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Rotten Tomatoes - 100 Best War Movies (SIAP)
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:57 am
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:57 am
I was in the mood to watch a war movie yesterday afternoon and came up with the Rotten Tomatoes list through google.
I'm listing some within the first 50 that drew my attention. There are a number of surprising omissions.
100 Best War Movies
1. Casablanca. Agree 100% on this one.
… 2 & 3 – never heard of
4. Dunkirk. Great movie, but don’t know I’d rate it this high.
7. Dr. Strangelove. Can’t argue with this one.
8. The Hurt Locker. Again, much higher than I’d rank it.
9. Lawrence of Arabia. Great movie.
10. Apocalypse Now. About right.
11. To Be or Not to Be. Great Jack Benny comedy, how do you rank this above some other great war flicks.
19. Zero Dark Thirty
21. Schindler’s List
24. Das Boot
25. Stalag 17
26. The Bridge on the River Kwai
28. Full Metal Jacket
34. Patton
38. Saving Private Ryan. I would rank it much higher.
41. Twelve O’Clock High
45. The Great Escape. One of my favorites
46. Letters from Iwo Jima. Would rank much higher
49. Zulu
I'm listing some within the first 50 that drew my attention. There are a number of surprising omissions.
100 Best War Movies
1. Casablanca. Agree 100% on this one.
… 2 & 3 – never heard of
4. Dunkirk. Great movie, but don’t know I’d rate it this high.
7. Dr. Strangelove. Can’t argue with this one.
8. The Hurt Locker. Again, much higher than I’d rank it.
9. Lawrence of Arabia. Great movie.
10. Apocalypse Now. About right.
11. To Be or Not to Be. Great Jack Benny comedy, how do you rank this above some other great war flicks.
19. Zero Dark Thirty
21. Schindler’s List
24. Das Boot
25. Stalag 17
26. The Bridge on the River Kwai
28. Full Metal Jacket
34. Patton
38. Saving Private Ryan. I would rank it much higher.
41. Twelve O’Clock High
45. The Great Escape. One of my favorites
46. Letters from Iwo Jima. Would rank much higher
49. Zulu
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Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:01 am to blueridgeTiger
I watched Midway for the 1st time this weekend, and I think it should be somewhere in there. I really enjoyed it. Then again, I'm extremely enamored with pre-jet dogfights because of the advantages and disadvantages of each country's fighter planes.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:05 am to blueridgeTiger
The first 25 minutes of Saving Private Ryan makes it #1 IMO
This post was edited on 3/9/20 at 11:06 am
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:08 am to blueridgeTiger
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26. The Bridge on the River Kwai
Maybe it is a generational reason as to why this movie ranks highly. I really dislike how this movie depicts war.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:10 am to blueridgeTiger
Who the frick puts Three kings above Ryan?
That's weird.
That's weird.
This post was edited on 3/9/20 at 11:13 am
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:12 am to GetCocky11
quote:
I really dislike how this movie depicts war.
how so?
the film was made in 1957...12 years after the war ended. 2008 was twelve years ago from now
it was basically contemporaneous
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:13 am to blueridgeTiger
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4. Dunkirk
No. Should be much, much lower.
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26. The Bridge on the River Kwai
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38. Saving Private Ryan
No. Should be much, much higher.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:16 am to JetsetNuggs
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The first 25 minutes of Saving Private Ryan makes it #1 IMO
Man there's lots of movies on that list that should be waaaaay behind Ryan.
I don't understand that shite at all.
Also, Casablanca coming in at number one is horseshite. First of all, the movie really isn't that great and secondly, it's not a "war movie" in the classic sense.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:21 am to Pandy Fackler
Casablanca as the #1 war movie is a bit like The English Patient or Gone With The Wind as the #1 war movie.
I mean, yea, there’s a war in it.
I mean, yea, there’s a war in it.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:23 am to blueridgeTiger
Dunkirk wasn't that good.
Fury at #86 is way too low.
