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Offline SoulTakr

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Re: Top 3 war movies??
« Reply #60 on: September 28, 2009, 01:44:20 PM »
Don't recall seeing it, if it was mentioned I apologize but has anyone ever seen "The Devil's Brigade'  One of my personal favorites.

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Re: Top 3 war movies??
« Reply #61 on: September 28, 2009, 01:45:58 PM »
Can't believe I didn't put Battleground in my top 3. Used to watch that everyday when I was a kid.
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Re: Top 3 war movies??
« Reply #62 on: September 28, 2009, 02:09:39 PM »
Quote from: SoulTakr on September 28, 2009, 01:44:20 PM
Don't recall seeing it, if it was mentioned I apologize but has anyone ever seen "The Devil's Brigade'  One of my personal favorites.
Yeah, decent for its time. The ending was kinda hokey and so was the "personal interactions" between some of the characters...otherwise decent movie.

Quote from: Ack-Ack on September 28, 2009, 01:39:54 PM
The Thin Red Line?  Where you on crack when you watched it?  That has to be one of the crappiest war movies ever made.
Along with Boys from Company C... :rolleyes:

 

Quote from: Ack-Ack on September 28, 2009, 01:39:54 PM
We Were Soldiers was a good action flick but they took way too many liberties with the story and painted a rather inaccute picture of the actual battle.

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Had to shorten it up and get most of the good fighting in...gotta admit, since it centered mostly on Col Moore, they did a pretty good job pulling it off.
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Re: Top 3 war movies??
« Reply #63 on: September 28, 2009, 04:14:21 PM »
Quote from: Treize69 on September 28, 2009, 09:35:59 AM
Three best (IMO)

Gettysburg
Bridge Too Far
Glory

Honorable Mention- Battleground


Three worst (also IMO)

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The Patriot (so inaccurate that I begin programs at the Fort with "Have you folks seen The Patriot? Ok, now forget everything you saw...")...

I assume you are referring to mels?

I am smart enough to know that NO movie is 100% accurate heck most are WAY off,  but that movie was GREAT one of the best.
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Re: Top 3 war movies??
« Reply #64 on: September 28, 2009, 04:17:45 PM »
Quote from: ink on September 28, 2009, 04:14:21 PM
I assume you are referring to mels?

I am smart enough to know that NO movie is 100% accurate heck most are WAY off,  but that movie was GREAT one of the best.

About the only thing they got right in that movie was that the soldiers used flintlocks.
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Re: Top 3 war movies??
« Reply #65 on: September 28, 2009, 04:40:16 PM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on September 28, 2009, 01:39:54 PM
The Thin Red Line?  Where you on crack when you watched it?  That has to be one of the crappiest war movies ever made.  We Were Soldiers was a good action flick but they took way too many liberties with the story and painted a rather inaccute picture of the actual battle.


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he said top 3 "war" movies, not factual.

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Re: Top 3 war movies??
« Reply #66 on: September 28, 2009, 04:43:28 PM »
Quote from: Treize69 on September 28, 2009, 04:17:45 PM
About the only thing they got right in that movie was that the soldiers used flintlocks.

don't look at it as a history lesson, it's a movie IE; entertaining.

besides I don't think they even said it was supposed to emulate a real part in history?
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Re: Top 3 war movies??
« Reply #67 on: September 28, 2009, 04:46:13 PM »
Quote from: Treize69 on September 28, 2009, 04:17:45 PM
About the only thing they got right in that movie was that the soldiers used flintlocks.


dont forget about guriella tactics!! :D
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Re: Top 3 war movies??
« Reply #68 on: September 28, 2009, 05:25:59 PM »
Quote from: Flipperk on September 28, 2009, 04:46:13 PM

dont forget about guriella tactics!! :D
Wasn't that the name to some hot south american porn actress? or did you mean guerilla? surely you didn't mean gorilla..
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Re: Top 3 war movies??
« Reply #69 on: September 28, 2009, 05:43:30 PM »
Quote from: gyrene81 on September 28, 2009, 05:25:59 PM
Wasn't that the name to some hot south american porn actress? or did you mean guerilla? surely you didn't mean gorilla..

I meant whatever you want me to mean  ;)
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Re: Top 3 war movies??
« Reply #70 on: September 28, 2009, 09:21:42 PM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on September 28, 2009, 01:39:54 PM
The Thin Red Line?  Where you on crack when you watched it?  That has to be one of the crappiest war movies ever made.  We Were Soldiers was a good action flick but they took way too many liberties with the story and painted a rather inaccute picture of the actual battle.


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23. The Thin Red Line - (1998, Terrence Malick, WWII) (Sean Penn, Nick Nolte)

No crack involved, but apparently with 77 movies ranked lower than it on the top 100.... I can't be the only one that found it to be a good watch.

/shrug I liked it more for the cinematic style than the story itself.
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Re: Top 3 war movies??
« Reply #71 on: September 29, 2009, 12:15:27 PM »
1.)  Das Boot
2.)  Glory
3.)  Blackhawk Down
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Offline Tom5572

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Re: Top 3 war movies??
« Reply #72 on: September 29, 2009, 05:54:51 PM »
1.  Tora, Tora, Tora
2.  Midway
3.  Longest Day
4.  We Were Soldiers (Officer and NCO Interaction)
5.  Blackhawk Down (COL. Steele Hated it though)
6.  Flying Leathernecks
7.  Patton
8.  30 Seconds over Tokyo

cannot really limit myself to just three, there are so many epic films out there.
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Offline Die Hard

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Re: Top 3 war movies??
« Reply #73 on: September 30, 2009, 04:02:00 AM »
Three of the greatest war movies ever made:

Stalingrad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZMHZBAUbqM

Dark Blue World: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zPgZoxdOGk

Der Untergang (Downfall): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp1RXmM1-60


You'll need to tolerate subtitles though.
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Re: Top 3 war movies??
« Reply #74 on: September 30, 2009, 11:23:05 AM »
No one has "The Eagle has Landed" on their list....not even the top 100 list.

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It's not the best; but it's decent.

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