World War II Collection, Vol. 2 - Heroes Fight for Freedom (36 Hours / Air Force / Command Decision / Hell to Eternity / The Hill / Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo)
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Movie Reviews of World War II Collection, Vol. 2 - Heroes Fight for Freedom (36 Hours / Air Force / Command Decision / Hell to Eternity / The Hill / Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo)
Movie Review: Movies worth owning
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a good collection of World War II movies. They give a verity of perspectives from different points of view.
Air Force you're with the crew of the B-17. You see B-17 crews' world as it changes from the beginning of the war.
In Command Decision you see the tough choices a good commander must make. You come to understand that it is not always a piece of cake to give good orders. Politics cause some of the situations as much as people. Choices are not as easy to make or as easy as they seem.
In Hell to Eternity: A good story about over coming hardships. Amazing in that it's based off a real life story.
The Hill: a good movie that is poorly explained. Soldiers are brought here to be broken down and then built back up. The purpose of the place is to restore the soldier from a bad person to a good soldier. This is back to basic training for bad soldiers. The hill is all about having a bad person in charge that loves the breaking down and forgets there is supposed to be a building back up.
Thirty seconds over Tokyo is the Doolittle raid. This movie is very good but could use some basic facts to help make it better for today's viewers. This strike at Japan came at a very low point in the war when we were losing in the pacific almost everywhere. The Raid did not cause huge damage to Japan but it did raise our moral and caused the Japanese to guard their home waters with more troops and ships. (A good movie to see this with is Destination Tokyo Cary Grant movie)
36 hours a good spy movie with a good plot. James Garner is very good in this movie.
Good movies worth owning. I just wish WB would add a little more history for today's kids as special features with the movies.
Movie Review: World War II Classic Movies Heaven
Summary: 5 Stars
36 Hours: classic thriller. James Garner and Rod Taylor were so dang good together. Air Force: a true classic, done shortly after Pearl Harbor. What a cast, and Harry Carey's performance is heartbreakingly good. (But don't be fooled -- the real star is what was intended -- the Mary Ann.) Command Decision: If the opening minutes don't have your heart pounding, nothing will. Hell to Eternity: Okay, it's not really based on Guy's life, but it sure is entertaining. Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen and Vic Damone are classic war buddies. (Honestly, we could have done without the female-subplot.) The Hill: an overlooked goodie. And Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo: simply one of the best war movies ever made. And as they are on their bombing run, be sure to notice ... no talk, no music, just the sound of the engines. So incredibly tenseful. Wow.
Buy it. Just buy it. It's that good of a collection.
Movie Review: One Hell of a collection...
Summary: 5 Stars
The older ones were far better, than the more recent ones.
I could end my review here, but it would be unfair, considering the effort made to put this collection together.
So let's start at the beginning:
1. "Air Force" (1943) - B&W - 124 min.
starring John Garfield and Gig Young, is a simple tale of a crew of a Flying Fortress struggling their way from "The Day of Infamy" through the entire Pacific War. (Watch the B-17 closely, it was a true Flying Fortress and alas was lost in the process of fighting that war!);
2. "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" (1944) - B&W - 139 min.
Who doesn't remember Spencer Tracy in this one, together with Van Johnson and Robert Walker? This too, is based on a true story of WWII, but this time we're talking about a B-25 "Mitchell" crew and its deeds that led to the first bombing of the Capital of Japan.
3. "Command Decision" (1948) - B&W - 112 min.
with Clark Gable at the helm and based on a stage play, comes through from a different perspective. What do Commanders do, when it comes to gambling with people's lives (in this case Bomber Pilots and Crews), when the stakes are high and the mission is key for victory or defeat?
Assisting Mr. Gable (who himself was an Air Force Captain and flew real missions, hence knows what he's talking about...) are Walter Pidgeon, again Van Johnson, Brian Donlevy and Charles Bickford.
4. "Hell to Eternity" (1960) - B&W - 132 min.
The story of a man, raised in an American-Japanese family, confronted with the War in the Pacific. Based on a true story, this is the tale of a man facing prejudice from both sides and who manages to win his internal struggle by even capturing, single-handedly, hundreds of Japanese Soldiers. Incredible but true!
5. "36 Hours" (1964) - B&W - 115 min.
A "What If..." movie, starring a powerful James Garner. We are in 1950, the war is over and the lead Character wakes from a Coma in an American Military Hospital. He suffers from Amnesia, he can't recall anything.
Only that we are not in 1950, but rather in 1944, in a mock-up Hospital built by German Intelligence and the setting has carefully been prepared in order to find out where the Allies will finally land.
More than a true War Movie, this is far more a Spy Thriller, and tightly knit at that, so well told it is almost believable as a true story.
These are 36 Hours you won't easily forget.
Together with Mr. Garner appear actors of the caliber of Rod Taylor and Eva Marie Saint, together with Werner Peters as a Gestapo Man (an actor I love to hate).
All DVD transfers are clean and the sound although mostly in 2.0 channel Mono, is sharp and clear.
This is a very interesting Collection, even from a purely analytical standpoint. I must compliment the people at Warner's for having chosen 5 very significant movies out of dozens others and having offered them in this very reasonably priced set.
If more, of the same quality were produced, I am sure people would flock to buy them.
Movie Review: Unexpected collection.
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been trying for some time to get copies of some of these films. I have not played all of them yet, I am savouring the moment. So far they have all been of excellent quality, and thoughly enjoyable. My only query is, is there a Volume 1?. If so where can I get a set?Movie Review: World War 2 Collection, Vol.2.
Summary: 1 Stars
I tried to watch the Movie,s of Collection 2.However I was disapointed.The Films did not have any sound. If I had known that, I would have not ordered them.That was a waste of my money. Sincerely, Horst Herting
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