Saw it yesterday. Excellent movie with superb acting.

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To make it all about the weather report seems like a really narrow telling of a much wider and more interesting story.

They drew up fake plans showing the invasion would happen elsewhere and put them on a corpse dressed as an officer which they dumped at sea knowing that when it washed up on a Spanish beach, the Spanish would share what they'd found with Hitler, all in the hope that it would convince him the invasion would happen elsewhere.

They built a fake army with inflatable tanks in east Britain and deployed Patton there as a decoy.

They turned a number of German spies into double agents to feed fake reports back to Berlin.

All to make the Germans think the invasion would land elsewhere.

The weather report seems kind of small and boring compared to the whole larger picture of deception that went into making DDay a success.

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Supposedly Ike had a saying he would throw out during DDay preparations: The plan is nothing; planning is everything.

It's always stuck with me. A succinct encapsulation of a great philosophy.

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I am a big fan of WWII movies and I wanted to see this, but the trailer does nothing to entice me.

I was born when Truman was president but I actually remember Eisenhower quite well. I remember what he looked like and sounded like. And of course I have seen interviews with him that he did after his presidency, for the 20th anniversary of D-Day, for example.


I just can't get past this: Brendan Fraser is a good actor, but he is terribly miscast. He looks and sounds nothing like Ike. He does not have the gravitas for this role.

I'll wait for it to appear on TV.

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agreed he is miscast

but WHO has the gravitas today to play Ike?!

You have a good point.

Tom Selleck played Ike in 2004. I didn't like that casting either, for the same reasons.

Robert Duval played Ike in 1979 and vaguely looked like him, but I don't remember the TV movie well enough to say anything else.

The best portrayal I have seen was the guy who played Ike in The Longest Day. That guy was mostly a set decorator and his voice was dubbed, so......

Saw the movie yesterday. I knew nothing about the storyline of the film or even the history of this event. The movie was great. However Fraser as Eisenhower was definitely miscast.

Interesting fact...Brendan Fraser is 57. Eisenhower was 53 on D-Day.

Saw this and thought it was mediocre. Like others said Fraser was a huge miscast and took me out of every scene he was in. Very interesting story and the acting by the main character was great.

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bonfarr said:

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I like Fraser but don't buy him as DDE.

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Agree. Ya'll will maybe think I'm crazy but I think Woody Harrelson would pass as pretty fair likeness for a movie.

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Harrelson did well in the movie MIDWAY as Admiral Nimitz

I'm in the Charlotte airport on my way home from a Band of Brothers tour. Had never heard of the "Mincemeat" movie.
Looks pretty good.

I will watch it soon.

The invasion has begun!

tried to see this for D-Day but theater sold out already 40 minutes before hand.

unfortunately the movie is only playing in certain smaller theaters.

will try to get to see it tomorrow.

to listen to the real radio reports from Eisenhower on June 6, 1944:

Eisenhower discussing the invasion of Normandy on D-Day

We went last night and enjoyed it. Fraser did a good job but was miscast. I love Damien Lewis but he was chewing the scenery as Monty. At the ends it noted this was based on a play, which explained a lot about the script and the structure.

I think it would have made a more interesting movie if they included a parallel story with the German meteorologists who didn't predict "the window" in the storm. Rommel went home for his wife's birthday and the other generals left to attend war games based on their weather reports. Ike's quote at the end would have hit harder if you'd shown that as well IMO.

The Mincemeat movie is decent but the Broadway show is a top 5 show all time for me.

Saw it today, loved it! I went in with all the complaining about Fraser being miscast in mind, and then ignored it all. Worked great for me. My wife loved it as well. The final scenes with the beach landings really hit hard, especially this weekend. Chills hearing the speech!

My son is studying meterology & oceanography in the Navy as we speak, for the job that was portrayed in the movie. He and a bunch of his buddies went and saw it this past weekend and said its fairly accurate. He is a bit of a science nerd and a huge history buff, so he would know.

O.G. said:

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My son is studying meterology & oceanography in the Navy as we speak, for the job that was portrayed in the movie. He and a bunch of his buddies went and saw it this past weekend and said its fairly accurate. He is a bit of a science nerd and a huge history buff, so he would know.

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Your son should have gone USAF

but tell him thanks from a grateful nation for his service!

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O.G. said:

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My son is studying meterology & oceanography in the Navy as we speak, for the job that was portrayed in the movie. He and a bunch of his buddies went and saw it this past weekend and said its fairly accurate. He is a bit of a science nerd and a huge history buff, so he would know.

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Your son should have gone USAF

but tell him thanks from a grateful nation for his service!

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He makes fun of them like its the National pass time. Also, he hates when people say "thank you for your service"....so naturally, everyone in the family leans into it...haha.

I think he may also be thinking about doing some more run/gun stuff at some point. I don't know it, but I suspect it.