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You favorite War movies

#1 Postby Stephanie » Sun May 30, 2004 10:34 am

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
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#2 Postby Skywatch_NC » Sun May 30, 2004 12:25 pm

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


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#3 Postby sunnyday » Sun May 30, 2004 1:08 pm

Patton is wonderful! George C. Scott was amazing in that one. I loved the dog in there, too. :D
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#4 Postby nystate » Sun May 30, 2004 1:19 pm

In no real order...

Black Hawk Down
Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers
The Last Samurai
Glory
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#5 Postby rainstorm » Sun May 30, 2004 1:38 pm

tora tora tora.

historically accurate
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Re: war movies

#6 Postby Skywatch_NC » Sun May 30, 2004 1:38 pm

sunnyday wrote:Patton is wonderful! George C. Scott was amazing in that one. I loved the dog in there, too. :D


Patton will air tonight at 8 pm ET on the AME Channel...part of the 3-day Memorial Day weekend war classics marathon.
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#7 Postby Guest » Sun May 30, 2004 1:50 pm

Full Metal Jacket, Paths of Glory.
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#8 Postby GalvestonDuck » Sun May 30, 2004 2:00 pm

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 :)
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#9 Postby chadtm80 » Sun May 30, 2004 2:11 pm

Good Morning Vietnam
and
Father Goose (if that counts lol)
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#10 Postby breeze » Sun May 30, 2004 4:58 pm

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!
:eek: We sat silent for at least five minutes,
while the credits were rolling - couldn't say one
word!
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#11 Postby Stephanie » Sun May 30, 2004 6:48 pm

I forgot about Midway! :roll:

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.
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#12 Postby stormchazer » Sun May 30, 2004 9:37 pm

A Bridge Too Far
In Harm's Way
Gettysburg
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#13 Postby Guest » Mon May 31, 2004 3:22 am

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
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#14 Postby streetsoldier » Mon May 31, 2004 3:27 am

Who needs a movie, when I've seen the real thing? :larrow:
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#15 Postby GulfHills » Mon May 31, 2004 6:20 am

We Were Soldiers

Sgt. York
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#16 Postby azskyman » Mon May 31, 2004 8:40 am

Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers

also...The Patriot, Courage Under Fire, and Blackhawk Down
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#17 Postby Stephanie » Mon May 31, 2004 11:00 am

Eric - thanks for the info on "Patton". I did watch it! George C. Scott is fantastic!
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#18 Postby Skywatch_NC » Mon May 31, 2004 11:18 am

Stephanie wrote:Eric - thanks for the info on "Patton". I did watch it! George C. Scott is fantastic!


I agree, Steph! :D

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. ;)
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#19 Postby Stephanie » Mon May 31, 2004 11:39 am

There's always DVD's Eric! :lol:

You did have a busy night last night along with many others. I'm glad that the casualties have been relatively small too.
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#20 Postby FWBHurricane » Mon May 31, 2004 12:02 pm

Pearl Harbor
Saving Private Ryan
Das Boot ( German Movie..awsome 8-) )
The Patriot

Thats pretty much it...all other movies I have seen i obviously didnt like
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