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Summary: Well produced movie
Review: I was suprised to find that A&E releases movies of this caliber. This production is top notch. I am a fan of war movies, and I am ordering this one right now. It may just be at the top of my faves list now- beating out Saving Private Ryan.I agree with another comments, that you really only see 50 men during the movie and there are supposed to be like over 500 men from the beginning. I tend to think most war movies have a problem with this. Gladiator, White Knight and Braveheart did it right though. I guess the producers/directors just think we will use our imagination and believe that the other guys are off in other places. Not so. I really like how they emphasise the multiple battles... I kept thinking 'This time the Germans are really going to get them.' It shows how through it all, the American men would not give up. It really made me believe that they would rather be killed down to the very last man than to give up. 5++ on this one.
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Summary: Well done!
Review: keep in mind that this was a made for tv movie, it was done therefore on a lower budget and filmed digitally. That being said, This is a very well done war film. The historical accuracy is very precise, even down to the rifles (using the correct m1917s over 1903s)The film is along the lines of "Black Hawk Down" showing one battle the length of the film. The style however is VERY much like Saving Private Ryan, although it does come across with some unique and visually impressive moments such as the flares bursting over the trench line the night before the attack. To wrap this up before i start rambling, besides the lack of known actors and occasionaly cheesey dialogue (WELL below acceptible limits and mostly at the beginning) you would never know this was made for TV. It ranks right up with "We Were Soldiers". One might even go so far as to call this a new-classic war film.
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Summary: GREAT SURPRISE!
Review: I bought this movie because I had seen it on A&E and thoroughly enjoyed it. It is a true story about real people. This is not Hollywood war movie fiction. You come away from this movie a little shell shocked, due to the intense realism. If you do any research into this story at all, you'll find out that its all true. In fact, after the war, Major Whittlesey couldn't deal with his having lost so many of his men during this battle, and ultimately committed suicide a few years later. All of the good things that have been said by others about this film are all true. I don't understand why some people pick it apart. Its one of most accurate and compelling war films I've ever seen. I consider it to be an important addition to my film collection.
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Summary: SO GREAT!
Review: Ok, I'm a freshman in high school. We just got done watching this movie today in History class. It is soooooooo good!!! It was so interesting! I never stayed awake for any other war movie but this one had me holding my breath to see what happened till the very end!! I TOTALLY recommend you buy this movie!! I know I will!! :D :)
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Summary: Good made-for-TV war movie
Review: "The Lost Battalion" touches a period not often seen in the war genre, that being World War I ("The Great War"). Despite being made for the small screen, it manages to be great enough to be put alongside other superb WWI films such as "The Lighthorsemen" or "Paths of Glory." The story is true, as are the characters. The 308th, along with the 307th, battalions are trapped after a succesful attack and find themselves hard pressed by German officers, determined to wipe out the Americans in an effort to prove to the Yankees they are not undefeatable. The battalion manages to hold out even when they're own artillery bombs them and the Germans unleash flamethrowers at the defenders. 500 men went in, and less than 200 came out, but they managed to help secure a line deep in German-controlled territory. Some of the other reviewers have tried bad-mouthing this film by saying it gives too much glory to the battalion. I ask: why shouldn't it? Any time a group of men vastly outnumbered by their enemies, and with circumstances against them, manage to hold out by sheer bravery, that is a thing to be admired. There is no flag-waving in this movie, nor do they make the battalion out to be the saviours of the war, but this film does give the men their just deserve in honor. And those who think that this film copied off "Saving Private Ryan" in its style should give themselves a firm kick in the head: this movie came out long before "Ryan" was even advertised. A high quality movie. If only TV networks could come up with more movies such as this.
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Summary: You mean the Americans won WW1 for us too? Wow!
Review: Is there anything they can't do? While not wanting to denigrate the efforts of the men involved, this movie takes a small, isolated incident towards the end of the war when the German army was bloodied and bedraggled, and elevates it into a Stalingrad-esque battle that ostensibly broke the back of the German army and saved us all. The good news is, if you're one of those suburban, coffee-table book reading "war historians" who think Saving Private Ryan hovers somewhere between the US constituion and the Bible in terms of its sacred status, you're going to love this little gem. It has sequences of the German commanders wondering out loud why they can't overcome the plucky, gutsy Americans - not once, nor twice, but thrice! You want your soldiers to spout spunky wisecracks just like they did in those 1950s barbershop harmony Navy movies? You've come to the right place - some of the dialogue between those gutsy little Yankee grunts is straight out of a Mel Brooks movie. Those Americans are just so darn witty when they're under artillery fire. The bad news is, if you're not one of those types, this movie will probably want to make you eat your socks. Bummer.
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Summary: The Lost Battalion
Review: This was an excellent film, very moving and wrenching. Its a tremendous indictment of the stupidity often demonstrated by the top brass. And its a testament to the courage of the ordinary soldier. Its a very intense experience and I reccomend it highly.
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Summary: Great Job
Review: Great movie. On the level of BAND of BROTHERS and GETTYSBURG. Far better than GODS and GENERALS. Well worth the money.
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Summary: everyone hates The Brass
Review: This film is rather forgettable, and it is a LOT like "The Big Parade," which was, in a very meaningful way, a hell of a lot scarier to me. The Commanding Officer is a good example of the morons in charge who pushed waves of men into certain death.
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Summary: Totally Surprised!!
Review: My DVD collection has grown to over 200 DVD's with over 20% of them War movies. So as you can see I have seen quite a few war movies. The Lost Battalion is a DVD I had in my collection for over 8 months before I watched it. I figured Rick Schroder, made for TV movie (A&E), no 5.1 only DD 2, plus it did not get the hype like a lot of other war movies did, I'll watch it whenever. Well I watched it today and I can say that this is one of the best war movie I have seen. I'm sure it did not cost as much to make as SPR, Pearl Harbor or BOB but it was just as entertaining. If you do not have this DVD in your collection, get it. You will not be disappointed.
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