Author Topic: Top 3: War Films (Read 2966 times)

The Ugly · « **on:** June 09, 2009, 01:53:57 PM »

1. Saving Private Ryan

2. Apocalypse Now

3. Full Metal Jacket

Butterbean · « **Reply #1 on:** June 09, 2009, 02:06:56 PM »

Quote from: The Ugly on June 09, 2009, 01:53:57 PM

1. Saving Private Ryan

2. Apocalypse Now

3. Full Metal Jacket

All good...add

Platoon
Black Hawk Down
The War (PBS documentary)

Also

Uncommon Valor
Boys in Company C (haven't watched in years but remember I liked it...at least years ago)

Andy Griffin · « **Reply #2 on:** June 09, 2009, 03:52:59 PM »

Can't Just List 3

The Longest Day
Tora Tora Tora
Sergeant York
The Devil's Brigade
Midway

jerseyhurricane · « **Reply #3 on:** June 11, 2009, 04:48:08 PM »

Saving Private Ryan...
Black Hawk Down...
Platoon

Mr. Magoo · « **Reply #4 on:** June 11, 2009, 06:45:24 PM »

Revolutionary War: The Patriot
Civil War: Glory
WW1: i guess The Great Dictator would count here
WW2: Saving Private Ryan, Flags of our Father
Vietnam: Apocalypse Now, Platoon, We Were Soldiers (I'm friends with the guy the character Too Tall in that movie was based on, or whatever name they gave him in the movie. He got to consult on the movie and watch the movie with Mel Gibson before it was released).
Gulf War: 3 kings

All I can think of now.

tonymctones · « **Reply #5 on:** June 11, 2009, 07:08:30 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Magoo on June 11, 2009, 06:45:24 PM

Revolutionary War: The Patriot
Civil War: Glory
WW1: i guess The Great Dictator would count here
WW2: Saving Private Ryan, Flags of our Father
Vietnam: Apocalypse Now, Platoon, We Were Soldiers (I'm friends with the guy the character Too Tall in that movie was based on, or whatever name they gave him in the movie. He got to consult on the movie and watch the movie with Mel Gibson before it was released).
Gulf War: 3 kings

All I can think of now.

good list you guys cant leave out glory...

headhuntersix · « **Reply #6 on:** June 11, 2009, 07:47:37 PM »

Cross Of Iron.....Sam Peckinpah at his best.
Band of Brothers series
Kelly's Heroes
and Heartbreak Ridge

The Ugly · « **Reply #7 on:** June 12, 2009, 09:18:46 AM »

Quote from: Mr. Magoo on June 11, 2009, 06:45:24 PM

Revolutionary War: The Patriot

WW2: Saving Private Ryan, Flags of our Father

Are there any others on the RW? If it counts, HBO's John Adams is BY FAR the best I've seen.

WWII: Also, Patton, Letters from Iwo Jima (Flags companion, and much better, I'd say), Das Boot, and Downfall (both German). But there are so many to choose from here, not to mention the Holocaust-specific stuff.

Mr. Magoo · « **Reply #8 on:** June 12, 2009, 09:56:19 AM »

Quote from: The Ugly on June 12, 2009, 09:18:46 AM

Are there any others on the RW? If it counts, HBO's John Adams is BY FAR the best I've seen.

WWII: Also, Patton, Letters from Iwo Jima (Flags companion, and much better, I'd say), Das Boot, and Downfall (both German). But there are so many to choose from here, not to mention the Holocaust-specific stuff.

I don't think there were any others on the RW. The HBO series John Adams came to my mind when I was posting that list but I never seen it because I don't have HBO so thats why I didn't add it; but yea I have heard that it is an awesome series. There are a ton of films from WW2, and I've never seen Letters from Iwo Jima (just the first 20 minutes or so). Holocaust specific stuff, Schiendlers list should be added.

jerseyhurricane · « **Reply #9 on:** June 13, 2009, 01:51:19 PM »

HBO's Generation Kill was really good too if that counts.

Eyeball Chambers · « **Reply #10 on:** June 14, 2009, 01:11:06 AM »

Quote from: headhuntersix on June 11, 2009, 07:47:37 PM

Cross Of Iron.....Sam Peckinpah at his best.
Band of Brothers series
Kelly's Heroes
and Heartbreak Ridge

Easily the best, not sure why no one mentioned it sooner.

