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?
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Has to be the salute. If they get that wrong and do a Benny Hill or "blocking the sun" salute, the entire movie is ruined for me.
Salutes, grooming, uniforms and properly addressing someone by their rank....the absolute basics that every soldier learns from day one. If you can't get that right, then the movie will annoy the hell out of every Veteran.
Salutes, grooming, uniforms and properly addressing someone by their rank....the absolute basics that every soldier learns from day one. If you can't get that right, then the movie will annoy the hell out of every Veteran.
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The same thing that bothers me in cop movies either everyone is an idiot or they are constantly in a battle throughout their carrers! I had a grandfather in World War 2 and he looked at me one time and said " I didn't fire my weapon as much as the have and I landed on Normandy Beach on D day!"
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In the Netflix TV series sand castles oh, they had an M60 tank in operation Iraqi Freedom that wasn't being ground guided. Also, they had Mr AP vehicles that were not available for another six years. Also, the Infantry unit that was clearing the building was wearing a civil Affairs patch just because it said Airborne doesn't signify they are 11bravos. After 20 minutes, I stopped watching the show
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LTC Stephen Conway
The tank was in Garrison. Also, the soldiers in Garrison were wearing their army physical fitness uniforms without their shirts tucked in and I don't remember seeing any reflective belts. I guess there was no military liaison in this movie to make things correct
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You just have to remember that unless the movie is endorsed by the military, there will be many mistakes. On movies where the Defense Department provides assistance to filmmakers, the department emphasizes the need to show military uniforms correctly
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Dude, it's a movie. It's sole purpose is to entertain the masses. If it was a documentary, depicting real life, I could see getting a little upset. Actors are there to entertain us, not worry about their gig line. Also, Hollywood is restricted from portraying military uniforms in exactly the same way as the real Soldiers do.
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i challenge every person writing in and reading this topic to watch the new predator and try not to turn it off while jumping out of a 10 story window..... so bad you would swear it was a wayans brothers spoof...
all of these complaints and much more await for your viewing displeasure...... perfect opportunity completely missed, completely.
all of these complaints and much more await for your viewing displeasure...... perfect opportunity completely missed, completely.
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i have to disagree with the hurry up and wait not being depicted as that always bugged me, jarhead nailed it
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