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Favourite war films ?
For me it's the anti war ones
Paths of glory
Platoon
Killing Fields
Cross of iron
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The Deer Hunter
The Man Who Never Was
Killing Fields
Reach For the Sky
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With a son in the army, I can't abide watching all that killing shit, so for me it's back to the 60's/70's.
Things like:---
Kellys Hero's
Dambusters
Longest Day
Dirty Dozen
Yes you see people getting killed, but not so graphic.
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Vindec
The Deer Hunter
The Man Who Never Was
Killing Fields
Reach For the Sky
Yes the deer hunter is a distressing film but very watchable
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BLUETIT
With a son in the army, I can't abide watching all that killing shit, so for me it's back to the 60's/70's.
Things like:---
Kellys Hero's
Dambusters
Longest Day
Dirty Dozen
Yes you see people getting killed, but not so graphic.
I understand that Tony and may your son stay safe
The great escape is a good film also battle of the bulge
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Enemy at the gates isn't a bad account of the Nazis verses the red army at Stalingrad but thankfully it's not as graphic as the book which is very distressing and disturbing
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Bridge over the river kwai isn't a bad film
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Yes the deer hunter is a distressing film but very watchable
The Deer Hunter is the perfect war film IMO
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SLUDGE FACTORY
I understand that Tony and may your son stay safe
The great escape is a good film also battle of the bulge
Watched the last half hour of the Great Escape yesterday (us pensioners, lazy f uckers), forgot about the James Coburn bit, where the French waiters say there is a phone call for him, then they duck down behind the counter, brill.
Thanks for your kind message of concern. :thumbup:
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Apocalypse Now
Lawrence of Arabia
The Great Escape
Enemy At The Gates
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BLUETIT
Watched the last half hour of the Great Escape yesterday (us pensioners, lazy f uckers), forgot about the James Coburn bit, where the French waiters say there is a phone call for him, then they duck down behind the counter, brill.
Thanks for your kind message of concern. :thumbup:
Yes and they celebrate with a glass of wine with coburn
The motorcycle chase with Steve McQueen is brilliant
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War era:
Schindler’s List
Bridge Of Spies
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Dambusters
Reach for the Sky
Battle of Britain
Great Escape
Bridge over the River Kwai
Zulu
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Sink the Bismarck
Where Eagles Dare
Dam Busters
633 Squadron
The Longest Day
A Bridge too far.
Platoon
Battle of the River Plate
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Platoon.
Apocalypse Now
Saving Private Ryan ( for the start alone)
Longest day I like
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Too Late the Hero
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
The Railwayman
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Battle of Britain
Where Eagles Dare
Saving Private Ryan
Braveheart
When Trumpets Fade (look it up, it's raw but brill).
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Nearly forgot this one:--- "Went the day well"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035429/
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black hawk down
i watched sand castle last night, its a decent film to be fair, shows the Issue we have in Iraq
also saw " operation dunkirk " last week ( i spend a fair bit of time sat in my van waiting for my oldest when she is netball training ) , a word of advice, give it a miss, its dire, not sure how the hell they made such a crap film, IMDB has it at 3.9 out of 10, thats a generous score imho
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Some great shouts above but can't agree with Enemy At the Gates, other than some excellent action shots at the start it's hard to find much to like about it personally. Most of the plot feels very tacked on and the fake russian accents are nails on a chalkboard. Ron Perlman is great in it mind.
Some of my favourites which I haven't seen mentioned yet:
The Thin Red Line
Stalingrad (1993 one, not the newer Russian film)
Downfall
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Admiral - it's a newish Russian film about one of the leaders of the anti-communist armies (the "White Army" during their civil war) Great action stuff and the story is really interesting, good look into one of the weirdest times in recent history.
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Hacksaw Ridge was a decent watch recently
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The Crossing
Last of the Mohicans
Benedict Arnold - a question of honour
revolution and the patriot were ok
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ct_ccfc
Stalingrad (1993 one, not the newer Russian film)
Downfall
2 brilliant german films there. the last five minutes of der untergang is a brilliant piece of cinematography
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The cruel sea
Das boat
Cockleshell heroes
The Deerhunter
Ice cold in Alex
All quiet on the Western Front
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Llanedeyrnblue
The cruel sea
Das boat
Cockleshell heroes
The Deerhunter
Ice cold in Alex
All quiet on the Western Front
Ice cold in alex,what a great film
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The Battle of Britain
Zulu
Longest Day
Mosquito Squadron
Operation Daybreak
The Odd Angry Shot
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Brotherhood or Taegukgi in Korean - Korean war film - if you haven't seen it - watch it - FLAG BRIGADE. Utterly brutal and brilliant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm2aZz45pGE
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Watched "The Train" (1965, and in B&W) again during the week. One classy movie......
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Platoon
Hacksaw Ridge
Saving Private Ryan
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Does Inglorious Basterds count?
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Cyclops
Watched "The Train" (1965, and in B&W) again during the week. One classy movie......
Yes , much better than Von Ryan's Express.
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[QUOTE=City123;4796576 Can Inglorious Basterds count?[/QUOTE]
Just put that right for you.
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ct_ccfc
Some great shouts above but can't agree with Enemy At the Gates, other than some excellent action shots at the start it's hard to find much to like about it personally. Most of the plot feels very tacked on and the fake russian accents are nails on a chalkboard. Ron Perlman is great in it mind.
Some of my favourites which I haven't seen mentioned yet:
The Thin Red Line
Stalingrad (1993 one, not the newer Russian film)
Downfall
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Admiral - it's a newish Russian film about one of the leaders of the anti-communist armies (the "White Army" during their civil war) Great action stuff and the story is really interesting, good look into one of the weirdest times in recent history.
If they made enemy at the gates anything like the book it would never get a certificate , far too graphic and harrowing
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City123
Does Inglorious Basterds count?
Indeed
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jeepster
Ice cold in alex,what a great film
Yes when he rips off Robert Shaw's neck pendant that would have given him away as an officer and meant he would have been shot
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Gallipoli
Very sad film
Mel Gibson when he could act
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Charge of the light brigade
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Not strictly a war film but soldier blue and the brutal massacre of native American Indians
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Yes when he rips off Robert Shaw's neck pendant that would have given him away as an officer and meant he would have been shot
It was Anthony Quayle, Sludge