'Passchendaele", the movie.

George Anderson · 08-09-2011, 04:28 PM

Really gentlemen you should back-off a bit. Alanint is certainly justified in his criticism of the film's technical accuracy but movies are movies and most of the actors are air-heads and the producers businessmen. Nevertheless for those among us who are avid collectors errors in historical accuracy, that most would never recognize, do tend to stick in the craw.

In "Passchendaele" I found the story line much more bothersome than the technical detail. As I recall the 1970s remake of "All Quiet on the Western Front" had the Germans armed with Enfield 303s or some such thing but the producers did stick close to Remarque's intent. Look at most history-based modern movies and you realize that the effort is not to please the historian but the paying masses.

If you want to know about Passchendaele read Jack Sheldon's work of that title.

08-09-2011, 04:28 PM	#28
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	Really gentlemen you should back-off a bit. Alanint is certainly justified in his criticism of the film's technical accuracy but movies are movies and most of the actors are air-heads and the producers businessmen. Nevertheless for those among us who are avid collectors errors in historical accuracy, that most would never recognize, do tend to stick in the craw. In "Passchendaele" I found the story line much more bothersome than the technical detail. As I recall the 1970s remake of "All Quiet on the Western Front" had the Germans armed with Enfield 303s or some such thing but the producers did stick close to Remarque's intent. Look at most history-based modern movies and you realize that the effort is not to please the historian but the paying masses. If you want to know about Passchendaele read Jack Sheldon's work of that title.