Favorite War Movie

[gibridehome]

Well, with the whole situation in Iraq, I have thought a lot about war. And being the great American I am, whenever I hear the word "war" i immediately think of John Belushi flying over the Grand Canyon in "1941", smoking a cigar and breaking beer bottles on his airplane. 1941 is definately my favorite war movie of all time. Post your favorites here.

[BurtonRider911]

well i have two,
platoon
and full metal jacket i like this movie but it seems to never end

[gibridehome]

Yeah Full Metal Jacket is one of my favorites too. Great soundboard also :D

[Kanism]

any of those made during that time span in the 80's....Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Hamburger Hill........Stripes (hee hee...sorry)

[GOD]

Kelly's Heroes with Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Don Rickles and more. A perfect rainy afternoon flick.

[chris_78660]

tora tora tora
platoon
empire of the sun
full metal jacket
saving private ryan
hamburger hill
good morning vietnam
predator:p (hey, it was based in the vietnam war)

[minia]

I liked The Great Escape, Saving Private Ryan, Glory..... can't think of any more besides those...... Are we narrowing it to modern war??

[MrMix]

i have a few ww2 documentations on dvd,and full metal jacket :/

[GOD]

Originally posted by minia
I liked The Great Escape,


I know it is not a war movie, but speaking of Steve McQueen flicks, Papillion is well worth the watching.

[KinkyKlown]

In the Army Now is one of the best war movie ever. No other movie comes close to its greatness.

[minia]

Originally posted by GOD
I know it is not a war movie, but speaking of Steve McQueen flicks, Papillion is well worth the watching.

Thanks, I'll have to rent that.....

[MrMix]

Today i bought Black hawk down....

[Kanism]

Originally posted by MrMix
Today i bought Black hawk down....

there's a bit of irony in light of recent events.

[gibridehome]

How could i forget my other favorite war movie (or farce of a war movie) Hot Shots!!!! such a great movie, so great so great

[Wire17]

For saving private ryan, it is a good movie, but everything is complete bullshit except for the 1st 20 minutes. that part was cool and accurate, but the rest was something that would never take place.

[chris_78660]

Originally posted by MrMix
Today i bought Black hawk down....

does anyone else notice that helicopters are ALWAYS going down?...
after this war we are gonna have a movie titled "apache longbow down"

[MrMix]

or "the crash" :(

[minia]

As mystified as planes make me, helicopters are a real mystery.... I mean this thing whirls around and it makes you fly? I don't think I would trust it...

Other things that mystify me:
Tapes- I mean I know HOW they work, but it still seems a mystery
mirrors
David Blaine

[chris_78660]

LMAO....i think the same minia;)
here is a list of my mysteries
1) gravity - how does the centripital force of the revolving earth, combined with the centripital force of the earth revoling around the sun, NOT throw us into space?
2) the sun - if the sun is not a solid state of matter, but is a burning ball of gas....how the hell does it not quickly burn out, with out oxygen to feed the flame?
3) muscle memory - can we verbally explain to someo one how to open/close their hand?
4) records - they are more of a mystery than a casset tape...
5) the elevator "close door" button - why the hell is it there? it doesn't work no matter how hard you pound it...

[KinkyKlown]

4) records - they are more of a mystery than a casset tape...
I think the same way everytime I play a record. I was even more confused when I watched them being made, but as confusing as they are, I love the way records smell.

On the topic of war movies, did anyone see the band of brothers series? I missed it when it came out on HBO, and was wondering if it was worth the rent.

[Arachnid]

Not really. Unless you're a TOTAL war buff.

[Kanism]

Originally posted by Arachnid
Not really. Unless you're a TOTAL war buff. you don't need to be a TOTAL war buff to enjoy a good movie...I watched "Gone in 60 Seconds" last night and enjoyed it...but I'm not a TOTAL car thief...

:confused: :confused: :confused:

[chris_78660]

i saw a few episodes of "band of brothers" on HBO Ondemand:D
it was really drawn out and looked a little too fake at times...but i did only see a few episodes so i could be wrong...

[TOOL illusion]

Full Metal Jacket
all bc of the drill srgt

[brainkandy87]

1.) Saving Private Ryan
2.) Full Metal Jacket
3.) Born on the 4th of July (not really a war movie I guess...but semi-war)

We need a good USAF war movie...starring the F-22 and A-10. :cool:

[Unregistered]

the green berets is an old one but i think its a good one.

