But lads , seriously , the best war movie made ? Lets have a think . When did the war end ? 1945 when was the film made ? 1949 , 4 YEARS AFTER ! which as good as makes it a propaganda film . Its difficult for almost anyone to be subjective , we all carry our own Little prejudices which are often hard to shift but having reached an age that makes me an old f*+t I can say with heart on hand I am being subjective so here goes . I watched the film eons ago and was fortunate to have then had the acquaintance of several veterans including a number who saw action in the battle . Does the film have merits ? absolutely , I mean don't get me wrong , it was gritty and captured to a large extent the feel of the combat . I enjoyed it , still own it and will not be consigning it to a car boot .But lets face it , we're 68 years on and for reasons unknown this conflict is the only 1 still subject to heavy censorship and slanted with propaganda . So does anyone really believe that a mere 4 years after the war Hollywood decided to produce an unbiased portrayal ? The shame is they nearly did here , the platoon members were believable in their fatalistic attitudes and low expectations . A desire to just get through , survive and go home . All of which is then negated by the pious , crusading clap trap injected in the end half . As my late Brit tank crew friend said to me at the time of our discussing the film after watching it said , if some padre , vicar come sky pilot would of come up front and give us a moralizing lecture akin to the one in the film did , we'd of asked him what the F he knew about it and kicked him up the ar*e . Whilst another , my much missed ex 106th battalion mentor , one of the few American vets who stayed on in England said to me , to be honest at that time most of us did'nt even care who won as long as it ended . Sorry if this ruffles feathers but they were there , they were real and not actors so I know who I believe .
Review of Battleground
