Get a grip

Rating: Null/10 (14 September 2004)

This is an American film about a particular incident surrounding one US soldier. We all know many participated in the liberation of Europe and Asia but every film doesn't have to be a mix. I wonder how many foreign films give the US any or much credit for the enormous contribution it did make when the sleeping giant was aroused. I remember seeing The Longest Day in Germany in 1963, in a German theater, funny thing was the audience cheered at the wrong times. The paratroopers landing in St Mere Eglise, for example, were cheered when they were being slaughtered. And please, don't tell us what a genius Montgomery was, that war would still be waging if all the generals were like "ol Monty" trying to get his act together. I won't even go into the brilliance of the US 3rd Army manuvering in battle to relieve Bastonge.