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What's your favorite war movie, and why?
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Maybe I am the only person who likes it, but I think "Uncommon Valor" with Gene Hackman and Tex Cobb was a great movie(patrick Swayze was in this movie also.) I cried my eyes out when I first saw it. I also like,
Red Dawn,
The Big Red One,
The Dirty Dozen,
Saving private Ryan,
Full metal Jacket,
And my all time favorite movie is.....Last Of The Mohicans, with daniel Day Lewis(it's a war movie...right?)
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Red Dawn,
The Big Red One,
The Dirty Dozen,
Saving private Ryan,
Full metal Jacket,
And my all time favorite movie is.....Last Of The Mohicans, with daniel Day Lewis(it's a war movie...right?)
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I concur with most about the "classics", Full Metal Jacket, Apocolypse Now, Big Red One.... However one of my favorites is "The Beast" about a soviet tank crew in Afganistan. Has any one besides me seen it?
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JC
The superior man is modest in his speech but excels in his actions.
Confucius
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JC
The superior man is modest in his speech but excels in his actions.
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Though I was never a submariner, my favorite two war movies are "Das Boot" and "Run Silent, Run Deep." There is no more terror than the realization you will either be blown up, burned, or drowned if you do not succeed. Besides, sub movies bring out the true "team effort" a war really requires to win.
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Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of the tyrant; it is the creed of slaves.
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Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of the tyrant; it is the creed of slaves.
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The Beast was a great movie,also go tell the Spartatans( Early vietnam war) and the Omega man( not war but close)
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Patton
Braveheart
Apocolypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Saving Private Ryan(at least the first hour of it anyway)
....and many others follow.....
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"Worst of all my foes, I fear the enemy within"
*John Wesley*
Romans 10:9-10
"Military" Fans Unite!!
Braveheart
Apocolypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Saving Private Ryan(at least the first hour of it anyway)
....and many others follow.....
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"Worst of all my foes, I fear the enemy within"
*John Wesley*
Romans 10:9-10
"Military" Fans Unite!!
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I liked "Pvt. Ryan" especially because my father served in the Nat'l Guard w/ some vets from the 29th Division (in Virginia) & he always told me what fine men they were.
Another good one is "Stalingrad"- German film from about 1993 or so- tells the story from the German side. Saw it in Germany- when I left the theatre- it had started snowing- Hard. Creepy
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Another good one is "Stalingrad"- German film from about 1993 or so- tells the story from the German side. Saw it in Germany- when I left the theatre- it had started snowing- Hard. Creepy
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All Quiet on the Western Front - Possibly THE anti-war movie, which has obviously withstood the test of time.
Twelve O'Clock High - A personal favorite about a CO turning around a hard luck unit. Oscar for best supporting actor.
The Best Years of Our Lives - Although about life after the war, in my opinion one of the ten best movies ever made. Several Oscars including best picture and supporting actor, who actually lost both hands in a training accident during the war.
Zulu - I think it was Micheal Caines first film. Great story and superb action about a true battle in the Zulu war.
The Wind and the Lion - Another personal favorite about a true story involving a women and her two kids, Barbary pirates, Marines, Germans, etc.; look closely as the detail is superb.
Das Boot - An uncle was on a 'pig boat' in the 1950's and he said that it was the only realistic submarine movie that he ever saw.
The Bridge Over the River Kwai - In my opinion one of the ten best movies ever made, with one of the best knife scenes in a movie; while holding a knife in the air Holden is yelling "KILL HIM" to the young commando facing Alec Guiness.
Saving Private Ryan - Possibly one of the best war movies I've seen, but I'll have to see how it ages over the years. Very moving, but it could be that I'm just turning into a wimp as lately I find that such things bother me more than they use to. Also on my ten best list.
Full Metal Jacket - A personal favorite. The best rendition of boot camp that I've seen.
The World at War - a made for TV documentary that is superb, the best that I've seen. I managed to record all 24 or so one hour episodes. The Unknown War is also very good.
Dr. Strangelove - One of my favorites and a much needed break from the cold war.
Twelve O'Clock High - A personal favorite about a CO turning around a hard luck unit. Oscar for best supporting actor.
The Best Years of Our Lives - Although about life after the war, in my opinion one of the ten best movies ever made. Several Oscars including best picture and supporting actor, who actually lost both hands in a training accident during the war.
Zulu - I think it was Micheal Caines first film. Great story and superb action about a true battle in the Zulu war.
The Wind and the Lion - Another personal favorite about a true story involving a women and her two kids, Barbary pirates, Marines, Germans, etc.; look closely as the detail is superb.
Das Boot - An uncle was on a 'pig boat' in the 1950's and he said that it was the only realistic submarine movie that he ever saw.
