OT: Saving Private Ryan

[Terminus]

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

Berenger looked like he had a badger staplegunned to his face.

Okay, we need a "Quotes by Forum Members" thread, with this as the first entry! Glad I'd just swallowed my mouthful of Diet Coke when I read it.

[Tankerace]

ORIGINAL: Yamato hugger

How can you hate Kellys Heros? There are so many quoteable lines in that movie [:D]

("I dont need you. 50 feet of bridge I can pick up almost anywhere. Schmuck")

People don't like Kelly's Heroes????!?!?!? Stop with the negative waves moriarity, stop with the negative waves.

[Terminus]

Sorry, didn't like it much either. Too weird...

[Tankerace]

I got bored the other day playing Pacific Fighters, so I decided to fly my P-40B like Ben Affleck in PH.... So, I jerked on the stick, stalled, made a crater in the ground, and stared at my computer screen wondering why I didn't get revived to see my girlfriend who had cheated on me with my best friend.

In all seriousness though, if you want a good movie with awsoem a/c sequences, see Battle of Britain hands down. "Repeat please! Repeat please!" If you want to see a dumbass movie about dumbasses flying dumbass training P-40s, watch PH.[:D]

[Tankerace]

Another good aerial movie is Fighter Squadron, made in 1949 with Robert Stack. What is better for a Jug fanboy like me than a ton of P-47s shooting down P-51s painted like Messerchmitts.

[Terminus]

"Battle of Britain" is fantastic. One of my favourite scenes is where Richard Burton takes the rookie replacement pilot up for training, and two of the other pilots in the squadron look at them walking away, going "tackatackatackatacka!!!".

[Tankerace]

"Spring chicken to sh***hawk in one easy lesson."

"You can teach, MONKEYS to fly better than that!"

[Speedysteve]

Agreed guys. BoB is a classic war film. Nice to see some genuine flying WW2 aircraft in there....

[Terminus]

Even if the 109s and 111s were Spanish.

[Tankerace]

I have a book on Spitfires, and there was an interview with a pilot (I don't have it handy, so I don't remember the name). He was sort of an advisor for the movie, and he said they had a Spit II, a Spit IA, and several Mk IXs, XIVs, and so on for use. He said of the RAF pilots they had fly them, all of them wanted the Spitfire II over the rest, saying that it handled far better than the other marks.

[Skyros]

BoB also has a great sound track.

[Speedysteve]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Even if the 109s and 111s were Spanish.

And that makes them not genuine WW2 aircraft?

[Przemcio231]

Hey there is an war movie made by poles about Italian Soldier its called "Giuseppe in Warsaw" and this movie is grat it was shot somewhere in the 60's i think... but its just grat[:D]

[GoofTrooper]

ORIGINAL: Speedy

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Even if the 109s and 111s were Spanish.

And that makes them not genuine WW2 aircraft?

Spanish 109's used the British Merlin engine.

[Crimguy]

One more that's terrific that no one mentioned is The Blue Max with George Peppard. Not always realistic, but a great story, and very well acted.

[GoofTrooper]

Now thats a great movie.

[Speedysteve]

ORIGINAL: GoofTrooper

ORIGINAL: Speedy

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Even if the 109s and 111s were Spanish.

And that makes them not genuine WW2 aircraft?

Spanish 109's used the British Merlin engine.

Lucky i'm an easy going guy who likes chat [;)]

Your theory is that for them to be classed as genuine WW2 aircraft means they have to have been built between 39-45, every part on them has to be the original part, the nuts and bolts have to be the originals? [:D] If so I wonder how many of them have been in any film.....

They can't have the chassis of a WW2 aircraft and have been modded to be classed as genuine WW2 aircraft in a film?

Regards,

Steven

[Bradley7735]

ORIGINAL: Tankerace

I got bored the other day playing Pacific Fighters, so I decided to fly my P-40B like Ben Affleck in PH.... So, I jerked on the stick, stalled, made a crater in the ground, and stared at my computer screen wondering why I didn't get revived to see my girlfriend who had cheated on me with my best friend.

In all seriousness though, if you want a good movie with awsoem a/c sequences, see Battle of Britain hands down. "Repeat please! Repeat please!" If you want to see a dumbass movie about dumbasses flying dumbass training P-40s, watch PH.[:D]

You didn't even mention the best part. Ben Afleck (a fighter pilot on 12/7/41) becomes one of Doolittle's B-25 pilots and bombs Tokyo. I had so much expectations from that movie. It blew more chunks than any other war movie I've seen.

[Speedysteve]

I know impressive eh Bradley. BoB Vet. PH and next thing you know a twin engine pilot over Tokyo and China [;)]

[Yamato hugger]

ORIGINAL: Crimguy

One more that's terrific that no one mentioned is The Blue Max with George Peppard. Not always realistic, but a great story, and very well acted.

I love the scene where he cuts the serial number off the aircraft and tosses it on the ground at the squadron commanders feet, glares at him and says: "Confirmed!" (refering to a kill he had gotten earlier but wasnt a confirmed kill so it didnt count).