Iron Duke Posted August 11, 2000 Share Posted August 11, 2000 55 days at Peking was fun. ------------------ One shot...One Kill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted August 11, 2000 Share Posted August 11, 2000 Pork Chop Hill...Cross of Iron...Das Boot...Tora, Tora, Tora....Run Slient, Run Deep...Battleground...Patton to name a few. ------------------ Webmaster http://www.trailblazersww2.org http://www.vmfa251.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne Posted August 11, 2000 Share Posted August 11, 2000 A Bridge Too Far Saving Private Ryan (at least the 1st part) Battleground Patton (except for the use of modern vehicles) The Manchurian Candidate (not really a war movie per se) Gettysburg ------------------ Land Soft--Kill Quiet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Clark Posted August 11, 2000 Share Posted August 11, 2000 Gettysburg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kunstler Posted August 11, 2000 Share Posted August 11, 2000 Zulu (with Michael Caine at Rorke's Drift) Full Metal Jacket All Quiet on the Western Front (the remake with John Boy from the Waltons and the original) The first 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan Thin Red Line Dr. Strangelove TV series . . . Piece of Cake, about British pilots during the Blitz, was fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos Posted August 11, 2000 Share Posted August 11, 2000 "The Best Years of Our Lives" Actually, a post war movie. chaos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaky Posted August 11, 2000 Share Posted August 11, 2000 Patton Tora Tora Tora Sgt York Stg York mainly for the question of killing and war in general. Very cliche in places, but good for the kids to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OsinO Posted August 11, 2000 Share Posted August 11, 2000 Sigh, there have already been probably 10 topics about this... Iron Duke, I suggest you do a search. ------------------ ¤§ïѤ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEF BUNGIS Posted August 11, 2000 Share Posted August 11, 2000 Hey Iron Duke; It appears we were in the same Battalion during the gulf war. 2/67 AR.....LTC Merrit....CSM...ummm uhhh... can't remeber. I was then SGT Jung, Cco COMMO chief. Today I am SFC Jung....hehe I beleive the Dco COMMO chief was SPC Dunlap or SPC Hart if I remember correctly. Wasn't your Dco Commander Nasty NEF or some **** like that? ------------------ Better to make the wrong decision than be the sorry son of a bitch to scared to make one at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Duke Posted August 12, 2000 Author Share Posted August 12, 2000 Nasty NEF!? lol Dco CO was Cpt. Rodriquez and the CSM was CSM. Morre (spelling?) I dont know about the COMMO chief but Dco COMMO Sgt was a big guy, SGT Workhaus...you'd remember him. Big as a "haus" and snored louder than 3 drunk privates put together! And if I remember correctly, most Cco (Cobra) members talked more **** by 9 a.m. than most Privates did all day!! j/k Cool, glad to meet a fellow Iron Duke. ------------------ One shot...One Kill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacifistButLikeWarGames Posted August 12, 2000 Share Posted August 12, 2000 Hell Is For Heroes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Babra Posted August 12, 2000 Share Posted August 12, 2000 The Bridge Ice Cold in Alex Iron Angel ------------------ It's a mother-beautiful bridge and it's gonna be THERE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEF BUNGIS Posted August 12, 2000 Share Posted August 12, 2000 Oh ya...big Jefferey Warcoz. He went SF after the gulf war and got selected as 18E. I have tried to look him up, but can't find anything. Maybe he went Delta force. A real good guy though. The Cco Commander was CPT Arial and we had that short little 1SG. I'm trying to remeber who was on your maintenance team but nothing comes up. Any way, kinda cool to have another Iron Duke here. By the way, you been out for a while now so I shouldn't have no problem totally humiliating you in a PBEM game. Ha! Cause we know tankers ain't that good with computers. ------------------ Better to make the wrong decision than be the sorry son of a bitch to scared to make one at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hundminen Posted August 12, 2000 Share Posted August 12, 2000 Does BRAVEHEART count as a war movie? If so, it gets my vote. It is the story of William Wallace, and the Scottish struggle against England around 1300. Wallace recruited men working under English rule (and tyranny) to form a Scottish army which defeated the English army at Stirling. The victory gained