Monument Men

[browningautorifle]

It is what it is

Agreed.

Tried to talk the wife into going

I took mine and she couldn't take most of it seriously. My daughter also showed up and had to ask me about the facts after the movie.

[DaveHH]

Blackhawk Down is a great example. That movie was dead on perfect to the book and the truth. The Army loaned Ridley Scott all of the air assets he needed, with mechanics, pilots and a company of Rangers to act as extras and to guard all of the stuff in Morocco. The Army wanted the real story to come out. Point being, these movies aren't "Gung Ho" or "Sands of Iwo Jima" with a drunk John Wayne pulling grenade pins with his teeth.

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

Based on true events. Not documentaries.

I take them for what they are, a few hours of entertainment.

[browningautorifle]

I don't think you guys are getting what I meant. I also know the story. I have volumes on it. Blackhawk down was a different one again. BOB had it's problems with facts. This thing wasn't any of them. I thought the characters made it bad. Not the story. If they'd had actors that came closer to the truth, it might have been better.

[TBIRD430]

I also thought MM was just an okay movie. I knew a little bit about the real MM, but I expected a better movie I guess. I also agree, most of the real MM guys probably carried .45's, a few Thompsons, & mostly carbines back in the day.