(September 21, 2025 at 2:47 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(September 20, 2025 at 9:35 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Right, I have tolerance for industry needs and time constraints, I get it. But Vichy and American troops having a two-minute firefight and then hugging and dancing on the beach? Yeah, no. The other thing was that the squad's sergeant did about everything. Lead by example is one thing, but no, you have a squad so that you don't have to do everything. Carradine did a job job as the sergeant, and other actors did serviceable work, but the scripting and directing, bleh.
I’m actually a bit more snooty about film adaptations of works of fiction than about ‘historical’ films. I will never forgive Peter Jackson for leaving out Tom Bombadil.
Boru
They included him in the telly series. Did you see?
"What a little moonlight can do." ~ Billie Holiday
