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Thanks. I missed that thread. I obviously don't spend enough time on FR. I would ping the movie list except that many of the usual suspects have already found it and I don't want to spam people.

I will raise my usual nagging question about what Hollywood has done for us recently. What is the best RECENT war movie?

The only recent war movie I have to recommend is Greyhound (2020), which is hiding in the Apple+ silo.

I only saw it when my adult daughter, who is not boycotting the mouse, took a one month subscription to binge watch Ted Lasso. She shared her subscription and I used the month to see the three Disney movies on my list. Good movies, but I didn't want to pay the mouse. Glad to get them for free. If they were available a la carte as PVOD, I'd be happy to "buy a ticket," but I don't want to subscribe to the mouse.

Anyhow, I've recommended to a couple of teachers that they assign Das Boot and Greyhound as a pair, perhaps for an extra credit project. Das Boot should be watched first because it is a much slower film. Then Greyhound reverses the perspective and is a high paced, non-stop action film, completely different in style and tone as well as point of view.