Socially conscious military films bring a new viewpoint to war
LA Times“Top Gun: Maverick” proved at the summer box office that rah-rah military movies are a force to be reckoned with. If we don’t want to use the loaded “woke” to describe this deployment of socially conscious military films, let’s say that they’re collectively sounding a reveille. What is it like to stay there becomes the more interesting conversation — to me, at least, in 2022.” Books Review: ‘Devotion’ gets into cockpit of 2 U.S. pilots who bond in Korean War The framework of “Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship and Sacrifice” by military writer Adam Makos is the close relationship of two Navy pilots — Tom Hudner and Jesse Brown — during the Korean War. The semi-autobiographical first feature by writer-director Elegance Bratton recounts his experience, fictionalized in the character Ellis French, as a gay Marine recruit in basic training during the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” mid-2000s. A weird true story from that conflict inspired the film “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” by Peter Farrelly, the director of 2018 best picture “Green Book.” Chickie Donohue, a merchant marine who brought cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon to his buddies serving in Vietnam, got his clueless eyes opened to the war’s futility when the Tet Offensive interrupted his trip.
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