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 Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:23 pm Post subject: Favorite War Movies |
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Alright I don't know if this has been done or not but here goes.
I want to know what everyones favorite 5 war movies are. I could probably pick 10 myself but thought 5 would be good enough. I am sure to miss a few since there are some good ones out there.
Saints and Soldiers
When Trumpets Fade
Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
The Dirty Dozen
anyone else?
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1. Full Metal Jacket
2. Platoon
3. Apocolypse Now
4. Hamburger Hill
5. We Were Soldiers
All Viet Nam era movies. If you ever wondered what the "old Corps" was like, Full Metal Jacket was it. R. Lee's role as the drill instructor should have gotten him an oscar. Ahh, the memories.
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this should be in MOVIES forum.
anyways...here goes my list:
Full Metal Jacket
Apocolypse Now
Big Red One
Hamburger Hill
Red Dawn (guilty pleasure entry)  |
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Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Saving Private Ryan
Three Kings
A Bridge Too Far
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blackhawkdown
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NOTHING beats FMJ. as to other war movies, i'm going to jump a bit out of bounds and say, that bob (band of bros.) should qualify 
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Apocalypse Now (original version)
Full Metal Jacket
The Great Escape
The Caine Mutiny
Kelly's Heroes |
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kveits007
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@ DeadeyeRich
Glad to see a old marine vet ,DeadeyeRich, I agree that Full Metal Jacket is as close as I have ever seen to boot camp to, R. Lee should have won a oscar, real protrayl of what it was like in boot, when I watch movies like that it takes me back
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Das Boot
The Big Red One
Saving Private Ryan
Glory
Kelly's Heroes
The Longest Day
Full Metal Jacket
Worst in recent memory?
The Great Raid
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Tora, Tora, Tora
BOB (Battle Of Britain)
A Bridge Too Far
In Harms Way
The Longest Day
Midway
Murphy's War
Hell In The Pacific
To name a few. |
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form33
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I actually liked Black Hawk Down, although I am biased and I know artisticly it can't compare to some of these other movies mentionned!
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We Were Soldiers
U571
Apocolypse Now
Saving Private Ryan
Platoon |
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In no particular order, also a few of these might not be considered your typical WAR movies
We Were Soldiers
The Patriot(Mel Gibson)
Black Hawk Down
Braveheart
King Arthur
Some others that I really enjoyed
Shaka Zulu(TV mini-series)
Kingdom of Heaven
Glory
Pearl Harbor
Saving Private Ryan
Hotel Rwanda
The Tuskegee Airmen
Band of Brothers(not a movie but to good to leave out)
Now some fictional WAR stuff
Lord of the Rings
Narnia
Star Wars
Battlestar Galactica(again not a movie but to good to leave out)
**Sorry if I went a lil crazy with my choices
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If you are into war movies check out Band Of Brothers
Its mini series though (10 parts) |
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ansset
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| Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 6:52 pm Post subject: Favorite War Movies |
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I know I'm coming into this topic a bit late, but here goes on my favorites since I've a few that didn't make any lists so far...
1. Grave of the Fireflies
(this one affected me longer and deeper than most others -- I'd say it's the antithesis of Saving Private Ryan, of which I'm going to be the outsider and not put SPR on my favorite's list)
2. Heaven and Earth
3. Empire of the Sun
4. Full Metal Jacket
5. Lawrence of Arabia
Also must mention some that have faded into memory a bit...
Great Escape
Tora Tora Tora
English Patient
I Will Fight No More Forever
Killing Fields
Life Is Beautiful
Casualties of War |
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