The twenty best war movies, according to the Torygraph

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Admiral Yi

#195
July 30, 2009, 01:53:44 PM
Anyone who thinks Schindler is not a war movie should feel free to vote in the challenger.

Interesting that Great Escape gets questioned but Kwai does not.

saskganesh

#196
July 30, 2009, 02:00:21 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 30, 2009, 01:53:44 PM
Anyone who thinks Schindler is not a war movie should feel free to vote in the challenger.

Interesting that Great Escape gets questioned but Kwai does not.

apparently it's Berkut's thread now. good luck.
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The Brain

#197
July 30, 2009, 02:03:10 PM
How about we make a list of war movies and then vote from that list? There is no silver bullet here, we're gonna have to do it the hard way.
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Admiral Yi

#198
July 30, 2009, 02:45:50 PM
Quote from: The Brain on July 30, 2009, 02:03:10 PM
How about we make a list of war movies and then vote from that list? There is no silver bullet here, we're gonna have to do it the hard way.
What's the point in having a preliminary vetting stage?  As things stand right now, if you think Schindler is not a war movie, you should vote for Glory, since we are voting on membership in the Languish top 20 war movies of all time.

One could argue that people who vote for Schindler are voting for an illegitimate choice, but if you want to have a discussion on which movies are war movies first you are just moving that debate to a different forum.  Unless you want to cede authority on that question to Grand Ayatollah Berkut and his Guardian Council.

And it's all monumentally academic.  Glory is leading Schindler 5-1 by my count.

Josquius

#199
July 30, 2009, 02:49:26 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 30, 2009, 01:53:44 PM
Anyone who thinks Schindler is not a war movie should feel free to vote in the challenger.

Interesting that Great Escape gets questioned but Kwai does not.
Its drastically less good.
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grumbler

#200
July 30, 2009, 02:58:50 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 30, 2009, 02:45:50 PM
What's the point in having a preliminary vetting stage?  As things stand right now, if you think Schindler is not a war movie, you should vote for Glory, since we are voting on membership in the Languish top 20 war movies of all time.

One could argue that people who vote for Schindler are voting for an illegitimate choice, but if you want to have a discussion on which movies are war movies first you are just moving that debate to a different forum.  Unless you want to cede authority on that question to Grand Ayatollah Berkut and his Guardian Council.

And it's all monumentally academic.  Glory is leading Schindler 5-1 by my count.
Agree that this question will answer itself.
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alfred russel

#201
July 30, 2009, 03:00:18 PM
Schindler's List for me--arguably a war movie, but unarguably better than Glory.
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Berkut

#202
July 30, 2009, 03:03:21 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on July 30, 2009, 03:00:18 PM
Schindler's List for me--arguably a war movie, but unarguably better than Glory.

No question that Schindler is better movie.

But it isn't a better romantic comedy than Notting Hill, even if the SS officer did fuck that chick before he shot that kid.
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katmai

#203
July 30, 2009, 03:08:12 PM
Berkut, Cal, and Sask on my list for dissing Glory

Glory over List.
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Berkut

#204
July 30, 2009, 03:09:01 PM
Quote from: katmai on July 30, 2009, 03:08:12 PM
Berkut, Cal, and Sask on my list for dissing Glory

Glory over List.

Hehe, it would certainly go on my personal list for favorite war movies.
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alfred russel

#205
July 30, 2009, 03:13:27 PM
Quote from: Berkut on July 30, 2009, 03:03:21 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on July 30, 2009, 03:00:18 PM
Schindler's List for me--arguably a war movie, but unarguably better than Glory.

No question that Schindler is better movie.

But it isn't a better romantic comedy than Notting Hill, even if the SS officer did fuck that chick before he shot that kid.

Without a clear definition of what a war movie is, Schindler's List is in a gray zone (but I doubt anyone has put it in the romantic comedy genre). Rather than making a simple and rather arbitrary determination, why not consider it a borderline war moive, and thus dock it a few points for this thread? For example, I'd consider Band of Brothers to be inferior to Schindler's List, but I'd vote Band of Brothers in this poll.
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Siege

#206
July 30, 2009, 03:14:17 PM
Did you guys like 1992' Last Of The Mohicans?

Do you think colonial wars of the period were really like that?


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Berkut

#207
July 30, 2009, 03:15:57 PM
Quote from: Siege on July 30, 2009, 03:14:17 PM
Did you guys like 1992' Last Of The Mohicans?

Do you think colonial wars of the period were really like that?


Yes.

Not likely.

Not a war movie.
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Admiral Yi

#208
July 30, 2009, 03:17:46 PM
Quote from: Berkut on July 30, 2009, 03:15:57 PM
Not a war movie.
:lol:

A couple problematic scenes but overall pretty good.

Berkut

#209
July 30, 2009, 03:18:39 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 30, 2009, 03:17:46 PM
Quote from: Berkut on July 30, 2009, 03:15:57 PM
Not a war movie.
:lol:

A couple problematic scenes but overall pretty good.

Last of the Mohicans is probably on my top-10 overall, actually. I love that movie.
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