daftandbarmy
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Lots of ideas here: https://army.ca/forums/threads/46547.0
FSTO said:I've yet to see any Canadian produced war movie that wasn't a bloody joke.
Good2Golf said:What! You didn’t like ‘Hyena Road?’
;D
Petard said:Map of the Human Heart is definitely about Canadians, although not well known I'd say it's well done
The cinematography is amazing
The focus of the movie is not the military, it's tangential, but it is this background that's moving the story along
Early in the film it's the surveying of the arctic pre and post WW II, later it is the desperate situation of the crews in Bomber Command
I only came across this movie by a comment by the movie critic Roger Ebert reviewing it. He said it's a good one to watch with someone, a so called expert, that likes to cry fake at any movie battle scenes, because the producers went to great lengths to take archival bombing footage, and get it to fit realistically into the film. The battle scenes are legit as they come
I remember being in awe of how well it was done the first time I seen it, and although those scenes are short in duration, they play a crucial role in a turning point in the movie
A few clips to give you an idea of what the movie is about
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4ut3NkEFLg&t=55s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-J5h5lv1To
Petard said:Power Play was a cheezie movie made in 1978 about a military coup. It's not a movie about the Canadian military, but the Canadian army did help in its production clearly loaning the use of personnel and equipment. Some of the scenes were shot on Canadian bases, and what looks like the Lahr area too
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnIBkd9uraA
FSTO said:I think I remember the general who was wary about the plotter getting his tent run over by a Centurion?
Petard said:Power Play was a cheezie movie made in 1978 about a military coup. It's not a movie about the Canadian military, but the Canadian army did help in its production clearly loaning the use of personnel and equipment. Some of the scenes were shot on Canadian bases, and what looks like the Lahr area too
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnIBkd9uraA
LimaPapa said:Allied (2016) depicts Brad Pitt as a Canadian (Quebecois) spy in WWII.
His French is laughable but the story and action are solid - worth a watch.