give me some of your favourite war films...

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I´m just in the process of burning "where eagles dare" to dvd, i cant wait to watch it as its a brilliant movie.

i´ve decided now i want to get back into watching some of the great war films, so if you´d be so kind could you recommend me some your favourite classics.
 
jdmufc said:
meh

meh meh

now this i will download!! BHD is a good movie but not good enough to make it into my new collection
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Meh for Full Metal Jacket? Its not only my favourite war movie but right up there for one of my all time favourite movies

And you say BHD is good. This makes no sense to me. Its an OK movie but is so Pro American its almost sickening
 
Lance Uppercut said:
Full Metal Jacket.
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Starts off well, then slows down dramatically. Apocolypse now for me was a bit of a let down, despite being a good film.

And you can meh all you like, but for the battle scenes alone, 'Saving private Ryan' has to be up there...
 
Chrisjn_ said:
Starts off well, then slows down dramatically. Apocolypse now for me was a bit of a let down, despite being a good film.

And you can meh all you like, but for the battle scenes alone, 'Saving private Ryan' has to be up there...
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Another one. 2nd half of FMJ is superb. Apocolypse is fantastic too all the way through (unless you watched redux in which case I agree, all the extra stuff is piss poor)
 
Randall Flagg said:
Meh for Full Metal Jacket? Its not only my favourite war movie but right up there for one of my all time favourite movies

And you say BHD is good. This makes no sense to me. Its an OK movie but is so Pro American its almost sickening
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maybe "meh" was too strong, FMJ is a good film but its not gonna make it into my sunday afternoon flopping on the couch film list.

my decision is final!!
 
Randall Flagg said:
Another one. 2nd half of FMJ is superb. Apocolypse is fantastic too all the way through (unless you watched redux in which case I agree, all the extra stuff is piss poor)
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Not sure I can agree, FMJ was a brilliantly dark portrayal of Nam. But after watching it once, It became tedious in parts, for me. Yeh, I watched the 4 hour long epic, which just seemed to go on and on. The opening credits with 'The doors - This is the end' are superb though.

I just love the opening battle of Saving Private Ryan, and as sat as that sounds, that makes it one of my faves.
 
The Long, The Short and the Tall,
Longest Day
A Bridge Too Far
Bravo Two Zero
 
battle of the bulge
cross of iron
europa europa
stalag 17
the great escape
the big red one
went the day well?
MASH
the dirty dozen
all quiet on the western front
the dam busters
apocalypse now
gallipoli
bridge on the river kwai
paths of glory
 
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (Korean War)
The Beast of War (Soviet/Afghan War)
9th Company / 9 Rota (Soviet/Afghan War)
 
The Boys in Company C - best vietnam/football movie
the losers - best vietnam(well cambodia)/hells angels movie
 
Saving Private Ryan
Tears of the Sun
Black Hawk Down
Three Kings
Pearl Harbour
Jarhead

Only ones I can think of atm.

edit: BOB, obviously.
 
Letters from Iwo Jima

I sat down the whole two and a half hours and not once did I look at my watch, nor did the film begin to drag. This is a true masterpiece and never have I seen a war film like this. Was so real like
To truly appreciate this movie, I will suggest that you watch Flags of our fathers first. It givens the opposing views of the American's while Letters from Iwo Jima gives the view of Japanese. Two individual films, but yet symbiotic in a sense. Clint is a hard bastard.
 
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