RE: Remake a War Movie?
Oh yeah,
Cross of Iron would be a good one, but I'd be afraid it would disappoint. That is a high bar to overcome.
As this focused on what I considered an excellent movie it got me to thinking. I'd like to see a remake of Zulu. Maybe a miniseries with the 24th Foot getting wiped out followed up by the last stand at Rorke's Drift.
One book I'd like to see as a movie is "Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors". That could be a "Navy" band of brothers type movie. I'd love to see the shots of the destroyers making their suicide torpedo runs on the Japanese heavies.
Something contemporary would be "Lone Survivor", the tale of a Seal Team in Afghanistan in 2005.
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