Frownland

The masses are a bunch of bitches though.

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YorkeDaddy

What about films that aren’t about war necessarily but about awful sections of history? Schindler’s List, 12 Years a Slave, etc

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Key

That's a fair argument and honestly, I can't not agree because Schindlers List is a fantastic representation of what happened in that time. Definitely one of my favorite movies for sure.

The Batlord

If they don't include action scenes that makes people go, "Whoa, ****ing explosions, dude, now I want to shoot terrorists!" then I guess it's okay. But that would take out 90% of the fun of war movies. Saving Private Ryan is still a badass action movie.

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Chula Vista

Anyone who joined the service because of watching Saving Private Ryan was a ****ed up human being long before that movie was made.

Nice broad brush re: movies about war fellas.

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Key

I've not said anything about war movies other than I don't like them and explained why. They're perfectly fine, just not my taste.

Chula Vista

Was mainly directed at Frown and Bat.

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The Batlord

Yes we get that you are a slave to your own emotional interpretations of everything in general and are incapable of tempering them with logic.

The entire reason people watch war movies is to watch a glorified action movie. The entire reason they're made is to be glorified action movies, no matter what the director says. There are war movies that have important things to say, but that's not why people go to the movies. And the only war movies I ever see that you can make a case for not being propaganda are ones that go out of their way to **** on soldiers at least individually: Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, or that one movie with Emilio Estevez about Vietnam soldiers raping some woman.

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Key

Gotcha. Just clarifying is all.

Frownland

Mostly true. Anyone who served in the military is a ****ed up human being. Many people join without knowing what they're getting into when they sign up.

I love me a ton of war films but I can't think of one that isn't propaganda.

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