Good films when I was writing the piece, I was almost tempted to exclude films made after 1980, because they feel, and look diffeent..the whole "apocalypse Now" perspective..focusing on War as evil..ignoring that there are bad people, and bad countries in the world...BTW..md bad..my list of "5" ended up being "6"
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This will probably already be up there when this is posted, but I think I'd like to be one of the first to mention:
Patton.
Modern war movies are like modern westerns. Most of them suck.
The Old Geezer here, again... BY FAR.... FROM HERE TO ETERNITY... THE BEST MOVIE OF WHAT MILITARY LIFE IN THE ARMY WAS ALL ABOUT. EVERY-DAY LIFE OF THE GI... HIS UP'S AND DOWNS.... WHAT HE DID WHILE ON LEAVE... THE LIFE AMONG HIS COMRADS AND ESPECIALLY THE CORRUPTION OF HIGHER UPS.. AND FINALLY AT THE WINK OF AN EYE TURNED INTO A GREAT FIGHTING MACHINE....
GOD BLESS THOSE MEN OF THE 'GREATESST GENERATION'... CWEY FEW OF US LEFT. STRETCH
I thought "We Were Soldiers" was perhaps the best Vietnam War film I've seen.
"Apocalypse Now" was a mediocre comedy.
Every time I saw it, I couldn’t help but wish the VC/NVA had used fireworks when the were shelling us. I put it in the same category as the “Rambo” series - comedy.