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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jan 31, 2020 19:20:03 GMT
Rewatching the BBC miniseries of War & Peace. The Battle of Austerlitz being fought on a nice summer day. Leaves on the trees, flowers blooming. Of course, Austerlitz was fought on December 2nd, 1805. Anyone notice any more?
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Feb 10, 2020 5:06:13 GMT
"The Battle of the Bulge" (1965)
The battle happened during an extremely cold winter, and most of the movie looks it, but the climactic confrontation between the German and American tanks (which never happened in real life BTW) was obviously not filmed in the snow. If the movie were made today a little CGI could easily fix that problem.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Feb 10, 2020 19:54:08 GMT
"The Battle of the Bulge" (1965) The battle happened during an extremely cold winter, and most of the movie looks it, but the climactic confrontation between the German and American tanks (which never happened in real life BTW) was obviously not filmed in the snow. If the movie were made today a little CGI could easily fix that problem. That's another little thing I watch for in movies. Fake winter. You can tell if it's really in winter because you can see the actor's breath. I realize that older Hollywood productions didn't film outside in the snow (Battleground being a good example). But many modern movies/TV shows use fake winter. Early Bame of Thrones.
Might be nitpicking, but, when you live ina place with a lot of winter, you notice these things more
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Post by Hairynosedwombat on Feb 13, 2020 9:15:18 GMT
"The Battle of the Bulge" (1965) The battle happened during an extremely cold winter, and most of the movie looks it, but the climactic confrontation between the German and American tanks (which never happened in real life BTW) was obviously not filmed in the snow. If the movie were made today a little CGI could easily fix that problem. What about the battle in episode 6 of Band of Brothers? Was that more realistic for the weather?
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Feb 13, 2020 17:31:27 GMT
"The Battle of the Bulge" (1965) The battle happened during an extremely cold winter, and most of the movie looks it, but the climactic confrontation between the German and American tanks (which never happened in real life BTW) was obviously not filmed in the snow. If the movie were made today a little CGI could easily fix that problem. What about the battle in episode 6 of Band of Brothers? Was that more realistic for the weather? I've only seen parts of Band of Brothers. If episode 6 is on the Internet I'll watch it and let you know.
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Post by Hairynosedwombat on Feb 13, 2020 22:40:20 GMT
What about the battle in episode 6 of Band of Brothers? Was that more realistic for the weather? I've only seen parts of Band of Brothers. If episode 6 is on the Internet I'll watch it and let you know. Wha? You haven't seen what IMO is the best TV series to come out of the US? And probably the best WW2 show. Spielberg went to town with all his magic.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Feb 14, 2020 8:40:08 GMT
I've only seen parts of Band of Brothers. If episode 6 is on the Internet I'll watch it and let you know. Wha? You haven't seen what IMO is the best TV series to come out of the US? And probably the best WW2 show. Spielberg went to town with all his magic. Wasn't it on HBO? I had HBO for a few years but I think I discontinued it before Band of Brothers was on. Seen a little of it on YouTube, along with its German counterpart called Generation War.
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Post by lunda2222 on Mar 23, 2020 6:27:13 GMT
Wha? You haven't seen what IMO is the best TV series to come out of the US? And probably the best WW2 show. Spielberg went to town with all his magic. Wasn't it on HBO? I had HBO for a few years but I think I discontinued it before Band of Brothers was on. Seen a little of it on YouTube, along with its German counterpart called Generation War.
The breath is one thing. The scenes are good, but it's not cold enough (I'm being very critical here).
If I where to guess the temperature based on the scenes, it would have been between -5 to -10 celsius. It was colder than that.
It snows too much for one thing. The average temperature was about -20 degrees (according to a google search). At that temperature snow is highly unlikely.
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Post by SuperDevilDoctor on Mar 25, 2020 7:05:10 GMT
If you look at actual wartime photos taken during the Battle of Bulge, there is virtually no snow on the ground during the first week -- only little piles of snow around the trunks of trees in heavily forested areas (if that). It was mostly just mud.  It didn't start snowing until the second week. |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Mar 26, 2020 16:39:16 GMT
That's another little thing I watch for in movies. Fake winter. You can tell if it's really in winter because you can see the actor's breath. I realize that older Hollywood productions didn't film outside in the snow (Battleground being a good example). But many modern movies/TV shows use fake winter. Early Bame of Thrones.
Might be nitpicking, but, when you live ina place with a lot of winter, you notice these things more
Though filmed mostly on a sound stage, I really got the feel of winter in Battleground. The breathe steam is missing, but an excess of it would be distracting to watch. Battleground was a very accurate movie, if I remember. That was the days when Hollywood could push out historical horrorshows like Santa Fe Trail
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Post by sadsaak on Mar 27, 2020 14:28:25 GMT
Zulu (1964).
Great movie, crap history. The battle was fought in January when Rorke's Drift was covered in lush grass. The movie showed barren shrub.
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Post by amyghost on Mar 28, 2020 17:09:25 GMT
Rewatching the BBC miniseries of War & Peace. The Battle of Austerlitz being fought on a nice summer day. Leaves on the trees, flowers blooming. Of course, Austerlitz was fought on December 2nd, 1805. Anyone notice any more?
An especial pity with War and Peace, as the keen observation and description of natural settings is one of the book's greatest strengths and pleasures.
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