The Longest Day (1962)

World War II movies I've seen (34 movies items)

"I watched this on June 1st, 2024 and halfway through I realized that on this day, we're approaching the date that D-Day, on which this movie takes place. On June 6th, 2024, it will be 80 years since that fateful day (June 6th, 1944) which marked the beginning of the end of World War II. And having watched numerous documentaries about this day and how the Allies deceived the Nazis to make it happen without them knowing it (locations, day, etc.), the careful planning and execution is still a str"

When an Italian refers to : (40 movies items)

"The Longest Day = Il giorno più lungo"

“The longest day, ou na tradução, O mais longo dos dias, é um filme dos anos 60 sobre a segunda guerra mundial ambientado nos acontecimentos pré invasão da Normandia, a nível técnico é excepcional até mesmo para o seu tempo, está repleto de cenas de batalhas realistas que não abusam de efeitos especiais, tudo é tão verossímil que algumas cenas parecem cenas reais retiradas dos campos de combate, se vê um esforço monumental nas cenas, os uniformes, os tanques, os lugares, tudo nesse filme é amplamente real e quando digo real isso inclui o mapeamento ideológico do filme, é um filme de guerra americano mas que diferente de outros filmes, não sataniza os inimigos, isso é os nazis, que incrivelmente são retratados como humanos normais em vez de psicopatas que matam gente al” read more

1001 Movies ... my own version (1960's) (100 movies items)

" Notes: Since this movie is quite a classic, I was really eager to check it out and I had some rather high expectations. To be honest, I thought it would be better than this but still, it remains a damned good picture nonetheless. There was an impressive cast (John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Rod Steiger, Bourvil, Robert Wagner, Paul Anka) and even though there were some critics that many of those actors were actually too old to portray their characters (Fo"

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" Notes: Since this movie is quite a classic, I was really eager to check it out and I had some rather high expectations. To be honest, I thought it would be better than this but still, it remains a damned good picture nonetheless. There was an impressive cast (John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Rod Steiger, Bourvil, Robert Wagner, Paul Anka) and even though there were some critics that many of those actors were actually too old to portray their characters (Fo"

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