Scotland independence, which was short-lived, as the Scots were later smashed at Falkirk. Wallace was driven underground, but led a successful guerilla campaign against the English, until he was betrayed by Scottish nobility, and captured. Besides being a great war movie, my wife loves Mel flicks. Finally a movie we both really liked! [This message has been edited by Hundminen (edited 08-11-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne Posted August 12, 2000 Share Posted August 12, 2000 For those of us you can't search or scroll... ------------------ Land Soft--Kill Quiet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howardb Posted August 12, 2000 Share Posted August 12, 2000 That's simple: Das Boot Stalingrad Saving Private Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleader Posted August 12, 2000 Share Posted August 12, 2000 The best: Saving Private Ryan, hands down. Runners up: Apocalypse Now, A Bridge Too Far Notables: Stalingrad, Das Boot, Platoon, Patton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Warrior Posted August 12, 2000 Share Posted August 12, 2000 Heree are some oldies. Sink The Bismark The Man Who Never Was The Movie about the Dam Buster (can't remember its name) Caine Mutiny Newer Glory ------------------ March To The Sound Of The Guns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huns_1 Posted August 13, 2000 Share Posted August 13, 2000 A Cross of Iron, Seige of firebase Gloria (They actually use fire control and use proper IA's and stoppage drills in that one) Stalingrad, Saving Private Ryan (The whole enchalada!) Nuts there is one about the battle BEFORE the battle of the bulge but I can't rember it, and the young indiana jones with the WWI battles (The horses with gas masks and use of mustard gas with flamethrowers, speigburg did that one too I think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LtCo.05 Posted August 13, 2000 Share Posted August 13, 2000 12 O'Clock High (Maximum Effort) Note the lesson's in leadership!! PS--if you can find them.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Posted August 13, 2000 Share Posted August 13, 2000 Paths of Glory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Michael emrys Posted August 13, 2000 Share Posted August 13, 2000 Waterloo (made around 1969-70) Zulu Twelve O'clock High Guadalcanal Diary A Bridge Too Far The Alamo (1961; guilty pleasure category) A movie called either Task Force or Fast Carriers, can't remember which (saw it about 40 years ago) Too many others to list... Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Devils Posted August 13, 2000 Share Posted August 13, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Formerly Babra: The Bridge Ice Cold in Alex Iron Angel <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> How are the action sequences in "The Bridge"? How small/large a scale battle does the movie cover? I have heard good things about it. ------------------ I'm sorry, we haven't the facilities to take all of you prisoner. Was there anything else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Devils Posted August 13, 2000 Share Posted August 13, 2000 "A Bridge Too Far" would be if it weren't for that damn Leopard MBT crossing the bridge. "The Dam Busters." And not one of my favorites, but did anyone else enjoy "When Trumpets Fade" on HBO last year? Not bad for TV. PS, HBO is doing " Band of Brothers", by Stephen Ambrose next summer. Stephen Speilberg is directing, I believe. ------------------ I'm sorry, we haven't the facilities to take all of you prisoner. Was there anything else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Babra Posted August 13, 2000 Share Posted August 13, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Red Devils: How are the action sequences in "The Bridge"? How small/large a scale battle does the movie cover? I have heard good things about it.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> It is a very small action about a single squad of very young conscripts defending a meaningless bridge in the closing days of the war. It's black and white. The cinematography suffers a little, but the action sequences are believable and not glorified at all (well, it's a true story after all). The film has a dark mood and goes after the fear reaction more than the hoo-rah glory action. Four stars in my book. Post Script Edit: The panzerfaust scene will have you biting your nails ------------------ It's a mother-beautiful bridge and it's gonna be THERE. [This message has been edited by Formerly Babra (edited 08-12-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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