Stalingrad, after that das Boot and All Quiet on the Western Front
Best war film?
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hawai_74
mac über alles
apoclypse now redux is the best,
Not on the list i found Stalingrad very brilliant.
Saving private ryan is the worst for me: i hate Tom Hanks, i really don't know why, its stronger than me
Not on the list i found Stalingrad very brilliant.
Saving private ryan is the worst for me: i hate Tom Hanks, i really don't know why, its stronger than me
CruddyLeper
Unworshipped Deity
Mikoyan said:
The rest of you are mad, and the pollster shows their ignorance by not even including.
Plenty of good movies on the list - but FMJ beats the crap out of them.
Cilpot
Pretentious Schmuck
Full metal jacket or Stalingrad.
Of those on the list I'd pick Das Boot.
The war stories I find most intriguing are the ones in Band of Brothers, but that's not a 'film'.
Of those on the list I'd pick Das Boot.
The war stories I find most intriguing are the ones in Band of Brothers, but that's not a 'film'.
Iggy
Deity
Zulu was a fine film.
philippe
FYI, I chase trains.
full metal jacket,apocalypse now and das boot and the first 30 minutes of saving private Ryan and enemy at the gates stalingrad of course
insurgent
Exhausted
I'm not sure - there are so many good movies in this genre. I liked Das Boot, although I think that originally a TV series, and thus wouldn't qualify as a movie to me. I like Apocalypse Now, and I actually liked Patton a lot though they are two very different movies with completely different themes and messages.
I like the realism of modern war movies a lot (not that the plots are more realist, just the effects and the combat itself) - I'm thinking of Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan, Master and Commander, and Enemy at the Gates.
I also like the classic war movies such as Patton, A Bridge too Far, The Longest Day and of course Where Eagles Dare. They're amusing and many of them are very good.
To sum it up, I think the winner has got to be a foreign film. It's Stalingrad (the German 1992 (?) version). Superb to say the least.
I've been told that We Were Soldiers is in fact very good. Is it?
I like the realism of modern war movies a lot (not that the plots are more realist, just the effects and the combat itself) - I'm thinking of Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan, Master and Commander, and Enemy at the Gates.
I also like the classic war movies such as Patton, A Bridge too Far, The Longest Day and of course Where Eagles Dare. They're amusing and many of them are very good.
To sum it up, I think the winner has got to be a foreign film. It's Stalingrad (the German 1992 (?) version). Superb to say the least.
I've been told that We Were Soldiers is in fact very good. Is it?
FriendlyFire
Codex WMDicanious
A b/w japanese war film. cant recall the name
It is the most Brutal war film. I was physically sick from watching it. (wounded starving japanese soldier who was eating hes own flesh) (routed Japanese troops being slaughtered by Sherman tanks) (Unbelieveable carnage)
Makes Saving private ryan beach landing look censorised.
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It is the most Brutal war film. I was physically sick from watching it. (wounded starving japanese soldier who was eating hes own flesh) (routed Japanese troops being slaughtered by Sherman tanks) (Unbelieveable carnage)
Makes Saving private ryan beach landing look censorised.
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nonconformist
Miserable
I seem to be getting a lot of flak from people who don't like my choices. I had only 20 choices, and those movies are what came to me immediately. If you want something else, please vote other.
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nonconformist
Miserable
Where Eagles Dare is quite good.
Has anyone seen sleepless in Seattle? It has one of the funniest quotes ever concerning the Dirty Dozen.
Sam Baldwin: Well I'm not looking for a mail-order bride! I just want somebody I can have a decent conversation with over dinner. Without it falling down into weepy tears over some movie!
Greg: She's, as you just saw, very emotional.
Sam Baldwin: Although I cried at the end of "the Dirty Dozen."
Greg: Who didn't?
Sam Baldwin: Jim Brown was throwing these hand grenades down these airshafts. And Richard Jaeckel and Lee Marvin
[Begins to cry]
Sam Baldwin: were sitting on top of this armored personnel carrier, dressed up like Nazis...
Greg: [Crying too] Stop, stop!
Sam Baldwin: And Trini Lopez ...
Greg: Yes, Trini Lopez!
Sam Baldwin: He busted his neck while they were parachuting down behind the Nazi lines...
Greg: Stop.
Sam Baldwin: And Richard Jaeckel - at the beginning he had on this shiny helmet...
Greg: [Crying harder] Please no more. Oh God! I loved that movie.
taken from www.garnersclassics.com
Has anyone seen sleepless in Seattle? It has one of the funniest quotes ever concerning the Dirty Dozen.
Sam Baldwin: Well I'm not looking for a mail-order bride! I just want somebody I can have a decent conversation with over dinner. Without it falling down into weepy tears over some movie!
Greg: She's, as you just saw, very emotional.
Sam Baldwin: Although I cried at the end of "the Dirty Dozen."
Greg: Who didn't?
Sam Baldwin: Jim Brown was throwing these hand grenades down these airshafts. And Richard Jaeckel and Lee Marvin
[Begins to cry]
Sam Baldwin: were sitting on top of this armored personnel carrier, dressed up like Nazis...
Greg: [Crying too] Stop, stop!
Sam Baldwin: And Trini Lopez ...
Greg: Yes, Trini Lopez!
Sam Baldwin: He busted his neck while they were parachuting down behind the Nazi lines...
Greg: Stop.
Sam Baldwin: And Richard Jaeckel - at the beginning he had on this shiny helmet...
Greg: [Crying harder] Please no more. Oh God! I loved that movie.
taken from www.garnersclassics.com
Stile
Emperor
Saving Private Ryan was good but I don't know if I could call it best. Would The Dirty Dozen count? It was good with a HOF cast. Enemy at the Gates was very good. Where Eagles Dare with Clint Eastwood was decent. Glory was a very good Civil War flick. I guess I'll go with SPR. What do people think of The Patriot by Mel Gibson?
I would say Windtalkers beats out Pearl Harbor (barely) for being the worst war movie. Although Pearl Harbor gets 'credit' for a bizarre love triangle plot line with horrible acting, Windtalkers has several silly battle scenes and, worst, it is based on a dumb premise ('windtalkers' weren't deployed on a platoon level, certainly they weren't exposed to this degree, and there is no benefit to having call-for-fire radio transmissions encrypted as presented). Gods and Generals is also horrible for superslow pointless panning scenes, unhistoric dialogue (Jackson and his cook, is a good example but I'm just guessing), and a very low battle count.
Edit: Seems like several of the movies I mentioned were already talked about due to my slow typing speed and ease at being distracted. Just ignore it.
I would say Windtalkers beats out Pearl Harbor (barely) for being the worst war movie. Although Pearl Harbor gets 'credit' for a bizarre love triangle plot line with horrible acting, Windtalkers has several silly battle scenes and, worst, it is based on a dumb premise ('windtalkers' weren't deployed on a platoon level, certainly they weren't exposed to this degree, and there is no benefit to having call-for-fire radio transmissions encrypted as presented). Gods and Generals is also horrible for superslow pointless panning scenes, unhistoric dialogue (Jackson and his cook, is a good example but I'm just guessing), and a very low battle count.
Edit: Seems like several of the movies I mentioned were already talked about due to my slow typing speed and ease at being distracted. Just ignore it.
addiv
Hero of our time
The Deer Hunter! Man, those Russian Roulette scenes... 
nonconformist
Miserable
The Deer Hunter was horrifying. It made me want to be physically sick.
addiv
Hero of our time
That's why it's so good. It's an incredible powerful movie.nonconformist said:
nonconformist
Miserable
Yes. But I just wanted to retch after seeing the russian roulette bits.
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