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Nov 11, 2013 - 9:38 PM
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manderley
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We are many, many posts into this thread, and I'm very surprised that
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT and THE BIG PARADE---two of the
legendary ones---are not on anyone's lists of shoot-em-up war films---
but what IS a war film in people's minds, anyway?
Can it be MRS. MINIVER, too, or THE MORTAL STORM, or ON THE BEACH,
or THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY?
Can a "war film" be an anti-war film, like KING AND COUNTRY?
Can it be a "behind-the-scenes" war-planning film like THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS?
Can it be a war-on/in-water, like SINK THE BISMARCK, DESTINATION TOKYO, TORPEDO RUN, or RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP?
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Nov 12, 2013 - 9:20 AM
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Rollin Hand
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"Full Metal Jacket" (Kubrick)
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Did your parents have any children that lived?
Private Gomer Pyle: Sir, yes, sir.
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: I bet they regret that. You're so ugly you could be a modern art masterpiece! What's your name fat body?
Private Gomer Pyle: Sir, Leonard Lawrence, sir.
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Lawrence? Lawrence what... of Arabia?
Private Gomer Pyle: Sir, no, sir.
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: That name sounds like royalty. Are you royalty?
Private Gomer Pyle: Sir, no, sir.
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Do you suck dicks?
Private Gomer Pyle: Sir, no, sir.
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Bullshit. I bet you could suck a golf ball through a garden hose.
Private Gomer Pyle: Sir, no, sir.
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: I don't like the name Lawrence, only faggots and sailors are called Lawrence. From now on you're Gomer Pyle.
Private Gomer Pyle: Sir, yes, sir.
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As a Marine, I do have a have soft spots for:
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
A perfect film.
STATESIDE
This is not a war film at all but the main character does go to Parris Island Basic Training and the boot camp scenes are damn good and brought back A LOT of memories and laughs.
FULL METAL JACKET
Anyone who goes to Marine Basic Training has seen this film and it sure as hell nailed the feel during the first act plus our Drill Instructors certainly live up to a few of the moments in this film.
Others that come to mind are BAND OF BROTHERS, THE THIN RED LINE, and PATHS OF GLORY.
One I've always hated was SAVING PRIVATE RYAN...what a piece of shit.
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Nov 12, 2013 - 12:46 PM
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Tall Guy
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We are many, many posts into this thread, and I'm very surprised that
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT and THE BIG PARADE---two of the
legendary ones---are not on anyone's lists of shoot-em-up war films---
but what IS a war film in people's minds, anyway?
Can it be MRS. MINIVER, too, or THE MORTAL STORM, or ON THE BEACH,
or THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY?
Can a "war film" be an anti-war film, like KING AND COUNTRY?
Can it be a "behind-the-scenes" war-planning film like THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS?
Can it be a war-on/in-water, like SINK THE BISMARCK, DESTINATION TOKYO, TORPEDO RUN, or RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP?
S'pose so. Why not. And CAPTAIN AMERICA! 
A few films not yet mentioned that I enjoy -
WHERE EAGLES DARE
CROSS OF IRON
OPERATION CROSSBOW
THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
Not that these challenge Battle of Britain (or Algiers) in my affections, but good fun.
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yes on veterans day or remembrance day if we're talking favourite war films they are the same as any other day.
If i had to choose a great film for performance and a bit more seriousness it would be Patton and Lawrence of Arabia.
If i had to the choose favourite for thought-provoking and harrowing if would be Battle of Algiers and schindlers list and The Man who never was.
if i had to choose one for pure entertainment it would be Where Eagles dare. A few more contenders would be Operation Daybreak, the big red one, dirty dozen, is paris burning? and blue max.and Cross of iron.
For accuracy and realism Band of brothers, including the poignant but quite brilliant documentary episode of the u.S ww2 vets whose lives had been dramatized being interviewed, which was pure golddust. These wonderful lucid, eloquent and incredibly brave guys moved me very much.
For quotable lines, Battle of britain. zulu, too late the hero, battle of the bulge, and my fave vietnam filn Go tell the spartans
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I wouldn't think of Remembrance Day (which was the same date in the UK this year) in terms of entertainment movies at all. Wrong, wrong aesthetic.
'Come and See' (Klimov)
'The Train' (Frankenheimer)
'Overlord'.
I wouldn't use a word like 'favourite' in that mix either.
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I wouldn't think of Remembrance Day (which was the same date in the UK this year) in terms of entertainment movies at all. Wrong, wrong aesthetic.
'Come and See' (Klimov)
'The Train' (Frankenheimer)
'Overlord'.
I wouldn't use a word like 'favourite' in that mix either.
Thats a fair point william. then id go with All quiet on the western front and The man who never was. I was always moved by the father who allowed them to use his sons body - a very difficult dilemma.
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We were asked to post our FAVORITE war film (singular), although more chose to post several of them. I'll try to fall somewhere between the two.
Others already cited "The Bridge On The River Kwai," which is very high on my list, along with "King Rat," both taut dramas in brutal Japanese prisoner of war camps. I'm also partial to "Night of the Generals." All 3 have great soundtracks, Malcolm Arnold for the first, John Barry for the second, and Maurice Jarre for the third. "Saving Private Ryan" was also mentioned, but, frankly, although I bought the DVD as soon as it was released, in all these years I have never been able to get past the first 10 or 15 minutes with all that gore during the Normandy landing.
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