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Eric Mc said:
Crossflow Kid said:
Eric Mc said:
In 1940, Churchill was generally being ferried around in a De Havilland DH95 Flamingo. The number of surviving DH95s is precisely none - so the film makers would have been hard pushed to find one.
In an era of CGI the availability of actual aircraft is irrelevant.MYOB said:
I was disappointed with the film, but appreciated Gary Oldman's performance.
And for those of you wondering, no, Churchill never travelled on the tube and asked the public their views on what should happen with regards to deciding a significant foreign policy matter!
+1 Certainly not to get from Downing street to parliament square by way of St James Park.And for those of you wondering, no, Churchill never travelled on the tube and asked the public their views on what should happen with regards to deciding a significant foreign policy matter!
Just watched this on sky box office
I’m a real ww2 buff,great performance by Gary Oldman,very deserving of his Oscar ,but bugger me -the tube scene?why?
And the Dunkirk evacuation? It was called operation Dynamo because it was organised in the old dynamo room in Dover castle
Admiral Bertram Ramsey came up with ,and carried out the plan for the invasion and should be bloody credited as such.
The scene with the”little ships “heading out from Dover is rather misleading in the extreme!!!
No Royal Navy then eh?
And the worst bit of the film for me is at the end credits that state “Winston’s civilian ships evacuated all of the 300,000 trapped troops “ !!!!
No they bloody didn’t!!!!
The Royal Navy saved the day and brought back the vast majority.
My grandfathers warship did four trips to Dunkirk and rescued 4500 troops ffs!!
I loved the first hour or so of the film,but the end let it down massively as far as I’m concerned
I’m a real ww2 buff,great performance by Gary Oldman,very deserving of his Oscar ,but bugger me -the tube scene?why?
And the Dunkirk evacuation? It was called operation Dynamo because it was organised in the old dynamo room in Dover castle
Admiral Bertram Ramsey came up with ,and carried out the plan for the invasion and should be bloody credited as such.
The scene with the”little ships “heading out from Dover is rather misleading in the extreme!!!
No Royal Navy then eh?
And the worst bit of the film for me is at the end credits that state “Winston’s civilian ships evacuated all of the 300,000 trapped troops “ !!!!
No they bloody didn’t!!!!
The Royal Navy saved the day and brought back the vast majority.
My grandfathers warship did four trips to Dunkirk and rescued 4500 troops ffs!!
I loved the first hour or so of the film,but the end let it down massively as far as I’m concerned
Unfortunately after watching the Crown I preferred their casting, which made it a little jarring. My wife had a good idea, why don't the do a prequel series to the Crown covering this period 
It also ends poorly with all the rather jarring historical inaccuracies, including the infamous Tube scene.
Before that though it was reasonably gripping and well acted.
It also ends poorly with all the rather jarring historical inaccuracies, including the infamous Tube scene.
Before that though it was reasonably gripping and well acted.
Finally managed to see it on DVD. On the whole it was OK but the staged inaccurate tube scene was very jarring.
Apart from the use of DC-3/C-47 aircraft which I mentioned previously, another inaccuracy was the fact that they seemed to indicate that people were listening to Churchill's speech to the Commons live on the radio. Live radio from the House of Commons did not start until 1975.
Apart from the use of DC-3/C-47 aircraft which I mentioned previously, another inaccuracy was the fact that they seemed to indicate that people were listening to Churchill's speech to the Commons live on the radio. Live radio from the House of Commons did not start until 1975.
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