The Best War Movie

[cinch]

Am I the only one who likes FULL METAL JACKET all the way through?

Anyone?

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Bah, Sava, you suck . The Thin Red Line (the new one) was a Great movie!! Full of the philosophy of war and action intersperced with thinking.

See, there you go, adding thinking into the equation......

ACK!

[GePap]

What! You have NEVER EVER said anything half as silly as that imran! While there were some OK moments, the movie as a whole was a time-sucking singularity with little redeaming value.

[Imran Siddiqui]

BAH! I loved it! OTOH, I wonder what the big deal was about 'Full Metal Jacket'.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Bah, Sava, you suck . The Thin Red Line (the new one) was a Great movie!! Full of the philosophy of war and action intersperced with thinking.

*Respect for Imran dwindles even further*



TRL is an example of how NOT to make a war movie. Besides being boring, the "philosophy" and "thinking" you mention was ridiculously shallow.

[GePap]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
BAH! I loved it! OTOH, I wonder what the big deal was about 'Full Metal Jacket'.

The bootcamp scenes: the rest of the movie is forgettable.

Anbd as far as I can tell cinch, yes, you are as of yet the only posters to like FMJ the whole way trought.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Mwahahaha!

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/TheThinRedLine-1084146/

Thin Red Line: 80% Fresh!
And 95% from the 'Cream of the Crop'!

[Sprayber]

The Thin Red Line made me fall asleep. Not a good thing for a movie to do.

[Serb]

Originally posted by Pekka
Enemy at the Gates was entertaining.. but I didn't like it too much.. I think the woman in it spoiled the movie for me. But it had good scenes too.

Enemy at the gates is complete, pure and total sh!t. It's so inaccurate, so stupid. It's not a historical movie, it's just a piece of crap made by director who have no idea about WW2 and about Soviet Union. Trust me, this movie is full of small details that make it ridiculous for any Russian who watch it. Such as file holders on Khrushev's bookcase that appeared in Russia only after collapse of USSR.
Enemy at the gates completely sucks.

[GePap]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Mwahahaha!

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/TheThinRedLine-1084146/

Thin Red Line: 80% Fresh!
And 95% from the 'Cream of the Crop'!

And if you could check all the 1968 reviews for 2001, i doubt you would get Fresh:

when i saw Cloonet come on screen as the new captain, I thought, "Oh God no! Another hour of this dreck!", but thankfully his part was as short as that of Travolta.

The battle scenes were tacky, the inner dialogue slow, winded, and unrealisitc, and overall, blah.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Mwahahaha!

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/TheThinRedLine-1084146/

Thin Red Line: 80% Fresh!
And 95% from the 'Cream of the Crop'!

Oh, you sure showed us! If movie critics liked it, it must be good!

Of course, movie critics also raved about films like Titanic, Forrest Gump, etc.

[GePap]

I liked Gump!

edit: Boris, it is far better to use a movie now considered a classic that was panned by critics as a proof of Critics problems, not ones own movie tastes.

Has TRL come out in DVD? (TRL? Just like the crappy MTV show...)

[Imran Siddiqui]

The battle scenes were tacky, the inner dialogue slow, winded, and unrealisitc, and overall, blah.

I thought the battle scenes were generally well done, and the inner dialogue compelling. It had to do something right, so many good reviews and 7 Oscar nominations!

And if you could check all the 1968 reviews for 2001, i doubt you would get Fresh:

As in 2001 Space Odyssey? Doesn't go back that far... I wouldn't know . Though it seems some of the same charges levied against that movie (boring, etc.) are latched onto this one.

Maybe I just like epic films (I just picked up the 4 hour 'Dances with Wolves' Special Edition, even though many think it boring... I love it).

[Imran Siddiqui]

Oh, you sure showed us! If movie critics liked it, it must be good!

I think they know better than the average joe . I usually trust the critics opinions.... and when SUCH a majority of them agree then it does indicate that a very broad spectrum of people that are experts in movies like (or dislike) a certain film.

Oh, and Gump was good .

[Imran Siddiqui]

Has TRL come out in DVD?

Yes... 3 times... 1) Regular, 2) Part of the Enhanced Widescreen re-release, 3) Part of the Fox War Classics Line.