Straight Line of the Day: How To Ruin a Perfectly Good War Movie: … Posted by Oppo on 19 June 2026, 12:00 pm
The scene where Travis sets up a foreign coin toll booth outside of the Alamo 2 Reply to this comment
My mistake, he was Polish in A Bridge Too Far. Still, it was a missed chance for him to Gene Hackman all over a WWII movie. 1 Reply to this comment
Nevertheless he took the wrong turn at Albuquerque and ended up in Santa Fe and never left. 3 Reply to this comment
Just for the record, the sawed-off little runt who starred in Destry was Audie Murphy. Reply to this comment
When the Indian warriors are charging the cavalry under a clear blue western sky and there’s a jet contrail above …. oopsie! 1 Reply to this comment
… waste ammunition in every scene… doesn’t anyone have battlefield discipline? 1 Reply to this comment
Both the beer and popcorn went stale since the last good war movie.
Include a love story subplot.
Barack and Reggie
The scene where Travis sets up a foreign coin toll booth outside of the Alamo
Put a chick in it, and make her lame and gay.
Diversify by having more black Nazis.
Make Gene Hackman speak with a Russian accent.
My mistake, he was Polish in A Bridge Too Far. Still, it was a missed chance for him to Gene Hackman all over a WWII movie.
Nevertheless he took the wrong turn at Albuquerque and ended up in Santa Fe and never left.
… defy logic AND physics in the same scene…
…defy both logic AND physics in the same scene…
Sometimes you need nuance to get the point across…
Cast some sawed-off little runt like that actor from Destry as a bad-ass.
Just for the record, the sawed-off little runt who starred in Destry was Audie Murphy.
… let the bad guys win every once in a while…
When the Indian warriors are charging the cavalry under a clear blue western sky and there’s a jet contrail above …. oopsie!
Forget to put in the stuff about the war
Authenticity of period tactics, weapons and hygiene.
… waste ammunition in every scene… doesn’t anyone have battlefield discipline?