100 Greatest War films..
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Full Metal Jacket Ftw! (THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN ALL CAPS, FTW OF COURSE)
I love war movies thats a great list...my Personal faves are Saving Private Ryan and Enemy at The Gates
The Boat (Das Boot)
Band of Brothers
Saving Private Ryan
Bridge On The River Kwai
Kelly's Heroes (funniest-most offbeat)
M.A.S.H. (a very socially significant film when it was released)
I just wish that Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg had at least PRETENDED that us Brits played a rather more significant part in winning the conflict<-----Yes. It's amazing to me how many of us Americans tend to either forget, or were simply never taught, the overwhelming significance of our allies in winning both world wars. A comparison of ours vs Russian casualty figures from WWII and British and French figures from WWI is a most humbling experience, or at least it should be.
All Quiet on the Western Front deserves much higher than #33<-----Absolutely, and for all the reasons you mentioned
Hell in The Pacific<-----An excellent call, Jeb
Band of Brothers
Saving Private Ryan
Bridge On The River Kwai
Kelly's Heroes (funniest-most offbeat)
M.A.S.H. (a very socially significant film when it was released)
I just wish that Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg had at least PRETENDED that us Brits played a rather more significant part in winning the conflict<-----Yes. It's amazing to me how many of us Americans tend to either forget, or were simply never taught, the overwhelming significance of our allies in winning both world wars. A comparison of ours vs Russian casualty figures from WWII and British and French figures from WWI is a most humbling experience, or at least it should be.
All Quiet on the Western Front deserves much higher than #33<-----Absolutely, and for all the reasons you mentioned
Hell in The Pacific<-----An excellent call, Jeb
I just wish that Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg had at least PRETENDED that us Brits played a rather more significant part in winning the conflict<-----Cheers! I meant to add that had Britain been defeated; had you Brits not gutted it out virtually on your own for some time; the price in lives to liberate Europe and the British Isles would have been staggeringly higher, particularly for the U.S. And the extra time that would have required might have given Hitler a chance to actuate a nuclear program, the thought of which is truly horrifying.
How about "To Hell and Back"? That one's also good.
What an interesting list- as usual. I don't often like these things because we don't get to see the criteria, and if it's just someone's opinion, I'd echo what a lot of people were saying on here. "Saving Private Ryan", while being a good movie, is NOT the best war movie of all time to me. I mean, I don't think it's anywhere near as good as Platoon, Apocolypse Now, Patton (Which was WAY too far down on the list), or Full Metal Jacket.
And where the hell is "Midway"???? I don't even remember seeing that on the list. Great movie, as is Longest Day, which I first saw at the age of 5 with my dad. I thank him for that.
I did take issue with one of the editorials on the list:
55. Casualties Of War, 1989
In Brian De Palma's brutal and disturbing fact-based Vietnam film, a Vietnamese women is kidnapped, raped and murdered by four GIs led by battle-scarred Sean Penn. But new recruit Michael J Fox is determined they shouldn't get away with murder - unlike the rest of the American soldiers in Vietnam - and the battle lines are drawn between him and Penn, the leader of the gang.
:wtf: That part I put in bold really pissed me off!
Another movie I would have recommended for that list was "Objective: Burma!" from 1945, with Errol Flynn in it. A very very good movie.
Anyhow, just my thoughts. :hatsoff:
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And where the hell is "Midway"???? I don't even remember seeing that on the list. Great movie, as is Longest Day, which I first saw at the age of 5 with my dad. I thank him for that.
I did take issue with one of the editorials on the list:
55. Casualties Of War, 1989
In Brian De Palma's brutal and disturbing fact-based Vietnam film, a Vietnamese women is kidnapped, raped and murdered by four GIs led by battle-scarred Sean Penn. But new recruit Michael J Fox is determined they shouldn't get away with murder - unlike the rest of the American soldiers in Vietnam - and the battle lines are drawn between him and Penn, the leader of the gang.
:wtf: That part I put in bold really pissed me off!
Another movie I would have recommended for that list was "Objective: Burma!" from 1945, with Errol Flynn in it. A very very good movie.
Anyhow, just my thoughts. :hatsoff:
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Awesome post, thanks for the list.
I love lists.
I love lists.
