Best War Movies?

[rockyvols]

Kind of like the King Kong vs T-Rex scene. You have to wade through 150 minutes of ****-writing to see it.

Lol
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[Bezdomny]

Band of Brothers - nearly perfect series; -1 for casting Schwimmer
Zulu - Epic battle against odds. Awesome ending, Zulu song + R. Burton listing medal winners.
Lawrence of Arabia - great acting and amazing scenery
Das Boot - great movie, but is it OK to cheer for Nazis?
Stalag 17 - Die Peter Graves! Wm. Holden was superb.
Ran - King Lear in Japan

 

[trevols81]

It's an awesome movie whether you want to call it a "chick flick" or not.

Fail. You just lost all credibility when it pertains to rating movies.

 

[trevols81]

What did it win an Oscar for, sound or cinematography?

Because it certainly didn't win for best picture, actor/actress, supporting actor/actress, screenplay or any other category that actually matters.

One good scene does not make an amazing movie. Sorry.

 

[n_huffhines]

Band of Brothers - nearly perfect series; -1 for casting Schwimmer
Zulu - Epic battle against odds. Awesome ending, Zulu song + R. Burton listing medal winners.
Lawrence of Arabia - great acting and amazing scenery
Das Boot - great movie, but is it OK to cheer for Nazis?
Stalag 17 - Die Peter Graves! Wm. Holden was superb.
Ran - King Lear in Japan

Not a Schwimmer fan, but when I watched BoB I had recently read the book and I remember the personality of his character being a decent match.

 

[Billy Costigan]

Fail. You just lost all credibility when it pertains to rating movies.

Please name your 3 top rated movies.
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[trevols81]

Please name your 3 top rated movies.
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War movies or overall?

 

[Bezdomny]

Not a Schwimmer fan, but when I watched BoB I had recently read the book and I remember the personality of his character being a decent match.

IMO Schwimmers voice was too mellow for a strict diciplinarian psycopath. Face it, he did voice the giraffe in Madagascar

 

[Billy Costigan]

War movies or overall?

Overall
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[MG1968]

IMO Schwimmers voice was too mellow for a strict diciplinarian psycopath. Face it, he did voice the giraffe in Madagascar

which fit perfectly when he came up to that farmer's fence in the British countryside

I've always thought that the choice of Schwimmer was curious, but in the end, it fit. Anybody who was in the military has encountered someone like this, whether they were an officer or an NCO.

 

[trevols81]

Nevermind, Billy, I will just name my top movies from a few genres, including war movies.

Horror/Sci Fi:
Jaws
The Thing(1982)
The Shining
Alien
Psycho(1960)
The Silence of the Lambs
Blade Runner
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Empire Strikes Back

Gangster:
The Godfather 1 and 2
Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Once Upon A Time in America
The Departed
Snatch
Leon: The Professional
Heat

Thriller/Mystery:
Memento
LA Confidential
Se7en
The Usual Suspects

Drama:
Schindler's List
A Clockwork Orange
The Shawkshank Redemption
Requiem for a Dream
Chinatown
No Country For Old Men

Popcorn Flick:
The Matrix
T2
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Back to The Future
Die Hard
Under Siege

War:
Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
Black Hawk Down
Apocolypse Now

That's what I can think of right now.

-----EDIT: I saw your post which stated overall.-----

1. Chinatown
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. The Empire Strikes Back

 

[OrangeEmpire]

if the movie were about pearl harbor..........get tora...tora....tora for a good pearl harbor movie.
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[OrangeEmpire]

fly boys was on a movie channel yesterday.....horrible movie
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[Bezdomny]

which fit perfectly when he came up to that farmer's fence in the British countryside

I've always thought that the choice of Schwimmer was curious, but in the end, it fit. Anybody who was in the military has encountered someone like this, whether they were an officer or an NCO.

A voice that fits for a hypochondriac giraffe in a kid's movie also fits for a psycopathic military officer in a war movie? Schwimmer is not known as an actor of much depth so we'll differ on that...

