Gary Hurst wrote: > the thing that most impresses me about movies in recent times is how much > effort is put into getting the details right. > > when you watch, say, an old john wayne war movie, you see clearly that this > is like a play and it is not like the fight really was. > > when i watched films such as saving private ryan and we were soldiers for > the first time, i was blown away by "oh, man, this could be what it really > looked like" >
OTOH, there is "Gladiator," where the anachronisms piled up like cordwood. Lee
