Can't wait for this one! - Aircraft of World War II

Wildcat · 04-07-2006, 02:49 AM

Finally a movie about the Kokoda trail. Hopefully it does justice to the heroes who fought there.

http://www.kokodathemovie.com.au/

Pisis · 04-07-2006, 06:08 AM

Well, I'm looking forward to it, also!

R988 · 04-07-2006, 06:22 AM

Didn't know about this, looks good, or it will once I can get home and see the site at least. My uncle was one of those on the Kokoda trail, before that he was in Tobruk as one of the 'desert rats', but then he was shipped home and straight out to PNG once the Japanese were getting too close.

looks like a good year for pacific theatre war films
This is also coming out
http://www.flagsofourfathers.net/

I think Spielberg has something coming up as well.

Nonskimmer · 04-07-2006, 06:29 AM

That does look good. I'll definitely have to go see this one. Assuming it gets released here, that is.

evangilder · 04-08-2006, 02:16 AM

If it makes it to the states, it sounds interesting to me. Flags is being directed by Clint Eastwood and he will also be later releasing another movie that tells the story from the Japanese side. It will be interesting to see what they do with that. Talk about a crappy job, being sent to die, and knowing that you are there to die.

Gnomey · 04-10-2006, 07:34 AM

Both look good, I will definitely try to go and see them.

elmilitaro · 04-10-2006, 09:09 AM

Me too.

Wildcat · 04-23-2006, 05:37 AM

Guy's I've just seen the movie Kokoda, and can tell you all it was pretty damn good! It's a very realistic portrayal of jungle warfare, the Japs are rarely seen and seem to melt out of the jungle before killing some poor hapless Aussie. The film shows the horror of the New Guinea conflict with brutal scenes of Japs bayoneting a captured Aussie soldier tied to a tree while the Aussie's also give out their own brand of justice to a wounded Jap. The film also shows the disease and hard conditions these blokes had to put up with. If you get the chance, go and see this movie you shouldn't be disappointed.

04-07-2006, 02:49 AM	#1
Wildcat Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Queensland Posts: 4,543	Can't wait for this one! Finally a movie about the Kokoda trail. Hopefully it does justice to the heroes who fought there. http://www.kokodathemovie.com.au/ __________________

04-07-2006, 06:08 AM	#2
Pisis Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Praga Mater Urbium Posts: 5,859	Well, I'm looking forward to it, also! __________________ "He's a menace to himself and everything else in the air... yes, birds too." - Airplane! Memory of Nation Why Did Hitler Want Czechoslovakia WW2 Was A War That Had To Be Fought! What Really Happened in Israel? Children of Hamas

04-07-2006, 06:22 AM	#3
R988 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Londonium Posts: 609	Didn't know about this, looks good, or it will once I can get home and see the site at least. My uncle was one of those on the Kokoda trail, before that he was in Tobruk as one of the 'desert rats', but then he was shipped home and straight out to PNG once the Japanese were getting too close. looks like a good year for pacific theatre war films This is also coming out http://www.flagsofourfathers.net/ I think Spielberg has something coming up as well. __________________ Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life. Last edited by R988; 04-07-2006 at 06:54 AM.

04-08-2006, 02:16 AM	#5
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,807	If it makes it to the states, it sounds interesting to me. Flags is being directed by Clint Eastwood and he will also be later releasing another movie that tells the story from the Japanese side. It will be interesting to see what they do with that. Talk about a crappy job, being sent to die, and knowing that you are there to die. __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

04-10-2006, 07:34 AM	#6
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,220	Both look good, I will definitely try to go and see them. __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

04-07-2006, 06:29 AM	#4
Nonskimmer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia Posts: 8,871	That does look good. I'll definitely have to go see this one. Assuming it gets released here, that is.

04-10-2006, 09:09 AM	#7
elmilitaro Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 405	Me too. __________________ "And when he gets to heaven, To Saint Peter he will tell; One more marine reporting, sir- I've served my time in hell." A marine gravemarker on guadalcanal

04-23-2006, 05:37 AM	#8
Wildcat Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Queensland Posts: 4,543	Guy's I've just seen the movie Kokoda, and can tell you all it was pretty damn good! It's a very realistic portrayal of jungle warfare, the Japs are rarely seen and seem to melt out of the jungle before killing some poor hapless Aussie. The film shows the horror of the New Guinea conflict with brutal scenes of Japs bayoneting a captured Aussie soldier tied to a tree while the Aussie's also give out their own brand of justice to a wounded Jap. The film also shows the disease and hard conditions these blokes had to put up with. If you get the chance, go and see this movie you shouldn't be disappointed. __________________

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