The Last Drop – new WW2 film

borrowed this “EPIC” from RGlangham last week and i have to say it was the worst film i had ever seen in my entire life……………..

poorly made, poorly scripted, poorly everything……….. it made me poorly

there are so many stories WWII stories which could have been made into a super film but these guys chose a real piece of S**T to make, no basis in fact anywhere…….it was utter rubbish

Kelley’s heroes was excellent, Where Eagles Dare Excellent, the list is long but this well………..

what other film plots could we suggest to the makers, answers on a postcard to………..Billy Zane and that stupid US officer chap

oh well never mind eh

Some interesting comments on this film, I think I’ll wait for a TV screening rather than buying it DVD though.

After watching the excellent Band of Brothers for the umpteenth time last week, I can’t help but think that the making of The Last Drop was a missed opportunity for someone to make a really pukka film solely about the 1st British Airborne Division’s involvement at Arnhem. It’s been what, 30 years since A Bridge Too Far was screened and good as it was for the time, ABTF was based on the Market-Garden Operation as a whole. A new film, with all the bells and whistles of modern-day special effects, would get across to an audience the true horror of what it must’ve been like for our lads at Arnhem.

The interest in WWII Airborne troops has never been greater and a film like that would’ve been much more welcomed I think.

..Come on Mr Spielberg, how about it! 😉

Andy B

Hey! I liked him in memphis belle:p

Yeah that and Dead Calm (and perhaps Titanic) are about the only decent films he’s been in! :p

Oh No….

Billy Zane and David Ginola!

Noo 😮 Not David Ginola last i saw was playing football for everton I think I was thinking off getting it but what Damien said sounds crap so I not be getting it but Save private ryan on dvd instead 😀

James

I was right. It’s crap. Confused and ludicrous plot, naff acting, A-team battle scenes…

Particularly memorable moments:

The (CGI) Fw 190 spotting a handful of soldiers in a field and deciding they are a worthwhile target for not one but four strafing passes… good job his guns aren’t harmonised so he shoots either side of our heroes each time.

The roundel on the crashed Horsa… blue centre, red surround…

The German seaplane… an An-2 minus its top wing, and with two (small) fake engines tacked on the lower wing. Apparently bullet proof too.

Inexplicable bursts of rock music from time to time.

Soldiers hiding from a machine gun behind a crashed glider… which moments before had been riddled with machine gun fire in an impressive demonstration of how crap a shield it makes.

The wide use of pistols as accurate long range weapons.

I’m sure those who know their uniforms and weapons can rip this one to pieces on that score too.

something tells me you didn’t enjoy it much………can’t quite put my finger on what it is though………teee heeee

C’mon, it had BILLY ZANE in it!! Did you expect more?? 😀

Hey! I liked him in memphis belle:p

C’mon, it had BILLY ZANE in it!! Did you expect more?? 😀

Hehe, I saw this in the paper yesterday and thought “was there a thread on this one?” 😀

Blimey, this thread’s older than I thought! Anyway, it came out yesterday on DVD and i’ve bought it off play.com, can’t wait!

Didn’t think the soundtrack was too bad, bit unusual for a WW2 movie but then again it is more of an action movie

..did any of u notice the really sucky soundtrack of the trailer?!?!

Alex

J Far less than 50% of the troops at Arnhem arrived by parachute or wore the para wings.

Can’t argue with that. About 50%, or more, were in Field Grey topped off with a natty coal-scuttle.

Moggy 😉

Now to go into ‘Horsa geek mode’, the Horsa’s are incorrect. After having the Dakota’s towing the Horsa’s as my wallpaper, the Horsa’s are mk I gliders, with single nosewheel, no skid under the fuselage. However, they are towed by a rope attaching to the single wheel at the front, but this only happened on the Mk II gliders, as on the Mk 1 the rope started at two points, one on each wing, and joined together in front of the nose (about 10 metres or so) when in air. (Horsa geek mode off :p)

Nah thats Bods tipple – goes straight to me hips 😉 – thats why Bod is aircraft AUW and cant take passengers in the Tiger anymore! 😀

When I saw TT’s name and the title “The Last Drop” I thought it meant his pint of Guinness!

your right TT, looks like “Kelly’s Heroe’s” type flick. And i love that film, looks like a bit of a light hearted romp.

I like dig… those positive waves Matt!

Simon Spent a couple of weeks out in Hungary or similar whilst they filmed his FW190, he spent most evenings in the Bar with the cast and said that they were a pretty down to earth fun lot to be with…

your right TT, looks like “Kelly’s Heroe’s” type flick. And i love that film, looks like a bit of a light hearted romp.

The cgi looks alright, seems to be a film mainly made for the teenage audience, looks like a fun little movie so i’ll give it a go

Just exactly what are para regiment doing going to war in a Horsa?
Not all red berets were paras. Far less than 50% of the troops at Arnhem arrived by parachute or wore the para wings.
Anyway, call that a Horsa – I wouldn’t.