New war films are starting to be made with a horror feel to them. I think this is the right direction.

I’m tired of chest thumping heros and glorious explosions in this genre. Films like Dunkirk and 1917 show us some of the pure terror the people face in war.

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HeteroDox · 36-40, F

totally inclined to agree... my dad was a veteran who absolutely forbid "BlackHawk Down" in the house... I never understood why until i saw the film and read the book.

MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

So did saving private Ryan

BoredDarkLord

@MrBrownstone Yes that’s true. That paved the way but not everything that followed learned from its example.

DrawntoaDistance · M

Pretty sure Platoon (86), Full Metal Jacket and Hamburger Hill (both 87), and Saving Private Ryan (98), among a bunch of others, already brought the horrors of war to the public consciousness.

BoredDarkLord

@DrawntoaDistance Platoon snd FMJ and hamburger all showed the atrocities of war but did not subject audiences to the fear of being killed.

SirenCalledLuce · F

Definitely agree

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