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The Worst Film Ever

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It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Shortly after this film started, I thought, "It looks like a bunch of re-enactors who decided to make a movie." During the ending credits I learned that it's a bunch of re-enactors who decided to make a movie to bring attention to the efforts of the 82nd Airborne Division's Pathfinders – the troopers who dropped into Normandy on D-Day about an hour before the main airborne landings to set up navigation beacons for the C-47 troop transports carrying the main force. After all, even Steven Spielberg made some bad films when he was 12! It's a heroic effort by a re-enacting group, so being a living historian myself, I added a star to the single star that it deserves for quality. It could possibly be enjoyed for what it is, IF they explained to the viewer what it is at the beginning. They should introduce the film with a statement like, "Hey we're just a bunch of re-enactors that want to pay tribute to the Pathfinders of the Normandy invasion during WWII. We're not actors or film makers, and no one was paid for their involvement in this project." That would explain beforehand all of the overacting, why most of the camera shots are extreme close-ups on everyone's faces (showing only the area between their eyebrows and lower lip), why the Pathfinders were not being told what their mission was until the night before the drop (no time to study maps, enemy positions, objective locations, etc.), why all of the characters were argumentative and not acting like a team that had volunteered for the mission, why they referred to it as Operation Overlord instead of Mission Albany, why one officer had the Infantry insignia on both tips of his collar instead of his rank on one tip, why the pathfinders in the film were not dressed like the pathfinders that jumped into Normandy, why the bullets and explosives didn't make any marks on inanimate objects that they hit, and so many other discrepancies and problems with the film Yet, as bad as it is, it is STILL not the very worst film I have ever seen!

There's bad films, and then there's films so atrociously awful it should bring criminal charges. From the opening scene it's readily apparent they cast whoever could fit the costume. Absolutely no one in this film can act. Anachronisms run amuck, historical accuracy is treated with the same reverence as a $10 hooker, and everything is shot in very annoying close up. That's just for openers. What's supposed to be Normandy, shot entirely at night, looks like it was filmed in a backyard using a spotlight. The sound is horrendous, the editing is horrendous, and the cinematography is full of some strange and inexplicable angles. And finally the dialog is positively laughable as if that's how they really spoke. I mean this film is terrible beyond words. The only positive I can say is that it is a good story but not after these clowns were through with it. With a bigger budget and talented actors and a director who doesn't look like he learned his craft by watching YouTube tutorials it might make a decent film. Otherwise stay far away from this one.

Eddie Livingston - D-Day Pathfinder - POW (the one the Germans hauled away in the film)It is my sad duty to advise you of the passing of Pvt. Eddie H. Livingston I Co/504.Pvt Eddie H Livingston Eddie came to the 82nd by way of the AAF having served at Chanute Field in the parachute test facilities there. He told me that he was "the original test dummy". Anything they thought they could strap on to a man and deliver by parachute they strapped on him first. He had over 178 jumps not counting qualifying, training and combat jumps (3). His combat awards included an un-presented DSC, one Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and seven Purple Hearts.(The above photo is of Eddie H. Livingston from the Pathfinder photo of Normandy stick #16, June 5, 1944.)He also told me that in the big "Invasion Lottery" held by the 504 on the return trip to England from Italy, he spent three bucks and picked June 5, 6 and 7.Eddie was a member of the 504 volunteer group which jumped in Normandy. He went in with the team of 2/508 on DZ N near Picauville, France. Eddie was captured on June 9, and spent the rest of the war in POW camps as a slave laborer--in the coal mines.Eddie's Form DA 1577 reflects that he was awarded the DSC for the action in which he was captured. It was never presented. Research on my part through several archives has failed to locate any reference as to the citation.I had the distinct honor to meet Eddie in November of 2000. He was a "Devil" through and through. Immensely proud of his service with the 504.Word of Eddie's passing was received from his niece Pam Baker, with whom he had been living for the past three years.David R Berry Dayton, OH

I love historical movies. This one sounded so incredible on the promo and like the other reviewers, I wanted to like it. We rented from Red Box. Thank goodness we didn't pay theater prices. Was it even in the theaters? Worst movie we have EVER rented. Within the first 5 minutes I had lost interest completely. Actors seemed like they were reading their lines off cards, music didn't fit. The opening song was not the correct era. Before we knew it was going to be terrible, my husband commented that the song seemed too modern. We fast forwarded to see if it got better. It didn't. Red Box was kind enough to refund our money. Said we were only the 4th customer to rent it. It's not rated, but it should be - D for Don't Bother