Question for combat veterans that actually watch war movies

I thought the consensus was Saving Private Ryan?


ETA: Does anyone here have immediate family with a Distinguished Service Cross or Medal of Honor

Probably The Hurt Locker, long periods of boredom followed by short periods of terror.

Ambush scene in Forrest Gump.

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what is the most realistic combat movie?

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This varies largely for various reasons. But if you want real Afghanistan combat experiences watch Restrepo and Hornet’s Nest

Starship Troopers

My combat experience was limited to Panama and Desert Storm the first was brief and never built that long-term anxiety that many combat veterans have felt, my experiences in DS I didn't really consider combat in the traditional sense and would be a disservice to call real combat. There are no real combat movies about Panama (just Docs AFAIK) and movies about the 1993 war are far more engaging.

That being said when I first was in the military there were some Vietnam vet senior NCOs still around and all of them pointed to Platoon as being incredibly real for them. This could have been due it being a fairly new movie. In any case, it has become what I think of when I think of Vietnam. However, there are so many documentaries (with archival footage and first-person interviews in-country) about that war one need not rely on Hollywood to get a view of the war.

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Major Payne was so real , it's like the Damon Wayans must have really been in the Army.

My grandfather was in WWII , father in Vietnam, and I was I was in Desert Storm. I grew up hearing more about WWII. Even now at 49 movies about WWII get to me more than movies about VN.

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