Posted on 07/04/2004 7:14:36 PM PDT by BagCamAddict
I need to go rent a good WAR MOVIE (or an ESPIONAGE movie) right NOW... Can y'all recommend some good ones for me?
(I apologize to FR because this thread is soooooo breaking the rules and I'm sure it will be pulled momentarily... but if I posted this to Vanity it probably wouldn't be seen by anyone, let alone the majority of the War buffs.... And I need to rent a movie now before the video store closes.... Again, I'm sooooo sorry!!)
I just finished watching the Band of brothers series twice on the history channel.
I feel guilty because I can't think of one. HELP!
Excellent choice. Without a doubt - "The Patriot" is the movie to see tonight or this week.
BTW the Cubs won.
No, No, No, No Starship Troopers.
Such a good book. Such a bad movie.
But, I recommend Battle of the Bulge and Midway.
Kelley's Heroes is good as well but not really a war movie per se.
Where Eagles Dare is good but twisty.
Guns of Naverone!
There are a bunch but no Troopers please (and no new Rollerball either).
And for revolutionary war movies, I'm watching "Revolution" right now.
A Bridge Too Far is an excellent movie
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If you haven't seen the recent Tom Selleck movie about the events leading up to D Day, I highly recommend that.
I'd say Saving Private Ryan. Enemy Below is also excelent.Down Periscope,Sink The Bismark, Battle of The Bulge, and Bridge at Remagan are good too. Whatever you do, don't go anywhere near Thin Red Line. Worst war movie, no, worst movie I've ever seen.
It isn't in too many video stores, but "Merrill's Marauders" is a 1962 World War Two film about the legendary outfit carrying out special ops (before the term was in use) way way behind enemy lines in Burma. Worth looking for.
If you don't mind a subtitiled movie check the foreign section for a Jap flick called "Rhan."
Anyone know any good first World War movies? In many ways a forgotten war but one that set the stage for the remainder of the 20th century. A great uncle of mine perished at Ypres. My country established its place at the Somme. Of course it was not a war with great decisive battles for the most part, but there must be some great stories that have been made into movies.
All Quiet on Western Front
Just FYI Remarque wrote two books, All quiet on the western front, and The Road Back, the second was never
made into a movie. It details a second result as it were
which follows the hero after the war ends, interestingly
all the atributes of Post traumatic stress syndrome are
displayed in the various charactors.
Two other excellent war movies are The Scarlet and the Black, the true story of an Irish priest at the Vatican who risks his life to funnel 10,000 Allied POW's out of German hands, and One Against the Wind, another true story about a British woman living in Paris who establishes the most successful underground railroad for downed airmen of the entire war.
Gregory Peck stars as the Irish priest in The Scarlet and the Black, while the man who played the father in The Sound of Music (I've forgotten his name) plays the SS colonel trying to capture him.
"The added bonus is the fact that it upsets liberals. Children with weapons and armed church congregations make liberals edgy."
You are so right my friend. I remember when the movie came out - the libs were freaked that the kids used their weapons at dad's orders to kill the enemy. Great scene. And the Rev grabbing his weapon to march off and kill the oppressors was classic. Reminds me of another great war picture that can not be missed - Sgt. York. Gary Cooper was so great and the storyline (true story) was inspiring. Would love to see that remade today. Possible???? I loved that movie so much that I named by last son, Cooper because of it.
You all ROCK !! I'm writing down all of these (many of which I've seen, but are worth seeing again), and I'll never be lacking in good ideas for war movies again!! Thank you all, keep the ideas coming!
Captain Peter, what does "for the very ambitious" mean? Are those long movies?
Those are all good too.
They Died With Their Boots On
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