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01-15-2004, 02:25 PM
in my opinion (and i'm not an expert) there seem to be two distinct features of war films - happiness and sadness. they are occasionally intertwined. a lot of the movies made during the war show Americans winning...propaganda style. 60's and 70's made more strides towards showing the grim realities of war and that the allies can't always win everything. In today's generation, films show more a side of the grim reality than anything.
it's a dirty place, dead bodies everywhere, men crying, buildings destroyed. people are struggling for their own survival. it would be easier for you to analyze each film and how the director portrays it then to make a generalization. just remember the information bias of certain time periods (during war - little information leaked) (20 or so years after war, soviets hold back information, not everything completely understood) (today, information seems to be a bit more clarified than before).
I could go on and on...i love this subject to death
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