Reply With QuoteSPR was too fictional. I'm supposed to believe that crack SS troops (they had Tigers ffs) would be that crap?
All war movies are far-fetched, but Platoon was the most realistic. In many respects, it showed it sort of like it really was -- everyone was stoned; undisciplined; ineffective; and blacks were always bullying and accusing hapless Anglos of racism.
SPR was too fictional. I'm supposed to believe that crack SS troops (they had Tigers ffs) would be that crap?
Twelve O'Clock High, starring Gregory Peck and the others that made up the outstanding cast. If it is highly fictional I would not know since I am not much on studying war(s).
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I forgot Lawrence of Arabia. It is my favorite. It is Peter O'Toole's finest and has a cast that few movies can even come close to matching, imho.
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Prince Feisal: Gasim's time has come, Lawrence. It is written.
T.E. Lawrence: Nothing is written.
Sherif Ali: You will not be at Aqaba, English! Go back, blasphemer...but you will not be at Aqaba!
T.E. Lawrence: I shall be at Aqaba. That IS written. In here [in his head].
Lawrence of Arabia lies. In the movie it has him doing shit that in real life was done by Ausralian troops.
I agree.
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As far as WWII goes, Saving Private Ryan was a good movie. Not my favorite, but definitely up there.
While not a movie, Band of Brothers was an amazing series, and in my opinion, it was even better than Private Ryan.
Das Boot...I haven't seen this one in a long time, but it will always be a favorite.
Someone mentioned The Great Escape....loved it. Kelly's Heroes, loved it. Also, Dirty Dozen was well made....though too much of "The New" Hollywood leaked into it's making, (Donald Sutherland was made for that part...or visey versy, Telly Savalas was awesome. And of course, Lee Marvin..good, and enjoyable flick).
Movies that haven't been mentioned, but should be watched...like right now......King Rat, Bridge Over the River Kwai, 12 O'Clock High, Sahara, (loved the ending), Stalag 17.
I really need to set aside a WWII Movie Weekend.
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Paths of Glory
Patton
In Harms Way
Sergant York
Bridge on The River Kwai
Blackhawk Down
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
The Great Escape
Enemy at the Gates
They Were Expendable
Kelly's Heroes
Stalag 17
Battleship Potemkin
Battleground
Hell is for Heroes
Catch 22
12 O'clock High is probably the best.
BAT-21, with Jerry Reed and Gene Hackman. I forget the black actor's name.
Saving Private Ryan
Valkyrie. I think what's his face did a very good acting job in it; not as good as in The Rain Man, but good nonetheless.
Band of Brothers, not a movie; it was much better than any movie.
The Alamo. Hate John Wayne in the movie, but it was a fave of mine as a kid.
All Quiet On The Western Front, the version with 'John Boy' and Ernest Borgnine in it.
The Blue Max. I love any WW I air war movie, regardless of 'realism'; I like biplanes. Those pilots had real balls. Stupid as rocks, but certainly brave.
No Man Is An Island. Not well known but a fave as a kid.
Midway.
Bridge Over River Kwai.
Big Red One. Mainly because of Lee Marvin's character.
I don't recall any good Napoleonic period war movies, which would include the American Civil War, but there are some I haven't seen, so I'm open to suggestions on that era.
The Lost Patrol, with Ricky Schroeder was surprisingly good. It was the first movie I saw him in a serious role. Low budget, though.
I prefer war time spy movies to war movies, in any case.
Oh yeah, and Air America with Mel Gibson; probably not a 'war movie' per se but kind of is.
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Re all the 'Nam' stuff most vets I know had pretty easy tours, so it's not an era good for 'war movie' epics imo.
President Josiah Bartlet: Sweden has a 100% literacy rate. 100%! How do they do that?
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Forgot a few
1. Cold Mountain
2. Enemy at the Gates.
3. The red badge of courage
4. Midway
I like the story line and concept behind Enemy at the Gates, and many of the scenes and acting in it, but it had an eerie, butchered feel to it, as if many chunks of narrative and scenes had been cut out of it. It should have been a longer movie, or even a series, like BoB to get a full appreciation and coverage of the story line. I don't know enough about movie making to know who to blame for that, the editors maybe, or the director, or the screenplay writers, but somehow it seemed to me that it should have been much better than it was.
President Josiah Bartlet: Sweden has a 100% literacy rate. 100%! How do they do that?
Leo McGarry: Maybe they don't and they can't add.
True, but it did us the kind favor of showing the war from a different perspective. They should do something similiar from the Nazi side, like a werhmacht "Das Boot" as long as it is honest.
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The Kriegsmarine was part of the Wehrmacht. I think you meant to say from the Heer perspective.
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We've had a navy movie but now I wish they'd have a military movie.
James Mason and James Coburn did a movie based on the German armies that got surrounded and wiped out by the Russians from a German perspective. Mason was the dedicated, rich kid Nazi officer completely out of touch with the reality of the situation and who kept ordering all this impossible stuff to be done, orders from above, and Coburn the fatalistic German sergeant who knew the truth of the situation and tried to keep his men alive as long as possible, along with several side stories. I don't recall the name of it, it wasn't very good as a movie but it was different from the norm, and in the general vein of what you're saying here. A remake of that one would be good.
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