hah, that's an easy one for Mr. Airborne EAGLE.....
the best war movie in my humble opinion is A Bridge Too Far.
I already had the video, but I've seen it so many times it almost started to fall apart.... Now I bought the DvD...... Each time I night-fed my little girl last couple of weeks I watched a part of the movie...over and over and over and......over.
I've seen it 8 times last couple of weeks searching for some nice dio's scenes to dig into.... got some neat ideas, the only thing I need right now is.......time to build it....
#:-)
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The best war film
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Posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 03:13 AM UTC
sniper
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Posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 03:49 AM UTC
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how about
Lawrence of Arabia
Just got this on DVD last week for $10. This is a great movie. It's one of those movies you can see over and over again.
Steve
sniper
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Posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 03:51 AM UTC
Good the Bad and the Ugly.
Hey, it takes place during the Civil War!
I love the music.
Eastwood at his best!
Steve
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Posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 03:13 PM UTC
Does anyone remember The Devil's Brigade? I don't know of anything else that even mentions the First Special Service Force, and it has Bagpipes!!!!! Not accurate on the American side, but the Canadians are.
Another is Saving Private Ryan. You can say what you will about nitpicking accuracy, but it was close enough to pass muster with my Dad who came across the beach at Pusan back in The Forgotten War
Another is Saving Private Ryan. You can say what you will about nitpicking accuracy, but it was close enough to pass muster with my Dad who came across the beach at Pusan back in The Forgotten War
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Posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 08:08 PM UTC
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Does anyone remember The Devil's Brigade? I don't know of anything else that even mentions the First Special Service Force, and it has Bagpipes!!!!! Not accurate on the American side, but the Canadians are.
Another is Saving Private Ryan. You can say what you will about nitpicking accuracy, but it was close enough to pass muster with my Dad who came across the beach at Pusan back in The Forgotten War
Blue--I recently read a superb book on the 1st Special Service Force. You might want to pick it up. It is an Oral History and a very readable book. The movie is pretty well done. I wish they would have shown what those guys did during the invasion of Kiska in Alaska. An amazing part of the total story. History Channel also had a magnificent film on the creation and employment of the brigade.
DJ
mongo_mel
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Posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 08:17 PM UTC
DJ,
Thanks, I'll keep an eye open for Darby's Rangers. I do remember watching "DI" years ago. Very enjoyable. Isn't that the movie where a recruit squashed a mosquito and Webb's character had the whole platoon searching for the corpse. Very funny!
Thanks, I'll keep an eye open for Darby's Rangers. I do remember watching "DI" years ago. Very enjoyable. Isn't that the movie where a recruit squashed a mosquito and Webb's character had the whole platoon searching for the corpse. Very funny!
210cav
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Posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 10:02 PM UTC
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DJ,
Thanks, I'll keep an eye open for Darby's Rangers. I do remember watching "DI" years ago. Very enjoyable. Isn't that the movie where a recruit squashed a mosquito and Webb's character had the whole platoon searching for the corpse. Very funny!
Craig--a sand flea was squashed by a wavering recruit to the dismay of his fellow recruits...good flick. Blockbuster usually carries it.
DJ
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Posted: Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 06:23 AM UTC
I'd have to say Band of Brothers, is the best I've seen so far.
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Posted: Friday, September 20, 2002 - 03:55 AM UTC
hi Folgore. Like to shake the hand of another Sharpe fan.Like you Ive read all the books seen all the telly series,have you read anyother of Cornwalls stuff,if not try Harlequin its about a English Longbow man in The hundred Years war. The battle scenes are brilliant Has anyone mentioned Platoon yet or Apocalypes now Though Saving Private Ryan is my no1 followed by Band of Brothers. 
Folgore
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Great stuff, Easy. Glad to see there's someone else that has heard of the show.
I like the smell of gunpowder (at least more than there was in the 100 Years' War) so I haven't read some of Cornwell's other books. I did read the three or four books of his Starbuck Chronicles, about a soldier in the Confederate Army during the US Civil War. It was really good and I wish Cornwell would continue the series.
I taped every episode of Sharpe too, so I can watch it whenever I want :-)
Nic
I like the smell of gunpowder (at least more than there was in the 100 Years' War) so I haven't read some of Cornwell's other books. I did read the three or four books of his Starbuck Chronicles, about a soldier in the Confederate Army during the US Civil War. It was really good and I wish Cornwell would continue the series.
I taped every episode of Sharpe too, so I can watch it whenever I want :-)
Nic
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Posted: Friday, September 20, 2002 - 08:28 AM UTC
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Great stuff, Easy. Glad to see there's someone else that has heard of the show.
I like the smell of gunpowder (at least more than there was in the 100 Years' War) so I haven't read some of Cornwell's other books. I did read the three or four books of his Starbuck Chronicles, about a soldier in the Confederate Army during the US Civil War. It was really good and I wish Cornwell would continue the series.
