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re: What is your Mt Rushmore of war movies?
Posted on 4/16/21 at 8:01 am to Havoc
Posted on 4/16/21 at 8:01 am to Havoc
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Vietnam War-Full Metal Jacket
At least half the movie is boot camp not even in-country. Platoon is the answer, warts and all.
Uh your point is training does not count as a War Movie falls kind of flat. Platoon was a good movie, but myself I prefer FMJ. These are all just opinions.
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Posted on 4/16/21 at 10:18 am to nctiger71
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Korean War-Can't think of one sadly
Pork Chop Hill, maybe.
Don’t guess MASH would be considered a war movie
It is pretty sad because there were many stories to tell.
"Inchon" was a great story but a very bad movie.
Posted on 4/16/21 at 10:20 am to RD Dawg
Midway
Sergeant York
Saving Private Ryan
Sergeant York
Saving Private Ryan
Posted on 4/16/21 at 11:03 am to Tackle74
Black Hawk Down
Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers
1917
Dunkirk
Jarhead
The Hurt Locker
Gettysburg
Band of Brothers - i can't think of a better film than this series
Generation Kill
Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers
1917
Dunkirk
Jarhead
The Hurt Locker
Gettysburg
Band of Brothers - i can't think of a better film than this series
Generation Kill
Posted on 4/16/21 at 12:40 pm to rebeloke
I'll add to the list one of my favorites, A Bridge too far.
Posted on 4/16/21 at 1:22 pm to rebeloke
WWII Movies
Patton -1970
The Train-1965
Midway -1976
The Longest Day-1962
Vietnam & Beyond Movies
Black Hawk Down-2001
Apocalypse Now-1979
Full Metal Jacket-1987
Platoon-1986
Prisoner of War Movies
Von Ryan's Express-1965
The Bridge on the River Kwai-1957
The Great Escape-1963
King Rat-1965
Patton -1970
The Train-1965
Midway -1976
The Longest Day-1962
Vietnam & Beyond Movies
Black Hawk Down-2001
Apocalypse Now-1979
Full Metal Jacket-1987
Platoon-1986
Prisoner of War Movies
Von Ryan's Express-1965
The Bridge on the River Kwai-1957
The Great Escape-1963
King Rat-1965
Posted on 4/18/21 at 8:34 am to AUFANATL
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I would say war - a real war that actually happened - has to be a central, overeriding theme of the film.
I would consider Paths of Glory and the Deer Hunter to be "war movies" despite the fact that maybe 20% of the film is actual war, but the war itself just permeates all of the other scenes and shapes the characters and their actions.
Schindler's List takes place during the war but it's more about the the holocaust and the dehumanization of the jews (concurrent social policies) than it is the German war effort.
i think it can be broken down into 2 categories:
a. war as a major underlying theme (eg. deer hunter, schindlers list)
b. movies which depict actual battles
when i hear "war movie", i think of category B
Posted on 4/18/21 at 8:39 am to rebeloke
1. Saving Private Ryan
2. They Were Expendable
3. Enemy at the Gates
4. Red Dawn
2. They Were Expendable
3. Enemy at the Gates
4. Red Dawn
Posted on 4/18/21 at 9:27 am to udtiger
Best, or most enjoyable? Because if the latter is the criterion:
Kelly's Heroes
Kelly's Heroes
Posted on 4/18/21 at 1:25 pm to rebeloke
Patton
Kelly’s Heroes
Mash
The Longest Day
Hey, it’s MY Mt. Rushmore
Kelly’s Heroes
Mash
The Longest Day
Hey, it’s MY Mt. Rushmore
Posted on 4/18/21 at 1:42 pm to rebeloke
All Quiet on the Western Front
Apocalypse Now
Paths of Glory
Saving Private Ryan
Apocalypse Now
Paths of Glory
Saving Private Ryan
Posted on 4/18/21 at 4:16 pm to dawgdayafternoon
Saving Private Ryan
Braveheart
Midway
Apocalypse Now
Braveheart
Midway
Apocalypse Now
Posted on 4/18/21 at 4:25 pm to rebeloke
- Come and See (1985)
- Downfall (2004)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- Das Boot (1981)
- Downfall (2004)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- Das Boot (1981)
Posted on 4/18/21 at 5:58 pm to rebeloke
Rushmore - for the play at the end.
Apocalypse Now.
Bridge on the River Kwai
Casablanca
Patton
Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
Gone with the Wind
Apocalypse Now.
