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Old 01-01-2004, 04:12 PM   #16
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Just Missed: "Platoon" (1986)
Twas #11.
Thin Red Line was not lame.
The Deer Hunter is my favorite.
Apocalypse Now deserves #1 though, I think.
It ties for #1 with the Jessica Lynch Story, anyway.

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Old 01-01-2004, 04:34 PM   #17
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That movie was lame.. Everything about it spelled L-A-M-E in big bold letters. I havn't seen in years. But my only lasting memory was the word lame. I should watch it sometime so I can come back and post the real truth about its lameness.
Please do, as I find those statements incredibly ignorant.
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Old 01-16-2005, 04:22 PM   #18
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My favorite war movie had to be Pearl Harbor.
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Old 01-16-2005, 07:49 PM   #19
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The Grave Of The Fireflies, an animated Japanese film, is amongst the best I've seen.
Apocalypse Now, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, SPR are some others I can remember rigth now.
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Old 01-16-2005, 08:23 PM   #20
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I can't believe I forgot Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin.
The Patriot sucked, btw.

The Battle Of Algiers is probably the best war film ever.
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Old 01-16-2005, 08:32 PM   #21
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The Patriot sucked, btw.
When I saw The Patriot I remember really liking it - until I remembered that we were the bad guys.

My favorite war movie is still A Bridge Too Far
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Old 01-17-2005, 09:33 AM   #22
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I read that list looking for two movies, Patton and The Great Escape, then afterwards I realized Platoon, and A Bridge Too Far were not up there either.
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Old 01-17-2005, 10:53 AM   #23
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Decent list, but incomplete.

The Bridge on the River Kwai
Das Boot
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Dr. Strangelove.
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I liked The Patriot, Gladiator, Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down and Saving Private Ryan. I think those movies were really good. I also liked Lord of the Rings: Return of the King...but I just naturally love that whole trilogy. Hehehehe! Chow!
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Old 01-17-2005, 10:13 PM   #26
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The only notable ones I've seen:

Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers
Black Hawk Down
Dr. Strangelove (more of a cold war movie.. )
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WHY ISNT PEARL HARBOR UP THERE???
pearl harbor!?!?! pssh that movie is hardly an action movie, love,love,saddness,love,love,sadness....little bit of action...THE END

that movie is not a war movie if so then sesame street is a horror show
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Old 02-11-2005, 09:17 PM   #28
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Black Hawk Down was a pretty good one too.
My husband's uncle has a character portrayed after him in that movie.

Too bad the Band of Brothers was a series, they are spectacular.
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Old 02-11-2005, 11:14 PM   #29
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I'm having trouble fathoming "We Were Soldiers" not even being mentioned. it may not be the most artsy or controversial war film made, but from what i've read and seen (from the book and photos in the book) it was a pretty accurate film.

Same goes for "Hamburger Hill" (though I wouldn't expect it on the list).

I wasn't impressed by "Thin Red Line"...I understand it was an artistic vision...and I suppose that's my problem with alot of the popular films ("Full Metal Jacket", "Apocalypse Now", and "Platoon" immediate come to mind) is that they tend to be borderline psychological thrillers that are accentuated by the fact that they are set in war. I did think it a bit punny that the review refers to "Apocalypse Now" as "Francis Ford Coppola's journey into the heart of darkness" since it was based on the novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.

So here's some of films I was disappointed not to see mentioned
"We Were Soldiers"
"Patton"
"The Longest Day"
"Tora! Tora! Tora"

I wonder if "Hotel Rwanda" will ever find itself on a list like this.
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