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# A Bridge Too Far (2 Disc Special Edition) [1977] [DVD]

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    Disappointing
  

*by D***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 25 February 2018*

For anyone who wants to know the true story of Operation Market Garden, there are plenty of well-researched articles on the web. And if you want to understand the soldier's experience, the look no further than "Band of Brothers or "The Pacific". Which then begs the question: what does this movie offer beyond that?Not that much, if you're after more than an action movie. Overall, the sheer amount of acting and direction talent and money that was thrown at this story makes it, by default, an "epic" movie.  Yet one has the impression that so much attention was placed on making this an epic, they forgot to tell any meaningful story.Sure, all the acting is extremely competent and with cast that contains Laurence Olivier, Gene Hackman, Maximillian Schell, Robert Redford, Dirk Bogarde, Michael Caine, Anthony Hopkins, Liv Ulmann, Kurt Jurgens, even Sean Connery (and my oh my, that list goes on), this is to be expected. But in the effort to tell the historic story, the human story is almost entirely lost. With so little space and such a paltry script with which to work, each actor's part never really ascends above a cameo-plus appearance. Hackman's Polish General Sosabowski is no more than a cynical voice of doom, rather than the experienced leader he was; Bogarde's General Browning no more than a Montgomery brown-noser; Olivier no more than the face of sorrow at the grievous wounds of the soldiers. And none of the soldiers' individual stories are explored, beyond a cliched tragic image of a flute player whose hands are blown off.And yes, it does touch on the rivalry between Patton and Montgomery that laid the foundations for this tragedy. But I suspect it does not go far enough. Sure, when placated by Browning that he'd done all he could, Connery's General Urqhardt asks "But did everybody else?". But there are some disturbing questions that were given lip service here. Browning takes the rap in this movie for obscuring intelligence that the SS Second Panzer Corps was resting up in Arnhem, but one suspects that a certain Montgomery probably bears far more of the guilt for promoting sycophants and yes-men; he himself waved off later evidence, gathered at Bletchley Park, that Field Marshall Model had established his HQ along with a whole SS Panzer Corps. This is not explored, neither his very patchy record in Caan and here that pointed to Montgomery's lack of strategic nous: did he really think he could pull off the Schlieffen Plan in reverse without actually finding the weak point through which it could pass?What it does have going for it is spectacle, and that clearly was the key brief here: the actual massed parachute drop, staged from period-correct DC-3 transport planes is a major set-piece, as is the advance of XXX Corps from its starting line, preceded by a monumental artillery barrage. A secondary brief was to stay true to the events, for the most part. So we are treated a detailed briefing of the plans, key events during the offensive, and script-lines drawn from historical records. So far, we've not strayed far from the game plan for producing the movie "Waterloo", which was above all a spectacle, sewn together by historical quotes.As for military accuracy, here things start to fall apart. Sure the DC-3s are impressive, as are the accurate British and American gliders, But to the trained eye, the post-war Sherman tanks are noticeable, as are some scenes including fake (presumably plywood) shells over truck bodies to represent additional vehicles. This becomes considerably worse with regard to German materiel, where tanks are clearly modern Leopard tanks, German uniforms are inaccurate for the period, and as for the armoured cars....well let's simply say that camo nets conceal cheap fakery as well as troops. Another highly annoying aspect is the incorrect rendition of gunfire. When various people die from machine gunnery, the sound is as if the weapon is about five feet away, whereas in reality, what you should hear is the impacts and near misses (correctly portrayed in "Ryan's" Omaha Beach scene as whistles, whoops and clangs against metal). It's as though the director felt the need to dumb it down to make it clear that a machine gun was involved. This extends to overly dramatic scenes showing German vehicles randomly shooting at civilians.But what is most striking is that the action scenes seem to just be for the action, but show none of the impact on the people, beyond the cliched "weary wounded troops" and bandaged hands, heads and legs, soldiers clutching their chests/arms/legs, and some token, highly unconvincing gore. The real human suffering - the panic, guttural fear, trauma, confusion and PTST shown so clearly later in movies such as "Ryan" or even "Blackhawk" - is missing, as is the common bravery (witness the scene of the death of Corp Jamie Smith in "Blackhawk", or that of Corp Wade in "Ryan"). Even reality, like how men drop when hit by high velocity weapons (again, brutally recreated in "Ryan"). For me, if we are to learn anything from a war movie, it is the individual soliders' stories that deserve the most attention. Thankfully, "Ryan" started a trend that continues today through movies like "Kajacki" and others.Interestingly most of the real Generals involved appear to be credited as advisors. Perhaps with hindsight, it might have been better to consult the troops themselves, as Spielberg was to do with his enormously powerful "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific".So, when compared to the likes of "The Longest Day", the original 1958 "Dunkirk" and other similar spectacular movies, this is a competent movie, although one wonders if it ever made any profit after all the talent was paid. But as for a telling of the story, or a homage to those who bravely gave their lives for the folly of an arrogant man, this movie skirts the awkward questions and real human price paid. And this is no "post Ryan" revisionism: I saw this movie at its cinematic release and remember being unconvinced.Hopefully this will be the last of any such movie made.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Good movie but a bit old
  

*by C***N on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 13 May 2023*

It is a good movie worth watching, but it is old.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    something to remember
  

*by C***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 6 May 2023*

a true to life  reason learn from history.

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