July 22, 2020 Movies that portray Russians incorrectly: The Hunt For The Red October https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6681340/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Sean Connery as a Captain of a Soviet nuclear sub – in the opening scene, Connery says “Holodryga” (coldness) as “Holodriga”, with very…
July 22, 2020 Movies that portray Russians incorrectly: Rocky IV https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089927/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Dolph Lundgren as a Russian boxing champ in Rocky IV (0:39) – “Nepravda, on kak kusok zheleza” – “Not true, he is like…
July 22, 2020 Movies that portray Russians incorrectly: Red Heat https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095963/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Red Heat” as a Russian cop, heavy accent, much heavier than his English accent.
July 22, 2020 Movies that portray Russians incorrectly: The World Is Not Enough https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143145/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Pierce Brosnan as 007 answering question in Russian with a horrible accent from Dr. Christmas Jones (whose accent is even worse) (1:11) –…
July 22, 2020 Movies that portray Russians incorrectly: Mission Impossible 4 – Ghost Protocol https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1229238/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4 Tom Cruise as a Russian general speaking to a Russian guard (1:13) – horrible pronounciation of the letter “ch” in the word “Nachal’stvo”…
July 22, 2020 Movies that portray Military incorrectly: Enemy Lines https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9904802/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2 Wrong uniform. USMC Major Kaminski (Enemy Lines) Dress Blues Uniform is that of Enlisted, not an Officer. This is what USMC Officer (left) and…
July 22, 2020 Movies that portray Military incorrectly: Under Siege https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105690/ Horrible hand salutes. The salute by Steven Seagal (Under Siege) is heinous. The hand is not straight and 45 degrees to the ground, fingers…
July 22, 2020 Movies that portray Military incorrectly: Sniper, Ultimate Kill https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6349302/ Haircut/Grooming standards (Sniper, Ultimate Kill). Leaving haircut outside, beard, while in the dress blues uniform is unacceptable (moustache is allowed under certain standards). No…
July 22, 2020 Movies that portray Military incorrectly: Jarhead 3 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4616014/ Top button is buttoned. Marines don’t button blouses all the way up. The top button is always left unbuttoned.
July 22, 2020 Movies that portray Military incorrectly: Homeland https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1796960/ Haircut. If someone caught Brody walking around with this haircut and sideburns in the uniform, he’d be told to get a haircut at…