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The Longest Day
Turner 2022-03-23 09:02:10
The film depicts the events that happened on the first day of the landing in Normandy. The so-called longest day is that the film simultaneously describes the ins and outs of the historical battle of the Normandy landing from the perspectives of the Allied and German forces, and how the two sides fought here. The important reactions during the period are simple and realistic, so that the whole event can be reproduced in front of the audience. And there are rough and fine details, whether it is the general who made the decision or the soldiers who landed, all written vividly: British fighter planes flew low to attack; American special forces were shot by Germans; a group of French nuns braved the hail of bullets to rescue the wounded coalition soldiers...
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Alexzander 2022-03-26 09:01:07
The events of the war are perhaps even more absurd than this film shows. "He's dead, I'm lame, you're lost, this is war."
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Brice 2022-04-20 09:01:48
It was a cruel and romantic thing to follow a bagpiper under a hail of bullets, but it was immediately self-defeating: Xiaobing: This bagpipe is too ugly; SeanConnery: You know, the Irish bagpipe is just like a bird... Hahahahaha.. ..
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Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.: As best I can figure it, we're on the wrong beach. The control boat must have been confused by the smoke from the naval bombardment. They landed us about a mile and a quarter south of where we were supposed to land. We should be up there.
Col. Caffey: I agree with you, but what are we gonna do now? Our reinforcements and heavy equipment will be approaching in a very few minutes. What happens if they land at the right beach?
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.: The reinforcements will have to follow us wherever we are. We're starting the war from right here. Head inland. We're going inland.
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Mayor of Colleville: [meeting the British on the beach] Welcome; welcome, friends. I brought champagne, but I do know think it will be enough for all of you.
Lord Lovat: Quite alright. We have a pressing engagement; the war. Move inland.
[to his bagpiper]
Lord Lovat: Millen, Blue Bonnett!
[as British troops march inland to the bagpipe playing of Millen, the mayor of Colleville raises his champagne bottle in salute, which earns the bemused observation of Clough and Flanagan]
Pvt. Clough: [to Flanagan] If you ask me, Flanagan, there are a lot of pretty peculiar blokes on this beach.