tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post312127182117688774..comments2024-03-28T10:44:41.756-05:00Comments on The War Movie Buff: QUEUE CLEANSING: Fortress (2012)War Movie Buffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-62778631361148972432018-08-10T08:34:59.292-05:002018-08-10T08:34:59.292-05:00For a low budget movie it had surprisingly a good ...For a low budget movie it had surprisingly a good amount of heart and realistic ball busting. For example, when they pressure to have the plane released from the mechanics, it may have been awaiting a final check -- which instead was prematurely let go. <br /><br />Or the ending combat scene, the trenchant behavior:<br /><br />"Pretty girls" "Or drink until they become pretty."<br /><br />"Hey, the gears [landing wheels] are down." 'Are they getting lower?' "No, they sort of fell off on the left side." 'That sort of complicates things.'<br /><br />'Are you awake up there' said to the guy in the ball turret, after their long trip home, still scanning the skies for unfriendlies, nursing the wounded and dying. <br /><br />This is the kind of black humor so common in such situations. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-30256778376457388262016-01-21T21:15:54.226-06:002016-01-21T21:15:54.226-06:00Thanks for the input. I agree about the setting.Thanks for the input. I agree about the setting.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-11679831466379703482016-01-21T21:15:46.957-06:002016-01-21T21:15:46.957-06:00Thanks for the input. I agree about the setting.Thanks for the input. I agree about the setting.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-70698870601450262302016-01-19T19:52:45.772-06:002016-01-19T19:52:45.772-06:00I liked the movie overall. I'm not put off by...I liked the movie overall. I'm not put off by cgi. The plot was a little stale but changing the setting to Africa instead of the usual British air base setting was intriguing. Two guys at my church are the sons of B17 gunners and one borrowed the film and liked it. - pirateship1982Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com