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Eaglebauer On July 23, 2019
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Saint Louis, Missouri
#16New Post! Nov 14, 2018 @ 16:13:19
Bridge over the River Kwai

And although it was also more about a prison camp than the war itself, 1987's Empire of the Sun is one of my favorite movies of all time in any category.
shadowen On March 22, 2024




Bunyip Bend, Australia
#17New Post! Nov 14, 2018 @ 16:26:25
The Battle of Britain is good.

Note: Keith Park (who took command of No. 11 Group RAF, responsible for the fighter defence of London and southeast England) was a New Zealander.
shadowen On March 22, 2024




Bunyip Bend, Australia
#18New Post! Nov 14, 2018 @ 16:27:28
Cross of Iron is also good.
shadowen On March 22, 2024




Bunyip Bend, Australia
#19New Post! Nov 14, 2018 @ 16:34:08
The Wind That Shakes The Barley is another good one...
shadowen On March 22, 2024




Bunyip Bend, Australia
#20New Post! Nov 14, 2018 @ 16:45:42
The Siege of Jadotville...
Leon On December 21, 2023




San Diego, California
#21New Post! Nov 14, 2018 @ 16:59:04
Apocalypse Now
The Thin Red Line
shadowen On March 22, 2024




Bunyip Bend, Australia
#22New Post! Nov 14, 2018 @ 17:06:36


IMO a brilliant monologue...
twilitezone911 On March 25, 2019




Saint Louis, Missouri
#23New Post! Nov 14, 2018 @ 20:25:59
I thought the original " the thin red line " (1964 ) version with jack warden was better than the remake.
Cpat92 On May 16, 2021
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Lauderhill, Florida
#24New Post! Nov 14, 2018 @ 21:31:13
The Patriot
Chyna On December 21, 2018




Thomasville, Georgia
#25New Post! Dec 11, 2018 @ 22:17:22
My favorite war movie was "The Patriot"--was so bloody and the story was really good and the actors did an excellent job in this movie, is also one of my favorite Mel Gibson movies!!
Erimitus On July 01, 2021




The mind of God, Antarctica
#26New Post! Dec 12, 2018 @ 00:19:22
@Chyna Said

My favorite war movie was "The Patriot"--was so bloody and the story was really good and the actors did an excellent job in this movie, is also one of my favorite Mel Gibson movies!!



Private Ryan
Jennifer1984 On July 20, 2022
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Penzance, United Kingdom
#27New Post! Dec 12, 2018 @ 03:58:35
There is no such thing as a "good" war movie that celebrates or glorifies war or the men who take part in it.

Schindler's List is an example of an acceptable war film in that, among the godawful carnage, it shows how a man can rise above the horror being carried out all around him and do something decent at great risk to himself.

Private Ryan became too Gung-Ho and lost all sense of Noble Purpose with its lurid and blatantly chauvinistic Omaha Beach beginning, and the climactic final battle scene. In the end, SPR strays from it's initial theme of "Noble Purpose" and becomes just another kill-fest. This is a shame because the Captain Miller character was, at heart, a decent man but he was the only one in the group he led, who truly understood the mission for what it was. The fact that he was constantly having to control his own men, who saw no good in what they were doing, says much about the de-humanising effect of war among the common soldiery. If SPR makes any point at all, it's that.

Some war movies expose other kinds of horror and although they are stomach churning to watch do serve a sobering purpose..... to demonstrate how utterly dreadful war is. Into this category, I think, fall "Soldier Blue" and "The Killing Fields".

Soldier Blue told a bogus love story, but that was just filler material inserted as a lead up to the sickening depiction of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864. Purely by coincidence, it ran in cinemas around the time that news of the My Lai massacre broke and became all the more notorious for that.

The Killing Fields told of the friendship between an American journalist and his Cambodian liaison officer as the Nixon bombing programme created the conditions for the murderous Khmer Rouge regime to take over the country.

War is bad. Bad, bad, bad. It is true that genuine heroes do arise during conflict, but as in Schindler's List and the Killing Fields, they're not the ones with guns.

They're the ones attempting to save lives. Not end them.
Leon On December 21, 2023




San Diego, California
#28New Post! Dec 12, 2018 @ 07:50:51
@Jennifer1984 Said

There is no such thing as a "good" war movie that celebrates or glorifies war or the men who take part in it.

Schindler's List is an example of an acceptable war film in that, among the godawful carnage, it shows how a man can rise above the horror being carried out all around him and do something decent at great risk to himself.

Private Ryan became too Gung-Ho and lost all sense of Noble Purpose with its lurid and blatantly chauvinistic Omaha Beach beginning, and the climactic final battle scene. In the end, SPR strays from it's initial theme of "Noble Purpose" and becomes just another kill-fest. This is a shame because the Captain Miller character was, at heart, a decent man but he was the only one in the group he led, who truly understood the mission for what it was. The fact that he was constantly having to control his own men, who saw no good in what they were doing, says much about the de-humanising effect of war among the common soldiery. If SPR makes any point at all, it's that.

Some war movies expose other kinds of horror and although they are stomach churning to watch do serve a sobering purpose..... to demonstrate how utterly dreadful war is. Into this category, I think, fall "Soldier Blue" and "The Killing Fields".

Soldier Blue told a bogus love story, but that was just filler material inserted as a lead up to the sickening depiction of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864. Purely by coincidence, it ran in cinemas around the time that news of the My Lai massacre broke and became all the more notorious for that.

The Killing Fields told of the friendship between an American journalist and his Cambodian liaison officer as the Nixon bombing programme created the conditions for the murderous Khmer Rouge regime to take over the country.

War is bad. Bad, bad, bad. It is true that genuine heroes do arise during conflict, but as in Schindler's List and the Killing Fields, they're not the ones with guns.

They're the ones attempting to save lives. Not end them.


How should have Hitler been handled then?
Jennifer1984 On July 20, 2022
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Penzance, United Kingdom
#29New Post! Dec 12, 2018 @ 10:25:54
@Leon Said

How should have Hitler been handled then?



I thought this would happen. lol.

I'm not going to get sucked in. You've done this before.

This is a thread about movies. So, let's talk about movies. If you want to start a thread dedicated to politics, fine. I'll consider engaging with that although to be honest it would be pretty pointless because our views were diametrically opposed then and I know mine haven't changed so the only reason to start another thread would be if you've moderated your position. Which I doubt.

Best if you keep your point of view and I'll keep mine and we don't end up in a pointless bicker that goes nowhere, proves nothing and just annoys the hell out of everybody else.

Now.... how about we all stay on topic, eh..?
gakINGKONG On October 18, 2022




, Florida
#30New Post! Dec 12, 2018 @ 12:30:15
Zulu
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