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Top 10 Military Movies
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| William Briggs
Posted on 11/26/2008 4:39:25 AM PST by mattstat
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To: Electric Graffiti
I don’t consider Braveheart a military movie because way too much egregious license was taken with the principal military scenes and personalities.
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posted on
11/26/2008 7:46:00 AM PST
by
bobjam
To: mattstat
Red Dawn. . .
For obvious reasons.
tehDeetz
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posted on
11/26/2008 7:51:50 AM PST
by
ebiskit
(South Park Republican ( I see Red People ))
To: Peter Horry
Am also a fan of submarine movies and I dont think any top Das Boot, I kept forgetting they were the other side (and the ending, didnt see that coming). Was it Enemy Below that had Robert Mitchum and Kurt Jurgens?
That was a good submarine movie.
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posted on
11/26/2008 7:52:29 AM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys: Can't fly, can't ski, can't drive, can't skipper a boat. But they know what's best.)
To: Boonie
Lots of people dont realize how Union East Tennessee was during the War Between the States....It almost caused the state to divide into two separate states...
My immediate family is from the southern part of East Tennessee. There are indications of strong interactions with our relatives in northern East Tennessee before the Unpleasantness. They sided with the Union. We sided with the Confederacy. No more interactions after the War!
To: Red_Devil 232
1-PATTON
2-B.O.B
3-FULL METAL JACKET
4-WE WERE SOLDIERS
5-KELLY’S HEROES
6-GREEN BERETS
7-TORA,TORA,TORA
8-GETTYSBURG/GODS AND GENERALS
9-SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
10-GUNNER PALACE (IRAQ)
TV
BLACK SHEEP SQUADRON
MASH
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posted on
11/26/2008 7:59:49 AM PST
by
OL Hickory
(hear that sound..its a hammer hitting the nail on its head!!)
To: arthurus
Whoops! Missed it. More coffee.
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posted on
11/26/2008 8:06:26 AM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(If you read only one book this year, read "Stolen Valor".)
To: N. Theknow
“Was it Enemy Below that had Robert Mitchum and Kurt Jurgens?”
That was it, Mitchum, like Bronson and McQueen, always put in a good solid performance but never seemed to get the recognition of people like John Wayne. Also saw that it was directed by Dick Powell, brings back memories of Zane Grey Theater (guess I am getting old). I also liked The Hunt for Red October (have to overlook Baldwin), never thought much of Connery as Bond but he definitely improved with age.
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posted on
11/26/2008 8:29:28 AM PST
by
Peter Horry
(Mount Up Everybody and Ride to the Sound of the Guns .. Pat Buchanan)
To: Peter Horry
Also saw that it was directed by Dick PowellDick Powell. Did a good job in "Mr. Roberts."
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posted on
11/26/2008 8:33:07 AM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys: Can't fly, can't ski, can't drive, can't skipper a boat. But they know what's best.)
To: trubolotta
A Walk in the SunMy favorite.
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posted on
11/26/2008 8:36:40 AM PST
by
Stentor
(b. July 4, 1776 - d. January 20, 2009 sorely missed.)
To: N. Theknow
That was William Powell. A very good flick.
To: OL Hickory
The Black Sheep Squadron and The Rat Patrol would be my favorites for TV. One of the best lines was when Pappy said, in a voice over, that he was relieved to see that the attacking planes didn’t have extra fuel tanks and that it would be a short battle (they would have to break off and return to base), until .... he realized they didn’t intend to return to base.
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posted on
11/26/2008 8:48:27 AM PST
by
Peter Horry
(Mount Up Everybody and Ride to the Sound of the Guns .. Pat Buchanan)
To: N. Theknow
Battle of the BulgeDreadful filmmaking. Simply laughable.
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posted on
11/26/2008 8:50:53 AM PST
by
Petronski
(For the next few years, Gethsemane will not be marginal. We will know that garden. -- Cdl. Stafford)
To: sargunner
That was William Powell. A very good flick. Oopsey. Thanks for the correction.
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posted on
11/26/2008 8:51:21 AM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys: Can't fly, can't ski, can't drive, can't skipper a boat. But they know what's best.)
To: N. Theknow
When some goofy movie critic talks about “chemstry” between two actors, watch any Thin Man movie and pay attenton to Wiliam Powell and Myrna Loy, and you will know what chemistry is. The critic won’t sound so goofy anymore.
To: starlifter
I submit Doctor Strangelove. What I found was the most striking was the transformation of the initially misfit/lackluster appearing crew (no doubt partly attributable to countless hours on alert) to, upon receiving their orders, a crack team dedicated to carrying out their mission, at whatever the cost. A tribute to the warrior, whatever other aspects of the film conveyed.
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posted on
11/26/2008 9:36:28 AM PST
by
VAarea
To: gridlock
A really bad movie, that is fun to watch, if you are in the mood for a bad, fun movie, is Starship Troopers. You didn't find it credible that battlefield tactics in the far future would be modeled on those of the Trojan War?
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posted on
11/26/2008 9:38:23 AM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
("Real thanksgiving happened over a month ago" - canadagirl@metronewsone)
To: pfflier
One you gotta see even if it isnt in there, is The Boys in Company C That's not really a "movie," is it? I thought that was a documentary that made its way onto PBS or something after the war.
It was very good, too.
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posted on
11/26/2008 9:43:49 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
To: Towsoncrs
I'll add a "third" for Last of the Mohicans. I thought it was a good movie -- that became great because it has what is probably the best soundtrack any movie has ever had. Absolutely riveting music throughout the whole thing.
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posted on
11/26/2008 9:45:42 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
To: The Louiswu
I once took a job with a company where one of my co-workers turned out to be a guy from Australia. One of the first things I asked him after we met (I always have to be a wise guy, eh?) was: "Hey, are you related to Harry Morant in any way?"
He told me that the Morant character was somewhat embellished in the movie -- specifically in that "Harry Morant was a pretty bad guy" (just picture this with an Australian accent, LOL). Apparently Morant was what was known as a "remittance man" in Australia . . . this tag was originally applied to a person who joined the British Army and fled the country so as to avoid paying a huge debt, but over the years it was also applied to men who joined the British Army to avoid prosecution for some kind of crime. I believe the latter was the case with Harry Morant.
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posted on
11/26/2008 9:50:58 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
To: Tallguy
Thanks for the tip on that one, Tallguy. I’ve never heard of that movie.
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posted on
11/26/2008 9:53:32 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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