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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This one goes back a ways, but drove the ASW nerd in me nuts.
The Hunt for Red October: Dropping a torpedo from helo, then some admiral detonating it from the ship while looking out a window and telling an officer "... and we were never here."
My head nearly exploded typing that.
The Hunt for Red October: Dropping a torpedo from helo, then some admiral detonating it from the ship while looking out a window and telling an officer "... and we were never here."
My head nearly exploded typing that.
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I love it how after firing the AT-4 without ear protection the guy can hear just fine. Did that by accident once during a live fire and ears rang for days.
Also really hate the lack of chain of command. I know know the Matthew Broderick Godzilla was not a military movie but the E5 was running the assault on Godzilla and reporting directly to the O6 in charge of the operation. Same movie the colonel's BDU's were wrinkled as crap. First day in the field everyone would still be wearing a pressed uniform. Also the M1s attacking Godzilla never fire. I guarantee a silver bullet or several would have ruined the big lizard's day. Sorry. It was a horrible movie all around but the way the military is portrayed in it kills me.
Also really hate the lack of chain of command. I know know the Matthew Broderick Godzilla was not a military movie but the E5 was running the assault on Godzilla and reporting directly to the O6 in charge of the operation. Same movie the colonel's BDU's were wrinkled as crap. First day in the field everyone would still be wearing a pressed uniform. Also the M1s attacking Godzilla never fire. I guarantee a silver bullet or several would have ruined the big lizard's day. Sorry. It was a horrible movie all around but the way the military is portrayed in it kills me.
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You know, I forgive most of the stupid crap they mess up about the military in tv and movies. It's just ignorance. The thing that REALLY chaps my body armor though is the g*ddamn snare drum. Virtually EVERY tv show and movie suddenly has a snare drum slowly playing in the background the minute they do the usual slow pan destination shot of a base or post. Like as if every time we stepped onto a military facility, there was a guy there, slowing drumming a snare...
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You know, just about every military movie has some BS in it. Even "much-lauded" ones like that joke Hurt Locker. I've learned to ignore most of it, but there is ONE, just a single one, absolutely unforgivable gaffe that really gets under my skin: berets, for anything with someone in the American military taking place after the 80s.
If it's not the complete screw-up of an incorrectly shaped beret (wearing it like a chef hat or a mushroomed appearance), it's some random Joe Blow wearing a beret in combat.
It's not like Hollywood couldn't spend a hundred bucks to borrow some retired NCO from any Ranger battalion to show up for a single day and square them away.
If it's not the complete screw-up of an incorrectly shaped beret (wearing it like a chef hat or a mushroomed appearance), it's some random Joe Blow wearing a beret in combat.
It's not like Hollywood couldn't spend a hundred bucks to borrow some retired NCO from any Ranger battalion to show up for a single day and square them away.
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The sheer amounts of facial hair, especially when the movie/T.V. show takes place in garrison.
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It really bugs me when they exaggerate actual capabilities of an existing platform...perfect example... In multiple movies and shows...it makes a Hellfire missile strong enough to destroy entire buildings... COME ON....its lucky to disable a truck....
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