# What is the war movie (historical) you'd like to see made? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [May 15, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152 "2021-05-15T11:42:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152/21 "2021-05-16T01:58:53Z")
I think it would be pretty cool to see modern filmmaking’s take on some large scale battleship duels like the Battle of Jutland, the sinking of the Bismark, and the Battle of Layte Gulf. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152/22 "2021-05-16T03:53:01Z")
No, they will make the Legionnaires the bad guys. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152/23 "2021-05-16T04:14:43Z")
I know it would be a rough one to do. Probably impossible. Not from a technical aspect but from a narrative one. How can you make a movie about Otto Skorzeny? He was an SS officer so of course you can’t make him the hero. But he was one of the biggest bad asses in history and a unique character. And after all the shit he pulled off during the war he managed to survive. He became Nassar’s military advisor, was an advisor to Peron and Evita’s bodyguard and then went on to work for the Mossad. It would be an amazing movie if he would have been on the right side. I would love to see a realistic movie about the Battle of Kursk. Real tank battles in the biggest tank battle in history. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152/24 "2021-05-16T14:59:58Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > How can you make a movie about Otto Skorzeny? He was an SS officer so of course you can’t make him the hero. Well, Harry Turtledove made him a good guy in his _Worldwar_ tetralogy. I think that’s as close as you’re going to get. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152/25 "2021-05-16T15:02:47Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Has there ever been a movie about the Mexican–American War? Or the War of 1812? [One Man’s Hero](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Man%27s_Hero) is about the Saint Patrick’s Battallion, a group of Irish-Americans who deserted from the U.S. Army and joined the Mexican Army. Wikipedia lists [several 1812 films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:War_of_1812_films). There is also a low-budget Canadian TV movie called _The King’s Regiment._ ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152/26 "2021-05-16T17:54:13Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > the Battle of Jutland I’ll second that. “Chatfield, there seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today.” Maybe Coronel or the Falklands… > [@msmith537](#): > > the Battle of Layte Gulf The Battle off Samar. Four American destroyers attacking four Japanese battleships and their escorts! Surigao Strait might make a good movie, too. ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152/27 "2021-05-16T17:56:36Z")
> [@steepone](#): > > I’d like to see a movie about the British attack on Taranto in WWII, when the Fleet Air Arm attacked the Italian fleet in Taranto harbour using Fairey Swordfish biplanes in 1940, this was the inspiration for the attack on Pearl Harbor and was an early demonstration of how important air power was going to become in naval warfare You might be interested in the book “To War in a Stringbag”. The author was a Swordfish pilot who took part in the attack and was later captured by the Vichy French. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152/28 "2021-05-16T18:08:18Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > The Battle off Samar. Four American destroyers attacking four Japanese battleships and their escorts! Oh, yeah. Escort carriers vs cruisers. If they can work “Taffy” into the title all the better. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152/29 "2021-05-16T18:11:52Z")
Not truly, in the last book he’s pretty much a villain. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152/30 "2021-05-16T18:28:39Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I would love to see a realistic movie about the Battle of Kursk. Real tank battles in the biggest tank battle in history. There’s a Russian version of this. The German tanks massed near the middle of the screen look authentic, but if you watch the ones maneuvering at the edges you can see they’re modern T-62s. Other than that, it’s one hell of a movie!. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152/31 "2021-05-16T18:33:15Z")
I was going to suggest this too. Captain EE Evans is a personal hero of mine. ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152/32 "2021-05-16T19:58:49Z")
Does 1982 count as historical? If so, I think there’s an epic movie in the [Falklands War](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War) - naval battles, air-to-air dogfighting and bayonets-in-the-mud infantry combat. Submarines. Controversy. There was a [BBC show about it](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Ungentlemanly_Act), but I don’t think it was the kind of war movie we’re discussing here. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152/33 "2021-05-16T22:56:00Z")
I would love to see a big budget movie made of Léo Major: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o\_Major](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o_Major) He pretty much single handedly took the city of Zwolle from the Germans and his exploits read like something you would be hard pressed to make up. Due to him being Canadian (though technically born in the US) it’ll probably never happen though. ---
**Author:** ![steepone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@steepone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steepone)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152/34 "2021-05-16T23:27:50Z")
Thanks, I’ll check it out ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152/35 "2021-05-16T23:30:34Z")
Has there been a movie about Mad Jack Churchill? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152/36 "2021-05-16T23:38:19Z")
Or Mad Anthony Wayne? ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152/37 "2021-05-17T01:29:50Z")
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152/38 "2021-05-17T01:38:16Z")
Anything from the writings of Ernie Pyle, especially _Here Is Your War_. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152/39 "2021-05-17T02:00:25Z")
_The Story of G.I. Joe_ and _GI Joe: The Ernie Pyle Story_ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152/40 "2021-05-17T02:03:00Z")
Those are definitely on my list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152.md?page=3)