Your Favourite War Movies?

mclinton92 · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:57 pm�� Post subject: Your Favourite War Movies?

Hey all,

ive been looking for some good movies as of late but cant seem to find some solid opinions.

War movies based on WW1,WW2 and Vietnam tickle my fancy so any recomendations send my way.

Oh, and i like action

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El Taco · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:10 pm�� Post subject:

Saving Private Ryan. Ultimate.

Others include: Band of Brothers, Platoon, We Were Soldiers, Inglorious Basterds, Full Metal Jacket, The Deer Hunter.

If you want a good current war film, check out The Hurt Locker.
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A l e x · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:12 pm�� Post subject:

Not a movie but watch Band of Brothers if you haven't, really good show and the new pacific one should be out next yr which will be good if its the same quality of BoB.
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G3ck0 · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:14 pm�� Post subject:

Saving Private Ryan is really the only one I can think of, and it's an excellent movie.

Spanca · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:34 pm�� Post subject:

Zulu is brilliant. Old, but brilliant. And a true story.

100% on RottenTomatoes.com can't be a bad thing.

Sinthesys · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:38 pm�� Post subject:

After slogging through El Tacos list, watch Tropic Thunder (and if you already have, watch it again). You'll get a lot more out of it.
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Sin Ogaris · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:05 pm�� Post subject:

Hot Shots 2.

Qbert · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:18 pm�� Post subject:

It's more recent, but watch Jarhead, it's amazing. Great soundtrack as well.
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Sinthesys · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:04 pm�� Post subject:

On the vein of Jarhead (well that conflict anyway) Three Kings is a good movie too, although more of a drama with a bit of comedy, definitely not as dark as Jarhead.
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Aussie XP · Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:31 am�� Post subject:

Band of Brothers is amazing IMO, definetely worth watching.
Saving Private Ryan and We Were Soldiers are my other two favourites.
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donovan515 · Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:54 am�� Post subject:

Everything I would've recommended is already suggested besides The Brotherhood of War. Korean made movie set during the Korean War, similar to Saving Private Ryan.
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kaerlis · Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 3:54 am�� Post subject:

Band of Brothers is a god amongst war flicks.

this series is well worth every hour of your life watching it.

They did everything right, their research, interviews with vets, made it personal, historically accurate and still riveting/entertaining to watch.
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Tsargrad · Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:05 pm�� Post subject:

Starship Troopers - this is really a WW2 film set in space.
Tae Guk Gi - Korean war. Very emotional film.
The Great Escape
War and Peace - USSR version. Some epic battles. 1812 war.
Platoon

plenty of others which I can't think of.
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Infested Jibbs · Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:58 pm�� Post subject:

^about fucking time someone said the great escape.
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GooberMan · Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 2:55 pm�� Post subject:

No one's mentioned Tora! Tora! Tora! either.

Or Hamburger Hill.

Or Apocalypse Now.

Or M*A*S*H.

While I'm here, I've never seen Patton either.
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chickenplucka · Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 3:44 pm�� Post subject:

Just watch Full Metal Jacket, it is still the ultimate war movie that othrs like Jarhead are still trying to imitate today.
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Nietzsche · Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:30 pm�� Post subject:

I love Platoon but the best war scene goes to the city battle in Children of Men. The single shot technique makes it far more realistic.

jemist · Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 7:34 pm�� Post subject:

I am horrified at the lack of the following in this thread (complete with a quick review of 10 words or less):

The Thin Red Line (WW2, Guadalcanal)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120863/
War-as-poetry

Das Boot (WW2, German U-Boat)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082096/
'The Other Side', built entirely on tension

The Longest Day (WW2, Normandy)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056197/
Ensemble cast, varying character perspectives

Generation Kill (Iraq, 2003)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0995832/
Exemplary 'downtime' and cynicism during war

Blackhawk Down (Somalia, 1993)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265086/
Finest example of war-movie-as-action-film
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KT · Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 7:42 pm�� Post subject:

Star wars.

No, i kids. Those are horrible films.

Tobias Funke · Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 7:54 pm�� Post subject:

Full Metal Jacket and Inglourious Basterds.

I probably should watch Saving Private Ryan
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3mt · Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:22 pm�� Post subject:

I second Das Boot. It follows from a German's perspective, showing them as humans, not those bloodthirsty Nazis that movies often portray them as.
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Grom · Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:26 pm�� Post subject:

Flags of our Fathers and, especially, Letters from Iwo Jima are amazing. Definitely a companion piece, but each stands alone without the other just fine.

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pvt ryan

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A chinese movie called "Assembly"! Its a good one if you don't mind subtitles. Oh, and the german one " Downfall"

emech · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 8:37 am�� Post subject:

bridge over river kwai
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