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You favorite War movies
Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 10:34 am
by Stephanie
In honor of Memorial Day, what are your all-time favority war movies? Mine are;
1) Platoon
2) Glory
Honorable mention (no particular order);
Patton
Full Metal Jacket
Saving Private Ryan
The Dirty Dozen
Apocalypse Now
Here's a link to War movies & documentaries;
http://www.geocities.com/warmoviedatabase/mvietnam.html
Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 12:25 pm
by Skywatch_NC
In no particular order:
Saving Private Ryan
The Dirty Dozen
Glory
The Great Escape
Midway
Sands of Iwo Jima
Patton
The Winds of War
War and Remembrance
Eric
war movies
Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 1:08 pm
by sunnyday
Patton is wonderful! George C. Scott was amazing in that one. I loved the dog in there, too.
Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 1:19 pm
by nystate
In no real order...
Black Hawk Down
Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers
The Last Samurai
Glory
Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 1:38 pm
by rainstorm
tora tora tora.
historically accurate
Re: war movies
Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 1:38 pm
by Skywatch_NC
sunnyday wrote:Patton is wonderful! George C. Scott was amazing in that one. I loved the dog in there, too.
Patton will air tonight at 8 pm ET on the AME Channel...part of the 3-day Memorial Day weekend war classics marathon.
Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 1:50 pm
by Guest
Full Metal Jacket, Paths of Glory.
Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 2:00 pm
by GalvestonDuck
In no particular order:
Tora, Tora, Tora!
All Quiet On The Western Front
Sergeant York
Saving Private Ryan
and, although it's not really a war movie,
Forrest Gump
Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 2:11 pm
by chadtm80
Good Morning Vietnam
and
Father Goose (if that counts lol)
Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 4:58 pm
by breeze
Oh, my goodness - "Full Metal Jacket" - I
honestly have goose-bumps, as I type this!
That's the movie that made me and my spoiled
pals realize that the S*** was deeper...out there!
We sat silent for at least five minutes,
while the credits were rolling - couldn't say one
word!
Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 6:48 pm
by Stephanie
I forgot about Midway!
Breeze - "Full Metal Jacket" was SHOCKING, but oh so powerful!!!
"Glory" was just on last night. That was Denzel Washington's first Oscar for a supporting actor. I'm getting chills right now typing about it too.
Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 9:37 pm
by stormchazer
A Bridge Too Far
In Harm's Way
Gettysburg
Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 3:22 am
by Guest
Black Hawk Down
Platoon
We were soldiers
Remagen's Bridge (that was the title in italian...)
Dirty 12
Saving Private Ryan
I would suggest you some "neorealismo" (1945/1948):
Paisà,
Sciuscià,
Roma Città Aperta
Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 3:27 am
by streetsoldier
Who needs a movie, when I've seen the real thing?
Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 6:20 am
by GulfHills
We Were Soldiers
Sgt. York
Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 8:40 am
by azskyman
Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers
also...The Patriot, Courage Under Fire, and Blackhawk Down
Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 11:00 am
by Stephanie
Eric - thanks for the info on "Patton". I did watch it! George C. Scott is fantastic!
Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 11:18 am
by Skywatch_NC
Stephanie wrote:Eric - thanks for the info on "Patton". I did watch it! George C. Scott is fantastic!
I agree, Steph!
Missed it though due to monitoring storms last night in my birth state of Indiana...thankfully relatives who live in Madison Co. (Anderson) and who had a tornado warning...are okay.
Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 11:39 am
by Stephanie
There's always DVD's Eric!
You did have a busy night last night along with many others. I'm glad that the casualties have been relatively small too.
Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 12:02 pm
by FWBHurricane
Pearl Harbor
Saving Private Ryan
Das Boot ( German Movie..awsome
)
The Patriot
Thats pretty much it...all other movies I have seen i obviously didnt like