War movies

[Patroklos]

Funny, can you find me a source for that Serb? Up untill Moscow there really wasn't a reason to shoot retreating Germans, because there weren't any.

[Combat Ingrid]

The Battlefield series

[C0ckney]

don't know how realistic it is, but 'pork chop hill' is an awesome film. 'ice cold in alex' and 'a birdge too far' are my favorite world war 2 ones.

there's a great (ww1) french film made in the 20s about two groups of french and german soldiers who are trapped by artillery, they get talking and find that they are divided more by class than by nationality. i've forgoten what it's called though.

[Sandman]

Start with Lawrence of Arabia and work your way down.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by nostromo
3. Gettysburg

Good lord, NO! How the director could take the Pulizer-Prize-winning Killer Angels and turn it into one of the most boring movies of all time defies explanation.

Buy the book. Listen to the audio book. But for God's sake, don't see the movie

[rah]

I'm still laughing at Dances with Wolves being number 2. So if it can be 2, Gettysburg can be three

[Dauphin]

The Patriot was a war movie? I thought it was a sit-com based on a fantasy novel?

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Verto
We Were Soldiers is a great movie, certainly a Top Ten.

Are you referring to We Were Soldiers Once And Young? Great flick!

And let us not forget Patton.

...and Victory at Entebbe
...and Zulu

[Whoha]

Kelly's Heros for some humor.

[Japher]

"We Were Soldiers" was a Mel Gibson flick. Not sure about the Once and Young bit Zkib, some fantasy of yours?

[Nostromo]

Originally posted by rah
I'm still laughing at Dances with Wolves being number 2. So if it can be 2, Gettysburg can be three

And I didn't quote all of it...

Korea

1. M*A*S*H
2. Macarthur
3. Manchurian Candidate
4. Pork Chop Hill
5. The Bridges at Toko-Ri

Viet Nam

1. Platoon
2. Full Metal Jacket
3. The Deer Hunter
4. Apocalypse Now
5. The Quiet American
6. Born on the Fourth of July
7. Good Morning Vietnam
8. We Were Soldiers
9. Gardens of Stone

Various Wars, Conflicts and Peacetime Battles

1. Braveheart
2. Black Hawk Down
3. No Man's Land
4. Three Kings
5. Stripes
6. Ben Hur
7. The Sand Pebbles
8. The 13th Warrior
9. Star Wars
10. Gladiator

[Nostromo]

Btw, colon, if you're interested in tactics, you'd probably better look for documentaries or, better yet, books.

[Pekka]

You forgot Hamburger Hill from Vietnam flicks.

Colon, about what you asked, well, All these movies are still pretty Hollywood, no way is it realistic. Some say that the opening minutes of Saving Private Ryan is realistic. Well maybe so, more realistic than others for sure.

About tactics, there just is no tactics involved in any of the movies, excpet hand signals, but that rarely is tactics, no?

Some tactics are shown in Band of Brothers, so you can see some in there, but not a lot. More than in others for sure though. It's good series overall too, you should watch the rest of the series.

But as far as tactics goes, you won't see more than 'cover me' or 'call the airstrike' or some lame ambushes that goes 'we hide and then shoot them' type of things. And hang signals. And radio usage. But that's not tactics. But like I said, there is some in Band of Brothers so it's nice in that way too.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Japher
"We Were Soldiers" was a Mel Gibson flick. Not sure about the Once and Young bit Zkib, some fantasy of yours?

I think that was the title of the book upon which the movie was based.

[Japher]

yeah, that's it...sure