 

[MG1968]

A voice that fits for a hypochondriac giraffe in a kid's movie also fits for a psycopathic military officer in a war movie? Schwimmer is not known as an actor of much depth so we'll differ on that...

you're hung up on the cartoon thing, aren't you? You must not have any clue how many actors, talented or not, do cartoon work.

 

[Billy Costigan]

Nevermind, Billy, I will just name my top movies from a few genres, including war movies.

Horror/Sci Fi:
Jaws
The Thing(1982)
The Shining
Alien
Psycho(1960)
The Silence of the Lambs
Blade Runner
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Empire Strikes Back

Gangster:
The Godfather 1 and 2
Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Once Upon A Time in America
The Departed
Snatch
Leon: The Professional
Heat

Thriller/Mystery:
Memento
LA Confidential
Se7en
The Usual Suspects

Drama:
Schindler's List
A Clockwork Orange
The Shawkshank Redemption
Requiem for a Dream
Chinatown
No Country For Old Men

Popcorn Flick:
The Matrix
T2
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Back to The Future
Die Hard
Under Siege

War:
Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
Black Hawk Down
Apocolypse Now

That's what I can think of right now.

-----EDIT: I saw your post which stated overall.-----

1. Chinatown
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. The Empire Strikes Back

These are some great lists but it sounds to me you just can't appreciate a good love story with awesome battle scenes like Pearl Harbor.
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[trevols81]

These are some great lists but it sounds to me you just can't appreciate a good love story with awesome battle scenes like Pearl Harbor.
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I was a little harsh with my criticism earlier. I apologize. We will just have to agree to disagree over Pearl Harbor.

 

[BelAirVol]

Twelve O'Clock High
The Longest Day
Battle of the Bulge
The Guns of Navarone
Von Ryan's Express
Where Eagles Dare
Kelly's Heroes
Apocolypse Now
Platoon
A Bridge Too Far
Midway
Saving Private Ryan
Pearl Harbor

 

[trevols81]

Twelve O'Clock High
The Longest Day
Battle of the Bulge
The Guns of Navarone
Von Ryan's Express
Where Eagles Dare
Kelly's Heroes
Apocolypse Now
Platoon
A Bridge Too Far
Midway
Saving Private Ryan
Pearl Harbor

FTW!

I loved that movie as a kid and still watch it whenever I'm flipping through the channels and catch it on.

 

[MG1968]

I must be the only person here who has seen "The Blue Max", if you want to see some impressive flight sequences, this movie delivers.

 

[trevols81]

I must be the only person here who has seen "The Blue Max", if you want to see some impressive flight sequences, this movie delivers.

Never heard of it. Good, huh?

 

[MG1968]

The Blue Max (1966) - IMDb

Peppard's performance is forgettable, but Ursula Andress in her prime is amazing.

 

[trevols81]

The Blue Max (1966) - IMDb

Peppard's performance is forgettable, but Ursula Andress in her prime is amazing.

Thanks, I'll check it out soon.

 

[Bezdomny]

you're hung up on the cartoon thing, aren't you? You must not have any clue how many actors, talented or not, do cartoon work.

Ha, that's why I noted Schwimmer's lack of depth as an actor. An actor best known for playing a whiny metrosexual in 'Friends' and a hypochondriac giraffe in a cartoon just isn't the best choice for Sobel in BoB.

 

[Bezdomny]

I must be the only person here who has seen "The Blue Max", if you want to see some impressive flight sequences, this movie delivers.

I'll agree with you there. Always liked aviation movies and Blue Max is one of the better ones.

Willi von Klugermann: By the way, Stachel... there's an impression around that... you care more about your unconfirmed kill than you do about Fabian's death.
[long pause]
Bruno Stachel: Perhaps it's force of habit. In the trenches, we couldn't even bury the dead; there were too many of them. I've never had the time... to discuss them over a glass of champagne.