Your Favourite War Movie

tracer · Post by **tracer** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 6:02 am

Everybody missed one: When Trumpets Fade. Only film I know of covering the battle of Hurtgen Forest. I own SPR, Stalingrad, Das Boot, Cross of Iron, Bridge Too Far and Kellys Heros on DVD, but keep watching an old VHS I taped off HBO of When Trumpets Fade. If you haven't seen it I think you should...the images in it stick with me long after the movie's over.

MaxGross · Post by **MaxGross** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 7:00 am

I can't believe you all forgot about "Gung Ho" with Randolph Scott, especially all you Marines.

I like all of them, but I'm Partial to the "The Big Red One" for personal reasons. Same action, different war.

Maybe Wild Bill would remember because most of you are too young, but when I was but a lad I saw a war movie where a bunch of GI's got ambushed on a train. That's all I can remember. I believe it was Asian soldiers who did the ambush. Came out in the early 50's or late 40's I want to say. I've never saw it again. Ring any bells?

parusski · Post by **parusski** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 7:55 am

I must say there are a lot of war movies I really like. But my all time favorites are:
1. Stalingrad
2. Cross of Iron
3. Winter War
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. Das Boot

I think there are no movies that really compare to these for there brutal and honest portrayl of war. Beyond that, they are also just damned good movies. Dodya, dasvadanya

Truckeye · Post by **Truckeye** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 7:57 am

i think youre right, i saw SPR again last week and had the same thoughts that some of the SPWAW sounds were from the movie!

Sniper had its moments.

Predator while a sci-fi movie had some fun combat stuff in it.

but if we say sci-fi that opens a can of worms.
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all my favorits are already on here so i was trying to bring up ones not mentioned.

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Randy · Post by **Randy** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 8:51 am

For those of you who have HBO, the new Steven Speilberg movie Band of Brothers starts this Sunday night. It's about an American Paratroop Co. in 1942, and goes throughout WWII. Its based on a book by Steven Ambrose.

Major Destruction · Post by **Major Destruction** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 9:34 am

The Tank

This film cuts to the quick.

A story of a Soviet tank crew in Afganistan.
The commander is a veteran of WW2 and loooks more like a SS Panzer commander than a Russian. He also acts like one. The crew is more like a US army Viet Nam conscript than a Russian and they do their duty in much the same way.

Dirty business. Very emotional.

Lars Remmen · Post by **Lars Remmen** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 11:36 am

I don't think anyone has mentioned 'Die Brücke' (The Bridge) based on the book written by Manfred Gregor. A story about seven German schoolboys ordered to defend a small bridge against the onrushing US forces in the last days of the war. Quite a movie.

AmmoSgt · Post by **AmmoSgt** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 11:56 am

I don't know it ya'll are sticking to Ground Combat but Dr. Strangelove deserves mention for portraying the sense of mission orientation that went with the Cold War ... The Bedford Incident is another good one ...Also Crimson Tide did a good job dealing with some of the mental
aspects and whats at stake ....
In the Ground Combat category along with Bridge to Far and the Longest Day... Guadacanal Diary ...and Sahara are couple of my Favs ..The Rough Riders hasn't been mentioned . I think it deserves mention ... M.A.S.H ( the Movie) had a lot of truth in it I thought... The Battle of Britian is one of my favs ... Against The Wind is another good one ...and Yes I watched Saving Private Ryan..once ..I liked it but it will be a while before i watch it again ...

nexus · Post by **nexus** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 4:48 pm

Originally posted by Greg McCarty:
I have a question:

The film Stalingrad, the more recent one, was based on an earlier film, same subject and title, also German, from 1958 according to the film catalog. Anyone seen that one and is it worth obtaining? It too, is available from some outfit in New Jersey.

hallo.

yes,there was another (good,as i remember) film from east front war. i´m not shure if it´s esp. about stalingrad. the title in german is:

"Hunde,wollt ihr ewig leben?"

means:

"Dogs, do you want to live forever?"

philippe hubert · Post by **philippe hubert** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 4:53 pm

hi all

i remember when i was young to have seen a movie with Robert wagner who was a F-86 sabre pilot, and his aircraft was going down in the korean lines.

this movie made animpression on my little kid brain but, now i couldn t remember the title oh this movie.

is anyone can help me to find the title ?

i would like to see it again and without title no way to do it

bye

best regards

nexus · Post by **nexus** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 5:06 pm

why doesn´t anyone mention:

platoon

??????

this should be one of the best vietnam movies..or not???

apocalypse now

very cool,too

as i don´t know the english titles i post the german namens of some more films,i like (but i can´t remember all of course)

- die brücke von remagen (great film,great actors...the scene at the end where the german major is executed by the SS makes u very angry about the facists system,it´s a great scene he looks up in the skies where allied bombers fly and then the SS man fire at him...i can´t remember the name of the actor. very good)

- die brücke von arnheim (one of the best films ever made)

- gettysburgh (strongly underraterd!!)

