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08-30-2006, 03:25 AM | #12 |
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1. Casablanca
2. Band of Brothers 3. Apocolypse Now 4. Three Kings 5. (TIE) Saving Private Ryan 5. (TIE) Black Hawk Down (war movie? not sure, but I will include it here...and yes it is easy to say, but the book was better, but the movie held its own) Platoon was a close one but I went with the others listed. And yes, Apocolypse Now is not in a true strict sense a war movie because of its Heart of Darkness ties, but I still list it as a war movie. Last edited by UteStar; 08-30-2006 at 03:28 AM. |
08-30-2006, 03:25 AM | #13 |
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1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Bridge On The River Kwai 3. Band of Brothers 4. Blackhawk Down 5. Saints and Soldiers...just kidding. My real #5 - The Great Escape Anyone who didn't like Saving Private Ryan has no soul. That movie ought to be required viewing in every High School History class.
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1. Patton 2. The Enemy Below 3. Tora! Tora! Tora! 4. Stalag 17 5. The Caine Mutiny Is that better?
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Casablanca is a great movie, but I never considered it a war movie. It's a love story, isn't it? Should we call "Gone with the Wind" a war movie?
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Bridge on the River Kwai was great, but I didn't realize the whistling was from this movie and not The Parent Trap.
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Obviously not many aviators out there. How can you talk about realistic WWII flicks and neglect to mention The Battle of Britain. Riveting aerial fight scenes filmed using actual planes of the era (in the mid 60s the Spansih air forcee was STILL using some Henkel 111s that were pruchased buy the film company, repainted and used. Some fo the Me-109s were not authentic, as that plane was and is very rare, but most fo the planes were the real deal). A very good film.
Patton is also at the top of the list. Geroge C. Scott in the role he was born to play. He LOOKED like George Patton. APocalypse now. TOra, Tora, Tora and Stalag 17.
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08-30-2006, 03:47 AM | #18 |
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I liked the beginning of Saving Private Ryan. But the completely fictional hokey rescue thing was exactly that. Hokey and fake and syrupy.
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Dang. Our lists are awfully close. You didn't have a younger brother who was put up for adoption, did you? I can't believe I forgot about Battle of Britain. The arial scenes in it are tremendous. Awesome film. Scott was great as Patton, but he was shot a low angles in order to make him look tealler than he really is. Patton was a good 7 or 8 inches taller than Scott.
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The correct answer would be the Star Wars movies, minus episode I.
Next question please?
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