Current Events > Favourite war film, and why?

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Apocalypse Now. Lots of psychology, very interesting, good action sequences, and a really interesting look into the mouth of insanity.

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The Great Escape. An old fashioned prison break out movie is what I liked best about it.

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Star Wars the phantom menace

Tora! Tora! Tora!


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Full Metal Jacket. Goes down hill after Pyle dies, but I remember being presently surprised seeing it for the first time as a kid in a hotel somewhere. It also introduced me to the Paint It Black (credits). Amazing movie.

Taegukgi. Amazing Korean film about two brothers in the Korean War. The only movie that made me legitimately tear up.

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Apocalypse Now. Its basically perfect.

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I don't watch many war movies, but I did enjoy this Russian film called the 9th Company, about the Soviet invasion into Afghanistan. It was pretty competent (surprising for Russian cinematography around its production time). It tells the story of these guys getting conscripted, going through boot camp, and then going to Afghanistan. It skewed some facts in a pretty bad way towards the end for the sake of making a good movie, which I thought was a little screwed up, but otherwise I liked the pacing and the soundtrack and everything.

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Bridge on the River Kwai
Why: great casting and dialogue

I was going to say TGTBATU, but it's not the main focus of the flick, so it felt kinda wrong to say it.

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Hacksaw Ridge. Bloody love that film. I'm generally not that big on war films though.

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It's a Beautiful Life.
It's a movie about how a happy family is torn apart by the rise of the Nazis and their struggle to find hope in Auschwitz.

Grave of the Fireflies is also a movie I enjoy. It follows a Japanese boy who must care for his sister after being orphaned after an atomic bomb is dropped on his home.

Full Metal Jacket is up there also. I watched it very young and Kubrick's imagery has always stayed with me.

I like Inglorious Basterds also (It's my favorite Tarantino Film) but in general I don't like movies that glorify war. It's unrealistic.

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Its really hard for me not to say Saving Private Ryan. To this day im still astonished it didnt win Best Picture.

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does the deer hunter count?
what about dr strangelove?
the dirty dozen
full metal jacket
starship troopers
edge of tomorrow


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008Zulu posted...

The Great Escape. An old fashioned prison break out movie is what I liked best about it.

Good call, I wouldn't have thought of that one otherwise.

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Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?

No... but I served in a company of heroes

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Star Wars

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InTheEyesOfFire posted...

Taegukgi. Amazing Korean film about two brothers in the Korean War. The only movie that made me legitimately tear up.

Oh shit, another soul knows about this. That ending hit me right in the feels.

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Downfall

I don't usually enjoy war movies but that one was particularly memorable. Excellent acting performances, especially from Ganz of course.
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SSJCAT posted...

does the deer hunter count?

I'd say so. It's a good one

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no one mention Private Ryan yet?

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ROBANN_88 posted...

no one mention Private Ryan yet?

#12 buddy

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Apocalypse Now

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Ryven posted...

#12 buddy

that's what i get for not paying enough attention

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Does Jacob's Ladder count?

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Gettysburg

In the Army Now

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the good, the bad and the ugly

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Hamburger Hill.

Kelly's Heroes


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The Longest Day.

In fact I love most WWII movies from the 60's and 70's, like Patton and A Bridge Too Far

No Das Boot so far, I'm disappointed.

They Shall Not Grow Old. Just a fucking fantastic movie.

Restrepo. Real shit.

Full Metal Jacket. R Lee Ermey.

Stripes. Bill Murray.

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Saving Private Ryan, nothing can touch it
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if you're into world war 1 musicals i can recommend "oh what a lovely war"

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evilpresident posted...

Does Jacob's Ladder count?

I think so. The only events in the movie that actually happened were all in Vietnam



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BlackJackCat posted...

Hamburger Hill.

I forgot about that one. My farther would always let some tears out near the end every time we watched it. Said it was way too real.

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All Quiet on the Western Front, or The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly if that counts

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Vicious_Dios posted...

Oh shit, another soul knows about this. That ending hit me right in the feels.

I havent seen it in so long and the ending is why. Goddamn.

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avengers infinity war :P

yea i know not the war movies yall are talkin about..

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Saving Private Ryan

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Most combat centric war movies bore me to tears, but The Big Red One and Thin Red Line don't. Come to think of it, Beach Red was also really good. What the fuck is up with the color red.

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It's a comedy as well

https://youtu.be/9JkJ2HCgiOg


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tag for later

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Platoon, watched it twice back to back.
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I would say the first hour of Full Metal Jacket and then Saving Private Ryan.
In FMJ the Drill instructor and basic scenes were great, and SPR was just solid all around plus my Grandfather jumped with the 82nd Airborne and worked along with the 101.

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IloveJesus posted...

Hacksaw Ridge. Bloody love that film. I'm generally not that big on war films though.

Came in to say this. Was a great movie and everyone in it did an amazing job in their role. Who would have ever thought Vince Vaughn could actually be taken seriously as a drill sergeant?

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Fury.

Serious answer though, Saving Private Ryan.

I want to see Apocalypse Now since it's been recommend a lot in this topic though.

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Stalingrad is pretty good

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I'm not sure I've ever actually seen one all the way through.

I guess The Great Escape if it counts, but honestly it was kind of a letdown. For one of the all-time classics I was expecting a Cool Hand Luke or Back to the Future-tier film when it was really just mostly inoffensive.

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The Great Escape > Cool Hand Luke

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