Bridge on the River Kwai
Casablanca
Patton
Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
Gone with the Wind
Posted on 4/18/21 at 6:45 pm to rebeloke
Here’s five good ones not yet mentioned:
To Hell and Back (Audie Murphy bio)
War Horse
Halls of Montezuma
Hamburger Hill
... and Battle Cry.
As a Marine grunt who fought in Vietnam, I submit that Platoon and Hamburger Hill are far, far more accurate in all respects. No one’s close, not even ApocNow.
FMJ is entertaining as hell and an accurate Boot Camp movie but it grossly falls apart for accuracy — actually quite absurd — when it reaches Vietnam.
As for WWI, I don’t think there has been an accurate movie yet made about that carnage. Some good, dark ones but not yet an epic to capture it. The recent 1917 made a good effort but comes up just a bit short.
Korea? So much fertile ground for a good young director. Pork Chop Hill, Sgt.Rutledge, Bridges at Toko Ri and The Inn of the Sixth Happiness were nice ones.
To Hell and Back (Audie Murphy bio)
War Horse
Halls of Montezuma
Hamburger Hill
... and Battle Cry.
As a Marine grunt who fought in Vietnam, I submit that Platoon and Hamburger Hill are far, far more accurate in all respects. No one’s close, not even ApocNow.
FMJ is entertaining as hell and an accurate Boot Camp movie but it grossly falls apart for accuracy — actually quite absurd — when it reaches Vietnam.
As for WWI, I don’t think there has been an accurate movie yet made about that carnage. Some good, dark ones but not yet an epic to capture it. The recent 1917 made a good effort but comes up just a bit short.
Korea? So much fertile ground for a good young director. Pork Chop Hill, Sgt.Rutledge, Bridges at Toko Ri and The Inn of the Sixth Happiness were nice ones.
This post was edited on 4/18/21 at 6:48 pm
Posted on 4/18/21 at 9:33 pm to rebeloke
Platoon
Bridge on the River Kwai
Saving Private Ryan
Tora Tora Tora
Bridge on the River Kwai
Saving Private Ryan
Tora Tora Tora
Posted on 4/18/21 at 9:40 pm to rebeloke
Saving Private Ryan
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
Enemy at the Gates
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
Enemy at the Gates
Posted on 4/18/21 at 10:00 pm to Coach Buzzcut
1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Black Hawk Down
3. Glory
4. Full Metal Jacket
That’s my list for traditional “war movies”, but if we’re talking movies where war plays a factor in a story that isn’t necessarily about “the war”, I’d throw these out as personal favorites:
1. Last of the Mohicans
2. Three Kings
3. Valkyrie
4. Good Morning Vietnam
Also, just one that hasn’t been mentioned that always really stuck with me and I’m curious if anyone else remembered/was moved by this one like I was:
2. Black Hawk Down
3. Glory
4. Full Metal Jacket
That’s my list for traditional “war movies”, but if we’re talking movies where war plays a factor in a story that isn’t necessarily about “the war”, I’d throw these out as personal favorites:
1. Last of the Mohicans
2. Three Kings
3. Valkyrie
4. Good Morning Vietnam
Also, just one that hasn’t been mentioned that always really stuck with me and I’m curious if anyone else remembered/was moved by this one like I was:
quote:
In the winter of 1944, American soldiers led by Will Knott (Ethan Hawke) are assigned to capture a small squad of German soldiers posted in France's Ardennes forest. Tired of war, the Americans, having already lost half their division, discover that their German enemy is equally unmotivated to fight. With Jewish soldier Stan Shutzer (Arye Gross) interpreting, the Germans and Americans agree on a plan that will let the former surrender without violence -- but then, tragedy strikes.
This post was edited on 4/18/21 at 10:10 pm
Posted on 4/19/21 at 11:00 am to chinese58
quote:
Vietnam & Beyond Movies
Black Hawk Down-2001
Apocalypse Now-1979
Full Metal Jacket-1987
Platoon-1986
This would be my Mount Rushmore.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:40 pm to rebeloke
The Longest Day
Sgt York
The Birth of A Nation
Apocalypse Now
To me, those are the 4 movies that are best war movies and captures a separate time in each movie. They are all historical for what they did in movies.
Sgt York
The Birth of A Nation
Apocalypse Now
To me, those are the 4 movies that are best war movies and captures a separate time in each movie. They are all historical for what they did in movies.
This post was edited on 4/19/21 at 1:42 pm
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