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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:50 pm
by dlbpharmd
Usivius wrote:The Longest Day. Saw it again recently and am in awe of the type of storytelling they tried. It is really good.
I bought this on DVD a few weeks ago....great, great movie, John Wayne notwithstanding. My favorite part is when Robert Mitchum's character is directing the advance from the beachhead, and finds a young Army engineer to blow up a concrete obstacle.
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:42 pm
by Usivius
Oh, so right. I loved that part. Mitchum is so underappreciated. And John Wayne overly so...
I even liked the part where red Buttons is hanging from the church watching the massacre. I don't like Red, but that scene was done well.
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 8:34 pm
by dlbpharmd
I also liked Henry Fonda's portrayal of Teddy Roosevelt Jr., and enjoyed the pivotal scene where Roosevelt took command on the beach and directed Allied forces inland. He won the Medal of Honor for that, completing only the 2nd father-son combination to win the MoH (his father won it at the battle of San Juan Hill.) The other pairing are the MacArthurs.
Just a little bit of useless trivia, from my brain to yours.