The trends of the times in which war movies are released, however, certainly do.

Their relationship is only further strained as the South begins to crumble amid the war effort.

Of course, the infamous marital rape scene is particularly outdated as well.

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To say the film is hyperbolic with historical facts would be an understatement.

Navy SEAL sniper,Chris Kyle(Bradley Cooper).

It has come to be a disgusting picture in retrospect.

Clark Gable as Rhett and Vivien Leigh as Scarlet embracing and about to kiss in Gone with the Wind.

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In this regard, it is worth every bit of praise it gets.

Its evil has come to be as defining of it as its greatness.

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A group of soldiers together in Force 10 From Navarone

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Two soldiers standing in front of a jeep in ‘Battle of the Bulge’ (1965)

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Benjamin (Mel Gibson) charges into battle carrying an American flag, with soldiers in the background

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Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle aiming a sniper rifle in American Sniper

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A soldier firing a gun while he is on the bed of a truck

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Robert De Niro in The Deer Hunter

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John Wayne with a young boy in ‘The Green Berets’

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A gathering of the KKK on horseback in the film The Birth of a Nation

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