Worst WW2 movies ever made?

Inglourious Basterds is the worst WW2 movie!

 

I'll second that! What a piece of garbage that show was.

.... disgusting.

-whatever

-Lou

 

Jews taking revenge on Germans , how pathetic ...the hatred is still strong in them

 

My objection to the movie is the same as my objection to 'Pearl Harbor', which is both movie's total disregard for the actual history.

With regard to the Jew's hatred of the Nazis and their unforgivable behavior...... well, count me in.

But this is definitely NOT the thread to get into THAT discussion. (Hell, it's probably not even the right FORUM, but I'll leave that for others to determine.)


-whatever

-Lou

 

I've never seen the movie-I was going to, until I saw the trailer, which included a scene of one of the "Basterds" running full-tilt down a hall firing an MG42, from the hip, with one hand. Probably the first time in my life I literally laughed and cried at the same time.

 

It wasn't featured in the final cut, which suggests to me it was either put merely as a way to get the audience "fired up" or, it was deleted because Tarantino realized how idiotic it was.

 

I'm fairly certain that Inglourious Basterds was not meant to be historically accurate. I'll admit that it's not one of my favorite Tarantino movies, but I still enjoy it. Can a movie that pertains to WWII be enjoyable without being accurate?

 

I thought pearl harbor was bad too. But battle Force is really bad.

 

I still vote: Battle For the Last Panzer-is by far the worst WWII movie ever made. Klaus Kinski being in it did not help it one bit.

And if any wise-guy ever says that Cross of Iron was a lousy movie? ill send in Sergeant Steiner and his platoon after youse.

 

PS, Robin and Marion w/ Sir Sean Connery as (Errol Flynn) and Audrey Hepburn as (Olivia de Havilland) aka Robin Hood and Lady Marion Fitzwalter, and I never cared much for this movie.

 

By far, Pearl Harbor has got to be the lamest, most inaccurate, hokey, overly melodramatic, piece of funky, moldy, watered down cheese ever pulled out and dragged across the floor. Ben Affleck should be burned in effigy every time he shows his face in public for that one. I would sooner have a root canal than sit through that again. It does however, prove that you cant rescue a movie with a craptacular story, just because you have a fantastic budget for special effects

How can you NOT enjoy watching someone unload an MP40 into Hitlers face?

 

Just by looking at the cover of the film, I see what you mean.

 

Heh heh, hope your talking about the Klaus Kinski movie ;-))

 

Indeed! Quite a disgusting cover!

 

Ok, after further review I think I will add my two cents to this one. I will agree with those of you who picked "Battle of the Last Panzer". Not only is it a horrible war movie...it's just a crappy film overall. Which got me to thinking: can a good war movie be a bad film overall or vice versa?
I have to disagree about "The Guns of Navarone". It's not just a good war movie, it's a good movie period. I put "Patton" into the same category as well as "12 O'Clock High" and "Battleground".

Let's take some "BAD" war movies...ok, I'll start with "Pearl Harbor"...a love story that takes place during attack with the Doolittle Raid thrown in for good measure. Overall a terrible film (even though it does have Kate Beckensale and decent special effects, Ben Affleck should have drowned in the Channel) and as a war movie....pure suckfest. Why not just remake "Tora,Tora,Tora" with great special effects!!!
"Midway"...where do I start. Suffers from the same problem that "A Bridge Too Far" suffered from....they both wanted to be "The Longest Day". Too many big stars and not enough substance. At least "A.B.T.F." was entertaining and had a better cast, but I did want to strangle Ryan O'neil and Dirk Bogard midway through the film. O'neil suffered from a bad case of overacting and Bogard seemed painfully constipated.
Back to "Midway"...bad casting, bad script, bad acting. It pained me to see Henry Fonda and Hal Halbrook reduced to paper characters. And that side "love story" with Charlton Heston's son was just typical Hollywood fluff.
"Memphis Belle" is not a good film, it suffers from taking too much dramatic license. Too little and it would have come across as a mocumentary. Probably should have stayed on the shelf.
"Hart's War", decent idea, bad script and casting, not great by any measure.
"Enemy at the Gates"..see above.
"Hitler" with Richard Basehart as Der Fuhrer. So bad it's almost good.
"Anzio" just not a good war movie.
"The Bridge at Remagen"...Ditto!
I almost put "Battle of the Bulge" into this category. "BoB" isn't a bad war movie, it's just not a good film overall. Forget the inaccuracies and the Telly Savalas black market side story, just enjoy it for being what it is, plus the singing of the PanzerWagen Lied actually makes it worthwhile.

What about films that are pretty good but almost done it because of less than perfect casting:
"Hitler: The Last Ten Days"...ok before anyone reaches for the keyboard..let me qualify this one. I own this film, I have watched it countless times and it is a pretty good movie and a prett good war movie and overall has a pretty good cast....HOWEVER (as one of my major professors used to say, there's always a HOWEVER) when I hear ole Adolf say "You have done remarkable work for the Third Reich" and hear Obi Wan Kenobi my brain wants to implode.
"Hitler's SS: A Portrait in Evil" again I own this one and have watched it more times than I care to admit...HOWEVER...would it be asking too much to hire actors that can at least mimick a German accent. When I hear an S.A. trooper say.."yes, you're that Jew professor from the university." and it sounds like Jeremy Clarkson, something's wrong with this picture.

This all being said, no matter how bad these films are, they're still better than any Lifetime movie, maybe with the sole exception of "Battle of the Last Panzer".

Well, that's enough for now...I'm sure in 20 minutes I'll have thought of a lot more. Keep the meter running.

Buzz

 

Miracle at St Anna

 

i think saving private ryan is a terrible movie

the start is pretty epic granted but after theyve made i through the beach scenes its just another boring american 'we saved the world/won the war' drivvel

 

I totally agree with you. That movie just screwed up the whole Spielberg experience for me. Epic, but b****it.

And Miracle at St. Anna was pretty bad too. I didn't get what Spike Lee was trying to say at all. Just another weird American war movie, I guess.

 

Even the WW1 plane at the beginning of the film is inaccurate in pearl harbour. It's red and allies didn't paint their planes <_<

 

Operation market garden or something like that or was it just market garden i don't know.