War movies have always been a favorite of American men, who love to sit back and watch someone else do the dirty work, blood, gore and destruction are a much loved by most men. Old war movies and new war movies have quite a few similarities in that they are both based on historical happenings, they equally show what happened during war, by the same token they show respect for rank and likewise showed how …showed first 75 words of 839 total…

…showed last 75 words of 839 total…realism have been replaced by the newer movies full of realistic deaths and bombings. Modern war movies with their violence and gore leave little to the imagination of the viewer. Nevertheless, in our quest for more realism in a movie have we lost something vital? Works Cited "Pearl Harbor". DVD. Touchstone Pictures, 2001, 183 Min. "The Longest Day". DVD. 20th Century Fox, 1962, 180 Min. "Tora, Tora, Tora". DVD. 20th Century Fox, 1970, 170 Min. "We Were Soldiers". DVD. Paramount, 2001, 138 Min.