9th Company

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Hmmm, I was actually sure it was Russian...

Nope... it seems that I was right... Columbia Pictures... [;)]


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beast_%281988_film%29

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094716/


Leo "Apollo11"

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11
Though... this was not Russian movie per-se... it was only about Russians in Afganistan... (I think some "augmented" Augusta helicopeters were used to mimic Mi-24 BTW)...

<shrug> In that case, I deffinitely didnt see it. [:(]

[Terminus]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Hmmm, I was actually sure it was Russian...

Nope... it seems that I was right... Columbia Pictures... [;)]


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beast_%281988_film%29

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094716/


Leo "Apollo11"

Well, it HAS been a while since I saw it... Then I guess I've never seen a Russian war movie...

[Onime No Kyo]

Made in 1988.....no propaganda there, I'm sure. [:D]

[Przemcio231]

Well it was hazardus to take part in the old WWII USSR movies in one of them they the were filming a russian tank attack so they moved a Tank Battalion on the scean and order it to move... while the tanks started to roll a artilery battery opened up with live ammo and tryed to hit spaces between the tanks... i heard they got some wounded down there...[X(]

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Przemcio231

Well it was hazardus to take part in the old WWII USSR movies in one of them they the were filming a russian tank attack so they moved a Tank Battalion on the scean and order it to move... while the tanks started to roll a artilery battery opened up with live ammo and tryed to hit spaces between the tanks... i heard they got some wounded down there...[X(]

Live ammo on a movie set? Pshhhhh....

[Graycompany]

ORIGINAL: Przemcio231

and i think its great it showe the brutality of a war without any patriotic crap about dying for your country and such as shown in any US made War Films. [:D]

all right now partner, you better not be making fun of John Wayne, or there will be trouble, pilgram.[:D]

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Graycompany

ORIGINAL: Przemcio231

and i think its great it showe the brutality of a war without any patriotic crap about dying for your country and such as shown in any US made War Films. [:D]

all right now partner, you better not be making fun of John Wayne, or there will be trouble, pilgram.[:D]

[:D]

<mental image of Ryan Styles doing an Duke impression>

[Przemcio231]

Well to be honest on of the best US made War movies i'v seen was "KELLY'S HEROS"[:D]

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Przemcio231

Well to be honest on of the best US made War movies i'v seen was "KELLY'S HEROS"[:D]

Thats not a war movie. [X(]

Thats an anti-war movie.

[Przemcio231]

Nope its a comedy[:D]

[Rob Brennan UK]

Darn good film though.

What did everyone think of

Cross of iron ? ( i liked this quite a lot)
Enemy at the gates ? ( again enjoyed this one)

Can't recall any much newer ones than those 2 thats been any good , possibly excepting saving private ryan ( first 1/2 hour anyway).

All other recent ones imo have been utterly unwatchable (PH + U571 spring to mind).

The beast was a good movie on a low budget and yes it was a bit stereotypical and certainly propagandist , the mujahadeen are heroes ( imagine making that one these days [;)])

[Onime No Kyo]

Havent seen Cross of Iron to my emrabassment.
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Enemy at the Gates we had a discussion about in another thread. I thought it was pretty decent for a Hollywood flick....but ridiculously biased and full of all sorts of apocriphal BS.

[Rob Brennan UK]

Cross of iron is worth watching if you see a cheap copy or catch it on TV sometime. It's a tad moralistic but very grim and gritty, set in the crimea in '44 and its based on a squad of german infantry. poor sods get clobbered [;)]. makes a change from an allied perspective war flick.

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK

Cross of iron is worth watching if you see a cheap copy or catch it on TV sometime. It's a tad moralistic but very grim and gritty, set in the crimea in '44 and its based on a squad of german infantry. poor sods get clobbered [;)]. makes a change from an allied perspective war flick.

Dont think I can recall seeing anything from that angle. Seems like an interesting watch.

There was a good Russian movie with that angle. It was about 4 guys and an antitank rifle in 1941 who get left to protect some arbitrary point on a map. In true Russian fashion it went on to explore the moral and psychological differences between 4 very different people but concluded with 3 of the guys duying in defense of Mother Russia all the same...except for one guy who deserted.

[Terminus]

ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK

Cross of iron is worth watching if you see a cheap copy or catch it on TV sometime. It's a tad moralistic but very grim and gritty, set in the crimea in '44 and its based on a squad of german infantry. poor sods get clobbered [;)]. makes a change from an allied perspective war flick.

Yeah, and the clobbering is mainly done by their own side. The remnants *almost* make it to their lines, and then get massacred by "friendly" fire. Classic film...

[Terminus]

"Stalingrad" is a fantastic film, too... But find it with subtitles, if you don't speak Ze German... Dubbing ruins every film.

[Onime No Kyo]

Sound like there are a lot of ze german films I would like but stand zero chance of ever finding.

[Przemcio231]

E-Mule works wounders[:D]&nbsp;+ some subtitles page[:D]

[Terminus]

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