tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post5935045563426047137..comments2024-03-25T06:50:31.379-05:00Comments on The War Movie Buff: WTF? Pathfinders: In the Company of Strangers (2011)War Movie Buffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-22924613160771256802023-05-10T12:41:44.287-05:002023-05-10T12:41:44.287-05:00I watched this movie because Captain Neal L. McRob...I watched this movie because Captain Neal L. McRoberts and his fiancé actually existed.<br /><br />My father, Robert W. Landl actually served at the side of Captain McRoberts with F Co., 2nd Batt., 505th PIR, 82nd ABD when they required a replacement radio operator. What most people don't understand is there was only one combat proven airborne division until Normandy when the 101st ABD made their first combat jump in Normandy. Normandy represented the third combat jump for the 82nd ABD, Sicily and Salerno were their first two combat jumps. All the pathfinders for the Normandy jump came from the 82nd ABD and its PIRs (Parachute Infantry Regiment). I am not certain whether the 504th PIR had members in the Normandy pathfinders or not as they did not make the jump into Normandy as they were too late arriving in England to prepare for it because they were forced into making a seaborne landing for the Rome invasion.<br /><br />Prior to the first showing of "The Longest Day" one of my one of my father's friends from F Co., Richard Tedeschi (New York) called him to let him know he had just heard of the death of Captain McRoberts at the age of 36 after falling from his horse during a fox hunt in England. While the movie ended by said he and his wife lived their lives together it certainly did not tell the full truth.<br /><br />Csptain McRoberts met her in England while preparing for Normandy where she was a titled woman whom I believe had lost her husband during the war fighting the Germans.<br /><br />My interest in the movie was due to my father's service with him in F Co.<br /><br />I must say this "movie" did no service to the Pathfinders.JOHN HOWARD LANDLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-34919049786993768662021-06-17T15:10:31.591-05:002021-06-17T15:10:31.591-05:00I havnt seen the movie but was intrested my dad wa...I havnt seen the movie but was intrested my dad was one of the first 500 paratroopers to jump into combat in. Noth Africa he was with the 509th geronimo who started the pathfinder an independent pir who wore the first maroon berets read the book stan in the door mention my dad wilson simons they also had the first medel of oner paul huff disappointing u say movie was bad i wish more people and history would honer the 509thAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799031828780187174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-46604090613659561062021-04-24T17:07:02.920-05:002021-04-24T17:07:02.920-05:00I stopped watching like 5 minutes into the movie w...I stopped watching like 5 minutes into the movie where there is a 20 year old Brigadier General...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-75275699769678525832021-03-09T12:08:36.139-06:002021-03-09T12:08:36.139-06:00I just came to find little forest gump from alabam...I just came to find little forest gump from alabama ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-13857167233175313122018-11-25T20:30:47.888-06:002018-11-25T20:30:47.888-06:00I agree about the 82nd. It needs a Band of Brothe...I agree about the 82nd. It needs a Band of Brothers type treatment.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-23506068374771274092018-11-24T13:06:35.552-06:002018-11-24T13:06:35.552-06:00Adding to this, I am not sure if this movie was in...Adding to this, I am not sure if this movie was in theaters or not. If it was, I pity anybody who wasted money on tickets for this thing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16355681348802246789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-71835003966059715132018-11-24T13:02:14.810-06:002018-11-24T13:02:14.810-06:00Yeah this movie is pretty bad....
As a huge fan ...Yeah this movie is pretty bad....<br /><br /><br />As a huge fan of the 82nd Airborne Division's World War Two history I really felt the need to watch this one. Obviously I was disappointed. I have nothing against these types of movies that are made by historical reenactors, as long as they are done right (hence the 'Saints and Soldiers' series). <br /><br />The scene where he parachutes into the girl's front yard is utterly mushy and disgraceful. Firstly, the pilot of the C-47 wouldn't even pull off the stunt of flying one paratrooper to this random house in the English countryside unless he was promised a whole lot of money. Secondly, both the pilot and the paratrooper would get chewed out so bad by their COs. (Especially since by the time it was that close to Overlord's commencement, most personnel were confined to their bases). <br /><br /><br />I actually never finished this gem (and I use that sarcastically), because the "combat" scenes were so boring I just couldn't get through it. It is pretty bad when the pre-drop scenes where they were messing around at camp were more entertaining. <br /><br />I believe the 82nd Airborne Division has needed it's own WWII film for a long time, and this piece of garbage did it no justice. Oh well, at least we have Dale Dye's new movie 'No Better Place to Die' to look forward to.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16355681348802246789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-44014728631885303432018-06-20T03:41:53.659-05:002018-06-20T03:41:53.659-05:00Zen? Uhm not quite Haki. Anyways this movie is tot...Zen? Uhm not quite Haki. Anyways this movie is total fucking dog shit. It disrespects pathfinders not this review. I don’t even think you read the review at all. Get a life. