At the Movies – Page 98 – Ponderous Personal Projects

#272: Ambush [1999]

Good acting, some bloody great battle scenes. What’s not to like?

Title:	Rukajärven tie
Director:	Olli Saarela
Score:	4/6
Battle:	The Continuation War, Karelia, 1941.

#271: Defiance [2008]

I made sheep-in-cabbage.

Title:	Defiance
Director:	Edward Zwick
Score:	4/6
Theatre:	Poland, 1941

#270: Battle of Britain [1969]

That’s more like it.

Title:	Battle of Britain
Director:	Guy Hamilton
Score:	4/6
Chronology:	1940.

#269: Age of Heroes [2011]

Zzzzz….

Title:	Age of Heroes
Director:	Adrian Vitoria
Score:	3/6
Event:	Operation Biting in France 1942, rewritten as Operation Grendel in Norway 1940.

#268: Into the White [2012]

Zzzzz….

Title:	Into the White
Director:	Petter Næss
Score:	2/6
Event:	Idiots in the mountains, Apr. 1940.

#267: The Battle of the River Plate [1956]

Zzzzz….

Title:	The Battle of the River Plate
Director:	Powell and Pressburger
Score:	3/6
Chronicle:	Uruguay, 1939.

#266: John Rabe [2009]

I made brown cabbage and flesh.

Title:	John Rabe
Director:	Florian Gallenberger
Score:	4/6
Chronology:	The rape of Nanking, 1937.

#265: Hitler: The Rise of Evil [2003]

I’ve decided to watch a bunch of WW2 movies in order of … dramatic chronology? Is that a good term? Anyway, I’ve seen several movies about the pre-war Hitler before. This is, I think, better than most, even if Carlyle-Hitler looks like a rodent.