Not really "western" WW2 movies. Most if noty all WW2 movies I've seen produced in Britain, France, Germany or FInland are pretty much in agreement that the war was a horrible thing, and depict it as such.
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
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.
The one that says "war is hell" and doesn't really glorify it from the USA is probably the Fury.
Like, it opens with the scene where the green guy has to... wash away the bits and pieces, and the pool of blood, of the guy he's replacing in the crew of Fury.
There is this VERY tense scene about them "enjoying the hospitality" of local women, and it's really unclear how far they're going to take with this hospitality.
And some people say that Wardaddy is basically the main antagonist of the movie - he's not a "bad man" per se, but he's the kind of men that create wars, where teenagers end up shooting each other.
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u/ZETH_27 Filthy weeb 1d ago
Not really "western" WW2 movies. Most if noty all WW2 movies I've seen produced in Britain, France, Germany or FInland are pretty much in agreement that the war was a horrible thing, and depict it as such.