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Whats your favorite war movie(s)?
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MidnightToker( • )( • ) Offline
#1 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 12:38 AM EST
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Mine in order

1.American Sniper
2. Zero Dark Thirty
3.Tears of the Sun
4. Enemy At The Gates
5. Hacksaw Ridge
Palama Offline
#2 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 1:44 AM EST
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I don’t normally seek them out but have borrowed the first 3 a few times from the library. The last two have been watched numerous times on TV.

Saving Private Ryan
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Longest Day
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

One movie I have fond feelings for is “In Harm’s Way”. My Dad worked on the set as a carpenter and built the bridge of a PT boat that John Wayne stood on for a scene. Or at least that’s what I remember what my Dad told me when we saw the movie in the theater.

Edit: hafta add Schindler’s List (…thanks Bucky…) too.
BuckyB93 Offline
#3 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 1:59 AM EST
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I'm not a fan of war but I am a fan of history (sadly it includes war - strategy and technology of the time intrigues me).

In no particular rank I'll try to keep it to top 5

Saving Private Ryan.
Apocalypse Now.
Full Metal Jacket
Band of Brothers (not a movie but a series)
Schindler's List
The Bridge on the River Kwai

My bad, I listed 6
BuckyB93 Offline
#4 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 2:03 AM EST
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MidnightToker( • )( • ) wrote:
Mine in order

1.American Sniper
2. Zero Dark Thirty
3.Tears of the Sun
4. Enemy At The Gates
5. Hacksaw Ridge


Both are nice picks. I don't think I've seen Hacksaw Ridge. I'll have to add it to the to do list.
JGRAZ Offline
#5 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 4:38 AM EST
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The Great Escape
Mr. Jones Offline
#6 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 9:38 AM EST
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All's quiet on the western front
Empire of the Sun ( Christian Bale /as a child)
Platoon
Apocalypse Now

Tie:
Glory
The Birth of a nation ( silent film)
HockeyDad Offline
#7 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 10:20 AM EST
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We Were Soldiers.
Full Metal Jacket.

(My dad was in Nam but I didn’t know it until years later)
DrMaddVibe Offline
#8 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 12:16 PM EST
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Saving Private Ryan
Battle of the Bulge
Tora Tora Tora
The Tank
Inglorious Basterds
The Patriot
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
DrMaddVibe Offline
#9 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 12:27 PM EST
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Mr. Jones wrote:
All's quiet on the western front


The newest one?

That was fantastic. One of the best book to screen translations since Charlotte's Web.
Jakethesnake86 Offline
#10 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 12:55 PM EST
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Fury hasn’t been mentioned Worth a go. I liked it quite a bit

My favorite is saving private Ryan.
Jakethesnake86 Offline
#11 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 12:57 PM EST
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Platoon was also a good un. I like war movies. Might check out a couple on this list I haven’t seen
MidnightToker( • )( • ) Offline
#12 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 2:38 PM EST
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BuckyB93 wrote:
Both are nice picks. I don't think I've seen Hacksaw Ridge. I'll have to add it to the to do list.

Hacksaw Ridge, as well as the other movies I listed are based on a true story. Those are my favorite kind of movies. I forgot about Schindlers list or I would have included it. Hacksaw Ridge is about Desmond Doss, a WW2 conscientious objector who won the Medal of Honor without ever firing a weapon during the war.
MidnightToker( • )( • ) Offline
#13 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 2:42 PM EST
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Jakethesnake86 wrote:
Fury hasn’t been mentioned Worth a go. I liked it quite a bit

My favorite is saving private Ryan.

Fury was good, but I liked Pitt's character better in Inglorious Basterds.
Also just thought of another previously unmentioned, "Valkyrie" which is also based on a true story.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#14 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 2:52 PM EST
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Along true story conscientious objector lines, Sargeant York was a good one, if you're not opposed to really old films.

Many listed I woukd have chosen. I'll add the Dirty Dozen as one of my favorites and Das Boot for the sheer claustrophobic feeling it brings on

On a different note:
Braveheart & 300

On a Band of Brothers note, was The Pacific on par with BoB? I keep meaning to watch but have failed to do so
Jakethesnake86 Offline
#15 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 2:56 PM EST
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My buddy said I need to watch pacific. He’s a moron. But I love him. I will be watching. Same crew made it just different theatre. I’d recommend it. If it sucks im sorry
Palama Offline
#16 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 2:58 PM EST
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MidnightToker( • )( • ) wrote:
Fury was good, but I liked Pitt's character better in Inglorious Basterds.
Also just thought of another previously unmentioned, "Valkyrie" which is also based on a true story.


I just started watching it the other night. But yah, good flick.
MidnightToker( • )( • ) Offline
#17 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 3:22 PM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:


On a Band of Brothers note, was The Pacific on par with BoB? I keep meaning to watch but have failed to do so

BOB was better but if u liked BOB, I think you will like The Pacific and feel it's worth your time.
Palama Offline
#18 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 3:27 PM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
Along true story conscientious objector lines, Sargeant York was a good one, if you're not opposed to really old films.

Many listed I woukd have chosen. I'll add the Dirty Dozen as one of my favorites and Das Boot for the sheer claustrophobic feeling it brings on

On a different note:
Braveheart & 300

On a Band of Brothers note, was The Pacific on par with BoB? I keep meaning to watch but have failed to do so


Jakethesnake86 wrote:
My buddy said I need to watch pacific. He’s a moron. But I love him. I will be watching. Same crew made it just different theatre. I’d recommend it. If it sucks im sorry


Some of the best films are the old ones. Heck, Hollywood keeps on remaking them ‘cause they can’t come up with something better.

