The twenty best war movies, according to the Torygraph

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Razgovory

#45
July 27, 2009, 05:47:29 PM
I suppose a movie like Spartacus is totally out since it apperently took place before the invention of war.
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Barrister

#46
July 27, 2009, 05:48:21 PM
I think the whole genre of "war movie" is 20th century plus. 
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crazy canuck

#47
July 27, 2009, 05:48:44 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 27, 2009, 05:44:20 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 27, 2009, 05:35:38 PM
No Bridge too far, Enemy at the Gates and Das Boot.

This is no list

Fuck that Enemy at the Gates bullshit.  Crap movie.

Sorry but the Russians do win the war.  You need to accept that fact.

CountDeMoney

#48
July 27, 2009, 05:56:11 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 27, 2009, 05:48:44 PM
Sorry but the Russians do win the war.  You need to accept that fact.

Shitty movie.  Where were the T-34s rolling right out of the factories?  Where was Chuikov?  Bah.  Crap movie.

Eddie Teach

#49
July 27, 2009, 05:57:26 PM
Quote from: Barrister on July 27, 2009, 05:48:21 PM
I think the whole genre of "war movie" is 20th century plus.

I'd say Glory counts.
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CountDeMoney

#50
July 27, 2009, 05:58:27 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on July 27, 2009, 05:57:26 PM
Quote from: Barrister on July 27, 2009, 05:48:21 PM
I think the whole genre of "war movie" is 20th century plus.

I'd say Glory counts.

Yes.  Best Civil War movie in years, better than Gettysburg, which was merely a reenctor's whackfest.

Razgovory

#51
July 27, 2009, 06:00:30 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 27, 2009, 05:56:11 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 27, 2009, 05:48:44 PM
Sorry but the Russians do win the war.  You need to accept that fact.

Shitty movie.  Where were the T-34s rolling right out of the factories?  Where was Chuikov?  Bah.  Crap movie.

The first part with the Russians getting wasted was cool.  After that, meh.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

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Strix

#52
July 27, 2009, 06:04:57 PM
No John Wayne love? Where is They were Expendable and Flying Tigers?
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Ed Anger

#53
July 27, 2009, 06:13:39 PM
Quote from: Strix on July 27, 2009, 06:04:57 PM
No John Wayne love? Where is They were Expendable and Flying Tigers?

Remember, English paper. They hate John Wayne, as his manly ways offend the limp wristed average Brit.
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grumbler

#54
July 27, 2009, 06:24:48 PM
Kinda interesting to see that they skipped over Patton.  Must have decided it was far too good to be a "war movie."
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CountDeMoney

#55
July 27, 2009, 06:26:31 PM
Quote from: grumbler on July 27, 2009, 06:24:48 PM
Kinda interesting to see that they skipped over Patton.  Must have decided it was far too good to be a "war movie."

It was a character study.

Razgovory

#56
July 27, 2009, 07:05:27 PM
Quote from: Armyknife on July 27, 2009, 06:36:29 PM
Quote from: saskganesh on July 27, 2009, 01:35:44 PM
I'd like to see some Afghan War movies. It would be fascinating.

'The Beast' is good.

It was fair.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

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hsilbud

#57
July 27, 2009, 07:40:51 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 27, 2009, 05:34:05 PM
Didn't like Stalingrad either.  Germans were to emo.

I don't know how long I've spent trying to figure out why Stalingrad didn't do it for me, but you've solved my problem.  I can't believe I overlooked an answer as simple as 'too emo', but you're exactly right.

Admiral Yi

#58
July 27, 2009, 07:51:29 PM
BTW if anyone has been put off from seeing Blackhawk Down due to the Jerry Bruckheimer involvement, don't.  It's a very solid movie.

Alcibiades

#59
July 27, 2009, 07:55:52 PM
No Glory?  Braveheart?  :hide:
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