The Monuments Men trailer: glorious bastards

Mon, Oct 14, 2013

Oh, this one is going to tick a lot of boxes for me: art and culture, men in uniform, World War II, the fundamental interconnectedness of all things, and George Clooney.

Cannot wait.

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Karl Morton IV

Mon, Oct 14, 2013 9:21am

George is NOT the only dude in it, ya know.

MaryAnn Johanson

reply to Karl Morton IV

Mon, Oct 14, 2013 5:37pm

No. Jean Dujardin is in it, too. :->

Mate Sršen

Mon, Oct 14, 2013 10:12am

Also: Jean Dujardin. And: Jean Dujardin’s Smile.

MaryAnn Johanson

reply to Mate Sršen

Mon, Oct 14, 2013 5:37pm

*sigh*

RogerBW

Mon, Oct 14, 2013 12:11pm

Looks good. I do hope there’s at least one person in it who says something along the lines of “Oh, yeah, preserving our cultural heritage? That’s what the last lot of uniformed looters said, too.”.

Kathy_A

Mon, Oct 14, 2013 12:46pm

I’ve been hoping to see a movie about the Monuments Men ever since I read a fantastic book called The Rape of Europa, which is all about the looting of Europe and Russia by the Nazis. I am so excited for this film!!

ETA: And I hope that Cate Blanchett’s character is the actual French woman who worked at the Louvre and tracked as much of the artwork going into Nazi members’ possession as she could. She saved a lot of the works from disappearing due to her paperwork, and deserves to be immortalized.

althea

reply to Kathy_A

Mon, Oct 14, 2013 4:15pm

I agree, this is a story to make a fantastic film, but I’m dubious that it’s going to come out like a lot of YouTube comments are saying, it’ll be like Ocean’s 14 (or whatever.) The trailer makes it look like this one group of guys not only were responsible for the whole project, but they spent all their time in combat. Or close proximity anyway. Their work only began during the war, and wasn’t mainly aimed at prevention. The project I wanted to see would include the buildup of the teams and the intense work of the researchers long after combat ceased. It would be more like Enigma than Private Ryan.

Karl Morton IV

reply to althea

Mon, Oct 14, 2013 4:55pm

They could also show what happened in Japan and the Pacific theatre while they were at it, couldn’t they? Of course a film that showed all that would be ten hours long. Maybe if this film is successful, it will inspire a more in-depth HBO miniseries? :)

althea

reply to Karl Morton IV

Mon, Oct 14, 2013 4:59pm

Good idea.

bronxbee

Mon, Oct 14, 2013 5:30pm

as you know, this is a topic that is also dear to my brain… and i can’t wait to see this either. i cannot believe we’re getting a movie about these guys who were basically considered candy soldiers.