As far as Band and The Pacific goes, I’ve watched both recently and for me, BoB is better but the perspectives are different so it just depends on your preference. One thing to note, The Pacific uses Bob Leckie’s “Helmet For My Pillow” as a source so there may be some familiarity with the storyline.
Jakethesnake86 Offline
#19 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 3:46 PM EST
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Read the book^ believe the boys stole some cigars. Thought that was kinda fun
Palama Offline
#20 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 4:47 PM EST
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Jakethesnake86 wrote:
Read the book^ believe the boys stole some cigars. Thought that was kinda fun


I think “liberated” is the preferred term. Laugh
Jakethesnake86 Offline
#21 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 5:01 PM EST
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😂 believe you’re correct ^^ 😂
Sunoverbeach Offline
#22 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 5:48 PM EST
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#23 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 6:20 PM EST
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
Stalag 17
The Great Escape
MidnightToker( • )( • ) Offline
#24 Posted: Sat, Dec 2 2023, 8:11 PM EST
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Sunover, If you liked Das Boot you would probably enjoy the WW2 submarine movie U-571. Its also based on a true story.
deadeyedick Offline
#25 Posted: Sun, Dec 3 2023, 7:51 AM EST
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One favorite not mentioned:

Lawrence of Arabia
tonygraz Offline
#26 Posted: Sun, Dec 3 2023, 9:37 AM EST
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Two more: Castle Keep and The Hunt for Red October
8trackdisco Offline
#27 Posted: Sun, Dec 3 2023, 8:40 PM EST
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The Longest Day
Saving Private Ryan
Gettysburg
Casablanca
drglnc Offline
#28 Posted: Mon, Dec 4 2023, 8:52 AM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
The Longest Day
Saving Private Ryan
Gettysburg
Casablanca


Gettysburg (Originally called Killer Angels) gets my vote with Good Morning Vietnam my second by just a hair.

I got to spend 2 weeks on the set for Gettysburg with the Fife and Drum corp i was part of at the time in the early 90s. each night at dinner we would go to massive tents for a meal, they would play footage from the previous days filing on big TVs in the tents and lots of the main cast would join us for meals. they would randomly pick tables for each of them to sit at and converse with he extras so on any day you could have a meal with any one of them. it was very cool of them to do instead of just going off to trailer village with the other stars.


RiverRatRuss Offline
#29 Posted: Mon, Dec 4 2023, 2:10 PM EST
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drglnc wrote:
Gettysburg (Originally called Killer Angels) gets my vote with Good Morning Vietnam my second by just a hair.

I got to spend 2 weeks on the set for Gettysburg with the Fife and Drum corp i was part of at the time in the early 90s. each night at dinner we would go to massive tents for a meal, they would play footage from the previous days filing on big TVs in the tents and lots of the main cast would join us for meals. they would randomly pick tables for each of them to sit at and converse with he extras so on any day you could have a meal with any one of them. it was very cool of them to do instead of just going off to trailer village with the other stars.





Thats Awesome... I am a Civil War and Indian Wars Buff... back in the 90's I'd ride my Harley out to battle fields of the civil war and old forts and battles out west of the Indian wars. Gettysburg battlefield was something. the minute I pulled up on that Sacred Ground the hair stood up on the back of my neck and arms and remained that way the entire time I was touring the locations of the battles that took place, the same thing happened when I visited "The Wilderness" battlefield (Forest) Custers Battlegrounds my hair stood up once again.. to walk over those grounds touring is something else!!! another out west was Oglala Sioux Nation "Wounded Knee" and the history there...

As far as a Favorite War Movie? I Like almost all, and documentary's also.. cannot absorb enough Vietnam, Korean, WWII, WWI, Gulf War, Russian/Afghanistan, etc.

Latest Series is "Death From Above" docuseries on the War on Terror, air war campaigns over the years its on TUBI

Blackhawk Down: this kid who was wearing the cast in the movie, I met the actual Veteran who was in that unit in Somalia when **** hit the fan, he lives(d) in Bloomington Illinois and I built a Military display case for him back in early 2000's and hand delivered it as we tossed back a few cold one's!!! Good Guy and as he said then about the movie.. it was Holly wooded Up... LOL

13 Hours, another good movie on (Benghazi) Sec State Clinton and Obama Dropped the Football on that incident big time!!!
I could list a ton, but stopping here... Honey-Do's they are a calling!!! Beer Beer
MidnightToker( • )( • ) Offline
#30 Posted: Mon, Dec 4 2023, 9:27 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
The Longest Day
Saving Private Ryan
Gettysburg
Casablanca

Is Casablanca a war movie? I thought all they really did was hint that it took place during WW2?
Palama Offline
#31 Posted: Mon, Dec 4 2023, 9:51 PM EST
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MidnightToker( • )( • ) wrote:
Is Casablanca a war movie? I thought all they really did was hint that it took place during WW2?


Although I absolutely love “Casablanca”, I’ve never considered it a war movie; otherwise I would definitely have listed it.
RiverRatRuss Offline
#32 Posted: Tue, Dec 5 2023, 1:08 PM EST
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Casablanca is in Cuba and one day I'm heading there!!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca,_Havana

would love to tour Cuba and speak with the Harleyistas (Biker Club) in Cuba who found the Harley Davidson from WWII stuffed in crates in caves left over from WWII.. WLA-45's and ride them today!!!
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