Favorite war movies?

[SphinxnihpS]

The Deer Hunter (FUCK IT!)
Das Boot
Stalingrad
Apocalypse Now!
Full Metal Jacket
Nicholas and Alexandria
Zulu
The Pianist
Battleship Potemkin (most visually influential war movie ever made)
Bang Rajan
Schindler's List
Gallipoli
Birth of a Nation
The Caine Mutiny
Kelly's Heroes
M*A*S*H
The Blue Max
30 seconds Over Tokyo
Flags of Our Fathers
All Quiet on the Western Front
Patton
King of Hearts
Stalag 17
Paths of Glory
Heartbreak Ridge
Soldiers of Orange
Coming Home
Catch 22 (based on the greatest book about war ever written)
The Sand Pebbles
The Bridge on the River Kwai

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Why? Do you pity everyone else that does not have the same opinions as you do on other subjects?

No, I pity anyone born without a brain, it's got to be a tough way to go through life. There are a lot of different reasons to not like a movie, but to be bored by Das Boot is clearly a sign of simply not understanding it. If you need something blowing up every 7 seconds to stay amused then yes, I pity a person like that.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I think Das Boot put me to sleep. it also struck me as rather...cheesy? :\


You know what I need to see?

The Battleship Potemkin. that's what

...keep meaning to check it out, but never get around to it.

Ooooh!!!
I watched it just a couple of months ago. For it's time, it was VERY impressive. Overall a great film. The steps scene is just so fvcking awesome!!! And it's been recreated so many times by so many other directors (Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress is my favorite, but I also enjoyed the remake scenes in Brazil & Godfather too!)

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Sorry, but no. What happens after the beach scene is every bit as great.

One of the most retarded plots in film genuinely RUINED a an otherwise terrific movie. SPR is the most frustrating movie I have ever seen.

 

[zinfamous]

Ooooh!!!
I watched it just a couple of months ago. For it's time, it was VERY impressive. Overall a great film. The steps scene is just so fvcking awesome!!! And it's been recreated so many times by so many other directors (Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress is my favorite, but I also enjoyed the remake scenes in Brazil & Godfather too!)

You forgot the opening of Naked Gun 2 1/2!



...or was that just a spoof of The Untouchables, which really wasn't an homage to BP?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Another great film that is a comedy-drama but set in the Pacific theater WWII is Mister Roberts with Henry Fonda and Jack Lemmon. Just a great great movie.

 

[zinfamous]

One of the most retarded plots in film genuinely RUINED a an otherwise terrific movie. SPR is the most frustrating movie I have ever seen.

You either have to accept the "one man's life has as much value as an army," trope, or you don't.

My biggest hill to climb in accepting SPR, as well.


I bought into it eventually, though, when I realized that I couldn't really sympathize with the dictum of the Imperial Army of Japan.

 

[Possessed Freak]

Been said before in the thread, but my favorite 2:

A Bridge too Far
Patton

 

[SphinxnihpS]

i bought into it eventually, though, when i realized that i couldn't really sympathize with the dictum of the imperial army of japan.

lmfao!

 

[BurnItDwn]

You forgot the opening of Naked Gun 2 1/2!



...or was that just a spoof of The Untouchables, which really wasn't an homage to BP?

Wasn't that Naked Gun 33 and 1/3? I don't really recall that well.. I don't think I've seen any of the Naked Gun movies since the late 90s when DVD's have come out to be honest....

 

[Train]

If you want to go really old school, check out Billy Bud (1962)

Not so much a war movie as a cerebral , I described it as "12 angry men on a Brittish war vessel in the 1800's"

Was also Terrance Stamp's movie debut.

 

[Exterous]

Everyone's already mentioned the classics so how about some fun ones?
Von Ryans Express
Dirty Dozen
Fighting Seabees
Kelly's Heroes
Guns of Navarone

Ah - fond memories. I love those!

The 9th Company
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417397/
Follows along the lines of FMJ and the blu ray has portrays the amazingly beautiful panoramic views quite well. Based on a true story

Tae Guk Gi:The Brotherhood of War
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386064/
It's been a while since I watched it but I remember it being very good

 

[Exterous]

Sounds amazing. Added that one to my list, thanks.

KT

Indeed. I have added this to my list as well