Whether they are based on real-life events or are fully fictional, many war movies have been criticized by military experts for a variety of reasons.
War movies, while addressing delicate subjects, allow filmmakers to explore historical events or tell epic fictional stories rooted in reality, but more often than not, these end up being so inaccurate that military experts have to step in to share the truth.
9 Battle of the Bulge Battle of the Bulge was directed by Ken Annakin and told a highly fictionalized account of the title battle. The inaccuracies of Battle of the Bulge begin with the opening narration, as Patton’s Third Army wasn’t tasked with defending the Ardennes.
6 Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor was directed by Michael Bay and as the title says, was centered on the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces in 1941. Pearl Harbor is a heavily fictionalized version of this historical event, and focused on a love story set amidst the lead-up to the attack, the aftermath of it, and the Doolittle Raid.
4 Enemy at the Gates Enemy at the Gates was directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and based on William Craig’s 1973 nonfiction book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad. Among the many inaccuracies in Enemy at the Gates are details about Vasily Zaitsev’s story, developments of the war, and even maps that showed modern locations of Russia, Ukraine, and the Baltic states.
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