War-Lord Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 This can be an offical discussion thread on war movies. We can talk about Whats your favorite movies? And what was the best part in them. I love war movies especially I just got " Band of Brothers" really awesome series and tottaly worth the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imheretostay Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 I like that Vietnam movie with Mel Gibson in it, I dont remember the name though. I liked Saving Pvt Ryan too ofcourse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miffymiffmiff Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 (edited) In Which We Serve The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp Way To The Stars Passport To Pimlico Went The Day Well All the best British War Films you could ever watch....especially seeing as all of them (apart from Pimlico and Went The Day Well) were made during WW2 and thus were more affected by nthat socio-historical context It Happened Here and the recent German film about Hitler's last days in his bunker are good as well Edited December 11, 2005 by miffymiffmiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War-Lord Posted December 12, 2005 Author Share Posted December 12, 2005 ImHereToStay that was called We Were Soldiers that movie was a really good movie if you liked it you should watch Platoon its another Veitnam Movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthYENIK Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 My favorites would be... 1. Saving Private Ryan 2. Full Metal Jacket 3. The Longest Day 4. Enemy at the Gates 5. Band of Brothers Saving Private Ryan is awesome. I like how they show how the morale of the squad shrinks with every dead ally. But in the end they realize, or at least Edward burns' character realized that Private Ryan was like him, he wanted to go home, but not at the price of abandoning his squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Killer Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 I thought that the move glory, based on the American civil war was good, although, it has it's own gory scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dublo 7 Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 I can't stand war movies that are full of American Army pride/propaganda ('We were soldiers' for example. *shudder*) The best ones are; • Apocalypse now • Platoon • Full metal jacket Band of Brothers is very good however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guybrush Threepwood Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 I can't stand war movies that are full of American Army pride/propaganda ('We were soldiers' for example. *shudder*) I wholeheartedly agree. I could get into the politics behind it and how terrible it is that most movies show only the "good" side (in the end they win right? Hah, you lost the war). But this isn't the political discussion I do really enjoy Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon and Band of Brothers. But also older movies like Patton, Paths Of Glory, The Deer Hunter, All Quiet On The Western Front, Das Boot and The Bridge On The River Kwai. Gotta love your classics kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dublo 7 Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 I can't stand war movies that are full of American Army pride/propaganda ('We were soldiers' for example. *shudder*) I wholeheartedly agree. I could get into the politics behind it and how terrible it is that most movies show only the "good" side (in the end they win right? Hah, you lost the war). But this isn't the political discussion I do really enjoy Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon and Band of Brothers. But also older movies like Patton, Paths Of Glory, The Deer Hunter, All Quiet On The Western Front, Das Boot and The Bridge On The River Kwai. Gotta love your classics kids. ah yeah, Deer Hunter was very very brutal. Great movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mullen Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 I love Apocalipse Now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logic3 Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Wait a second, Band of brothers was a movie as well as a TV series, or am I just confusing myself here :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imheretostay Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 ImHereToStay that was called We Were Soldiers that movie was a really good movie if you liked it you should watch Platoon its another Veitnam Movie. Yeah, that's the one, and I've seen Platoon too, damn good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISd3d Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 I hate really dramatic war movies like We Were Soldiers and Pearl Harbor, although Saving Private Ryan was pretty good. The best ones would have to be Full Metal Jacket, Deer Hunter and Apocalypse Now. I thought Platoon sucked. Does Dead Presidents count as a war movie? Only about half of it took place during the Vietnam War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthYENIK Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Wait a second, Band of brothers was a movie as well as a TV series, or am I just confusing myself here :s It was a TV series. But come on, it was produced by spielberg and had a giant budget. I wouldn't be surpised if it started as a movie, but the only way to have it as big as it was, was to have it be 10 hours long. And sorry that america makes all the good war movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logic3 Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Wait a second, Band of brothers was a movie as well as a TV series, or am I just confusing myself here :s It was a TV series. But come on, it was produced by spielberg and had a giant budget. I wouldn't be surpised if it started as a movie, but the only way to have it as big as it was, was to have it be 10 hours long. And sorry that america makes all the good war movies. Ohhh, I see. And i'm sure England has had at least 1 good war movie ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War-Lord Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 Well I couldnt argue with you guys on that I have never seen an Enlish made War-Movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WidowMaker Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 (edited) I can't stand war movies that are full of American Army pride/propaganda ('We were soldiers' for example. *shudder*) The best ones are; • Apocalypse now • Platoon • Full metal jacket Band of Brothers is very good however. f*ckin' word. I hated We Were Soldiers. My list. Apocalypse Now Full Metal Jacket Das Boot Platoon The Deer Hunter The Thin Red Line Downfall Black Hawk Down (a little too AMERICA! granted) A Bridge Too Far Battle of Britain The Longest Day Patton Grave of the Fireflies The Killing Fields The Big Red One The Bridge Over the River Kwai The Pianist Schindler's List Stalingrad Essential viewing for all. As for non-traditional war movies... i.e. pre-World War 2. Paths of Glory Zulu Braveheart Ran Lawrence of Arabia The Good, The Bad and The Ugly America makes all the good war movies? lol okay. YOUR OPINION IS NOW VOID. Why would you just come out and make such a narrow minded comment like that? Maybe America is so good as making war