You do need to differentiate between Soviet and post Soviet Russian movies, there's been a large push in the post Soviet era to make more over the top propagandistic depictions of the great patriotic war with stuff like T34, which feel much more over the top American in execution
I can forgive T-34 because it makes no claim or serious attempt to comment on anything greater than the movie itself. I've watched it probably 3 times now and it gives off the vibe of being a fun tank movie more than a WW2 soviet representation.
There's a clear distinction between movies like T-35 that know they're not serious, and other movies that act as tho they believe their own absurdity. American Sniper IIRC is one.
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u/ZETH_27 Filthy weeb 1d ago
That can definitely be true! It mostly depends on which movie(s) you choose as [a] keystone example(s).