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re: In search of a really good war movie
Posted on 1/19/18 at 2:10 am to AbuTheMonkey
Posted on 1/19/18 at 2:10 am to AbuTheMonkey
I liked 13 Hours, but Hurt Locker IS the absolute worst war movie ever produced. fricking Hot Shots is more accurate.
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Posted on 1/19/18 at 3:56 am to LSUfan389
Posted on 1/19/18 at 5:15 am to beauchristopher
To hell and back
Posted on 1/19/18 at 5:20 am to lsucoonass
Zulu!
Posted on 1/19/18 at 7:37 am to LSUfan389
a bridge over the river kwai
Posted on 1/19/18 at 7:58 am to AbuTheMonkey
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As a combat vet, my two favorites are Restrepo (for a real life documentary)
Yeah, I should have included it - one of the better combat documentaries, ever.
I never finished Hurt Locker - for all the praise it got - just awful. I loved 13 Hours for what it was, "Michael Bay makes a modern war movie" - G-d bless him, but he's a bad filmmaker. That one was enjoyable.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 8:05 am to LSUfan389
Empire of the Sun deserves mention.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:13 am to chew4219
quote:
I liked 13 Hours, but Hurt Locker IS the absolute worst war movie ever produced. fricking Hot Shots is more accurate.
I LIKE Hurt Locker as a pure movie
Of course, it's an absurd movie and I can see why vets would find it so
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:44 am to Pettifogger
Tropic Thunder
Posted on 1/19/18 at 10:47 am to LSUfan389
Land of Mine was good.
More of a post-war movie - teenage German POWs forced to clear thousands of mines from the Danish coast at the end of WWII. Foreign language, but not a ton of dialogue.
More of a post-war movie - teenage German POWs forced to clear thousands of mines from the Danish coast at the end of WWII. Foreign language, but not a ton of dialogue.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 10:56 am to chew4219
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I liked 13 Hours, but Hurt Locker IS the absolute worst war movie ever produced. fricking Hot Shots is more accurate.
Hell try watching it with an EOD dude
Somewhat related, but I spent nine months at the camp in Jordan where they filmed the movie. God I hated that place.
My top five:
1. The Longest Day
2. Midway
3. Bridge on the River Kwai
4. Zulu (book it's based on is excellent as well)
5. Patton
Posted on 1/19/18 at 11:15 am to Speedy G
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Land of Mine
Just read the synopsis. Geez. What a downer of a story.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 11:19 am to chew4219
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but Hurt Locker IS the absolute worst war movie ever produced.
Hurt Locker is a really good movie. Not a great war movie. But a really good movie.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 12:16 pm to Ace Midnight
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Gallipoli
I don't see this mentioned enough here. Great movie.
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Patton
Longest Day
Bridge Too Far
Damn straight.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 12:25 pm to LSUfan389
Das Boot
Director's cut with English subtitles
Director's cut with English subtitles
Posted on 1/19/18 at 1:31 pm to LSUfan389
No Top Gun?
Also, one can never forget:
Also, one can never forget:
Posted on 1/19/18 at 1:50 pm to LSUfan389
Based on info from this board yesterday I rented "Come and See" last night from Amazon video for $2.00. It is a 1986 Russian made movie on what life was like on the eastern front vs the Nazi. I am still in shock over it. Really a different type of "war movie" experience. The directorial style is rather amazing and his use of sound and sight was incredible.
Absolutely brutal and worth watching of you haven't seen it.
Absolutely brutal and worth watching of you haven't seen it.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 7:03 pm to LSUfan389
The Cross of Iron
Posted on 1/19/18 at 7:44 pm to LSUfan389
How the heck has no one mentioned The Deer Hunter 
And another underrated one is Casualties of War
And another underrated one is Casualties of War
This post was edited on 1/19/18 at 7:47 pm
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