movies, because they are so good at going to war. Edited December 19, 2005 by WidowMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Hagan Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Couldn't comment on "We were Soldiers"... But I most likely wont rent it if everyone has such a bad opinion on it. My list would have to be: Jarhead Black Hawk Down Full Metal Jacket Platoon Hamburger Hill The Thin Red Line Band of Brothers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guybrush Threepwood Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Hamburger Hill How could I even forget that one, the DVD is lying six feet away from me! I like your list a lot widow, I've seen most of the movies on it with the exception of Grave of the Fireflies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anuj Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Apocalypse Now Jarhead Black Hawk Down Saving Private Ryan Band of Brothers Over There (not technically a movie, but a series like Band of Brothers) Platoon Full Metal Jacket Rules of Engagement (wasn't bad at all) Enemy At The Gates (If you ignore the awkward sex scene) Three Kings Yeah, those movies rock. "We Were Soldiers" left me wondering what the hell I was watching. Hell, "The Marksman" (a direct-to-video piece starring Wesley Snipes) was better than Mel Gibson's POS. Lawrence of Arabia I always thought that LoA was some faggy drama about some Brit in the desert, but after I watched it junior year I immediately went out and bought a copy. Definitely one of my favorite movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caponester Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 All Quiet on the Western Front The Trench A Bridge too Far Black Hawk Down Personally I'm not a fan of the glamourised Saving Private Ryan. If you wanna see how war really was watch the Band of Brothers series, especially episodes 6 & 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logic3 Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 All Quiet on the Western Front The Trench A Bridge too Far Black Hawk Down Personally I'm not a fan of the glamourised Saving Private Ryan. If you wanna see how war really was watch the Band of Brothers series, especially episodes 6 & 7. What the f*ck are you talking about "glamourised", they had to do basic training lead by some old army guy before doing any filming, and glamourised would have meant they left the lens filters and sh*t on, making it too bright and happy, given them fake names, and written everything wrong. But no, they researched the story, gave them the names of real people, and almost all the events were based on fact. Anyway, nice films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War-Lord Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 Yea my favorite episodes on Band of Brothers is when they go to Bastoge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthYENIK Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 (edited) I can't stand war movies that are full of American Army pride/propaganda ('We were soldiers' for example. *shudder*) The best ones are; • Apocalypse now • Platoon • Full metal jacket Band of Brothers is very good however. f*ckin' word. I hated We Were Soldiers. My list. Apocalypse Now Full Metal Jacket Das Boot Platoon The Deer Hunter The Thin Red Line Downfall Black Hawk Down (a little too AMERICA! granted) A Bridge Too Far Battle of Britain The Longest Day Patton Grave of the Fireflies The Killing Fields The Big Red One The Bridge Over the River Kwai The Pianist Schindler's List Stalingrad Essential viewing for all. As for non-traditional war movies... i.e. pre-World War 2. Paths of Glory Zulu Braveheart Ran Lawrence of Arabia The Good, The Bad and The Ugly America makes all the good war movies? lol okay. YOUR OPINION IS NOW VOID. Why would you just come out and make such a narrow minded comment like that? Maybe America is so good as making war movies, because they are so good at going to war. I'm not saying it to be a gung ho american or anything. I mean look at your list there. How many of those movies aren't american? I mean come on. I bet if I said brittain makes the best war films you wouldn't say anything like this, but it would be the same type of narrow minded comment. Edited December 19, 2005 by darthYENIK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck430 Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 I can't stand war movies that are full of American Army pride/propaganda ('We were soldiers' for example. *shudder*) The best ones are; • Apocalypse now • Platoon • Full metal jacket Band of Brothers is very good however. f*ckin' word. I hated We Were Soldiers. My list. Apocalypse Now Full Metal Jacket Das Boot Platoon The Deer Hunter The Thin Red Line Downfall Black Hawk Down (a little too AMERICA! granted) A Bridge Too Far Battle of Britain The Longest Day Patton Grave of the Fireflies The Killing Fields The Big Red One The Bridge Over the River Kwai The Pianist Schindler's List Stalingrad Essential viewing for all. As for non-traditional war movies... i.e. pre-World War 2. Paths of Glory Zulu Braveheart Ran Lawrence of Arabia The Good, The Bad and The Ugly America makes all the good war movies? lol okay. YOUR OPINION IS NOW VOID. Why would you just come out and make such a narrow minded comment like that? Maybe America is so good as making war movies, because they are so good at going to war. I'm not saying it to be a gung ho american or anything. I mean look at your list there. How many of those movies aren't american? I mean come on. I bet if I said brittain makes the best war films you wouldn't say anything like this, but it would be the same type of narrow minded comment. Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War - the best korean war movie i've ever seen. and it doesnt have any of that "America saved your ass from communism" after taste. made in korea so it has a korean POV, something we're not used to seeing in the US.....a war that america has been involved with but hardly any americans in the film. granted the US did play a huge role in the war but this movie is about the affects the war had on korea, mainly south korea. IMDB link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WidowMaker Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 America has a huge film industry, they have the budget for big war movies. All other countries can only really do small scale movies, like No Man's Land, which was really great, but it was only set in a field, in a trench for the whole movie. Downfall was set in a bunker pretty much the whole time, Das Boot was set in a submarine. There was no huge D-Day invasion type scenes. But they're still great non-american films. In the past though, Britain could make epic war movies with the best of them. Look at Lawrence of Arabia, Bridge on the River Kwai, A Bridge Too Far and The Battle of Britain. Now those were big budget British war movies. But at the end of the day, I don't care where the movie comes from, it's all about the quality and if you did say Britain makes the best war movies, I'd probably just think you're a bit delusional. I'd add Saving Private Ryan, Three Kings, No Man's Land and Band of Brothers (if it counts) to my list, because I forgot about them the first time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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