[Kanism]

Originally posted by Unregistered
the green berets is an old one but i think its a good one. unless I'm mistaken...that stars John Wayne...and any movie with John Wayne is bad ass!!! dude is one bad man!!!! can't figure out why his son has AIDS tho

[Coven66]

my fav war film is starship troopers(hey it was about a war) and the patriot

p.s john wayne's real first name was Marian

[Kanism]

Originally posted by Coven66
p.s john wayne's real first name was Marian hence his development into being such a bad ass...

[chris_78660]

there was some country song that was named something like "a boy named susan".....it was about a dad that named his son susan so that he would grow up to be an ass kicker. it was a pretty cool song, does anyone know the real name?

[Coven66]

a boy named sue

[brainkandy87]

C'mon...only reason u like Starship Troopers is because of the Bug Planet sex scene...hot stuff. :D

[TOOL illusion]

Top Gun
so it wasn't war....but hell, the volleyball scene was um....inspirational

[brainkandy87]

u is bad tool...

he flexed when he checked his watch...

"hmm...I wonder what tiiiiiiiiime it is"

[Watermelon Bob]

This is a very old one, but I personally like All is Quiet on the Western Front. It's very good, I recommend everyone to watch it if you've never seen it.

[TOOL illusion]

LOL@brain

Looks like babymaking time to me!!
LOLOLOLOOLOLOLOL

[brainkandy87]

lmao

[Unregistered]

saving private ryan, blackhawk down, band of brothers

[Kanism]

Originally posted by Watermelon Bob
This is a very old one, but I personally like All is Quiet on the Western Front. It's very good, I recommend everyone to watch it if you've never seen it. I tried reading that book once in high school...I fell asleep 3 times before I finished the first chapter...I had to give up on it

[passionpanda23]

Originally posted by Kanism
I tried reading that book once in high school...I fell asleep 3 times before I finished the first chapter...I had to give up on it

That bad huh..........:rolleyes:

[Watermelon Bob]

Originally posted by Kanism
I tried reading that book once in high school...I fell asleep 3 times before I finished the first chapter...I had to give up on it

I can't say anything about the book, but give the movie a chance. It's pretty interesting. If I remember correctly, it's told from a German prospective but the movie was produced by the states.

[Kanism]

Originally posted by Watermelon Bob
I can't say anything about the book, but give the movie a chance. It's pretty interesting. If I remember correctly, it's told from a German prospective but the movie was produced by the states. my experience has been that the book is always exponentially better than the movie...trying to finish DreamCatcher right now wedged in between work and some (read: a lot) of play....but maybe....

[Bergs]

I cant believe no one has mentioned "we were soldiers" that was such a crazy fucking movie. Definately one of my favs

These are what I think have been the best war movies/series ever (not in order)

Saving Private Ryan
Platoon
Black Hawk Down
Full Metal Jacket
We Were Soldiers
Band of Brothers (saw the whole thing, it was strange, you really developed an attachment to alot of the characters, especially being that they were all real people and it was true)

[Kanism]

has anyone seen "The Last Castle" with Robert Redford and that Sopranos guy...not really a war movie...I think...but still, one helluva good movie...heck, I may just rent that bitch again :)

never saw We Were Soldiers, bergs...and I agree with you...it's easier to get drawn into a movie if it is based on a true story for some reason

[Bergs]

Definately rent it, its about vietnam (true story), and it is absolutely insane.

[Kanism]

Originally posted by Bergs
Definately rent it, its about vietnam (true story), and it is absolutely insane. cool...I'll check it out...maybe my dad will get into it too.

post war Vietnam flick I liked (well, actually related to) is Green Dragon with Patrick Swayze....really good flick...heart touching actually....well, maybe not to all

[satin]

i liked thin red line

[Bergs]

post war Vietnam flick I liked (well, actually related to) is Green Dragon with Patrick Swayze....really good flick...heart touching actually....well, maybe not to all

Another good Patrick Swayze war movie is Red Dawn. Its about WWIII where NATO is gone, countries are falling to communism left and right, and the USSR and Cuba invade us. So patrick swayze and charlie sheen and some other guys wage guerilla warfare in their town. Its pretty entertaining.

