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  • AZDuck
    AZDuck Member Posts: 15,381
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  • theknowledge
    theknowledge Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,632 Founders Club
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    Glory and Patton are my write in votes. Taken in the first two replies. Well done gentlemen.
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  • RaceBannon
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    I tired to watch the Deer Hunter again and couldn't. I just forwarded to the Russian Roulette scene and called it good
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  • BearsWiin
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    AZDuck said:

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    My grandmother was Christopher Lee's German dialogue coach on 1941.

    Really, the Director's Cut of Apocalypse Now is pretty much as good as it gets.

    People forget that Platoon and Full Metal Jacket came out at about the same time and were compared to each other. Platoon lays it on thick but it made me absolutely hate Tom Berenger for years.

    Saving Private Ryan shows that you can have both the best and the worst of Steven Spielberg in the same film.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,261 Founders Club
    Das Boot
    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.
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  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
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    FYFMFE that it took until paige 2

    Black Hawk Down
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  • PurpleThrobber
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    Enemy at the Gates had a nice scene where Rachael Weisz gave Jude Law a handie through his wool commie soldier pants.

    The Longest Day was a good war flick, too. John Wayne, Henry Fonda, lots of cameos by Brat Pack era stars.

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  • UW_Doog_Bot
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    I can't believe one of the greatest modern war movies didn't make the cut.


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  • dnc
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    GrundleStiltzkin said:

    FYFMFE that it took until paige 2

    Black Hawk Down

    Almost mentioned it, does'nt quite belong at the very top for me but very, very good.
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  • GrundleStiltzkin
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    Bad_MotherDucker said:

    PurpleThrobber said:

    Enemy at the Gates had a nice scene where Rachael Weisz gave Jude Law a handie through his wool commie soldier pants.

    The Longest Day was a good war flick, too. John Wayne, Henry Fonda, lots of cameos by Brat Pack era stars.

    Longest Day takes me back to rainy weekends watching old war movies with one of my dads on our little black and white tv.....Guns of Navarone, Where Eagles Dare, Sands of Iwo Jima. Pops wouldn't let me watch From Here to Eternity. Too much hetero sex for a youngun
    + A Bridge Too Far
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  • chuck
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,676 Swaye's Wigwam
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    I should have voted Apocalypse Now. The entire sequence with Robert Duvall, but especially when he says "someday this war is gonna end", wins the contest on its own.
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  • Swaye
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    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
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,261 Founders Club
    Das Boot
    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.




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  • Swaye
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    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.


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  • Swaye
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    GrundleStiltzkin said:

    Swaye said:

    Also just realized all of us are dumbasses and forgot the greatest war movie ever made.


    It has everything. Chinvasion AND chinsurgency
    While your selection has lots and lots of BBC.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,261 Founders Club
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    Das Boot
    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.
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  • Swaye
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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.


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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,261 Founders Club
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    Swaye said:

    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.


    You're dangerous Swaye. I don't like the way you poast sometimes.
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  • GrundleStiltzkin
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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.
    Think they've been out of spare parts for a decade.
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  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
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    Swaye said:

    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.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,261 Founders Club
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    GrundleStiltzkin said:

    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.
    Think they've been out of spare parts for a decade.
    Good. FTGs.
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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,739 Founders Club
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    Can we count The Great Escape?

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  • dnc
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    GrundleStiltzkin said:

    Swaye said:

    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.

















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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,739 Founders Club
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    dnc said:

    GrundleStiltzkin said:

    Swaye said:

    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.

















    I feel like I hardly know Grundle anymore.
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