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Miniatures Adventure => The Great War => Topic started by: Stecal on December 16, 2010, 05:20:54 PM
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This Canaidian film finally hit netflx!
Passchendaele
2008
NR 114 minutes
Wounded in World War I, Canadian Michael Dunne (Paul Gross) falls in love with his nurse, Sarah (Caroline Dhavernas). When he learns that Sarah's impetuous younger brother, David (Joe Dinicol), has been called to fight, the recuperated Michael sets out to protect him. But history will reveal that Michael is following David into the Battle of Passchendaele, one of the bloodiest conflicts of the war. Gross writes and directs this powerful film.
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I didnīt like it. The love story was boring and the one ending tackled to a cross was far too pathetically.
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Oops, should have put this in WW1.
If it is a stinker I am glad I am didn't blow a lot of money to see it in a theatre then.
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May be itīs only me. My father liked it a lot. I think I was mainlydissapointed because of the very few battle scenes. And I think that love-stories in Warmovies ALWAYS suck.
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May be itīs only me. My father liked it a lot. I think I was mainlydissapointed because of the very few battle scenes. And I think that love-stories in Warmovies ALWAYS suck.
Lt. Hazel, I couldnt agree more. All you want is a wistful tearful look from the Memsahib as you strap on your Broom Handled Mauser!
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I don't think it was just you, Hazel. I seem to recall it got pretty mixed reviews. I haven't even got around to watching it yet. Waiting for it to be on the telly.
I disagree that love stories in war movies always suck. They just usually do. My favourite war film of all time, The Way to the Stars, contains two romantic plots (plus a sort of quasi-romantic, but ultimately platonic love story) and no battle scenes. It is still a hugely rewarding and moving film, and I never tire of watching it.
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I don't think it was just you, Hazel. I seem to recall it got pretty mixed reviews. I haven't even got around to watching it yet. Waiting for it to be on the telly.
I disagree that love stories in war movies always suck. They just usually do. My favourite war film of all time, The Way to the Stars, contains two romantic plots (plus a sort of quasi-romantic, but ultimately platonic love story) and no battle scenes. It is still a hugely rewarding and moving film, and I never tire of watching it.
Hmmmm. No disrespect Plynkes, but you need to get out more.
The DVD has been sitting beside my computer for six months, and some powerful ju-ju has been shouting 'NO!' to me. Still in its wrapper.
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Why do I need to get out more? What's that supposed to mean?
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Why do I need to get out more? What's that supposed to mean?
I rest my case ;)
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Well, I'd rather you explained yourself.
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Well, I'd rather you explained yourself.
cant
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There are very few love stories in war movies that don't suck. From here to eternity, For whom the bell tolls, A Time to Love and A Time To Die and of course War and Peace... all of them adaptions of great literature.
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It was a GREAT film and show many problems of life, points of view and the hardship in that time :D
And if you were going through that hell, i am sure you would have not said "NO" to some love :-* :-* :-* :D
Sorry for the people who did not understand the point of the film, my ex has the same problem and you have to explain it, rewind it and run it again so she understand the plot :-X
After the 20th time ??? >:( ::) :-[ :-X :'(
All i can say is try watching it another 5 times, then you might see the light ;)
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should of named it canada (ducks incoming fire ;))
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It's a terrible film the few battle scenes are ok the love story aspect is so boring even my other half said she hated it!
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It was pants.
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Eh, it was ok. I had free tickets to an advance screening though, so I didn't feel overly cheated. I was hoping for more, but if it's on netflix and it's not costing you anything watch the battle scenes.
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Does Celine Dion get killed early in the piece? Preferably a direct hit with a 'Jack Johnson'. If so it might be worth my while viewing it.
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Does Celine Dion get killed early in the piece? Preferably a direct hit with a 'Jack Johnson'. If so it might be worth my while viewing it.
lol
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I have to admit I was terribly disappointed with the film. I had read a number of interviews with paul Gross (who starred in, Directed and produced the film) and he talked about wanting to make it a tribute to his grandfather who had fought in the battle. So I went in thinking it would be a movie about the battle of Passchedale and the Canadians involvement in it (movie is named after the battle, director/producer claimed it was a tribute to relative that fought in it...). It was not about the battle. If I hadn't been expecting that, and had been expecting a romance set against the backdrop of war, I may not have been so disappointed - I might have even overlooked the gross historical inaccuracies... (oh, don't get me started...).
I think a movie that's about a battle should leave the average movie goer, who knows little about military history, with some sense of what actually happened historically - A Bridge too Far is a great example. It should also inspire easily distractible wargamer like myself want to go home and start painting toys for the period in question. I did not run home and bust out the 28mm late war Canadians... If it could have inspired me to do anything it would have been to run home and dress my wife up in a nurses uniform and have a little romp out in the rain with fireworks going off in the background... er...
I have a sense that Mr. Gross only used the name Passchedale because it sounded like sort of like passion-dale... adding further to my disgust and disappointment.
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Bill Trotter at the The Wargamer just posted a review of the movie:
http://www.wargamer.com/article/2980/passchendaele (http://www.wargamer.com/article/2980/passchendaele)
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I watched it recently,
and I have to say I lked it,
I felt the story and liked the bits of action
so there !
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I finally got around to this yesterday and well... :o
The bits I did think were interesting were opening scene the hand to hand scenes at the end which does something to convey the savagery of what trench fighting must have been like.
The rest was just awful, I mean awful, Morphine addicted nurse love interest with german father who died fighting for Germany at Vimy, the asthmatic younger brother who will join up at any cost, the crucification scene and the carrying the crucifed comrade back to his own lines with him still on the cross...Dear God! Clumsy, daft...Bad film, which was a shame as it could have been brilliant.
I would also add for Tesco shoppers, avoid Company K as well...It doesn't matter how cheap it is...
Best, Goat.
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May be itīs only me. My father liked it a lot. I think I was mainlydissapointed because of the very few battle scenes. And I think that love-stories in Warmovies ALWAYS suck.
There are war movies with love stories mixed in... and then there are love movies with war stories mixed in.
The trouble is recognizing which sort you are about to get before it's too late.
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There should never be birds in war films, unless it's Susannah York in The Battle of Britain
" Don't you shout at me, MR Warwick!" lol
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Au contraire. There probably should be more as long as they are along the lines of Irene Papas in The Guns of Navarone, Cláudia Abreu in The Canudos War or Marisé Alvarez in Che, El Argentino.
:P