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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:23 am    Post subject: Best war film/show

What is the best war movie/TV show/series you have watched? Not necessarily a documentary style movie or show, but one with actors and a script. If you have a documentary that beats all others, let us know.

M*A*S*H?

Saving Private Ryan?

Band of Brothers?

The Green Berets?

300?
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:41 am    Post subject:

Depends if you mean modern stuff (Generation Kill was an excellent series but a lot of people thought it was rather slow paced which I completely disagree with - the dialogue and feel of the story was just excellent), Vietnam era (I can't think of any right off the top of my head that really stood out to me other than Platoon), WWII (Definitely BoB - it was like an 8 hour SPR), etc.

As far as medieval type things... I just enjoy the swordplay. 300 was good. Hero, though I'm certain this isn't the kind of movie you're referring to, had excellent choreography and visuals. Still, if we're going in this whole line... I suppose you can count Rome which covers Julius Caesar down to Augustus Caesar. Though I suppose the wars itself weren't the focus so much as the political intrigue behind them.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:34 am    Post subject:

Saving Private Ryan's opening scene was just epic .......

The misses and I won some KOST ticket to the movie and I thought it was gonna be some love movie or some crap ....... when I saw dude vomit on the side of the U-boat and the bullet flew, I was hooked.

Apocalypse Now and I loved "The Boys of Company C" for some reason ...

Good Morning Vietnam was cool too
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:36 am    Post subject:

Oh damnit, how could I forget Apocalypse Now? Or Full Metal Jacket for that matter.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:13 am    Post subject:

War Inc.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:51 am    Post subject:

Is Star Wars considered a war film?

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:52 am    Post subject:

Missing In Action 3 FTW!!!!

J/K... Black Hawk Down was excellent... so much so, that I could only sit through it once... it was 'too real' for me. Full Metal Jacket is up there on my list.

I also liked Generation X a lot....
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:27 am    Post subject:

Generation Kill was a sick show.

Rome is cool also, but gotta watch it spread out. Tried marathoning it a lot, and it starts to get to you.

So as far as real war goes....

Saving Private Ryan, Full metal Jacket.

I also liked Miracle at St Anna a lot.



I dont even know where to go about some movies, there are lots of type of war....

Independence day count?
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:24 pm    Post subject:

Errol Morris's documentary, The Fog of War.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:30 pm    Post subject:

TNLakersFanInLA wrote:
War Inc.

who doesnt love Lizzie McGuire???
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:37 pm    Post subject:

Braveheart
Gladiator
Das Boot
Full Metal
Platoon
3 Kings
Shaving Ryan's Privates
The Deer Hunter
Patton
Cadence
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Does Major Payne count???
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:56 pm    Post subject:

While war is only a component of both, I love Jacob's Ladder and The Deer Hunter as well...
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:28 pm    Post subject:

I think the best war film of all time is Apocalypse Now.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:30 pm    Post subject:

ocho wrote:
I think the best war film of all time is Apocalypse Now.


There are plenty to choose from, but that's a solid pick.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:14 am    Post subject:

Apocalypse Now tried too hard to be artsy, though there were some very memorable scenes and excellent cinematography.

The opening of Saving Private Ryan.

For its lunacy, Dr. Strangelove.

For a poetic documentary, Ken Burn's The Civil War.

For its stark portrayal and accuracy, Das Boot.

For both the acting and ability to present a complex and troubling personality, Patton.
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