Team America is the best war movie ever and Rocky IV is the best Cold War movie ever
"During this fight, I've seen a lot of changing, in the way you feel about me, and in the way I feel about you. In here, there were two guys killing each other, but I guess that's better than twenty million. I guess what I'm trying to say, is that if I can change, and you can change, everybody can change!"
The battle of Chosin was one of the most decorated battles in U.S. history! I missed this day in school! WOW! Can't get it out of my mind! They say that any servicemen that fought in the Korean war can get a free flight to South Korea whenever they want courtesy of South Korea. >>
Morning,
My Father fought at the Battle of Chosin and was offered a Battlefield promotion from Sargeant to Captain because of his actions during this fight. After fighting with Patton all the way from North Africa to Berlin in WWII he told me that nothing affected him as much as the aftermath of the Chosin Resevoir battle. He was then put in charge of a battlefield recovery team and told me stories of having to break corpses to get them to fit on stretchers to be removed because they were frozen in death positions. The tempertures were -20 below zero and colder.
Neil
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Rescue Dawn with Christian Bale. Based on a true story where he plays a pilot in Vietnam and his plane goes down and he is taken prisoner. Great flick.
Also I dont think anyone said Rambo. Those are great too.
I really enjoyed We Were Soldiers since he was a 'Nam vet and we got to see it in theaters together. Also, U-571 is a blast- at least it was in theaters, especially with those depth charges going off!
Red Dawn (80's version). Almost everyone I know my age in the Army has said that this movie was a great motivator for them to join. Threads was overrated - humanity would not just give up like that in the long term, possibly for a few months until reality set in and people began moving forward to improve their lot in life. Rebuilding would occur on some level fairly quickly.
I cannot remember the name but it had a US soldier and a Japanese soldier both stuck on a deserted Island in the Pacific. They both took turns capturing and torturing each other.
Not a war movie but I love the scenes of u boats sinking ships in WWII, those torpedoes did some damage.
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<< <i>I cannot remember the name but it had a US soldier and a Japanese soldier both stuck on a deserted Island in the Pacific. They both took turns capturing and torturing each other.
Not a war movie but I love the scenes of u boats sinking ships in WWII, those torpedoes did some damage. >>
It is a movie and it's called Hell in the Pacific with Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune. My favorite when I was a kid!
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<< <i>A superb film no one has mentioned (I think) is Glory, a Civil War film starring Matthew Broderick and Denzel Washington. >>
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My favorites have already been mentioned (Gettysburg, The Longest Day, Tora Tora Tora, Midway, Saving Private Ryan) but there are several other great war films. How about we test the old memory banks on these...
Birth Of A Nation (1912 D.W. Griffith classic) Wings (Silent Movie WWI) Sergeant York Sink The Bismarck The Blue Max The Desert Fox To Hell And Back Sands Of Iwo Jima Kelly's Heroes
I'm glad someone mentioned Stalag 17, fantastic. Others.....They Were Expendable (1945), PT 109 (1963) and 30 Seconds over Tokyo (1944) are great films.
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The Deer Hunter
The Thin Red Line
Saints & Soldiers
Enemy at the Gates
"During this fight, I've seen a lot of changing, in the way you feel about me, and in the way I feel about you. In here, there were two guys killing each other, but I guess that's better than twenty million. I guess what I'm trying to say, is that if I can change, and you can change, everybody can change!"
<< <i>The Deer Hunter >>
GREAT GREAT MOVIE.
Gets my vote for best movie about Vietnam.
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Korean War Documentary- Chosin
The battle of Chosin was one of the most decorated battles in U.S. history! I missed this day in school! WOW! Can't get it out of my mind! They say that any servicemen that fought in the Korean war can get a free flight to South Korea whenever they want courtesy of South Korea. >>
Morning,
My Father fought at the Battle of Chosin and was offered a Battlefield promotion from Sargeant to Captain because of his actions during this fight. After fighting with Patton all the way from North Africa to Berlin in WWII he told me that nothing affected him as much as the aftermath of the Chosin Resevoir battle. He was then put in charge of a battlefield recovery team and told me stories of having to break corpses to get them to fit on stretchers to be removed because they were frozen in death positions. The tempertures were -20 below zero and colder.
Neil
Also I dont think anyone said Rambo. Those are great too.
I really enjoyed We Were Soldiers since he was a 'Nam vet and we got to see it in theaters together. Also, U-571 is a blast- at least it was in theaters, especially with those depth charges going off!
Clint before he got old
Not a war movie but I love the scenes of u boats sinking ships in WWII, those torpedoes did some damage.
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Battle for Haditha - Surprisingly this low budget film gets a lot right. Worth the watch if you have Netflix. Based on a true story as well.
Other favorites:
Full Metal Jacket
Heartbreak Ridge
<< <i>I cannot remember the name but it had a US soldier and a Japanese soldier both stuck on a deserted Island in the Pacific. They both took turns capturing and torturing each other.
Not a war movie but I love the scenes of u boats sinking ships in WWII, those torpedoes did some damage. >>
It is a movie and it's called Hell in the Pacific with Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune. My favorite when I was a kid!
All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 version
Casablanca 1942
Paths of Glory 1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957
Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970
Modern -
Black Hawk Down 2001
Saving Private Ryan 1998
Mini series -
The Pacific 2010
Band of Brothers 2001
Saving Private Ryan, Platoon, Blackhawk Down. Classics
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And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
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You had to be a kid in the 60's watching black and white war movies with your brothers when Mom and Dad weren't home to really appreciate these.
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<< <i>A superb film no one has mentioned (I think) is Glory, a Civil War film starring Matthew Broderick and Denzel Washington. >>
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How about we test the old memory banks on these...
Birth Of A Nation (1912 D.W. Griffith classic)
Wings (Silent Movie WWI)
Sergeant York
Sink The Bismarck
The Blue Max
The Desert Fox
To Hell And Back
Sands Of Iwo Jima
Kelly's Heroes
RIP Mom- 1932-2012
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