I taped every episode of Sharpe too, so I can watch it whenever I want :-)
Nic
Nic--let me throw another one out for consideration. Attack with Jack Palance and Eddie Albert....truly a unique film
DJ
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Posted: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 - 07:41 AM UTC
My father fought with the 45th infrantry div. in France and Germany and he once told me that Hell is for Heros was the most realistic WWII movie he had ever seen. I love the movie but now that dad is gone I have a hard time watching it but I would still say it is my favorite and The Longest day second and Cross of Iron Third.
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m1garand
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Posted: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 - 08:31 AM UTC
How about Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers for renewing interest in the public for WW2.
I have to go with Das Boot or Stalingrad myself.
I have to go with Das Boot or Stalingrad myself.
Whiskey
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Posted: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 - 02:49 PM UTC
First off......BC those two have been mentioned in almost every post lol.
Second........I saw no one say "Where Eagles Dare", awesome movie."Platoon" is one of the greats and I think "Behind Enemy Lines" was pretty sweet also.
Second........I saw no one say "Where Eagles Dare", awesome movie."Platoon" is one of the greats and I think "Behind Enemy Lines" was pretty sweet also.
210cav
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Posted: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 - 01:27 AM UTC
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First off......BC those two have been mentioned in almost every post lol.
Second........I saw no one say "Where Eagles Dare", awesome movie."Platoon" is one of the greats and I think "Behind Enemy Lines" was pretty sweet also.
Lord, am I glad someone mentioned "Platoon." I hate that film. It is a travesty that smears every Soldier who served in Vietnam. It perpetuates this myth of "I was there, so feel sorry for me." Horrible misrepresentation of a platoon in combat. Several examples for you to consider. You'd be certifiably insane to put a new guy on point. Are you crazy? The lives of every guy in that platoon depend on the eyes and ears of the point man. He better be the most experienced and smart guy in the platoon. Yelling and screaming in the jungle? Smoking? You better be a s quiet as a mouse in church. See the Anderson Platoon. Those Soldiers know how to move and shoot in triple canopy jungle. There are so many false perceptions portrayed by that film as to render it useless. That's my two cents.
DJ
Whiskey
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Posted: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 - 04:18 PM UTC
Ahhhhhh the put downs from DJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!lol just j/k.I like "Platoon" because it was just different.Same as "Apocalypse Now",how many air cav captains do you know that wake up and say "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" lol.
Whiskey
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Posted: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 - 04:18 PM UTC
Ahhhhhh the put downs from DJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!lol just j/k.I like "Platoon" because it was just different.Same as "Apocalypse Now",how many air cav captains do you know that wake up and say "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" lol.
salt6
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Posted: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 - 04:55 PM UTC
How about the BIG RED 1 kinda chessezy but OK.
mongo_mel
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Posted: Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 01:05 AM UTC
I saw another great war picture recently that I hadn't seen since I was a kid.
"King Rat" starring George Segal. POW's in a Japanese camp. He's the schemer that runs the camp black market. I think it's a better version of this kind of character than William Holden's version in "Stalag 13" (another great movie).
Excellent movie! Highly recommended.
"King Rat" starring George Segal. POW's in a Japanese camp. He's the schemer that runs the camp black market. I think it's a better version of this kind of character than William Holden's version in "Stalag 13" (another great movie).
Excellent movie! Highly recommended.
210cav
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Posted: Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 01:40 AM UTC
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Ahhhhhh the put downs from DJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!lol just j/k.I like "Platoon" because it was just different.Same as "Apocalypse Now",how many air cav captains do you know that wake up and say "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" lol.
Well, I did not intend to attack someone's enjoyment of fiction. However, this particular waste of time enhances the perception that Soldiers in Vietnam did nothing but do drugs, burn villages, submit to incompetent leaders, and rape women. Bet everyone of those things happened, however, the vast bulk of Soldiers served their Nation and themselves honorably and have nothing to be ashamed of.
It's my hot button issue.............. sorry.
DJ
Whiskey
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Posted: Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 07:00 AM UTC
Hey man no sweat I was only joking.Hence the "lol" and "j/k".I understand completly about your hot button on the misconceptions the movie represents.It gives a bad image to good soldiers.Exact same thing actually happened during the war.
Bribo
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Posted: Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 07:40 AM UTC
How about Catch 22? A pretty good satire of the insanity af military life.
210cav
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How about Catch 22? A pretty good satire of the insanity af military life.
What is insane about the order and discipline of military "life"?
Bribo
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Posted: Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 08:14 AM UTC
Well, having served several enlistments, I can assure you that there are plenty of times that I wondered, "Just exactly why are we doing this?" About small things, not the big picture. Things like having training exercises, but not getting into the chem suits, because that was too much work. But then when we needed the chem suits, no one could use them because we didn't train with them. Just the goofy stuff that we used to have to do that seemed to make sense to no one. Sorry if I offended you by my light hearted attitude about the "life" that I dedicated a good portion of my life to. 
Believe me, I loved almost every minute of it, and wouldn't trade it for anything.
Believe me, I loved almost every minute of it, and wouldn't trade it for anything.Bribo
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Posted: Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 09:55 AM UTC
after thinking about it, insanity was very much the wrong word. My apologies.
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