Capt. Ayers Posted June 15, 2000 Share Posted June 15, 2000 Ok, after seeing all the posts about how boring the forum is getting, I figured I'd add in my own topic. For me Saving Private Ryan ranks up there among my favorite war movies, but more for the camera angles and the "feel" of being in combat. Personally, my utmost favorite is probably A Bridge Too Far. I like movies that are based on actual battles and are more historically accurate. (Midway, Battle of the Bulge, Battleground) Your thoughts...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaffertape Posted June 15, 2000 Share Posted June 15, 2000 Good topic. Hard to pick a fave, although Private Ryan would probably be my #1. Then again, I still haven't seen Cross of Iron. Others I'd recommend: Das Boot Stalingrad The Beast A Bridge Too Far A Midnight Clear and Biloxi Blues, if a comedy counts. GAFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jager 7 Posted June 15, 2000 Share Posted June 15, 2000 As for me; SPR Cross of Iron Bridge too Far Stalingrad Gettysburg Braveheart And for Hollywood action war movies with little basis in reality... Where Eagles Dare Guns of Navarone Tobruk Out here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddy Posted June 15, 2000 Share Posted June 15, 2000 Battleground is an awesome movie - I especially like the scene where the GI's are semi-interrogating some German officials and one of them is blowing the most perfect smoke rings into their faces! Platoon has many good moments, A Bridge Too Far is pretty cool as well. Patton is good, too. Combat with SGT Sanders was completely awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt B M Deleted Posted June 15, 2000 Share Posted June 15, 2000 Have you ever seen, "When Trumpets Fade"? That's one of my favorites along side SPR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckinDixie Posted June 15, 2000 Share Posted June 15, 2000 How can you forget "All Quiet On The Western Front"? ( the original-not the remake) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Dog Posted June 15, 2000 Share Posted June 15, 2000 I have to say Battleground as well. Here´s a plot summary from IMdb "We follow a band of American soldiers as they engage the Germans in a snowy, foggy winter near Bastogne in World War II. They're low on fuel, rations, and ammunition; the Germans are constantly encouraging their surrender via radio and leaflets, and most importantly, the pervasive thick fog makes movement and identification difficult and prevents their relief by Allied air support. This film focuses much more on the psychology and morale of the soldiers than on action footage and heroics." Funnily enough the tag lines read; "The guts! The girls! The glory! of a lot of wonderful guys!" Pretty much sums up this forum.Give or take the...well never mind. G-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Heidman Posted June 15, 2000 Share Posted June 15, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jager 7: As for me; SPR Cross of Iron Bridge too Far Stalingrad Gettysburg Braveheart And for Hollywood action war movies with little basis in reality... Where Eagles Dare Guns of Navarone Tobruk Out here...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I think you need to move BraveHeart from the first category to the 2nd. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Babra Posted June 15, 2000 Share Posted June 15, 2000 Waterloo (sucky dialog but a great effort) Sink the Bismark Ice Cold in Alex Iron Angel and of course.... wait for it.... Kelly's Heroes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullethead Posted June 15, 2000 Share Posted June 15, 2000 All-time favorite is The Wind and the Lion, followed by Full Metal Jacket, 55 Days at Peking, and The Sands of Iwo Jima (can you tell I'm a Jarhead? ) Other favorites: Gallipoli, The Longest Day, Catch 22, SPR, Dr. Stangelove, The Flying Tigers, The Dambusters, The Kain Mutiny, The Cruel Sea "Austerlitz" is pretty good if you're into Napolean. Don't know where it was made but it wasn't the US. Kinda have to be familiar with the situation to really appreciate it, however. Same goes for "Port Arthur," a Japanese flick about the incredibly bloody ground assaults there. ------------------ -Bullethead jtweller@delphi.com WW2 AFV Photos: people.delphi.com/jtweller/tanks/tanks.