What is War movie?
[[File:Shooting of a scene from A bridge too far.jpg|thumb|Shooting of a scene of the movie [[A bridge too far]]. The movie shows how Allied troops fail at landing in the Netherlands, at [[Operation Market Garden]], in 1944.]] [[File:Wilhelminabrug Deventer.jpg|thumb|The bridge over the Ijssel in [[Deventer]] was used for the movie]] [[File:All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film) poster.jpg|thumb|Poster for the movie [[All Quiet on the Western Front (movie)|All Quiet on the Western Front]], of 1930. This is an anti-war-movie.]] A '''war movie''' is a [[genre]] of [[movie]] where a war or an armed conflict plays an important part in the movie. In most of the scenes, the actors, will play in a scenario, which is affected by war. War movies usually show modern wars; unlike other genres, which may show older conflicts. The first war movie was ''[[Sea Fighting in Greece]], by [[Georges Méliès|Georges Meliès]], of 1897. It is set in the [[Greco-Turkish War (1897)]]. Documentaries about wars are not war movies.'' War movies were often used to show how terrible war really is, and that peace is a better option. Therse are sometimes called anti-war-movies. War movies have the following characteristics: * The mix fictional and non-fictional elements (for example, a fictionnal story, in a real war). Even though everyone knows, that this story did not happen, a very similar one could have happened. Very often, the viewer knows what the parties in the war were, and how the war ended. * The place where the movie takes place, and the kinds of weapons used have a big influence on the movie. * There are two options: either there is one protagonist, who needs to go through some development, and prove himself; or there is a gorup of people, who need to find common traits and work together to be successful. Usually, a part of the audience will idealize soldiers, and war. Very often, visual effects (stunts, explosions, etc) will be madde to look very realistic. This can make it difficult, keep a critical distance. == Examp