Greatest War Film of All Time?

GrundleStiltzkin

Zulu

salemcoog said:

I'm hearing it's not Dunkirk.

Lotta simpletons out here

Kaepsknee

Full Metal Jacket

Swaye said:

RoadDawg55 said:

Swaye said:

So wait, you made a pole about war movies and didn't include The Deer Hunter?

Good movie, but too long and slow to be the best.

I wouldn't expect an Asian to have The Deer Hunter on their list of faves.

Some Deers look like Dogs from a distance.

RaceBannon

Appocolypse Now

Tora Tora Tora tells me some of you are almost as old as I am

@Doog_de_Jour wanna cyber?

RaceBannon

Appocolypse Now

Swaye

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RaceBannon said:

Tora Tora Tora tells me some of you are almost as old as I am

@Doog_de_Jour wanna cyber?

Warned.

dnc

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RaceBannon said:

Apocalypse may not be the best but it was the first of the new way of making war movies

Appropriately enough, this 2 may not have been the best, but it was the first.

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

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GrundleStiltzkin said:

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YellowSnow said:

Swaye said:

YellowSnow said:

Swaye said:

YellowSnow said:

Some notable omission and/or fuck ups:

Enemy at the Gates - Not the greatest script, but there just aren't enough good options about the Eastern Front where most of war happened.

Master and Commander - There are some corny parts, but there's no other film out there that rivals the sea battles between sailing ships.

Lawrence of Arabia - prolly should have made the cut here, but Peter O' Toole creeps me out much of the time.

Kelly's Heroes - Even though it's an action/comedy, this might be my favorite WWII of all tim.

Inglorious Bastards - I hate Tarantino sometimes, but Waltz plays the best Nazi officer ever on film.

Braveheart - Should have clarified this was about war movies from the 1754 to the present.

Spartacus - Slave revolts aren't really about war.

Hunt for Red October - Cold war thrillers are not war movies.

MASH - Race is right on this one. Terrific film.

So you add an Honorable Mention section and still forget The Deer Hunter? I never realized tall people were dumb.

Also, Master and Commander is the tits. HOLD FAST

Listen, fly-boy, I think parts of that film are great but fuck any movie that tries to shoot a hunting scene in Pennsyltucky with glaciers in the background. There haven't been glaciers in PA since the last ice age. HTH.

I LOVE Master and Commander.

Also, Top Gun needs a nod here.

Not technically a war movie. Still great inspite of Tom Cruise. I got to go to a private air show at Miramar as a kid once. Way kewl.

Now only douchey Persians fly F-14s.

If Maverick vs. Iceman isn't war, I don't know what is.

Flame away, do NOT like Top Gun.

GRUNDLE STOp.

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

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Not entirely a war movie but 13 Hours was solid.

Other recent war on terror movies weren’t as great. I fucking hated the Hurt Locker.

Zero Dark Thirty was ok.

Green Zone is kind of a bullshit story but realistic of what Baghdad was like in mid-03

dnc

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CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:

Not entirely a war movie but 13 Hours was solid.

Other recent war on terror movies weren’t as great. I fucking hated the Hurt Locker.

Zero Dark Thirty was ok.

Green Zone is kind of a bullshit story but realistic of what Baghdad was like in mid-03

I enjoyed American Sniper and loved Lone Survivor.

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

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dnc said:

CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:

Not entirely a war movie but 13 Hours was solid.

Other recent war on terror movies weren’t as great. I fucking hated the Hurt Locker.

Zero Dark Thirty was ok.

Green Zone is kind of a bullshit story but realistic of what Baghdad was like in mid-03

I enjoyed American Sniper and loved Lone Survivor.

Lone Survivor gets away from the truth at the end; just like 12 Strong, fucking Hollywood had to try making it dramatic than needed.

I will say this. Watching those fuckers choose to jump those cliffs to break contact was chincredibly fucking painful to watch.