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-20438742294230067032018-06-07T14:40:17.718-05:002018-06-07T14:40:17.718-05:00Wow. I don't believe I disrespected the Pathf...Wow. I don't believe I disrespected the Pathfinders. In fact, the movie does that. Have you seen the movie? Thank you for your service, you deserved a better movie than this.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-31045868783405160392018-06-06T16:37:06.663-05:002018-06-06T16:37:06.663-05:00I am a veteran U.S. Army Airborne Pathfinder Team ...I am a veteran U.S. Army Airborne Pathfinder Team Leader.<br /><br />The real deal. <br /><br />Nobody cares what you think. Your puerile logically fallacious opinions don't mean jack-shit. Nor does the amount of movies you waste your time watching. <br /><br />What matter are the lives and the courage these men who did this amazing act of service exemplify. Your attempt at criticizing the effort to tell the story of the selfless actions of courageous men is nothing less than pathetic and puerile. No number of War movies watched changes this. It proves nothing more than you're unproductive and deluded psychologically by mythomane fantasy.<br /><br />If you want to know about war stop being a pusillanimous wannabe and enlist. Your criticism is cowardly. HaraZen13https://www.blogger.com/profile/08663222045113459675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-77381111643979298682017-03-09T16:48:28.115-06:002017-03-09T16:48:28.115-06:00Oh, god... I know this review is 3 years old. This...Oh, god... I know this review is 3 years old. This piece of crap is on Amazon Prime right now, and since I'm in another WW2 movie binge cycle again, I tried to watch it... I say tried because 3 times I tried to watch this. And could only watch 5 minutes at a time before wanting to chuck a brick at the tv. The first time I turned it on, I thought maybe I was burned out after re-binge watching band of brothers, so I turned it off. I tried to give it a try the second time, but the crappy sound, almost bleached out lack of color from crappy lighting, C-movie lack of pacing, and wooden voice over, not to mention the crappy soundtrack forced me to turn it off 5 minutes past where it picked up from shutting it off the other night. Now here it is day 3 and STILL thinking I wasn't be fair, I picked up again where I left off.... and shut it off again after a couple more extremely boring minutes of annoyance. I finally decided to google search this film and see if I was the only one driven to rage by this beyond low budget, amateurish crap.. I mean back in Highschool my friends and I made better paced, better acted, and better sounding WWII videos with public access cable tv equipment...at least we knew how to edit scenes that were paced faster... Wow for over 30 years I claimed that MetalStorm was the worst movie I ever saw (in fact the only one I ever walked out of) If I were in the theater paying for this I would have been back in my car 15 minutes after I arrived. Michael Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15727744055124316203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-62176500975714558872017-01-07T03:36:18.857-06:002017-01-07T03:36:18.857-06:00Please someone, anyone, use your skills, your cont...Please someone, anyone, use your skills, your contacts, your knowledge anything to ensure the memory and the story of these brave men, not to mention such an important aspect of history is not left to this child-like production . It was a farce, an insult to their memory and those of us who watched hoping to learn historical fact, which was clearly missing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-81923961131813006222016-11-13T09:19:20.180-06:002016-11-13T09:19:20.180-06:00This film was bad , I was shocked to hear Mark Ba...This film was bad , I was shocked to hear Mark Bando a leading airborne historian was involved in this "film" it made no mention of the other pathfinder units involved in operation overlord commenting it was a hush hush clique, yeah right, I wish someone would make a real historically correct version of this ermm film Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06363330454141846619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-30571815234721980272014-05-09T01:17:17.012-05:002014-05-09T01:17:17.012-05:00Thanks for the link. I'll add yours to mine as...Thanks for the link. I'll add yours to mine as well. <br />We should do a worst of list one day. I've been watching two other equally "briliant" films recently. One was Serbian, the other I think American. I can't remember the titles. <br />allaboutwarmovieshttp://allaboutwarmovies.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-66019987112168554602014-05-08T16:39:41.102-05:002014-05-08T16:39:41.102-05:00I remembered your review, I watched it because the...I remembered your review, I watched it because there was a thread on the Armchair General forum where it was discussed and I needed to see it for myself. I am putting a link to your review so other scan read it. War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-60940455974905517612014-05-08T04:13:36.172-05:002014-05-08T04:13:36.172-05:00I'm approaching your reviews backwards getting...I'm approaching your reviews backwards getting to the older ones later. <br />You could have saved the experience. I warned you. :) <br />As you may see, I couldn't even finish. The filming was soooo bad. There are plenty of Mr Magoo moments, half of the head missing. <br />Here's the refresher. <br />http://allaboutwarmovies.com/2011/08/08/pathfinders-in-the-company-of-strangers-2011-or-the-movie-that-doesnt-deserve-my-attention/<br />It's one of the very worst. There isn't even a grade for it. Z?allaboutwarmovieshttp://allaboutwarmovies.comnoreply@blogger.com