The Longest Day

crumbschief

passout wrote:

A old B&W WW1 German film - 'all quiet on the Western front' - brilliant. Think it was remade.

Yes it was with John Boy off The Waltons and Ernest Borgnine in the late 70's,not quite the same film but it was ok.

I agree with Master and Commander,that was great.

Homer J

Oh! What a Lovely War

Pokerface

The Break Up. 8)

Anonymous

For indulgence, Inglorious basterds.
For heart wrenching, The Deer Hunter and Sophies Choice.

And all time classic, realism and pathos Rambo, First Blood part II.

finchy

dmclite wrote:

And all time classic, realism and pathos Rambo, First Blood part II.

A stunned silence fell over the learned gathering, as dmclite ventured an ill-advised comment.

"Good God," piped up one of the gentlemen, "you, sir, truly are an ignoramus."
"Quite right," added another, "and an arsewipe."

mingmong

Speilberg seems to have it covered IMO.

Shindler's List
Saving Private Ryan

(Tenuous shout: War of the Worlds)

craker

Bill Shakespeare knew a thing or two about plotting and dialog. And Lawrence Olivier's 1944 Henry V is lauded as something of a classic.

tebbit

A Bridge too Far definitely amongst my favourites, Ice Cold In Alex also another good one, also Powell and Pressburger's Ill Met by Moonlight

Life and Death of Colonel Blimp well worth a watch

phil s

+1 for Come and See. Astounding film.

Buckled_Rims

Fungus The Muffin Man wrote:

The cruel Sea

I loved The Cruel Sea and Jack Hawkins, however, I read the book and found that to be far superior and I can't get over how sanitized the film is.

Also, can I recommend a TV movie called The Lost battalion.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287535/

Roscobob

Started watching the Band of Brothers mini series last night. Awesome.

RichN95.

Roscobob wrote:

Started watching the Band of Brothers mini series last night. Awesome.

The sequel - The Pacific - is currently showing on Sky Movies. So far it's not as good, but still very much worth a watch.

Roscobob

RichN95 wrote:

Roscobob wrote:

Started watching the Band of Brothers mini series last night. Awesome.

The sequel - The Pacific - is currently showing on Sky Movies. So far it's not as good, but still very much worth a watch.

I'm watching that as it happens mate. That's what made me buy BoB on DVD.

You're right it is a good watch.

shane515

another vote for A Bridge Too Far......the best of the best

Anonymous

johnfinch wrote:

dmclite wrote:

And all time classic, realism and pathos Rambo, First Blood part II.

A stunned silence fell over the learned gathering, as dmclite ventured an ill-advised comment.

"Good God," piped up one of the gentlemen, "you, sir, truly are an ignoramus."
"Quite right," added another, "and an arsewipe."

Did you just call me an arsewipe and an ignoramus.
If you did then I am showing the signs of being an ignoramous, obviously.

I'm a bit upset.....

Ben6899

The Deer Hunter
Full Metal Jacket

War of The Roses

bartimaeus

+1 for 'Band of Brothers' - 9.6 on IMDB

I'm also a big fan of 'Ran' by Kurosawa... King Lear with Samurai

finchy

dmclite wrote:

johnfinch wrote:

dmclite wrote:

And all time classic, realism and pathos Rambo, First Blood part II.

A stunned silence fell over the learned gathering, as dmclite ventured an ill-advised comment.

"Good God," piped up one of the gentlemen, "you, sir, truly are an ignoramus."
"Quite right," added another, "and an arsewipe."

Did you just call me an arsewipe and an ignoramus.
If you did then I am showing the signs of being an ignoramous, obviously.

I'm a bit upset.....

No, sorry, it wasn't me, it was the gathering of Victorian gentlemen that sometimes control my thoughts and actions via a hole in the space-time continuum.

If they ever bother you again, just tell them that women are going to get the vote in their lifetimes. That usually shuts them up.

bill57

Battle of Algiers
The Train
The Bedford Incident
Fail Safe

Ok I know the first is about Occupation rather than war and the last two are Cold War, but ........great movies. Plus many of the ones already mentioned.

Flasheart

The Siege of Firebase Gloria (Vietnam)
Damn near impossible to get , not released on DVD

Aggieboy

Not my genre but I recall enjoying The Dirty Dozen and Bridge Over the River Kwai in my youth. More recently, does Blackadder Goes Forth count?

Buckled_Rims

RichN95 wrote:

Roscobob wrote:

Started watching the Band of Brothers mini series last night. Awesome.

The sequel - The Pacific - is currently showing on Sky Movies. So far it's not as good, but still very much worth a watch.

The Band of Brothers was great TV. You got to know (some only briefly) the characters and how the war affected them. Very moving at times.

I've now watched 8 episodes of the Pacific and haven't a clue who the charactors are. They all look the same. We see Sgt. John Basilone at the beginning, see a few brief scenes in between and now I've watched a whole episode of what happens to him. I really didn't care coz I hadn't built up a relationship with him or others...at the moment I've forgotten what happened to PFC Robert Leckie.

However, it's a great visual war series, but ultimately action not character based.

bill57

Band of Brothers is definitely one of the greats. I love the opening conversations with the characters as they are now, followed by the sweeping theme music. Never tire of it.

llanelwy_ewok

Platoon

Can't believe such a great film has only had one mention.

brakelever

bridge too far , band of brothers , zulu , heroes of telemark , longest day , where do you stop :?:

forcutty

- The battle of the river plate 8)
- Battle of Britain
- Dambusters
- The great escape
- 633 squadron
- The first of the few
- Memphis Belle
Probably my favorite films

Buckled_Rims

I've just watched episode 9 of The Pacific - Okinawa and have to say it's one of the very best war scenes I've ever seen. If you think Saving private Ryan was bloody wait until you watch this. It's mud, blood, rotten bodies and maggots.

I've complained that The Pacific is not as good as BoB, but this had me shaking my head in disbelief.

10/10 for this episode. 5/10 for the other 8. Still to watch the final.

Flasheart

I was soooo looking forward to watching The Pacific after all the hype etc. but since I moved out I dont have Sky anymore
I hope it's not too long before it's released on DVD

magicrhodes

I'm just annoyed at Sky for trying to make me watch Sky MOvies when I don't want it. Pacific is a TV show and should be on SkyOne at no extra cost.... have a word Bradders!

iainment

A walk in the sun is my favourite war movie. Saw it way back in the 60s and it still stands up for me.