Scheldt 44' - coming to Netflix

[Kool Kat]

I tried watching it this morning, got about half way through and gave up.  The acting is just okay, but the story is just slow and boring.  I certainly wouldn’t call it a “war movie” as it isn’t presenting any grand overview of the battle.  It’s just a drama set during the war, and dramas should be, well, dramatic.  This plods along and you really don’t get interested in these people at all.  Bit of a fail in my opinion.

Gent:

Of course, “The Forgotten Battle” is not a war movie.

The title - “The Forgotten Battle” has nothing to do with a war movie.

The airborne/ glider operation depicted does not play a critical role in later scenes. Certainly, not a war movie.

The climatic battle scene, when the Canadian soldiers launch a strike across the dam, has nothing to do with a war movie.

The pivotal scene when the resistance fighter delivers the tidal charts to the Canadian officers so the Allies can stage a flanking maneuver against the entrenched Germans on the dam, has nothing to do with a war movie.

German and Canadian soldiers playing a deadly “cat-and-mouse” game in a flooded village has nothing to do with a war movie.

Certainly "drama," but not a war movie.

Geez that’s an awful lot of typing to say you agree with me.