Author Topic: Best War (or anti-war) movie? (Read 4954 times)

Oldskool · « **on:** January 15, 2004, 10:20:57 AM »

In my opinion, it has to be Das Boot. (In German with subtitles, of course.

) One of the very few movies I have watched where I cried. (The ending scene... I get teary thinking of it

)

PaLaDiN · « **Reply #1 on:** January 15, 2004, 10:38:38 AM »

Bridge on the River Kwai is definitely up there.

vudu · « **Reply #2 on:** January 15, 2004, 10:58:26 AM »

this is the poll.

...unless you're looking for the correct answer, and not just an opinion. in which case the answer is full metal jacket.

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #3 on:** January 15, 2004, 11:14:19 AM »

Not sure. . . I haven't seen that many war movies, actually.

However, it is not Pearl Harbor. May the people that made that movie spend their afterlives in eternal torment.

SearanoX · « **Reply #4 on:** January 15, 2004, 11:19:13 AM »

Poll, but whatever.

In terms of historical accuracy, All Quiet on the Western Front is quite good. It's a very accurate portrayal of war (WWI in this case), and the emotional strain it puts on people.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #5 on:** January 15, 2004, 11:21:10 AM »

I don't watch many war movies so I'm rather ignorant on the subject. However my brother is in the military (though he's never been in a war) and in his opinion the best war film he's ever seen is Band of Brothers. Technically it's not a film but it's a mini-series so it's like a really long film. In regards to Full Metal Jacket he considers it far too unrealistic and weird to be a good representation. Though he doesn't like an sort of anti-war stuff so he's a little biased in that sense. In his opinion the military is about comradeship: watching your buddy's back while he watches yours. Therefore he would consider films that showcase that as being the best ones to watch.

Of what I personally have seen Bridge on the River Kwai and Black Hawk Down are both really good.

Majexto · « **Reply #6 on:** January 15, 2004, 11:43:32 AM »

Bowling For Columbine

kennyb27 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 15, 2004, 11:56:41 AM »

A Few Good Men

Well this isn't really a war movie, but it's a great movie about two Marines.

rpglover · « **Reply #8 on:** January 15, 2004, 01:31:47 PM »

dr. strangelove

DrForester · « **Reply #9 on:** January 15, 2004, 01:56:35 PM »

Grave Of the Fireflies

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #10 on:** January 15, 2004, 02:25:36 PM »

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Bowling For Columbine

I loathed that movie. There were a few funny parts that were cool, but the rest (aside from being incredibly boring) was a load of BS. Here's to Michael Moore getting shot

No offense, though. It's cool if you like it.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #11 on:** January 15, 2004, 02:26:10 PM »

My favorite is probably Platoon, but I also really like Dr. Strangelove...One of Peter Sellers' best...

rpglover · « **Reply #12 on:** January 15, 2004, 04:23:29 PM »

"but I also really like Dr. Strangelove"

gentleman...you cant fight in here... this is the war room

one of my personal favorite quotes from that great movie- i can argue that this may be kubrick's best movie- and the 3 roles played by stellers are very well done

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #13 on:** January 15, 2004, 04:44:09 PM »

That's the best quote...My second fav is probably:

Captain Mandrake: Colonel, Colonel, I must know what you think has been going on here.
Col. Guano: You wanna know what I think?
Captain Mandrake: Yes.
Col. Guano: I think you're some kind of deviated pervert. I think General Ripper found out about your pervertion, and you were organizing some kind of mutiny of perverts.

(bah, typos in the quote I had saved)

SearanoX · « **Reply #14 on:** January 15, 2004, 04:46:00 PM »

Ehm...I do believe that you mean "pervert"...

Good quote all the same, though.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #15 on:** January 15, 2004, 04:46:40 PM »

I'd have to say Catch-22. The book is one of the funniest things I'eve ever read and the movie's no different. It's also a good message about the beauracracy the military is overflowing with.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #16 on:** January 15, 2004, 04:46:53 PM »

^---points at edit ^_^''

No! Not Catch-22! They absolutely slaughtered the movie! Basically take out all the cool, symbolic things from the book and you get the movie...

PaLaDiN · « **Reply #17 on:** January 15, 2004, 05:20:28 PM »

Yeah, Grave of the Fireflies. Can't believe I forgot that one.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #18 on:** January 15, 2004, 05:41:18 PM »

Meh, being a Lord of the Rings fan AND a movie fan, I learned long ago not to expect movie adaptions to be every bit as good as their respective source material.

I don't even consider Catch-22 the best war movie, but I didn't want to repeat anything already said, or go the cliche route and say Apocalypse Now or Saving Private Ryan (both magnificent movies).

However, the book is easily one of my favorites.

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #19 on:** January 15, 2004, 06:10:30 PM »

Here's an oldie but a goodie: Hell in the Pacific, starring some guy and Tashiro Mafune. An American and a Japanese guy are stranded together on an island, and some pretty wacky drama plays out between them. Not a movie that will change your life or anything, but it's pretty good.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #20 on:** January 15, 2004, 07:47:29 PM »

Wag the Dog. Frighteningly similar to the second Iraq war...

oohhboy · « **Reply #21 on:** January 17, 2004, 03:04:01 AM »

Rambo series for pure entertainment. Saving Private Ryan for grandure. That one in Vietman and Mel Gibson for tactical accuraccy(Broken Bow was pretty cool secne).

Well I'm out. I better good watch somemore of those.

thecubedcanuck · « **Reply #22 on:** January 17, 2004, 07:32:22 AM »

South Park the Movie

Almost had a good old fashioned Canada - US conflict there

kennyb27 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 17, 2004, 11:20:57 AM »

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Wag the Dog.

I'll second that.

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Frighteningly similar to the second Iraq war...

And that...I won't get into.

nolimit19 · « **Reply #24 on:** January 17, 2004, 12:00:14 PM »

Michael Moore and is fairy tales are very funny....almost, but not quite as funny as dr. strangelove (which i saw for the first time last month). black hawk down was amazing in my opinion. i have never been in war though, so i am no expert on what war movies should be like. however, those that have that i have talked to seem to agree that war movies should not be so much valor and gloification as they should be about the stress and commradery.

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