War is, in no uncertain terms, a horrifying experience and something that we should all want to avoid whenever humanly possible. But it's because of that horror, uncertainty, and power that, from a filmmaker’s point of view, war makes for intense, exciting, and meaningful subject matter that can have an enormous impact on the audience.
We go to war movies to celebrate victories, to ponder difficult questions, to remind ourselves of the futility of human violence. We go to war movies again and again and again because these tales have value. But finding good war movies can be pretty darned difficult. Even on Netflix, separating the great films from the junk can be a tough prospect.
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We go to war movies to celebrate victories, to ponder difficult questions, to remind ourselves of the futility of human violence. We go to war movies again and again and again because these tales have value. But finding good war movies can be pretty darned difficult. Even on Netflix, separating the great films from the junk can be a tough prospect.
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