![]() ![]() The combination of heroics and history shouldn’t work as well as it does. It’s also one of the most entertaining war movies to grace the big screen. ![]() This big, bloated epic re-creation of the battle which turned the tide of World War II manages to be on the most historically inaccurate and over-blown adventure pieces ever produced. ![]() Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Telly Savalas, Dana Andrews, George Montgomery, Charles Bronson, Hans Christian Blech, Werner Peters, James MacArthur, Ty Hardin, Pier Angeli, Barbara Werle, Karl Otto Alberty, Steve Rowland, Robert Woods and Carl Rapp. It's one of those movies that I'd love to see re-done. When I was a kid I thought it was tremendous. It could have been a classic, but instead we ended up with a complete travesty being committed to celluloid. Which is a shame, given the calibre of the cast. ![]() Even allowing for "artistic license" (and God knows I'm not generally a "rivet counter"). So much wrong with it that I don't know where to start. So I cracked open a cold one, had a look at what was on the movie channels and decided to watch "Battle Of The Bulge" again - out of morbid curiosity mainly, just to see if it was as bad as I remembered it being the last time I'd watched it.Īnd so it was. Having spent a lot of time in the Ardennes region of Luxemburg/Belgium when I lived over in Germany, it's a part of the world I know quite well and am very fond of (besides all the history associated with it, it's also very scenic, very peaceful and a great place for a holiday or a short break).Īnyway, last night 'Er Indoors wasn't feeling well and took herself off to bed early. ![]()
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