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War Flick recommendations
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New TV series Masters of Air is really good
An exemplary list. Just a thought; you may have missed one of the all time greats -- Patton.
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I enjoy Gettysburg but talking to the park rangers at Gettysburg Nat Park, they say its crap.
The reviews are that the special effects are simply incredible which I agree with (saw all three so far). However, they are light on character development. To me, I don't care about character development but would say that it is as good or better than Pacific in that regard. It has also been pointed out that men dressed the same with masks and helmets on make it hard to differentiate who is who. I'd have liked them to establish the B-17 name and put it on the screen when they switch from plane to plane do you know who you are watching (Alice from Dallas).
Also, the guy who hired me out of college was the lead Nav for the 100th, 351st squadron, when the war ended. (Norm Graham from Jeannette, PA). As a kid, he told me stories of coordinating 200+ B17s, the first jet he saw, ME 262, and he thought he was the only Nav to shoot down a German plane. He passed away of brain cancer in the late 1980s.
If you don't mind reading subtitles, or if you know German, Der Untergang (Downfall) is a great movie. It pretty accurately depicts the last few days of Hitlers life, life in the bunker complex and the Battle of Berlin.
Thanks Adm. Nelson--it is on "TUBIE" for free, I'll be watching sometime this week.
Cannot recommend it enough. Another really good one I forgot to mention was The 12th Man. It's the story of Jan Baalsrud and his effort to escape the Nazis by way of help from the Norwegian resistance. Be warned, though, it's a tear jerker.
In general it gives a good overview of the battle. It is based on the killer angels a book of fiction.
All these movies and not a single plug for Sly's soccer movie. VICTORY.
Apocalypse Now is highly regarded by many. I get it and would never suggest it shouldn't be. However, it was way too slow for me and required too much thinking on my end.....which is a tall task for my lack of intelligence. I gravitate more toward a movie like Hacksaw Ridge which shows the valor of an American Hero.
Of course, I thought every Quentin Tarantino movie I have seen is terrible so obviously I am a poor movie critic.
The Pacific is not a good watch.....but it shows the brutality of the War in the Pacific well.
Battle of the Bulge with an All-Star cast that included Robert Shaw, Henry Fonda, James MacArthur, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews, Charles Bronson and Telly Savalas.
Lol about QT, he doesn’t work for me either, except for “Jackie Brown.” It’s the only coherent film he’s made, imo. (Here coherent means “not dominated by mindless violence,” I guess.)
Yes, ANR can be slow, but it has Aurore Clement.
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Not to be argumentative but I really hated both of those movies. Perhaps my expectations were too high. The battle scenes reminded me of current Hollywood movies where a 120 lb gal will get hit over the back of the head with a crowbar by a 6-2, 220 dude and end up winning the fight. However, if you can live with that, great storylines with some good setups.
The song the Germans sing is authentic. That's about the only thing that is in that movie. But it's still fun.
One of my favorites, and moreso having served in Bosnia, is 'No Man's Land' - about the Bosnian war and two soldiers on opposite sides of the battlefield trapped together after one falls on a landmine. Believe it won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 2001 too. It's a dark, but very accurate (and funny) portrayal of the absurdity of war. Yossarian would be proud (another great war flick!).
Shogun is a good story, the original was very fine. I’ll check this one out.
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I liked them both.
Probably liked Bridges better as Rooster. I know it might be sacrilegious to say but... YMMV
I don't recall seeing the following mentioned:
Sink the Bismarck
Fort Apache
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Rio Grande
Tore, Tora, Tora
Waterloo
Gladiator (at least the opening scene)
Mosquito Squadron
The Dam Busters
633 Squadron
The Devil's Brigade
Not a movie, but the Sharpe's Rifles TV series
Sahara - the 1943 movie with Bogie
Another recent series - Rogue Heroes
Charge of the Light Brigade - 1968 version
Memphis Belle - 1944 or 1990
Big Red One
Objective Burma
Under Ten Flags
The Enemy Below
Up Periscope
Force Ten from Navarone
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
That's enough for now - not a movie, just me signing off.
Sink the Bismarck
Fort Apache
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Rio Grande
Tore, Tora, Tora
Waterloo
Gladiator (at least the opening scene)
Mosquito Squadron
The Dam Busters
633 Squadron
The Devil's Brigade
Not a movie, but the Sharpe's Rifles TV series
Sahara - the 1943 movie with Bogie
Another recent series - Rogue Heroes
Charge of the Light Brigade - 1968 version
Memphis Belle - 1944 or 1990
Big Red One
Objective Burma
Under Ten Flags
The Enemy Below
Up Periscope
Force Ten from Navarone
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
That's enough for now - not a movie, just me signing off.
Lone Survivor did not get enough pub in this thread. The main character is a Penn Stater
I would argue that Marcus Lutrell is the main character. Michael Murphy was portrayed in it as well but it was about Lutrell and his survival.
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