Posted on Oct 13, 2014
What ONE incorrectly depicted thing pisses you off most about military movies?
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My question is really no more complicated than that.
For me, it is the rendering of the salute. Hands down. No second place. This pisses me off to no end!
In my opinion, this is THE most important of all military courtesies, and it should always be given with the most possible precision and exacting attention to detail.
FFS! It is something that is taught to every 'cruit in week 1 of basic training! It is perfected throughout training! In a military movie, this should be the EASIEST thing to get right!
It seems to me, that if an actor or actress can spend weeks or months learning hundreds, if not thousands of lines of dialog for a movie, they can at least spend an afternoon or a day, practicing with the advisor (there is ALWAYS an advisor who is a Vet or SM) on the set until they get it right.
I know there are bigger, or more obvious problems with some military movies. Weapons or uniforms or lingo that is anachronistic to the time period of the battle on screen...but DAMMIT, getting the salute wrong in any time period just frosts my shorts!
Usually, it's a fail with what I call the, "I'm shading my eyes from the sun" salute. Your f'n hand doesn't belong on your forehead like you're trying to watch the right fielder shag the fly ball! It belongs where you were TAUGHT to place it!
I find myself commenting out loud to friends, while watching movies that jack this up...they don't seem to understand why it pisses me off so much.
What does it for you?
For me, it is the rendering of the salute. Hands down. No second place. This pisses me off to no end!
In my opinion, this is THE most important of all military courtesies, and it should always be given with the most possible precision and exacting attention to detail.
FFS! It is something that is taught to every 'cruit in week 1 of basic training! It is perfected throughout training! In a military movie, this should be the EASIEST thing to get right!
It seems to me, that if an actor or actress can spend weeks or months learning hundreds, if not thousands of lines of dialog for a movie, they can at least spend an afternoon or a day, practicing with the advisor (there is ALWAYS an advisor who is a Vet or SM) on the set until they get it right.
I know there are bigger, or more obvious problems with some military movies. Weapons or uniforms or lingo that is anachronistic to the time period of the battle on screen...but DAMMIT, getting the salute wrong in any time period just frosts my shorts!
Usually, it's a fail with what I call the, "I'm shading my eyes from the sun" salute. Your f'n hand doesn't belong on your forehead like you're trying to watch the right fielder shag the fly ball! It belongs where you were TAUGHT to place it!
I find myself commenting out loud to friends, while watching movies that jack this up...they don't seem to understand why it pisses me off so much.
What does it for you?
Saluting
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Posted 11 y ago
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The cussing and the swearing. However, I have never seen combat. I served, defended and protected this great nation of ours: during the Cold War.
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SPC Brett Robertson
Your a woman so when ever you were around us Infantry guys were told to STFU. Believe me when no lady's were around even our Cadence's would make a sailor blush and tells us that we were sick Bastards. By the way my platoon was named The Bastards. 91-95
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PO1 Robert Wikert
SGT Carl Blas - Or without combat, I really had to work to tame my mouth after retiring.
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SGT Carl Blas
PO1 Robert Wikert - I didn't need to tame my mouth after getting out of the Army, I got into the police department, and the streets only understood one language in the 70's and 80's, and they did move when I said "MOVE".
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an officer wearing the Flash With his unit crests instead of his rank. Just like a picture above showing the Beret not worn correctly.
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I dislike anything that portray the military in a negative way... our men and women in uniform are motivated and well educated
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CPO Andy Carrillo, MS
That not all of us look like Tom Cruise or Demi Moore in A Few Good Men because "I can't handle the truth!" all that well... ;o)
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Salutes rendered wrong or between enlisted people is a big one. The other one is when they say ranks wrong or try to say that a PFC is in charge of a whole squad or something.
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The salute for sure! It's the easiest thing to get right, yet it's done wrong so many times.
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It makes me absolutely crazy when watching a movie and seeing a uniform incorrect. My wife hates when I start up about it during a movie....but with all of the things available to check it out on line...HOW a could someone screw that up?
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lack of proper grooming standards, wearing uniform incorrectly, and over dramatized motivation.
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It's always about the small things. Haircut, Uniform imperfections, Ribbons, Boots, PT Gear, Something small... If Hollywood paid a service member a small fee they would probably catch all of these before the movie was released. I know they pay Consultants large fees for crap that is huge in the movie. BUT put 1 SGM on staff to police the stuff they normally correct on a daily basis and all would be fixed.
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