[Kanism]

I remember Thin Red Line satin...that was a good flick too

Red Dawn....."WOLVERINES!!!!!"....and thus began my brief love affair with all things wolverine...the Mighigan helmet, the x-man, the word....not the animal...blech.....

I remember people talking about how the sun rose/set in the wrong direction in the movie...to which, I say, "what?!?!?" anyone ever hear about that?

[anjroo11688]

I personally like "Patten" and "Saving Private Ryan"

[Me_Is_Not_Dumb]

Originally posted by chris_78660
tora tora tora
platoon
empire of the sun
full metal jacket
saving private ryan
hamburger hill
good morning vietnam
predator:p (hey, it was based in the vietnam war)
plus black hawk down
the pearl harbor fight scene the rest of it sucks ass

[satin]

this was not a movie but it did kick ass
the color of war

[Me_Is_Not_Dumb]

the documentary with tom hanks? yes that was very good

[greeno144]

Saving Private Ryan
Black Hawk Down
Windtalkers
The Thin Red Line
Apocalypse Now
Three Kings
Tears of the Sun
Enemy at the Gates

[satin]

Originally posted by Me_Is_Not_Dumb
the documentary with tom hanks? yes that was very good

no, "the color of war" was this like 5 or so part thing on the history channel

[Me_Is_Not_Dumb]

ive seen both so they probably got mashed in my head

[satin]

lol that happens to me alot

[anjroo11688]

Did anyone see Band of Brothers on HBO? Is it worth seeing?

[Delta]

Patton for sure. And "Band of Brothers was based on a book, which was based on true events. The Mighty 101st were a bunch of bad-asses.

Edit: Also A Bridge Too Far. Good casting job there.

[anjroo11688]

Enemy at the Gates is also a great movie.

[greeno144]

Yeah it is. I think I put that in my list...
But anyway, my favorite part is the beginning when they are on the transport boats and everyone is dying and explosions are everywhere.

[Fusion]

Does anyone like the movie Office Space? That movie is hilarious, one of my favorite parts is when they start beating on the fax machine...heehee it's just great!!!

[greeno144]

Yeah I saw that movie; they show it all the time on Comedy Central. Fusion since you're a newbie, I'll let you off, but next time post things that are relevant to the thread. You can post this in a comedies thread, but this is war movies. OK? :)

[Fusion]

Wooopss!!!!!!!! I think I posted on the wrong thread. Sorry....I'm going to make a mad dash now

[greeno144]

It's alright. You can always delete posts, ya know. :)

[gUy]

fav war movie??? hmmmmmmmm

i lubed saving private ryan, black hawk down, windtalkers. i luv every war movie

[disturbed2]

saving private ryan was a good movie esp. how they had the special effects like when they use the moltov cocktails.

[Me_Is_Not_Dumb]

is it true that vin diesel is in saving private ryan?

[greeno144]

Yeah he is..I saw it in the credits, but I don't which character he is. He probably dies during the D-Day invasion.

[Me_Is_Not_Dumb]

kool im gonna whatch it again and see if i can find him

[Me_Is_Not_Dumb]

platoon is by far the best war movie because it has the insanity of war mixed in with eternal struggles among the men

[droogsteve]

Originally posted by greeno144
Yeah he is..I saw it in the credits, but I don't which character he is. He probably dies during the D-Day invasion. Did you actually watch the movie? He didn't die in the beginning, he was a major character. He played Carpazo, the guy that's shot by a sniper trying to rescue the little French girl.

[gUy]

o i remeber now i didnt recognize him

[Enorcrove]

Apocalypse Now without a doubt i think is the best war movie. I cant belive its only been mentioned once. If you havent seen it (which i hope everyone has) then you should really go out and rent it.

Mike

[Roscoeperson]

Top Gun. Take a ride into the danger zone. Iceman rocks.

[gUy]

full metal jacket

is apocalypse da one where they are in 'nam in a helicopter and the officer tells his soldier 2 sit on his helmet so da 'nam troopers wont blow off his balls?

[CaptHowdy]

"we were soldiers".
just for the scene where the french guy gets his throat peice blown out

"full metal jacket" because R. Lee Ermy "i bet you could suck a golf ball thru a water hose" is the first dead guy in the flick.and even better is that its at the hands(or gun tip) of Vincent De'nofreo(sc)

"TigerLand" wasnt a war movie but was about ttraining for war
but it gets my vote.

