CNN on “War Films”
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Loading ...In this video clip from what looks like CNN's London desk (I think) some bloke talks about the current "trend" of war movies, and talks briefly about three, only one of which I'd consider an actual "war movie," which would be DePalma's Redacted (still haven't seen it.) A Mighty Heart and Rendition might be related to the genre, but I'm not so sure they deserve the labels.
He seems to think that war movies are somehow related to public "rage" or something. Now, WTF is he on about? I mean, really. He appears to be old enough to know better than to make silly statements like that.
When I'm watching a war movie, the last thing I'm feeling is "rage," unless its a total piece of crap 
, or it seems to do some disservice to the men and women it portrays (Flags of Our Fathers anyone!?), or otherwise tries to pull my sympathies in a direction I don't feel they should be (Letters From Iwo?)...
What's your opinion on it.
Link: (Since CNN doesn't do embed like the Tube): Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com
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