Top 5 War Movies
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I never was a big fan of war movies, but We Were Soldiers, Heartbreak Ridge, and Full Metal Jacket should get some mentions, IMO.
Any war flicks that people played soccer on base or flew drones?
Any war flicks that people played soccer on base or flew drones?
In harms way
Von Ryan's express
The great escape
Battle of the bulge
Stalag 17
Von Ryan's express
The great escape
Battle of the bulge
Stalag 17
Bridge On the River Kwai
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Saving Private Ryan
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Saving Private Ryan
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Stripes
Forrest Gump
Tropic Thunder
Independence Day
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Forrest Gump
Tropic Thunder
Independence Day
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Did you think this was a pro war movie thread?
I guess but far too often I see it put on lists like these while failing to see the point the film was trying to make. Technically, Paths to Glory is a war film but no one lists or mistakes it like Full Metal Jacket.
Besides, the correct answer is The Dirty Dozen.
A lot of war movies are anti war in the sense that war is a horrible thing. Apocalypse now especially
My mistake. I forgot there were no war scenes in the movie. Carry on guys, we missed on this one!
Gotta go with Sergeant York (B&W original)
Full Metal Jacket has the same problem Stripes has: it loses steam and effectiveness in its second half.
How do you connect people putting it on best war film lists to them not knowing the meaning of it?
I agree with that. Loved the first half, hated the 2nd.
Stripes had same issues.
I stony know if AN is as anti-war. That film uses the insanity and surrealness of the Vietnam War to document man's descent into madness. I don't think it makes the sweeping moral judgements on war that other films make.
Not a movie but Band of Brothers is my all time favorite. I've watched the series multiple times.
The things that generation went through is something else.
The things that generation went through is something else.
I thought I was going to have to post that one myself...Thank you...you restored my hope in humanity...[thumb2]
That's a good point, although it doesn't shine a positive light on war either. The goal is to reveal the casualties of war, which are amplified in the film. The casualties being the physchological state of combat soldiers
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Need Breaker Morant and Gallipoli on the list.
I agree with your choices but want to mention Kelly's Heroes
Still laugh my butt off on that one
Catch 22 is also a great one
Absolutely agree 100%
Also Zero Dark Thirty and The Hurt Locker
Thought "Enemy at the Gates" about the sniper duel in Stalingrad was awesome