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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The thing that gets me is the portrayal of female soldiers, now I know plenty or tough female soldiers, some have been very hardened from their upbringing but they still have pretty decent personalities. When you see them in movies it seems they have to be the most dangerous and uncaring individuals in the movie, check out some of the movies lately and see perfect shot everytime, stare in the monsters face, run through insane mine fields untouched, intimidating every man, even my wife gets offended seeing this because she has grown up around military people and they still a very easy to relate with and talk to without being insane tough guys
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I always loved how whenever someone opens a truck there's all kinds of weapons and ammo just piled up in a big ole mess. And weapons are always carted around in wooden crates packed with saw dust or packing peanuts. OH, and always, and I mean always, transported fully loaded and ready for combat.
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I know it's already been mentioned, but uniform discrepancies are my big thing. I am reminded of the COB (Chief of the Boat) in Crimson Tide wearing a gold band on his combination cover. Hello! Only Officers have a gold band on their combo covers???
Another thing that got me in that movie, and I'm not even a submariner (but I do understand basic physics): in one scene where the boat is submerging they empty the ballast tanks. Excuse me but how does dropping weight make a submarine sink???
Another thing that got me in that movie, and I'm not even a submariner (but I do understand basic physics): in one scene where the boat is submerging they empty the ballast tanks. Excuse me but how does dropping weight make a submarine sink???
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PO1 Robert Wikert
The COB with the gold has always bothered me about that movie too. Never having been stationed on a sub I just gave it up to my ignorance, thinking perhaps because he was the COB maybe he did get to wear gold.
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PO1 Robert Wikert
PO3 Bo Hunt - Having been stationed on an AS I did get to go below decks to take pictures and I do understand your comment about the size of compartments etc. Very tight quarters... BZ PO3 Hunt I could have never survived a tour aboard one of those boats.
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Sir it's all sorts of wrong, but Sam Jackson wears the hell out of that poncho cape.
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James MacKenzie
Clearly, the military should consider the full potential of capes and cloaks as uniform accessories.
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Incorrect use/holding of weapons... Get your finger off the trigger, use two points of control...and for the love of God put it to your shoulder and aim
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Walking in front of a window during urban combat! Another is all the guys sitting in a tight group jackjawing over chow. Ya gotta keep 5 meters apart minimum period!!!
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It always bothers me when they show Officers receiving praise and respect from their soldiers. That never happens in the real world and can only be fantasy.
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PFC Harold Best
I gotta disagree with you on that one. We had an 2Lt take over in my Army unit who came over from the Marines. He pushed us HARD, but he also was a zero chickenshit guy. We responded with gratitude, and immense respect. His name was Marius Ardelian. To this day, I would charge the fires of hell armed with a bucket of spit if he was in command!
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Which is worse - the goatee, or the fact that an officer is wearing weapons quals?
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GySgt David Weihausen
The fact that he's only a pistol "Marksman" and that his collar emblems are AFU and possibly his lapel emblems as well. And then the non-reg haircut too!
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