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I had wanted to like this movie so mighty. As grand as I wanted to like Windtalkers. Both had potential to be really colossal but were unable to rise above an absolutely juvenile and cheesy script. I am an avid WWII buff and I give alot of license to war movies and don’t lift them apart for their accuracy or lack there of but this one not only insults the viewer but the legacy of the 92nd/Buffalo.

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The Suited : Absolutely graceful cinematography. If you could still the sound (dialogue) one might reflect they were watching a lovely decent WWII era movie. Battle scenes were shot well. Uniforms were fine tiring, on true and the weapons were right although Thompson SMGs and 1911 .45 caliber HGs did not have 100 round clips……

The Awful : Terrible and embarrassing dialogue embellished with overacting which made it almost droll. Obligatory nudity. Soldiers using language and phrases that would be obsolete only today. A German louspeaker that blares Axis Sally’s propaganda for several square miles over the battlefield and is audible to all. Fragmented anecdote with a total lack of cohesion (like this review) . My accepted is the commanding white officer (Nokes? ) stating that the Germans were going to cause a urge riot by piping in the propaganda. I judge that those daring soldiers were more fervent in staying alive and protecting their comrades than starting a hasten riot in Italy under fire. But then again this shows the mentality of Spike Lee and the writer.

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The Hideous : All white officers and soldiers portrayed as bigoted haters. In one instance the commanding officer refuses to fill members of the 92nd crossed the river so does not send supporting artillery strikes. His reasoning for this is “He is lying”.

This same commanding officer condescendingly orders a unlit soldier to procure him water. The dark soldier spits into the canteen before giving it to white officer. Not only does this lower the mentality of the movie several notches but also slanders the memory of those plucky men of the 92nd/Buffalo that fought for their country.

This movie had potential, unfortunately it was executed by someone who was unable to teach. It is filled with contemporary language, unusual topics of discussion, unpleasant acting, and endless preaching about the evils of America. Spike Lee had scolded Clint Eastwood for not having any African Americans in Iwo Jima and had wanted him to rewrite history. Well, Spike has done that with this movie.

Positives:

(1.) ???

Negatives:

(1.) Disjointed storytelling with poorly constructed flashbacks (everyone’s currently accepted cinematographic technique to showoff cleverness) .

(2.) Stereotypic characterizations with sophomoric scripting.

(3.) Cheaply constructed military & war effects e.g. military uniforms that stare as if they were cleanly pulled out of museum storage each day; cigarettes & munitions that last forever despite long term isolation from supply aid.

(4.) Worst of all was that the considerable record of murky WWII infantry was turned into preachy propaganda & simplistic absolutes that do not permit the audience to be thoughtfully educated but instead to be insulted as if they were moronic simpletons.
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