Of the mentioned. I really liked the new Midway movie. We Were Soldiers was good. Saving Private Ryan, of course. Jadotville, I enjoyed.
The Longest Day was good even though I hate “The Duke”. Guns of Navaroon and Bridge over River were good but not movies I make a point of seeing again.
Das Boot (Spl) was a good youth memory. And of course Full Metal Jacket, but only like the first half really.
Platoon, while a fun watch on occasion, never really hit me as a high interest movie.
Many other good ones I need to rhink about.
"To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
Years ago I went to see A Thin Red Line in the theaters. With the cast and stated story line I thought it would be an AMAZING movie and yet if I remember correctly, I FELL ASLEEP during the film. It consistently gets decent ratings from everyone but yet I NEVER hear anyone mention it in their personal lists of favorite war films. Did I miss anything or was it really not a good film?
Garbage. Hated that movie.
Far too many good movies to pick one. BOB wouldn't be one of them only because, it's not a movie. Great epic series and one of the best things to watch.
Gettysburg is up there, though to be honest I wish the hand to hand was more like Glory. GREAT hand to hand. First time I saw it, I had just gotten back from West Germany. The scene where thy are cutting off the soldier's leg while Neelix is taking care of Matthew Broderick's neck.
The guy screaming sounded just like a good buddy of mine that was still on the East German border. Nothing happened but it chilled me to the bone.
While I wouldn't call it my favorite. Find "My Way" I find it up there quality wise with "Saving Private Ryan" from the Korean movie industry.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. Winston Churchill
Das Boot (Spl) was a good youth memory. And of course Full Metal Jacket, but only like the first half really.
Yeah. Das Boot. Can't forget Das Boot!
I think U571 has to rate pretty high on my list - at least for the boarding scene. The notion of ripping off a Thompson inside a 10-foot wide steel can makes my ears ring just thinking about it.
We all love Full Metal Jacket for R. Lee Ermey's work in it. I think perhaps the great unsung drill sergeant performance was John Finn as Sgt. Major Mulcahey in Glory. They do not know until you have taught them. . .even the difference between right and left.
Speilberg's Empire of the Sun was Christian Bale's first appearance in anything as far as I know, and it launched him on his career. The scene where the P-51's attack the Japanese airfield was probably the best effort Hollywood has ever made at convincing you that live bombs and .50 cal were actually being used. That scene was a religious experience for Bale's character, and I was right there with him!
And Dunkirk. . .MMMMMMM. . .Spitfire MKI's. . .ahhhhhhhhhh. . . If the sounds made as Tom Hardy switches over to his reserve tank don't give you goosebumps, then I have ZERO use for you!
Ah yes, U571. That movie will always have a special place in my heart as it was the VERY LAST movie my father, a WW 2 naval vet, watched before he passed. He'd fall asleep watching movies - but he was wide awake the entire time for that one!
-Zorba, "The Veiled Male"
"If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
There are very few that I haven't seen at least once, at least of the older ones. I cannot pick one particular movie, but there is usually a character or two, even in the poorly vetted ones, that I really like. For example, Audie Murphy playing himself, or Gary Cooper playing Sergeant York.
One good one that a lot of folks have never heard of is The Enemy Below, with Robert Mitchum as a destroyer captain and Kurt Jurgen as German U boat commander.
Funny how many movies that I thought were just amazing when I was young I’ve rewatched in the last few years and said hummmmm, not as good as I remember…
I can believe this ones not been mentioned. Does everyone know what movie the above photo is from? Heartbreak ridge is a movie I can watch whenever it’s on.
I can believe this ones not been mentioned. Does everyone know what movie the above photo is from? Heartbreak ridge is a movie I can watch whenever it’s on.
Apocalypse Now always struck me as some weird ass acid trip thing...
Sharps Model 1874 - "The rifle that made the west safe for Winchester"
I can believe this ones not been mentioned. Does everyone know what movie the above photo is from? Heartbreak ridge is a movie I can watch whenever it’s on.
“Sniper!” ”Boss?” ”Can you hit the schoolhouse?” ”Yeah. Bren and a single shot!” ”The man in the white suit! Do you have his heart?” ”Yeah, Boss!” ”Take it!”
BOOM
”Do you think he was important? ”If he was, we won’t have to wait too long to find out.”
"To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
I can believe this ones not been mentioned. Does everyone know what movie the above photo is from? Heartbreak ridge is a movie I can watch whenever it’s on.
I can believe this ones not been mentioned. Does everyone know what movie the above photo is from? Heartbreak ridge is a movie I can watch whenever it’s on.
Apocalypse Now always struck me as some weird ass acid trip thing...
It is certainly different. So is how people respond to war. As out there as it seems alot of stuff happened in vietnam. There are people that tend to not cope so well and lose it.
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Guns of Navaroon and Bridge over River were good but not movies I make a point of seeing again.
Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Mel Gibson.
Far too many good movies to pick one. BOB wouldn't be one of them only because, it's not a movie. Great epic series and one of the best things to watch.
Gettysburg is up there, though to be honest I wish the hand to hand was more like Glory. GREAT hand to hand. First time I saw it, I had just gotten back from West Germany. The scene where thy are cutting off the soldier's leg while Neelix is taking care of Matthew Broderick's neck.
The guy screaming sounded just like a good buddy of mine that was still on the East German border. Nothing happened but it chilled me to the bone.
While I wouldn't call it my favorite. Find "My Way" I find it up there quality wise with "Saving Private Ryan" from the Korean movie industry.
Some great tanks scenes
Winston Churchill
John 3: 1-21
I think U571 has to rate pretty high on my list - at least for the boarding scene. The notion of ripping off a Thompson inside a 10-foot wide steel can makes my ears ring just thinking about it.
We all love Full Metal Jacket for R. Lee Ermey's work in it. I think perhaps the great unsung drill sergeant performance was John Finn as Sgt. Major Mulcahey in Glory. They do not know until you have taught them. . .even the difference between right and left.
Speilberg's Empire of the Sun was Christian Bale's first appearance in anything as far as I know, and it launched him on his career. The scene where the P-51's attack the Japanese airfield was probably the best effort Hollywood has ever made at convincing you that live bombs and .50 cal were actually being used. That scene was a religious experience for Bale's character, and I was right there with him!
And Dunkirk. . .MMMMMMM. . .Spitfire MKI's. . .ahhhhhhhhhh. . . If the sounds made as Tom Hardy switches over to his reserve tank don't give you goosebumps, then I have ZERO use for you!
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
One good one that a lot of folks have never heard of is The Enemy Below, with Robert Mitchum as a destroyer captain and Kurt Jurgen as German U boat commander.
It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎
Gallipoli, the Peter Weir film, tears me up every time.
Honourable mention to Talvisotaa (sp?), a Finnish war film and the Battle of Britain, my favourite as a kid.
Does everyone know what movie the above photo is from?
Heartbreak ridge is a movie I can watch whenever it’s on.
N454casull
Robert Duvall and the Air Calvary surf boys
You know, one time we had a hill bombed for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn’t find one of ’em... not one stinkin' dink body.
That smell, you know, that gasoline smell, the whole hill.... Smelled like victory.
You know, someday this war is going to end..."
It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎
”F*****s came out of nowhere and started shooting! You’re caught up, Boss!”
”Good man, Cooley! Keep it up!”
”Boss?”
”Can you hit the schoolhouse?”
”Yeah. Bren and a single shot!”
”The man in the white suit! Do you have his heart?”
”Yeah, Boss!”
”Take it!”
BOOM
”Do you think he was important?
”If he was, we won’t have to wait too long to find out.”
Ive scrolled past it a hundred times.