Fury at #86 is way too low.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:26 am to classicgold
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Midway
Midway was so bad. They barely even covered the Japanese strategy or why the battle was so significant. A few maps would have helped. Also, homeboy's accent was hard to listen to and then he just would not shut up.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:27 am to blueridgeTiger
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4. Dunkirk. Great movie, but don’t know I’d rate it this high.
List is not really good.
I'm a Nolan fan, relatively speaking, and I can say, conclusively, Dunkirk at #4 is 100% recency bias. Does it deserve to be on the list of 100? Probably. Better than the other 96 films on the list? Not hardly. Probably in the #30s or #40s, at best.
I mean, Patton at #34 might be too low if we were talking about ALL films, much less war films. Thing was nominated for more than 10 Oscars, winning 7 and did not have a female speaking role.
IF Casablanca is a war film (it is not - it is a romance-noir with war as a distant backdrop), then I'm fine with it at #1. I wouldn't argue it being #1 GOAT film of all time - probably is.
List goes to hell immediately after #1
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:36 am to blueridgeTiger
The Hurt Locker above Lawrence? Please.
Also Zulu way too low.
Letters and Das Boot should be on the Top 10.
And Waterloo is an amazing film with real life logistical battle scenes you will never see again because of CGI.
Lawrence is #1. The entire movie is military strategy, war action, guerilla warfare, planning, adapting, military leaders using people as pawns.
So I'd at least have Lawrence, Das Boot, Zulu, Waterloo, Dr. Strangelove, Letters, Come and See, among others in the Top 10.
Also Zulu way too low.
Letters and Das Boot should be on the Top 10.
And Waterloo is an amazing film with real life logistical battle scenes you will never see again because of CGI.
Lawrence is #1. The entire movie is military strategy, war action, guerilla warfare, planning, adapting, military leaders using people as pawns.
So I'd at least have Lawrence, Das Boot, Zulu, Waterloo, Dr. Strangelove, Letters, Come and See, among others in the Top 10.
This post was edited on 3/9/20 at 11:47 am
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:46 am to blueridgeTiger
Even taking into account the foreign films which skews the list, it is still horrible.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:48 am to cgrand
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quote:quote:
I really dislike how this movie depicts war.
how so?
the film was made in 1957...12 years after the war ended. 2008 was twelve years ago from now
it was basically contemporaneous
B/c POWs didn't joyfully whistle as they marched to the construction of the Burma railway. The depiction of the lead British POW as a collaborator is laughable.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 12:13 pm to blueridgeTiger
Way too low:
Master and Commander
Twelve O'clock High
Way too high:
Dunkirk
Lincoln
Master and Commander
Twelve O'clock High
Way too high:
Dunkirk
Lincoln
Posted on 3/9/20 at 12:18 pm to SoFla Tideroller
Master and Commander is a modern classic.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 12:52 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Master and Commander is a modern classic.
Would have won BP if not for a little film named Lord of the Rings...
Posted on 3/9/20 at 12:55 pm to blueridgeTiger
As with most lists thrown together...yuck.
It does look like they are trying to serve too many needs here. I would think that The Hurt Locker and Dunkirk being that high is about it's focus on the effects and emotions of war, which they do pretty well (I still wouldn't put it that high).
SPR is probably where it should be as outside of the first 25 mins., it's an unremarkable film.
I mean Lawrence should be #1 on any war film list, so that's a problem.
It does look like they are trying to serve too many needs here. I would think that The Hurt Locker and Dunkirk being that high is about it's focus on the effects and emotions of war, which they do pretty well (I still wouldn't put it that high).
SPR is probably where it should be as outside of the first 25 mins., it's an unremarkable film.
I mean Lawrence should be #1 on any war film list, so that's a problem.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 12:56 pm to blueridgeTiger
Ok...maybe I'm way off base here, but I don't see how Tora!Tora!Tora! isn't in the top 100. Please tell me it was on there and I just scrolled past it.
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