- der längste tag (invasion ´44)

- das boot (in german tv there was a series from that film,much longer than the cinema version i think)

overrated films in my opinion:

- stalingrad (good film,but no classic IMHO)
- saving private ryan (ok film but not comparable to above)

AbsntMndedProf · Post by **AbsntMndedProf** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 8:36 pm

Here are my 'top ten' favorites:

1. 'The Battle of Britain'
2. 'The Dirty Dozen'
3. 'The Big Red One'
4. 'All Quiet on the Western Front' (Lew Ayers version.)
5. 'A Bridge Too Far'
6. 'Force Ten from Navarone'
7. 'Das Boot'
8. 'The Longest Day'
9. 'Cruel Sea'
10. 'Sink the Bismarck'

Eric Maietta

JECrossNav · Post by **JECrossNav** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 8:45 pm

I just wanted to add my belated two cents worth.

The best is:

In Harms Way.

Followed in my own order
Casablanca (ok, not exactly a war movie)
Patriot
Patton
The Beast (I think, It was a movie about a Soviet tank crew in Afganastan and thier lone run away from the Maeujaden, I thought it was an EXCELLENT war movie and a great character study, I highly recommend it; and if someone knows the name let me know
Twelve O'clock High
Das Boot only the uncut version; all other lack much, and since I spent 10 years in Subs, I really can point to the reality of this one.
A Walk in the Sun
The Mancherian Canidate Perhaps not exactly a war movie, like my other choice above, but a classic, and its one of the few good ones about dealing with Korea
Soldat! or perhaps it was COMRADES; anyway it was a German flick, that I saw when I was overseas; reminded me of the book about the Frenchmen that joined the 44th HuD

Anyway those are my favorites. Not all are exactly "war movies" but they are close. However I do prefer reading the stories to seeing them.

AbsntMndedProf · Post by **AbsntMndedProf** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 8:50 pm

One more: 'The Siege of Firebase Gloria' with R. Lee Ermy.

valdor17 · Post by **valdor17** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 8:55 pm

Originally posted by philippe hubert:
hi all

i remember when i was young to have seen a movie with Robert wagner who was a F-86 sabre pilot, and his aircraft was going down in the korean lines.

this movie made animpression on my little kid brain but, now i couldn t remember the title oh this movie.

is anyone can help me to find the title ?

i would like to see it again and without title no way to do it

The movie was The Hunters (1958) and stared Robert Mitchum.

jew_dragov · Post by **jew_dragov** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 9:17 pm

1. "Die Brücke von Arnheim", the bridge of Arnhem
2. "Stalingrad"
3. "Das Boot"
4. FMJ, "Full Metal Jojo"
5. the soviet films about partisans and cossacks!
[..]

Does somebody know the title of this old movie
(from 1950?) where Roberto Blanko plays a (black) soldier of german Africa Corps ??

kmd_dragov

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American propaganda, hahaha

bradmbrown · Post by **bradmbrown** » Sun Sep 09, 2001 10:06 pm

How I Won The War - review

The character played By John Lennon is gut shot and dies in the film.

Coincidence?? Prophecy? Synchronicity?

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AC · Post by AC » Mon Sep 10, 2001 1:26 am

- die brücke von remagen (great film,great actors...the scene at the end where the german major is executed by the SS makes u very angry about the facists system,it´s a great scene he looks up in the skies where allied bombers fly and then the SS man fire at him...i can´t remember the name of the actor. very good)

NEXUS, the actor was Curd Juergens. I felt just like you for this scene.

Another good german war movie is a film called 08/15, taken from the ononimous novel by Hans Helmut Kirst (1955). It's in black and white.

AC

m10bob · Post by **m10bob** » Mon Sep 10, 2001 1:49 am

1)Patton..2)Saving pvt Ryan...3)Northwest Passage.....4)Twelve o'clock High....5)Winged Victory($100 to anybody who can find me acopy!!!)....6)Gettysburg.....7)Das Boot......8)The Bridge at Remagen....8)Blue Max......9)Platoon((all too accurate).....10)PT109....... <img src="wink.gif" border="0">

Huffy · Post by **Huffy** » Mon Sep 10, 2001 8:45 am

VALDOR...I think....the movie you are refering to is..."The Bridges at Toko-Ri"...or close to that...not sure.
Huffy