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka kingtiger Posted June 16, 2000 Share Posted June 16, 2000 Battle of the Bulge I know it is inaccurate and goofey, but I just love large scale German Armor movements, even if they happen to be American Tanks. "Tiger to Panzer and Leopard, get that junk of the bridge" Hee Hee Richard Kalajian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyamoto Musashi Posted June 16, 2000 Share Posted June 16, 2000 Hmmm... without differentiating my favorites into realistic/non-realistic categories, I've got to say that some of my faves are (in no particular order): The Dirty Dozen ("... then you don't know Victor Franco), Force 10 from Navarone (mainly cause I'm a Robert Shaw/Harrison Ford junkie), A Bridge Too Far, Bridge Over the River Kwai, Sands of Iwo Jima, Midway, Kelly's Heroes, and Hell in the Pacific (starring Lee Marvin and the fantastic Toshiro Mifune... there's not much dialogue in this film about an American and a Japanese soldier isolated on this island, but the gripping and realistic nature of the film makes it a good one, although the end is fairly depressing...) ------------------ In fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your spirit settled yet unbiased. An elevated spirit is weak and a low spirit is weak. Do not let the enemy see your spirit. -- M.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCrawler Posted June 16, 2000 Share Posted June 16, 2000 Oh come on people, everyone knows that the best 'war' movie ever made is Red Dawn (even though Patrick Swayze is in it)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted June 16, 2000 Share Posted June 16, 2000 Cross of Iron. Yep, definitely. ------------------ I've just about had it with sig's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eichmann2 Posted June 16, 2000 Share Posted June 16, 2000 The thin Red Line (New) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compassion Posted June 16, 2000 Share Posted June 16, 2000 Paths of Glory (not quite a WAR war movie, I know... nice display of the striations of the militaries of the time) Bridge Too Far Cross of Iron Kelly's Heroes (out on DVD in a month... Going to be a good summer!). AND Abel Gances 1927 classic Napoleon [This message has been edited by Compassion (edited 06-15-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killmore Posted June 16, 2000 Share Posted June 16, 2000 "Red Dawn" feels like a copy of Soviet partizan movies. I have seen tons of those when I was a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Callmeyer Posted June 16, 2000 Share Posted June 16, 2000 Let's not forget "Sink the Bismark" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhorse Posted June 16, 2000 Share Posted June 16, 2000 SPR Cross of Iron A Bridge Too Far 12 O'clock High The Longest Day She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Gettysburg Stalag 17 Glory Waterloo Stalingrad Das Boot The Bridge Pork Chop Hill The Odd Angry Shot Breaker Morant The Lighthorsemen Zulu Just to name a few.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Babra Posted June 16, 2000 Share Posted June 16, 2000 Damn, can't believe I forgot The Odd Angry Shot and The Lighthorsemen! TOAS soundtrack could use some spicing up though! Sounds like a cheesy porno. ermmm...not that I'd know of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfalz XII Posted June 16, 2000 Share Posted June 16, 2000 Well, of course: A Bridge Too Far. Das Boot Full Metal Jacket For an oldie, but a goodie with John Wayne: They Were Expendable Not strictly a war movie, but still one of my favorites: Laurence of Arabia ------------------ Formerly known as not THE Charles from BTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col.Hogan Posted June 16, 2000 Share Posted June 16, 2000 My top 5 war movies: 1.SPR 2.Apocalypse Now 3.Full Metal Jacket 4.Midway 5.Das Boot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mirage2k Posted June 16, 2000 Share Posted June 16, 2000 Dr. Strangelove Apocolypse Now Full Metal Jacket Three Kings Zulu -Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamo Posted June 16, 2000 Share Posted June 16, 2000 Wow! What a great thread! I haven't seen several of these in far TOO LONG, such as the afore mentioned "Wind and the Lion", I love the scene where the Marines run throught the streets and sieze the embasy! "Hell in the Pacific" is another great one you don't hear too much about these days, though I recently picked it up on DVD. I didn't really like "Stalingrad" as much as I had hoped I would. The Soviet tank assault in the snow is the best part, but towards the end it just got...weird... I think I'd have to second "Kelly's Hero's" and "Battle of the Bulge" as my two favorite war flicks though, just basing that on number of times viewed. How many of you have the "Panzerleid" memorized? Zamo "Ob's stürmt oder schneit...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TURBO Posted June 16, 2000 Share Posted June 16, 2000 Top 3 would be cross of iorn, spr, a bridge to far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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