Posted on 10/31/2017 8:52:29 AM PDT by w1n1
I really tried to pare it down but couldn’t.
1. Patton-George C Scott NAILED IT.
Gone With The Wind-death, devastation, end of an era.
2. Enemy at the Gates-dirty and gritty from beginning to end.
Das Boot-SUBMARINES! Jurgen Prochnow! They were called pig boats for a reason.
3. Great Escape-stealth, deception, derring do, STEVE MCQUEEN!
Bridge on the River Kwai-awesome movie, beautiful ending.
4. Enemy Below-beautiful cat and mouse game, both captains felt real.
We Were Soldiers-Mel Gibson AND Sam Elliott.
“Good morning SGT Major”
“What’s so f###ing good about it”
“Nice weather Sgt Major”
“What are you, a f###ing weatherman”
Is Drang
“Sgt, This is a good morning”.
5. The Patriot-Mel Gibson the reluctant warrior.
Braveheart-again Gibson the reluctant warrior.
6. Hamburger Hill-seemed like a nice cross section of America thrown into a meat grinder.
“Just what the world needs, another niggah with a limp”.
Blue Max-loved it then, love it now.
7. 12 O’clock High-first time I watched I was exhausted by the end.
The DI-I had nightmares that Jack Webb was my dad.
8. The Sullivans-Family and country. It’s who we are.
Hacksaw Ridge-A man goes to war with nothing but his faith and medical supplies.
9. Raid at Cabanatuan-US POW’s slated for death. Daring raid by US troops and Philippine guerrillas.
The Longest Day-Ike and the guys on the beaches thought so. So much riding on one day.
10. Band of Brothers-#10 because it was a mini-series and not a movie.
I conclude by coming full circle. If there was NO cussing in the film it was unrealistic.
I liked the Napoleonic battle scene in the Soviet production of "War & Peace".
Sorry. A lot of people don’t post a quote that they’re replying to.
worth a look, imho:
Ice Cold in Alex
The Cruel Sea
Memphis Belle (the original, of course)
A Town Like Alice (ditto)
Speaking of Burt Lancaster, I forgot about Castle Keep, a surreal WWII movie in which he plays a one-eyed Army major trying to slow down the German approach on Bastogne with a ragtag squad (one of whom falls in love with a Volkswagon Beetle). The NY Times called it “firmly pro and anti war,” and it most definitely is.
The GreAT Escape is not there.
Hogans Heroes (I know..........
Battleground
A Gathering of Eagles
Strategic Air Command
In Harm’s Way
Twelve O’Clock High
The Longest Day
Fail Safe
For Comedy: Dr. Strangelove
Series: Band of Brothers
Didn't happen on my ship. Different commands I guess. No queers either.
I had to take many trips to Patch Barracks and not a single German had an English accent. It confused me. :-)
We Were Soldiers
The Patriot
Hacksaw Ridge
Downfall
Enemy At the Gates
American Sniper
Fury
Glory
The Dirty Dozen
Saving Private Ryan
It is a great movie but I can't watch it as I get so angry at Bill Clinton and what he did to force those events that killed our fine soldiers.
Thanks for the correction!
I completely forgot the Caine Mutiny! Yes, it's one of Bogie's finest performances, and it's a rare movie that is completely entertaining, even after reading the excellent, Pulitzer-winning novel by Herman Wouk.
And, I'm on board with the others you describe (although, technically, the superb Band of Brothers was a television special, and just about the best thing that hbo ever produced.)
My only quibble, and it's okay to have one, it about the Deer Hunter. I thought it was diffuse, scattered, sophomoric, beyond unbelievable, and had a sick subplot of head wounds (including a crude foreshadowing with the Lettermen's "Going out of my head").
Other than that, we're on the same frequency.
God...they never heard of “The Longest Day”?
So memorable. Devastating.
Sahara(1943)
How about the party in The Great Santini? The scene with the mushroom soup... awesome! Loved that movie.
It ain’t the first or last time the military paid for politicians mistakes
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