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I remember an Italian-made show on North Africa. I think it was called "El Alamein" It had all the trappings of the traditional spaghetti-western.
The heros where a platoon of Italian infantry left out in the desert by the evil/overlord Germans against the main attack of the cold-blooded killer British.
For the battle scenes M113 Tracks and (what looks like) M-60 tanks are used. The Italians have in their aresenal a mortar-looking weapon, which couldn't be larger than a 50mm, but boy can that baby take out some tanks!!
Anyway, if nothing else, this flick is good for some chuckles.
One last comment on Pearl Harbor..................
Didn't see it. I figured a war flick from Disney just couldn't be any good.

aww cmon now phil, Disney flicks are always true stories and close to reality!

just look at Might Ducks 3!!!


oh wait.....never mind

Originally posted by Phil
I remember an Italian-made show on North Africa. I think it was called "El Alamein" It had all the trappings of the traditional spaghetti-western.
The heros where a platoon of Italian infantry left out in the desert by the evil/overlord Germans against the main attack of the cold-blooded killer British.
For the battle scenes M113 Tracks and (what looks like) M-60 tanks are used. The Italians have in their aresenal a mortar-looking weapon, which couldn't be larger than a 50mm, but boy can that baby take out some tanks!! *snip*

Yep! That's the one I was talking about - it has to be!
When you mention it, those are M-60 tanks (not M4's like I said - I know to tell an M4 from an M60 :rolleyes: )
I don't think they got anything right in that one.

Uh.. here's another fresh nominee: Behind enemy lines .
I can't believe Hackman agreed to take part in that one. Horrifying plot, stereotypical portrayal of Serbs (ie ALL serbs are deceptive, evil, murderous scum), the UN forces are all-obedient, and some renegade gung-ho US Marines saves the day. Hooray.

I saw No man's land yesterday though - a whole much better, although more of a dark humor satire, than a war movie.

Red Dawn

What a pathetic piece of Right-wing Reagenite propaganda..

WOLVARINES!!!
:puke

battle of the bulge.



its all in this tread, more like a comic.
And they could at least have called the american tanks M24's but that is what they are and they where in service back then. And the scene where they do areal recon in the fog..............................................


battle in the river plate is pretty crappy too but not as crappy as battle of the Bulge.

im only 16y old

Originally posted by Belisarius





Err.. can't remember the title right now, but some time ago I saw an incredibly crappy war movie on TV... standard M4's referred to, and used as Tigers, troops using hand grenades for busting tanks (no bazookas or AT's whatsoever), poor story...judging on actors and film/color I'd guess it's made in the early 60's.. *shrug*

ehhhmmm the big red one?? tigers look like shermans there, but thats an 80's movie[1981 i beleve]

I have to go with "Full Metal Jacket" being the worst. Half the movie is boot camp (like I haven't seen enough movies with that) - then the big seen and it's one girl holding up the whole platoon - and the guy don't want to shoot her cause she's a girl - give me a break!!

Figmo

worst war movie: The Green Berets

Need I say more?

Here's why -
John Wayne running w/ 2 M16s and hitting every shot
Viet-Cong advancing in closed order
Head North Vietnamese General guarded by about 10 drunk soldiers at night
Said General captured and sent up in a giant lobster suit to a plane
Pine Trees instead of Palm Trees
Films scened in the San Diego Zoo (obvious moulded rocks and plastic fauna)
Indiana Jone's sidekick ruins it as well

I have a knee jerk bias against modern and vietnam era movies I suppose.

I dont often rate them as good or bad in most cases. I often dont even allow them in polls.

Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, Hamburger Hill, The Boys In Company C, Uncommon Valour, A Rumour of War, Bat 21, etc etc. I am the same as video rental establishments. They are all just action movies to me (as they seem to be to them).

Some are good some are bad.

BTW - I heard a Military movie critic on the history channel pick "1941" as his worst war movie. Maybe I'm crazy but I loved it. The girl that couldn't get off unless in a plane, the "General Lee" tank, John Bolushi, the crackerjacks box compass and if you shoot a 40mm AA gun while still on it's wheels in front of your house guess where the gun will end up - yep that's right - in your house!!

I laughed so hard I cried!!

Figmo

Hi, even though the critics pounded 1941 I thought it was funny.
I do not consider it an attempt at history (though the US west coast was in a panic in 41) It is a much better movie then the reviews. Slim Pickens was great and Belushi well what can you say, he was so drunk during the filming of one sceen he fell off the airplane and almost broke his leg. It's Speilburgs biggest box office flop but only because the general public was unaware of it's context and was looking for some kind of 'Animal House' If you were unaware of the actual conditions you were left wondering just what all the fuss was about.