Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 5:30 pm Post subject: Re: Best Close Combat Scene..
Thats one of the worst I have ever seen.
Russians only yell.
No aimed shots by either side.
Massive automatic spraying into the crowd of Taliban by heavy and light guns maybe hits a couple of guys. They are almost standing shoulder to shoulder, I mean come on!
A group of like 100 Taliban literally WALKS to a heavily armed Russian outpost and overruns them.
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:00 pm Post subject: Re: Best Close Combat Scene..
It's a toss up between the end of Cross of Iron, with shit and chaos all around, where Stransky exclaims he doesn't know how to reload his MP40, and Steiner just roars with laughter, or...
Kelly's Hero's... just too many Oddball one liners to mention the one about "to a New Yorker, a Tiger is just some kind of wierd sandwich...", or "the only way I have to distract a Tiger is to let it shoot holes in me!..." to mention but two...
but seriously, for sheer visceral gut wrenching realism, it's hard to beat the opening of Saving Private Ryan.
So perhaps Sex and the City is something your standards can accept?
Why watch and waste your time with war movies when they are disgusting for you?
When you say best close combat scene... best translates for me atleast into best demonstration of the use of firepower in combat and its effects on people. Acting, character development and that stuff play a supporting role in the demonstration of combat to get you immersed into what the soldiers experienced. The clip from the 9th you posted, is exactly opposite of my interpretation of best.
SPR raised the bar of realism back in 1998. Every subsequent film released by that group raised it again.
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Although it's aged, it's a realistic engagement. I like how the one schutzen starts frantically digging in his dugout once he sees the T34s coming.
Also, how they wait for the tanks to drive right over their little pits, so they can place magnetic bombs on the tank's rear... that has to be one of the most ballsy things you could attempt. Who knows if your dugout is deep or strong enough to keep the tank from squashing you like a bug?
Yeah, definitely ranked in my top 5. I even bought the book it was based on after I first saw it (which is terrible btw). That scene I posted is apparently 4 different recordings spliced together, although I can only spot 1 or 2 likely edits after much scrutiny.
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:15 pm Post subject: Re: Best Close Combat Scene..
What i can't understand is that they don't kill the first guy alone, instead of frightening and weting their pants...
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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 2:48 pm Post subject: Re: Best Close Combat Scene..
I've read the BoB book, and in regards to the turkey shoot in "Crossroads", the SS were in assembly at their starting positions just before initiating an attack - you're really vulnerable at this point if the enemy catches you off guard, which is exactly what Easy Company did. Easy was really lucky in coming around from practically the SS's rear, and the Germans where so focused on their upcoming advance; American troops assaulting from the side/rear caught them completely unawares and having no idea what to do except run like chickens.
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