[Wire17]

IN my 9th grade history class, my teacher played a shit load of old movies. I can only remember the title of one movie, and he showed about 10. That one movie was All Quiet on the Western Front. That was the first and only movie he had shown which i did not fall asleep in a single time.

Also, Tora Tora Tora was good, and Saving Private Ryan was unrealistic, but good.

[droogsteve]

Originally posted by Wire17
Saving Private Ryan was unrealistic, but good. The old guy who lives next door to me who landed with the Rangers on Normandy beach told me that it was the only realistic WW2 movie he's ever seen. What part did you think was unrealistic?

[Odinbob]

Greatest War Movies of all time in no paticular order:
Apacalyps Now
Kellys heroes
The Longest Day
Sparticus- Hey nothing says great like a slave uprising

[Inverness]

Originally posted by Wire17
IN my 9th grade history class, my teacher played a shit load of old movies. I can only remember the title of one movie, and he showed about 10. That one movie was All Quiet on the Western Front.

The book was way better.

[A.N.T.H.R.A.X.]

platoon, full metal jacket, saving private ryan, Band of brothers (if you count it as a movie), apocalypse now, black hawk down

[DeftonesBoy]

saving private ryan
blackhawk down
predator (not really war, more like scifi)
(predator 2 sucked ass big time)

[Airborne]

Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan, Battle of the Bulge, Tora, Tora, Tora are the best WWII movies made. Pearl Harbor is the worst WWII movie I've ever seen.

[James Bond 007]

Definaltey Platoon.

[RaVaG3r]

TAE GUK GI: BROTHERHOOD OF WAR

This is the best war movie I have ever seen. And I've seen a lot; SPR, Blackhawk Down, Apocalypse Now, The Thin Red Line, Tears of the Sun, Windtalkers, We Were Soldiers, Platoon, FMJ...

Seriously, it even bitchslaps SPR like it was directed by a retard.

[vdrmm]

Definaltey Platoon.

Agreed. Also Apocalypse Now imo.

[James Bond 007]

Agreed. Also Apocalypse Now imo.
Apolcalypse wasnt realy a war film though was it? It was a great film but war was just the backdrop or setting for a sureal plot.... Maybe I was drunk when I saw it.

By the way does anybody have any movies about Vietnam they can recommend? Obviously Platoon and FMJ but is there any other good ones???

[DeftonesBoy]

Apolcalypse wasnt realy a war film though was it? It was a great film but war was just the backdrop or setting for a sureal plot.... Maybe I was drunk when I saw it.

By the way does anybody have any movies about Vietnam they can recommend? Obviously Platoon and FMJ but is there any other good ones???

This may satisfy your crave.

http://www.epinions.com/mvie-topic-Video-All-Community-Best-Vietnam

Maybe not as directly related, but
http://www.adoptvietnam.org/books/books-tapes.htm

[dano5511]

Band of Brothers if that counts, Black Hawk Down great movie and saving private ryan

[James Bond 007]

This may satisfy your crave.

http://www.epinions.com/mvie-topic-Video-All-Community-Best-Vietnam

Maybe not as directly related, but
http://www.adoptvietnam.org/books/books-tapes.htm
Thanx alot mate :D

[LuckyCharms]

Saving Private Ryan is a very good movie i love it :)

[ChrisBo]

Braveheart
Platoon
Apocalypse Now
Saving Private Ryan
Hamburger Hill
Gettysburg (even though it was long as shit, and at times boring)
Glory

[Fireal87]

Thin Red Line, Full Metal Jacket, Hamburger Hill,Tigerland

Does anybody watch...Over There..or did you guy's used to watch

[josh_moore1]

We Were Solider is my favorite war movie

[Zeeboe]

"Glory" (1989)

[MasterChief17]

#1 Band of Brothers. No warm film/series even comes close to touching this. It's all a true story, based on real people, and the people who actually fought in the war were there to oversee things and make sure it looked as realistic as possible. The battle scenes were really intense, more realistic than any movie ever made. It's 10 hours long, and I've watched it three times. Lt Spiers rules! :D

#2 Tae Guk Gi. A Korean film made about the Korean war. Probably the bloodiest of all war movies ever made. The story is fantastic. What a great movie.

#3 El Alamein. An Italian movie about the Italian side in WWII. All I can say this movie is a masterpiece.

