July 18, 2010
WORLD WAR TWO: UNREALISTIC, BAD PLOT
As someone who, myself, often criticizes bad movie writing, I found this satirical review of the History Channel's World War II programming quite amusing.
A sample:
I wouldn't even mind the lack of originality if they weren't so heavy-handed about it. Apparently we're supposed to believe that in the middle of the war the Germans attacked their allies the Russians, starting an unwinnable conflict on two fronts, just to show how sneaky and untrustworthy they could be? And that they diverted all their resources to use in making ever bigger and scarier death camps, even in the middle of a huge war? Real people just aren't that evil. And that's not even counting the part where as soon as the plot requires it, they instantly forget about all the racism nonsense and become best buddies with the definitely non-Aryan Japanese.
Please do read it all.
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