Since its Veterans day, war movies are mandatory, what are your favorites? [Coffee]
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Since its Veterans day, war movies are mandatory, what are your favorites? [Coffee]
Saving Private Ryan. I saw it years and years after it came out and couldn't believe I had missed such a great movie. I like stuff like Black Hawk Down and The Kingdom as well, but there is just something about a good WWII movie/story that touches my soul and elicits feelings of patriotism that I didn't even know I had.
Also, my all time favorite post of Hoser's is the one about flying so low across Africa that he had to pull up for giraffes.
Kelly's Heroes is alway a good one...
Where Eagles Dare...
To Hell and Back
Von Ryan's Express
Of course newer ones:
Saving Private Ryan...
Enemy at the Gates
Oh - I saw The Boy in the Striped Pajamas a few weeks ago.. that was moving..
Uncommon Valor.
Cuz "you never give up boy! Not when it's for real"
not really a true war movie, per se but I always liked Heartbreak Ridge.
Galipoli
Before Mel Gibson battled in Thunderdome, killed all the English or just went looney on his Russian girlfriend.
Always reminds me of my dad... great movie...Quote:
Originally Posted by Elhuero
Saving Private Ryan, They were Expendable (John Wayne) - these 2 movies illustrate to me the sacrifice of the men and women who go to war so I can live in peace and comfort.
These aren't movies but HBO has done a couple of great series. Band of Brothers is amazing for the action and the characters. I don't believe The Pacific was as outstanding but is still damned good. My Dad was in the south Pacific, fortunately with MacArthur.
Rent or buy these. You could probably get good deals on DVD sets from places like half.ebay
Steve
Wild Geese
Firebase Gloria
Big Red one
Thin Red Line
But my favorite is a tie,,between
M.A.S.H. ,,The Great Escape,,and A Bridge to Far
Black hawk down, Tears of the sun, FMJ.
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Originally Posted by SNAFU
Egad I hated that movie
but +1 for the The Big Red One
Gloria says her favorite is Behind Enemy Lines.
Full Metal Jacket, Saving Private Ryan
Red Dawn, In my sick little mind I believe it will come true one day.
WOLVERINES !!!!![MG]
84-Charlie MOPIC.
If you have not seen this movie, you can quote Apocalypse Now all you want, you haven't seen shit!
I was waiting for someone to say this [ROFL2]Quote:
Originally Posted by Sixgun
Couple of my favorites that haven't been listed yet are Flight of the Intruder, and 9th Company
Is it okay if I didn't really like Apocalypse Now? It was alright.
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I liked parts of it but I thought it was really weird overall.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart
1) Saving Private Ryan
2) Blackhawk Down
3) We Were Soldiers
4) The Patriot
5) Patton
6) Pearl Harbor ....OK....I can't keep a straight face. I'm just f**kin' with you guys on that one. "Cause Pearl Harbor sucked...just a little bit more than I miss you."
Oh, yeah. "The Thin Red Line" IMO is absolutely the worst movie ever made. It sucked more than anything has ever sucked before. My wife and I walked out of the theater about 15 minutes into it and didn't even bother asking for a refund.
7) Glory
+1 But I'd have to substitute Patton for Full Metal Jacket. And no, Pearl harbor would not be on my list either, but it is one of those movies that the wife likes and it's a "compromise" [Bang]Quote:
Originally Posted by Bailey Guns
Nobody mentioned the Dirty Dozen? :confused:
We Were Soldiers
Bridge Over The River Kwia
Longest Day
Great Escape
Apocalypse Now
Band of Brothers
Ken Burns' "The War"
King Henry The Fifth
Yeah, it's a war movie. [Shield]
8) Tuskegee Airmen
9) Tora, Tora, Tora
Memphis Bell
Lots of good ones there guys. How about the "The fighting SeaBees"? Great flick.
Big Red 1 (Lee Marvin)
Midway (Charelsten Heston)
Green Breas (John Wayne)
We were soldiers
Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, Apocalypse Now, Tora Tora Tora, Braveheart (kinda counts, eh? :-)), Patton, The Deer Hunter, and ugh, so many more, but these are just a few of mine