Best WWII movie

[terje439]

Title says it, your favorite WWII movie. (And since there might be more like me, top 3 works to [:D])

1. Stalingrad. Not sure why, but that movie is my preferred one.
2. Patton. It is added because they did not remove Patton slapping his GIs. A non-all-good american general in an american movie?! Unheard off [:D]
3. Tora!Tora!Tora! My by far preferred movie from the Pacific Theathre.

[Hertston]

Das Boot. Nuff said.

[Les_the_Sarge_9_1]

For fun factor Kelly's Heroes.

For national pride's sake The Devil's Brigade (we Canadians look cool up against the US in this one ).

But to sum up my over all fav, dang that's nearly impossible.

Longest Day or A Bridge Too Far. Both were dripping in big name actors.

Sentimental value, Midway. Only film I can recall watching at a theater with my dad.

[Gil R.]

Admittedly, I saw it when I was maybe 12 or 13 and therefore I might think otherwise if I were to see it again, but I recall "Winds of War" as outstanding. Not my first choice, but I figured that it shouldn't be overlooked.

First choice would have to be "Bridge Over the River Kwai."

Personally, I think that "Schindler's List" is as good a movie as I've ever seen, and technically it qualifies for this discussion, but I have a hunch that it's not what most people have in mind when it comes to WWII movies...

[Sarge]

I never get tired of watching The Great Escape

[bostonrpgmania]

Longest day for me, which was very true to the original non fiction written by C. Ryan

[JudgeDredd]

A Bridge Too Far - I would really like to see a GOOD remake of this!
 
Note to Hollywood Don't even attempt it if your going to bugger it up!!

[ezzler]

 5 Films that I would stay I up to watch on late night TV.

Schindlers List
Das Boot
The Longest Day
Battle Of Britain
Cross of Iron

[otisabuser2]

My five :-

Battle of Britain
Dambusters
Where Eagles Dare
Saving Private Ryan
Band of Brothers

Dambusters is one that I would like to see remade, but NOT in the Hollywood style. Just in colour, with modern special effects, real Lancasters and with Michael Redgrave reprising his role as Barnes Wallis.

[jvgfanatic]

Have to add props for Downfall though the others listed here are classics.

[Laryngoscope]

Dambusters is one that I would like to see remade, but NOT in the Hollywood style. Just in colour, with modern special effects, real Lancasters and with Michael Redgrave reprising his role as Barnes Wallis.

You've got to be joking right ????

see http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/33840

[sol_invictus]

Definately Cross of Iron is my favorite, quickly followed by Saving Private Ryan, A Bridge Too Far, Das Boot, and The Eagle Has Landed.

[bradfordkay]

Battle of Britain
A Bridge Too Far (how on earth could any remake improve on this one??)
Tora, Tora, Tora

[anarchyintheuk]

Saving Private Ryan
Midway (absent the Chuck Heston character and his whiney-bitch son)
Das Boot
Cross of Iron
Any Godzilla film (assuming that radiation from ww2 caused his birth)

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: Hertston

Das Boot. Nuff said.

I stand corrected! Not only should this one definately be in any top list of WWII movies, I also own it. Wonder how it even slipped my mind...[X(]

[ezzler]

You need the Chuck character to let the narative flow , otherwise you end up with lots of people explaining the plot a la Gettysburg.
' Now Gen'll Longstreet i think you should go to attack Little round Top while General Early moves around the flanks to the peach orchard . Then tomorrow Gen'l Pickett can come up the centre.'
 Gosh general Lee ,  if this works we will have broken the enemy and may be able to move on Washinton or at least the 1864 elections will be very tough for Lincoln' .. etc .
 Far better Heston flips from codes/ciphers to carrier ops  to air command to pilot.

[otisabuser2]

quote:


Dambusters is one that I would like to see remade, but NOT in the Hollywood style. Just in colour, with modern special effects, real Lancasters and with Michael Redgrave reprising his role as Barnes Wallis.


You've got to be joking right ????

see http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/33840

I had no idea.

I've got this horrible feeling..........

[anarchyintheuk]

ORIGINAL: ezz

You need the Chuck character to let the narative flow , otherwise you end up with lots of people explaining the plot a la Gettysburg.
' Now Gen'll Longstreet i think you should go to attack Little round Top while General Early moves around the flanks to the peach orchard . Then tomorrow Gen'l Pickett can come up the centre.'
Gosh general Lee ,  if this works we will have broken the enemy and may be able to move on Washinton or at least the 1864 elections will be very tough for Lincoln' .. etc .
Far better Heston flips from codes/ciphers to carrier ops  to air command to pilot.

[:D] True, but the whiney son is still inexcusable, even as a plot device. Hal Holbrook doing some sort of Mark Twain impersonation sucked as well. Reimagining that movie with Chuck Norris is Heston's place is preferable.

[JudgeDredd]

ORIGINAL: bradfordkay
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A Bridge Too Far (how on earth could any remake improve on this one??)
..

By removing that normally fantastic actor Gene Hackman and putting someone in with a have decent Polish accent. Also, dare I say it, CGIs?

However, as I "meant" in my previous post with my note to Hollywood...they would have to keep the story pretty much untouched as it was nigh perfection in the original.

So in short, same story, CGI's and decent actors (although alot of the originals did suit the parts!)

[ezzler]

I remember seeing Midway at the cinema with SENSAROUND the same vibrating effect that they used for earthquake .When the bombs hit it all shook , I was well impressed . { but I was very young}.

Of course you are right , the Pilot son was pretty lame.

At the risk of alienating the entire community doesn't anyone else think Saving  Private Ryan was a bit , well , sentimental heart tugs and  abit overdone. I could gladly watch the start , the sniper scene , and the mexican stand off scene which are trully amazing . But a lot of the rest of it ....yawn... Am I missing something { and I just saw it again last week.}