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Best war movies?
Posted on 8/2/08 at 5:48 pm
Posted on 8/2/08 at 5:48 pm
In the mood for a good war flick tonight. Suggestions?
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Posted on 8/2/08 at 5:49 pm to Hat Tricks
See my Stalingrad post a few spots down... if you've seen it already, another underrated war movie that no one really knows about is Siege of Firebase Gloria, but you'll never find it at rental place.
Posted on 8/2/08 at 5:58 pm to Hat Tricks
The greatest war movie of all time is The Big Red One. Don't get the re-released version though. It's almost a completely different movie.
Posted on 8/2/08 at 5:59 pm to ChewyDante
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Siege of Firebase Gloria, but you'll never find it at rental place.
Yeah, that movie was awesome, used to come on Encore Action channel all the time.
Posted on 8/2/08 at 6:02 pm to Hat Tricks
Posted on 8/2/08 at 7:55 pm to Hat Tricks
Dirty Dozen
Green Berets
Tigerland
Green Berets
Tigerland
Posted on 8/2/08 at 8:02 pm to Hand
Major Payne
Posted on 8/2/08 at 8:10 pm to BayouBengal521
Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers
Von Ryan's Express
Kelly's Heroes
The Great Escape
Bridge over the River Kwai
Bat 21
Platoon
Hamburger Hill
Where Eagle's Dare
The Guns of Navarone
We Were Soldiers
Von Ryan's Express
Kelly's Heroes
The Great Escape
Bridge over the River Kwai
Bat 21
Platoon
Hamburger Hill
Where Eagle's Dare
The Guns of Navarone
Posted on 8/2/08 at 8:23 pm to Hat Tricks
Tae Guk Gi
Korean war movie from the a S. Korean perspective.
Korean war movie from the a S. Korean perspective.
Posted on 8/2/08 at 8:33 pm to Hat Tricks
midway
battle of britain
battle of britain
Posted on 8/2/08 at 9:02 pm to blueboy
quote:
The greatest war movie of all time is The Big Red One.
I love Samuel Fuller but IMHO that's not one of his best.
This post was edited on 8/2/08 at 9:03 pm
Posted on 8/2/08 at 9:13 pm to Hat Tricks
Enemy at the Gates
Patton
Band of Brothers (series)
Saving Private Ryan
Kelly's Heroes
Das Boot
Patton
Band of Brothers (series)
Saving Private Ryan
Kelly's Heroes
Das Boot
Posted on 8/2/08 at 9:31 pm to Hat Tricks
Some great but lesser-known war movies:
Men In War (1957)
Hell Is For Heroes (1962) w/ Steve McQueen
Any fan of WW2 movies should definitely check out the 1960s TV series Combat. Greatest war drama in TV history.
Combat IMDb
Robert Altman directed several episodes, including this classic that has no dialogue for half of its running time:
"Survival" -- watch it here
Men In War (1957)
Hell Is For Heroes (1962) w/ Steve McQueen
Any fan of WW2 movies should definitely check out the 1960s TV series Combat. Greatest war drama in TV history.
Combat IMDb
Robert Altman directed several episodes, including this classic that has no dialogue for half of its running time:
"Survival" -- watch it here
Posted on 8/2/08 at 9:36 pm to Kafka
quote:
Steve McQueen
add "The Sand Pebbles" to the list
Posted on 8/2/08 at 10:05 pm to coloradoBengal
quote:
Saving Private Ryan
can't go wrong with that
Posted on 8/2/08 at 10:48 pm to Kafka
quote:
I love Samuel Fuller but IMHO that's not one of his best.
Heresy. Stop assaulting my personal culture.
"Killing insane people is not good for public relations"
"Don't worry, Smitty. It's just one of your balls. You can live without it. That's why they gave you two."
Gold, my friend. PURE gold.
Posted on 8/2/08 at 10:58 pm to coloradoBengal
quote:
Bridge over the River Kwai
I was young when I saw this movie but I was thinking about it and....(Spoilers)
Why did the British officer agree to build a bridge for the Japanese? And then, why did he try to stop his own allies from blowing up the bridge?
Posted on 8/2/08 at 10:59 pm to coloradoBengal
quote:
Platoon
On Encore right now.
Posted on 8/2/08 at 11:05 pm to blueboy
I love a lot of Sam Fuller:
Pickup On South Street
Forty Guns
Park Row
Fixed Bayonets
I just saw The Crimson Kimono on TCM about a month ago... Hell, I've even seen Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street (I think that's the title)
Pickup On South Street
Forty Guns
Park Row
Fixed Bayonets
I just saw The Crimson Kimono on TCM about a month ago... Hell, I've even seen Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street (I think that's the title)
Posted on 8/2/08 at 11:26 pm to south bama tiger
quote:
Why did the British officer agree to build a bridge for the Japanese? And then, why did he try to stop his own allies from blowing up the bridge?
My interpretation has always been that he didn't want all of their suffering to have been for nothing.
BTW, you should know that, although it's a great movie, the POW's who actually went through all of that HATE the film with a passion.
This post was edited on 8/2/08 at 11:28 pm
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