The Ugly · « **Reply #11 on:** June 14, 2009, 01:33:07 PM »

Quote from: RPF on June 14, 2009, 01:11:06 AM

Easily the best, not sure why no one mentioned it sooner.

Agree, absolutely, maybe better than Ryan even.

Hulkster · « **Reply #12 on:** June 14, 2009, 02:49:39 PM »

although more about the Holocaust during WW2,

Schindler's List

and

The Pianst

were both fantastic.

must see.

DK II · « **Reply #13 on:** June 16, 2009, 12:51:03 AM »

1) Bullet in the Head

2) Black Hawk Down

3) Platoon

pumpster · « **Reply #14 on:** June 16, 2009, 01:02:48 AM »

Band of Brothers watched straight thru has to be there with Apocolypse, Black Hawk Down, Platoon..same producers as Saving Private Ryan but better.

The Pacific also with the same producers should also be good.

Remember Band of Brothers? Of course you do, it's an amazing mini-series that's very powerful and emotional. Executive producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks bring us more from World War II called The Pacific.

Thanks to /film, below you'll find the new trailer which isn't the best quality, a description and a press release with the entire cast - Anna Torv from Fringe is in this and that's exciting.

If The Pacific is half as good as Band of Brothers, it will still be an amazing show. With the same production crew behind this, I'm expecting nothing but greatness to come from this. Out of all the WW II films I've seen, the greatest films usually have come from the war in Europe against the Nazi's, however, films about the war against Imperial Japan have never been that great, for example, Flags of Our Fathers which I thought was awful and Windtalkers. Sure, there might be a couple that are ok but nothing like Saving Private Ryan, Patton, or Band of Brothers. With luck, that will change in this new mini-series

headhuntersix · « **Reply #15 on:** June 22, 2009, 05:42:09 PM »

http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/06/trailer-hbos-the-pacific.html

The trailer for the above mentioned upcoming HBO mini. Mini series count as Band of Brothers was one of the best ever. The Aussies did called "Anzacs" about WW1...series.

sync pulse · « **Reply #16 on:** June 22, 2009, 09:38:35 PM »

1: The Beginning or the End?
2: Fat Man and Little Boy (despite being a very flawed work)
3: Oppenheimer
4: Day One

All right, so that is four....

Eisenherz · « **Reply #17 on:** June 22, 2009, 09:59:43 PM »

Not a fan of propaganda.

Princess L · « **Reply #18 on:** June 22, 2009, 10:10:38 PM »

Honorable mention

The Deer Hunter

M*A*S*H

Good Morning Vietnam

headhuntersix · « **Reply #19 on:** June 23, 2009, 07:16:25 PM »

Since this is a war film thread...I'm looking for a film that was about a Russian riverboat during ww2. I have no idea who was in it, if it was an American/English film or dubed. It would have been in the 1980s. I hope that helps.

Butterbean · « **Reply #20 on:** June 23, 2009, 08:36:12 PM »

Quote from: headhuntersix on June 23, 2009, 07:16:25 PM

Since this is a war film thread...I'm looking for a film that was about a Russian riverboat during ww2. I have no idea who was in it, if it was an American/English film or dubed. It would have been in the 1980s. I hope that helps.

"Cross of Iron" ?

headhuntersix · « **Reply #21 on:** June 24, 2009, 05:13:54 PM »

No thats on my list. I've googled it to death...no idea.

OzmO · « **Reply #22 on:** June 24, 2009, 05:20:02 PM »

Choosing 3 out of so many good war flicks hard to do.

Number 1 no matter what: Band of Brothers

Honorable mention not mentioned i don't think:

Enemy at the Gates

Nearly every movie mentioned on theory posts are great too.

I have to find Cross of Iron. I saw it once only when i was a kid.

DK II · « **Reply #23 on:** June 25, 2009, 04:10:57 AM »

Quote from: headhuntersix on June 23, 2009, 07:16:25 PM

Since this is a war film thread...I'm looking for a film that was about a Russian riverboat during ww2. I have no idea who was in it, if it was an American/English film or dubed. It would have been in the 1980s. I hope that helps.

Panzerkreuzer Potemkin

Doug_Steele · « **Reply #24 on:** June 25, 2009, 01:10:48 PM »

What about Glory

I had to watch that in High school