#4 Saving Private Ryan. Revolutionized battle scenes by actually having fake blood splatter on the camera screen to make you feel like you are there. The battles were very realistic. When I first saw this movie, the opening part was riveting and sad. The last battle really got my adrenaline flowing. It was scary hearing the rumbling of the approaching enemy tanks. It made you feel like you were there, outnumbered and heavily outgunned.

#5 Full Metal Jacket. It's a classic. I thought the part at the end with the girl being the sniper was a very cheesy way to end the movie. The slow motion scenes where the black guy got shot up was lame too. But the rest of the movie was fantastic.

#6 The Thin Red Line. This could have been easily one of the greatest films ever made if Terrence Malick hadn't cut so many scenes out, or at least added them to the DVD version. This would have been a masterpiece, but instead a bunch of characters that you've grown attatched to suddenly aren't shown in the movie again and you dont hear anything about them. In the origional script, you find out everything, but he had to cut it out or else the movie would be way too long. He didn't add them to the DVD version, so he is a dumbfuck. It was still a good movie however.

I haven't seen Tora Tora Tora yet. Is this a foreign film, and who's in it? Thanks.

[Thurgood]

I really liked Apocalypse Now and Black Hawk Down. I also enjoyed Tears of the Sun, mainly because it took place in Nigeria, where I used to live.

I hope someone re-makes Catch 22 because it was such a good book.

[Ghost`]

gettysburg and saving private ryan , and and band of brothers , even thought its not a "movie"

[Enjoi]

There should be more movies about WWI

[MasterChief17]

There should be more movies about WWI

In that case there should be a remake of the movie "All Quiet on the Western Front". The book is amazing, the film made in the 1930's is also incredibly good. The tv series remake that came out in the late 80's really sucked. If a good director like Spielberg was to make a movie out of this, it would be an instant Oscar.

[KEALYBOY]

Zulu, wonderfully atmospheric film, much more interesting period of conflict than WW2 too!

[JFA]

saving private ryan, platoon, the thin red line, black hawk down, enemy at the gates...virtually any war movie, but i rather ones about ww2

[veXati0n]

No one liked We Were Soldiers?

edit. nvm, I see at least one of u does.

[kududoodoop]

all quiet on the western front

[ExOdUz60]

Platoon, or Saving Private Ryon By far=)

[DJ_critikaL]

How aobut Schindler's List

[Zeeboe]

Gettysburg

[BaxterII]

1. The Patriot
2. Windtalkers
3. Saving Private Ryan

[anti_smurf]

saving private ryan, the patriot and platoon

[Shorty|*|RocK89]

Band of Brothers

We Were Soldiers

[USB]

Mine has gotta be saving private ryan

[Bartez]

My favorite war movies are:

- Saving Private Ryan
- Band of Brothers
- Platoon
- We Were Soldiers
- Bravo Two Zero
- Black Hawk Down
- Hamburger Hill


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[floyd2006]

Das Boots
The Killing Fields
Full Metel Jacket

[Victor Franko]

Seeing as I have alot of favorites from this particular genre, I'll split them up according to what war they depict:

American Civil War:
Gettysburg
Glory

WWI:
The Blue Max
Sgt. York
The Trench (British film that I saw on History Television)

WWII:
Tora! Tora! Tora!
The Desert Rats
Kelly's Heroes
Sink The Bismarck!
Battle Of Britain
Where Eagles Dare
Stalingrad
Das Boot
The Bridge on The River Kwai
Five Graves to Cairo
The Longest Day
Patton
A Bridge Too Far
Memphis Belle

Korea:
Pork Chop Hill

Vietnam:
Platoon
Apocalypse Now

Gulf War and beyond:
Bravo Two Zero
Three Kings
Black Hawk Down

[Dodgerdog]

Underground (1995)

[Travmire]

My favorite is Platoon.

I checked out The Great Escape, I'll watch it some time this weekend.

[Blue Lightening]

This thread is over three years old...

Apocalyps now, Saving Private Ryan...cant think of any others,

[RancidMilk]

Full Metal Jacket and Windtalkers.

[MinOs]

Underground (1995)

Nice :D Emir Kusurica is a genious. And Underground is one of the best, realistic war movies.

[floyd2006]

I still think the first 40 mins. of Full Metal Jacket are the best of any war movie out there.

"I am in a world of SHIT!"