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Favorite Military Movies
The Washington Times ^
| Oct. 10, 2003
| John McCaslin, Inside the Beltway
Posted on 10/10/2003 9:01:51 PM PDT by EdJay
Our item on retired and active military members being asked by USAA Magazine to rank their all-time favorite military movies (the most popular, in order, were "Twelve O'Clock High," The Bridge on the River Kwai," "The Longest Day," "Patton," "The Deer Hunter," "Saving Private Ryan" and "We Were Soldiers") generated considerable response from within the ranks.
"I saw that article ... and wondered how they came up with those movies. Then I saw the writer was a retired Air Force officer. Well, no wonder," writes retired Army officer Bob Thomas of Guthrie, Okla.
"Soldiers would choose a different set of favorite war movies, as would sailors and Marines. I can't believe no one mentioned 'Black Hawk Down,' 'Flight of the Intruder,' 'Gettysburg,' 'Memphis Belle,' or 'Full Metal Jacket.' "
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: johnmccaslin; military; movies; war
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To: EdJay
Oh! And what about "Spartacus"?
To: KneelBeforeZod
lol
Yup. I did like that movie. I wonder if I still would?
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posted on
10/10/2003 9:59:34 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Please visit www.geocities.com/geronl)
To: <1/1,000,000th%
Yeah, Kubrick was good at war films.
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posted on
10/10/2003 10:00:18 PM PDT
by
dr_who_2
To: EdJay
One of my favorites...
"The Lighthorseman"
An Aussie WW1 film...
84
posted on
10/10/2003 10:00:29 PM PDT
by
cavtrooper21
(Shoot them if they stand. Cut them if they run.)
To: EdJay
The Last Castle (2001)
One of my favorite, all-time military movies. I teach military leadership classes for the Navy, and up until this movie, the only other one I have ever used was "Twelve O'Clock High." Twelve O'Clock High is an outstanding tool to explain differing leadership styles.
But I have now incorporated The Last Castle into my courses. Robert Redford's character is an excellent illustration of how to lead by example, whereas the "bad guy" character, Colonel Winter, the warden, is a perfect example of a pencil-pushing military leader devoid of integrity. If you haven't seen it, do.
To: <1/1,000,000th%
Agreed. Midway was pretty good.
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posted on
10/10/2003 10:02:57 PM PDT
by
Vigilantcitizen
(Game on in ten seconds...http://www.fatcityonline.com/Video/fatcityvsdemented.WMV)
To: blam
I served on diesel subs in the early 60's The Albacore?
To: EdJay
The Great Escape.
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posted on
10/10/2003 10:05:23 PM PDT
by
Mark Felton
("All liberty flows from the barrel of a gun")
To: Archie Bunker on steroids
Our base will be the subject of a mail call episode.Way cool! Oooooooooooh-RAH!!!
89
posted on
10/10/2003 10:06:42 PM PDT
by
TomServo
("Upon further review, the refs find that Cody is dead. The play stands -- Cody is dead.")
To: dfwgator
It took 25 posts to find another fan of "BREAKER MORANT" , which is a great movie in a lot of ways. At the time it was made, it was taken by many as a parable about the U.S. in Vietnam- and a better one than most of that breed.
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posted on
10/10/2003 10:07:50 PM PDT
by
RANGERAIRBORNE
("Si vis pacem, para bellum"- still good advice after 2000 years.)
To: JackRyanCIA
Plus Ryan as a General with his babyface was a bit much. Should of made him a Louie or something.General Gavin didn't care much for self-confessed draft dodger Ryan O'Neal playing him. As for the baby-face, though, Gavin was a young general who kinda looked like a kid.
To: dfwgator
battle at Ouistreham
Was it the one with the British commando raid? I liked that part.
92
posted on
10/10/2003 10:19:18 PM PDT
by
dr_who_2
To: clintonh8r
A Few movies about the war in Russia: Stalingrad, Enemy at the Gates and Cross of Iron.
The Desert Rats, The Desert Fox, Decision before Dawn, Sink the Bismark, In Harms Way, King Rat, Kagemusha. Empire of the Sun, The Bedford Incident. Single Handed aka Sailor of the King.
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posted on
10/10/2003 10:19:19 PM PDT
by
Leto
To: Leto
Kagemusha? Na, Ran or Throne of Blood. Or shoot, Seven Samurai.
94
posted on
10/10/2003 10:23:24 PM PDT
by
dr_who_2
To: STFrancis
I think you may mean Sam Peckinpah's "Cross of Iron", which was a great Eastern Front war film.
To: EdJay
Castle Keep, The Guns of Navarone, The Big Red One, Stalag 17
To: dfwgator
"Another good one is "Operation Daybreak" which was about the Czech resistance fighters who assassinated Heydrich in Prague."
If you're interested in Heydrich, then rent CONSPIRACY an HBO film. It's available on DVD.
To: meisterbrewer
"War Hunt"
Redford's very first film in '62 about the Korean War. His uncle served in Belgium in WWII.
To: EdJay
Favorite War Movie
BTW Why A Duck?
99
posted on
10/10/2003 10:38:07 PM PDT
by
philo
To: lizma
How is it that we're missing out Alistair MacLean's story, ''Where Eagles Dare'', with Burton and Eastwood? Romanticised and somewhat overdramatised, yes, but a wonderful film to watch.
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posted on
10/10/2003 10:39:25 PM PDT
by
SAJ
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