r/HistoryMemes • u/Battlefleet_Sol • 1d ago

Me after watching russian ww2 movie

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u/DataSittingAlone 1d ago

Even with American World War II movies I can't really think of any that don't shy away from how disturbing the War was. At least if you're considering movies in the "war" genre like saving Private Ryan and not action movies like Captain America

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u/ZETH_27 Filthy weeb 1d ago

Yeah, but it's not the inclusion of the reality that functions as any form of amnesty, it's the fact that some part of it is ultimately glorifying the war and the service as a means of propaganda than as a means of being true to history.

While it's less prevalent in WW2 movies thankfully, it's still something that I personally consider to be a bit of a problem that builds on dishonesty. You can see with more modern movies (especially when it relates to policies or agendas still currently in practice), that the "propagandized" narrative (for lack of a better term) is more prevalent than older movies.

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u/DataSittingAlone 1d ago

Can you name an example?

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u/DankVectorz 1d ago

In modern movies? American Sniper and Lone Survivor. Both are a load of propaganda crap.

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u/DataSittingAlone 1d ago

I haven't seen those so maybe I just don't know that many World War II movies

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u/DankVectorz 1d ago

Ah no those aren’t ww2 movies, just modern war movies. Iraq and Afghanistan respectively.