tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post3362030949303831414..comments2024-03-28T10:44:41.756-05:00Comments on The War Movie Buff: NOW SHOWING: The Monuments Men (2014)War Movie Buffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-41049524047203995252014-02-26T22:05:48.730-06:002014-02-26T22:05:48.730-06:00Thanks. I plan on reading the book and doing a re...Thanks. I plan on reading the book and doing a regular review in the future. This was part of my series called "Now Showing" which means I take notes in the theater and then rush the review out the same day which limits my research on accuracy. I appreciate the shout-out on your blog and will check your blog out.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-70712971785091726802014-02-25T21:08:44.423-06:002014-02-25T21:08:44.423-06:00Great post. I've added your blog to my favorit...Great post. I've added your blog to my favorites banner.<br />I hope you don't mind a few corrections or add ons. I just read the book a few weeks before the movie came out. <br />Her name was Rose Valland (not Renée). The first MFAA officer to arrive in Normandy was Ettlinger, not Stokes. The dentist's nephew was the infamous nazi from the Jeu de Paume as depicted but he tripped himself up by offewring to help the officers to retrieve the art in exchange for immunity. He was soon unmasked and later served a prison sentence. I believe Stokes was the one who recieved a phonograph record which he waited until Christmas to listen to. I do not believe any of the Monuments Men were over 45 or 50. Goodman, Murray and Balaban are way off in terms of age. However it was interesting casting for comedic effect. In fact most of the men were already in the arrmy before they were even recruited into the unit. Stokes, for example was working on paint camouflage schemes in England and had all but given up on the idea when he was called up for this duty. Though he had come up with the idea he had a benefactor in the us whose political clout made it a reality. And in fact, at first in 1944 there were only 6 or 7 monuments men in the whole European theater of operations. A year or more later there were up to 350. I guess finding Hitler's cache of gold at Merkers brought home for the Commander In Chief how important their work truly was. In real life removing the works from the last mine was far more harrowing than shown in the movie. They had less than 24 hours to do it before the Russians were scheduled to take possession of that part of Germany (as per Malta agreement). They worked day and night wrapping, crating and cataloguing each work before loading them into trucks and flying them out.<br /><br />Glad to see I'm not the only one who didn't dislike this film. The reviews overall are unreasonably harsh in my view.André7https://www.blogger.com/profile/04529840090218454738noreply@blogger.com