The Bridge Over the River Kwai - In my opinion one of the ten best movies ever made, with one of the best knife scenes in a movie; while holding a knife in the air Holden is yelling "KILL HIM" to the young commando facing Alec Guiness.
Saving Private Ryan - Possibly one of the best war movies I've seen, but I'll have to see how it ages over the years. Very moving, but it could be that I'm just turning into a wimp as lately I find that such things bother me more than they use to. Also on my ten best list.
Full Metal Jacket - A personal favorite. The best rendition of boot camp that I've seen.
The World at War - a made for TV documentary that is superb, the best that I've seen. I managed to record all 24 or so one hour episodes. The Unknown War is also very good.
Dr. Strangelove - One of my favorites and a much needed break from the cold war.
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In no particular order:
Saving Private Ryan
Patton
Pork Chop Hill
Hell in the Pacific - Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune(sp?) the only two actors in the movie.
Andre
Saving Private Ryan
Patton
Pork Chop Hill
Hell in the Pacific - Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune(sp?) the only two actors in the movie.
Andre
Breaker Morant
Galipoli
Tora Tora Tora
Attack
Platoon
Apocalypse Now
Blue Max
Patton
Young Lions
Private Ryan
Bedford Incident [close enough]
Hunt for Red October[close enough]
Not in any order
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Galipoli
Tora Tora Tora
Attack
Platoon
Apocalypse Now
Blue Max
Patton
Young Lions
Private Ryan
Bedford Incident [close enough]
Hunt for Red October[close enough]
Not in any order
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Ok, Apocalypse Now, "never get off the boat, absolutely damn right."
Red Dawn
The Second Civil War (made for HBO)
Thin Red Line- alot of people didn't like this movie, in my opinion it is because this was more about the political side of war, not really the blood and gore stuff.
Dr. Strangelove
Full Metal Jacket (This is my rifle, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without it I am nothing, without me, It is nothing..........)
Braveheart
Many others.
Joe
Red Dawn
The Second Civil War (made for HBO)
Thin Red Line- alot of people didn't like this movie, in my opinion it is because this was more about the political side of war, not really the blood and gore stuff.
Dr. Strangelove
Full Metal Jacket (This is my rifle, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without it I am nothing, without me, It is nothing..........)
Braveheart
Many others.
Joe
"The Beast" was great.
"Das Boot" made me claustrophobic
"Saving Private Ryan" I wish that my dad, a WWII vet, could have seen it. He usually hated war movies as they were so different from the reality.
"Go and Tell the Spartans"
"One of Our Aircraft is Missing", a very well done British film from WWII. It is obvious propaganda, but it is very good.
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Walk in the Light,
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I forgot "The Bridge" ("Die Bruche"?) a German film about a group of boys drafted at teh end of WWII who were left to defend the bridge in their hometown to keep them out of combat. When they destroy an American M4 Sherman tank, the theater cheered. It was across from the Army base at Fort Myer near Washington DC and most of the audience were of an age to have been in WWII. I was awed.
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"Das Boot" made me claustrophobic
"Saving Private Ryan" I wish that my dad, a WWII vet, could have seen it. He usually hated war movies as they were so different from the reality.
"Go and Tell the Spartans"
"One of Our Aircraft is Missing", a very well done British film from WWII. It is obvious propaganda, but it is very good.
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Walk in the Light,
Hugh
I forgot "The Bridge" ("Die Bruche"?) a German film about a group of boys drafted at teh end of WWII who were left to defend the bridge in their hometown to keep them out of combat. When they destroy an American M4 Sherman tank, the theater cheered. It was across from the Army base at Fort Myer near Washington DC and most of the audience were of an age to have been in WWII. I was awed.
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Patton is at the absolute top of the list. I mean George C. was Patton! I'm also partial partial to it because my Dad served under Patton from Normandy till the end of the war.
Zulu, Saving Private Ryan, Apocalypse Now, Das Boot, The Enemy Below and a sleeper: The Dogs of War.
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Zulu, Saving Private Ryan, Apocalypse Now, Das Boot, The Enemy Below and a sleeper: The Dogs of War.
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One of my favorites is a black & white film called "FIXED BAYONET'S". It is set during the Korean war. American Movie Classics shows this one once in a blue moon.
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Sgt. York?! You must be ancient.
Being in my mid twenties, I still remember the days when WWI vets were interviewed regarding the Great War. I haven't heard any such intervews in the last few years. Sigh. . . a new generation will never hear their account.
I recall one old veteran say, "we just want people to remember, war is stupid."
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Being in my mid twenties, I still remember the days when WWI vets were interviewed regarding the Great War. I haven't heard any such intervews in the last few years. Sigh. . . a new generation will never hear their account.
I recall one old veteran say, "we just want people to remember, war is stupid."
[This message has been edited by tallwingedgoat (edited 06 October 1999).]