nonsynchro Posted November 16, 2018 Posted November 16, 2018 The Guns of Navarone Cockleshell Heroes 6 1
bob_m_54 Posted November 16, 2018 Posted November 16, 2018 20 minutes ago, Grumpy said: Couple of oldies. Murphys War - Peter O'Toole 44 thousand Horsemen - Chips Raffertey. I didn't know they got reinforcements... 3
keyse1 Posted November 16, 2018 Posted November 16, 2018 1 hour ago, bob_m_54 said: I didn't know they got reinforcements... Very very funny 1
Grumpy Posted November 16, 2018 Posted November 16, 2018 2 hours ago, bob_m_54 said: I didn't know they got reinforcements... ah yeah' it was 40 thousand. 2
mrbuzzardstubble Posted November 16, 2018 Posted November 16, 2018 I'm glad to see The Battle For Algiers listed close to the top. Done in b&w newsreel style (neo-realism), it's so convincing one could be forgiven for believing it contains actual news footage. One glaring omission for me was Russian director Alex Klimov's excellent movie Come And See, probably the most disturbing war movie I've ever seen. It looks at the occupation of Byelorussia by German soldiers through the eyes of a 15 year old Russian. Not for the faint hearted. 4 1
crisis Posted November 17, 2018 Posted November 17, 2018 On 16/11/2018 at 11:26 AM, Addicted to music said: Pearl Harbour..... Great action scenes. Kate Beckinsale . Intolerable story line. On 16/11/2018 at 11:42 AM, ray4410 said: tora tora tora I remember as a kid going with my dad to see this. For a kid who only wanted to see action it was a bit of a drag. especially sub titles. I should revisit it again though. 1
Addicted to music Posted November 17, 2018 Posted November 17, 2018 1 minute ago, crisis said: Great action scenes. Kate Beckinsale . Intolerable story line. Was there great action scene and intolerable story line? 1
Tony ray Posted November 17, 2018 Posted November 17, 2018 (edited) Battle of Britain gets only one mention. Best war movie ever. As a kid I used to get so excited when it would show up on the TV guide about every 2 years. Finally bought it about 5 years ago at JB for 10 bucks. Wish they would do a remake with Tom Hardy taking on the Luftwaffer in his fuel free Spitfire. Edited November 17, 2018 by Tony ray 1
michaelw Posted November 17, 2018 Posted November 17, 2018 alexander nevsky - 1938 eisenstein version with prokofiev score - win ! 1
crisis Posted November 17, 2018 Posted November 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Tony ray said: Battle of Britain gets only one mention. Best war movie ever. As a kid I used to get so excited when it would show up on the TV guide about every 2 years. Finally bought it about 5 years ago at JB for 10 bucks. Wish they would do a remake with Tom Hardy taking on the Luftwaffer in his fuel free Spitfire. Amazing amount of work went into that film . They were lucky that they could still get hold of ex Spanish ME109s and He111s albeit with Merlin engines. All done with no CI. Respect. 1
cafe67 Posted November 17, 2018 Author Posted November 17, 2018 Land of mine and gardens of stone both under rated.
joz Posted November 17, 2018 Posted November 17, 2018 I can’t believe Stripes or Private Benjiman never revived a mention. 1
LHC Posted November 17, 2018 Posted November 17, 2018 On 15/11/2018 at 7:52 PM, metal beat said: Surely Starship Troopers should have been on the list. If Science Fiction is allowed, I would add Ender's Game.
Nevyn72 Posted November 17, 2018 Posted November 17, 2018 Dambusters! How can you beat a bouncing bomb......? 5 1
Nevyn72 Posted November 17, 2018 Posted November 17, 2018 5 minutes ago, LHC said: If Science Fiction is allowed, I would add Ender's Game. If Science fiction is allowed I would add Iron Sky! 2
crisis Posted November 17, 2018 Posted November 17, 2018 14 hours ago, Addicted to music said: The battle of Midway. I saw that when it was released at the cinema in "Sensuround" 1
mrbuzzardstubble Posted November 18, 2018 Posted November 18, 2018 Did Schlinder's List get a mention? By the way here's the reason Steven Spielberg hired Liam Neeson to play the lead role.
gemini07 Posted November 18, 2018 Posted November 18, 2018 Interesting debate about war 'movies' as opposed o those with a war backdrop (eg Atonement). My best three: Schindlers List The Pianist Downfall The acting in the above three was superb IMO. Closely followed by: Tora Tora Tora Zulu Dawn Blackhawk Down - all of which realistically highlight some of the dumbest military decisions ever made. The thread has at least highlighted some new possibilities to watch! 2
stevoz Posted November 19, 2018 Posted November 19, 2018 On 17/11/2018 at 3:11 PM, crisis said: I remember as a kid going with my dad to see this. For a kid who only wanted to see action it was a bit of a drag. especially sub titles. I should revisit it again though. A friend and I went to see Tora x 3 at the Hoyts Cinema Centre in Melbourne when it came out and it was being presented in the famed 'Sensurround' sound format (or was that 'The Battle of Midway?) and we were excited having already witnessed 'Earthquake' in 'Sensurround'! We left quite disappointed....
crisis Posted November 19, 2018 Posted November 19, 2018 28 minutes ago, stevoz said: A friend and I went to see Tora x 3 at the Hoyts Cinema Centre in Melbourne when it came out and it was being presented in the famed 'Sensurround' sound format (or was that 'The Battle of Midway?) and we were excited having already witnessed 'Earthquake' in 'Sensurround'! We left quite disappointed.... Yeah it was Midway. It was mostly the noise of the plane engines. Wasn't as impressive as Earthquake and I don't think it was used after Midway. 1
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