray to be in it. I do expect some exaggeration of true events as only Hollywood could do. The idea of a bunch of geeky art historians joining an army expedition is pretty funny.
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Gen. Veers,
––I read the book. It is an interesting story indeed,…and based on a true story. I hope we both enjoy seeing it soon.
“Tall Paul”
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I hope to get to this as well. “Ocean’s 11” meets “Kelley’s Heroes?”
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I want to watch the film.
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Another movie about the rescue of Nazi-looted art is the 1964 Burt Lancaster film The Train. Sort of a combination of Monuments Men and Von Ryan’s Express.
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just saw it tonight. It was really good. I unfortunately didn’t get a chance to read the book before i watched the movie, but none the less, It was very good. I definitely recommend it.
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It was just ok. I thought it would be more funny with Bill Murray. I only saw it because i see every WW2 period film regardless as a matter of policy. The map they showed at the beginning was terribly inaccurate for German positions as of Spring 1943, almost laughable they had Germany closer to August 44.
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True with the map, and their was some funny parts with Bill Murray, but overall I thought it was good
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I hope to get to this as well. “Ocean’s 11” meets “Kelley’s Heroes?”
It wasn’t this but it was an enjoyable film. It was a rather nice change of pace to the CGI-fest, shaky cam, jump cut, whip pan style usually the norm these days. There wasn’t an edit every second and a half. Much more a bio-pic sort of thing than a caper or war movie. Probably a “girlfriend friendly” WWII story.
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Well said frimmel, my wife surprised me by saying she wanted to see it. I found it a rather mild movie, but enjoyable none the less. I must admit, I had to go home and watch the second half of Pearl Harbor to get a lil action fix.
Go see it though, They got all the period vehicles right…even the Russians and to that I say bravo!
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