AelleCyning
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I'd say Private Ryan definitely does, but surely other films do?
I was really impressed with the Omaha Beach Scene, despite a few avoidable goofs, like the Nazis' position relative to the beach, or the giant caltrops meant to overturn the American boats literally being backwards. But still, the sheer brutality of it all, the gore and pain. There's a very ironic tone (strange despite the rest of the film being about how great America is), like when they kill the Czechs by mistake then laugh about it, or when the medic gets shot in the leg, or when the officer dicking about has his face blown off. The most ironic is definitely when one man is shot in the helmet, takes it off, shocked, and then another bullets slams into his skull.
It's something very hollywoodian for people to get a slash on the arm and die from it. Real humans can go through some pretty horrific stuff, including having half their brain bashed out, legs and arms cut off, throat slit, and still go on fighting (for more or less time, of course a slit throat gives you about ten seconds before you pass out, but imagine the sheer horror of fighting an opponent who has two litters of blood spewing out of his throat like a whistling tap). Most medieval casualties seem to have been from bleeding out on the ground, or being trampled in one way or another. I mean, we can survive decapitation for at least a couple of seconds (most scientists seem to think around 14 seconds, with most of those unconscious to be fair), for god's sake. Boromir in LOTR got the equivalent of a scab on his knee. No way would that do as much damage as it did to him. In the novels, he dies from a whole volley of them, and he still lives on for a while to utter a few last words to Aragorn, which is pretty much realistic.
There's a very good account of Medieval combat about Don Pero Niño, who was shot through the gorget, and then in the face (through the nose). He kept on fighting, and received several deep slashes to the head, and he had so much adrenaline his wounds are described as "minor annoyances". He went on to live another sixty years.
The visby skeletons also show that people were so scared they fracture their own teeth while clenching their jaw. It's also often said people could bite off their own tongue in battle.
I was really impressed with the Omaha Beach Scene, despite a few avoidable goofs, like the Nazis' position relative to the beach, or the giant caltrops meant to overturn the American boats literally being backwards. But still, the sheer brutality of it all, the gore and pain. There's a very ironic tone (strange despite the rest of the film being about how great America is), like when they kill the Czechs by mistake then laugh about it, or when the medic gets shot in the leg, or when the officer dicking about has his face blown off. The most ironic is definitely when one man is shot in the helmet, takes it off, shocked, and then another bullets slams into his skull.
It's something very hollywoodian for people to get a slash on the arm and die from it. Real humans can go through some pretty horrific stuff, including having half their brain bashed out, legs and arms cut off, throat slit, and still go on fighting (for more or less time, of course a slit throat gives you about ten seconds before you pass out, but imagine the sheer horror of fighting an opponent who has two litters of blood spewing out of his throat like a whistling tap). Most medieval casualties seem to have been from bleeding out on the ground, or being trampled in one way or another. I mean, we can survive decapitation for at least a couple of seconds (most scientists seem to think around 14 seconds, with most of those unconscious to be fair), for god's sake. Boromir in LOTR got the equivalent of a scab on his knee. No way would that do as much damage as it did to him. In the novels, he dies from a whole volley of them, and he still lives on for a while to utter a few last words to Aragorn, which is pretty much realistic.
There's a very good account of Medieval combat about Don Pero Niño, who was shot through the gorget, and then in the face (through the nose). He kept on fighting, and received several deep slashes to the head, and he had so much adrenaline his wounds are described as "minor annoyances". He went on to live another sixty years.
The visby skeletons also show that people were so scared they fracture their own teeth while clenching their jaw. It's also often said people could bite off their own tongue in battle.
I was meaning to point out the visible lack of equipment the typical ISIS grunt has.
