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I haven't seen all those films, generally war movies bore me I even saw Navarone's cannons only once and other moveis you don't know only once and if, but from a *technical* viewpoint the most alithophanes - reality approaching, war movei is Black Hawk Down I think.
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No SGT Bilko option?Comment
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How could you miss "A Bridge Too Far"?
That and "Band of Brothers" are my favorites.Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DaveDaDouche
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Hi,
Where is "Windtalkers"
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dammit! you beat me to the troll response. I may have to change mine.Originally posted by Gangerolf
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One ironic scene in Starship Troopers I liked was when the one recruiter said "Join the marines! It made me the man I am!" as one of the actors was noting that most of his limbs were missing. That was a very real world moment to me.Originally posted by Ned
Axi, indeed it was dumb to send foot soldiers into combat with millions of homocidal bugs. But that movie, as with Saving Private Ryan, really put the scare into one like few other movies. Everyone praises SPR because of its realism. Part of that realism is the gut-wrenching fear that combat induces in one. Starship Trooper had that in spades as well.
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"Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
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Windtalker's wasn't great, it was good. THin Red Line sucked.
We Were Soldiers gets my vote for capturing all sides of the war well.
I also like Full Metal Jacket, as my second nomination.
3. The Longest Day (I love John Wayne)
4. M*A*S*H* (the movie)
5. The Wall (not the pink floyd movie, it's newer, and is a very good movie about vietnam that pick 3 names off the Vietnam memorial and shows the events leading up to the deaths of those soldiers)
6. Tora, Tora, Tora (gotta love great sea classics)Comment
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Forgotten about that one. Great movie. One good thing about it was showing parts from the Japanese POV (and filmed by Japanese).Originally posted by Japher
6. Tora, Tora, Tora (gotta love great sea classics)"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
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I think that is why I liked "We Were Soldiers"; mutiple POV... Really, all sides of the story should be told.Comment
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Yeah, but the movie was just a bit much because it had a contrived Hollywood ending. In the real battle as decribed in the book, it ended in a communist victory with the 2nd Battalion all but wiped out. (The movie centered on the activities of the 1st Battalion.)Originally posted by Japher
I think that is why I liked "We Were Soldiers"; mutiple POV... Really, all sides of the story should be told.http://tools.wikimedia.de/~gmaxwell/jorbis/JOrbisPlayer.php?path=John+Williams+The+Imperial+M arch+from+The+Empire+Strikes+Back.ogg&wiki=enComment
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Dr. Strangelove... or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb.
I know a lot of people don't consider this a war movie but I think it fits the criteria. IMHO no other film has done as good a job in savaging the stupidity of war... or done it so hilariously.
"Mr. President, I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops. Uh, depending on the breaks." - General 'Buck' Turgidson
Of the titles on the list, I'd probably go for Apocalypse Now. But Cross of Iron really should be on there too.
"What do we do when we lose the war... Prepare for the next one."
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DID YOU ORDER A CODE RED?
Em, I dont know if that's a war movie thoughComment
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Please note - all three of my choices have been posted by others already, though I started a thread once on my first choice.
"Grave of the Fireflies" for seriously examining war from the civilian/children's side. NOT for repeated watching, much too sad.
"Dr. Stranglove". Is it humor? A war film? Seriously warped? I love it.
"Tora, Tora, Tora" When I'm feeling historical.The worst form of insubordination is being right - Keith D., marine veteran. A dictator will starve to the last civilian - self-quoted
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I really liked that one too. Jack Nicholson at the top of his natural talent. But it isn't really a war movie, as there is no battle photography. Didn't it become a TV series that is still on, starring that hispanic babe as a marine prosecutor (or lawyer or whatever)? Can't remember the English title though.Originally posted by paiktis22
DID YOU ORDER A CODE RED?
Em, I dont know if that's a war movie thoughSo get your Naomi Klein books and move it or I'll seriously bash your faces in! - Supercitizen to stupid students
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