Heads Up, Enemy At The Gates BBC1 now

[chris watton]

In case some on here are bored surfing, this very excellent war film has just started, very gritty and realistic

>> Edited by chris watton on Tuesday 30th August 22:41

[ZR1cliff]

Great film,true story and really into Rachel Wieatshername.

[andy mac]

Brilliant movie! Rachel Weisz is indeed a hotty!!

[LRdriver II]

andy mac said:

Brilliant movie! Rachel Weisz is indeed a hotty!!

Oi!
Mr Mac, we'll have no more of your pro-war sexist rhetoric here!! As an anti-war lover of women I find your comments offensive.

[DanBoy]

And you get to see her arse!

Great film then!

[ZR1cliff]

Oi! theres no room in her trench for all of us.

[R988]

ZR1cliff said:

Great film,true story and really into Rachel Wieatshername.

Well a vaguely true story which was probably all propaganda tosh anyway, still it makes a good story and a great shot of Rachel Wieatshername's rear end

[andy mac]

It is loosely based on their snipe chap of the same name. They don't think they actually had a dul type thing going on though...

[ZR1cliff]

R988 said:

ZR1cliff said: Great film,true story and really into Rachel Wieatshername. Well a vaguely true story which was probably all propaganda tosh anyway, still it makes a good story and a great shot of Rachel Wieatshername's rear end

Looks like she could do with a bloody good bath,that counts me out

[JagLover]

I like the film but I regard Enemy at the Gates as a bit of a missed opportunity, it could have been so much better.

Stalingrad (1992) is supposed to be far superior, unfortunately all that seems to be available on DVD at the moment is a dubbed version with Allo Allo accents, and I am waiting patiently for one in the original German with subtitles.

[alexkp]

The river crossing scene is pretty gritty and does make you realise how appalling it all was...a la Saving Private Ryan.

[r988]

JagLover said:

I like the film but I regard Enemy at the Gates as a bit of a missed opportunity, it could have been so much better. Stalingrad (1992) is supposed to be far superior, unfortunately all that seems to be available on DVD at the moment is a dubbed version with Allo Allo accents, and I am waiting patiently for one in the original German with subtitles.

I've seen the original in German with subtitles, makes Saving Private Ryan looks like a disney cartoon Definately worth tracking down. Not a happy ending either

[ettore]

Dreadful movie - utter tripe!

As suggested above, Stalingrad is much, much, much better and has a truly poignant final scene.

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[JagLover]

r988 said:

I've seen the original in German with subtitles, makes Saving Private Ryan looks like a disney cartoon Definately worth tracking down. Not a happy ending either

I wasn't really expecting a happy ending given that only a few thousand of the 6th army ever saw Germany again.

I checked amazon to see if the situation had changed, but still the only DVD available is the dubbed version

[r988]

I saw it Australian TV, we have a multicultural channel that does it own subtitles and only shows foreign films

This offers both by the sounds of it.
www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/movie/pid/1228643/a/Stalingrad.htm

[FHCNICK]

JagLover said:

I like the film but I regard Enemy at the Gates as a bit of a missed opportunity, it could have been so much better.

completely agree the book was fantastic, the film dog doo.

[JagLover]

r988 said:

I saw it Australian TV, we have a multicultural channel that does it own subtitles and only shows foreign films This offers both by the sounds of it. www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/movie/pid/1228643/a/Stalingrad.htm

Seems too, thanks.

[c c]

Not a bad movie I thought. So long as it’s not taken seriously.

[simpo two]

'It wasn't very realistic'.

Don't know about you but I wasn't at the battle of Stalingrad so can't comment! Not bothered by the accents; for true authenticity it would need to be in Russian and then where would you be?!

[JagLover]

simpo two said:

'It wasn't very realistic'. Don't know about you but I wasn't at the battle of Stalingrad so can't comment! Not bothered by the accents; for true authenticity it would need to be in Russian and then where would you be?!

I have read books on the battle of Stalingrad, and, apart from the river crossing and the sniper battle, little else in the film showed the way the battle was fought.