The twenty best war movies, according to the Torygraph

Started by Alatriste, July 27, 2009, 07:20:04 AM

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Admiral Yi

Ice-Cold in Alex is one of those movies it's impossible to say anything negative about.

Vote BoB.

The Brain

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Fate

There are far too many English WW2 European Theater flicks on the list.

Bang Rajan
Der Untergang
Letters from Iwo Jima

These films belong on any red blooded male's list.  :bowler:

Caliga

Oh yeah.  Second Der Untergang... I don't usually think of that as a war movie, but I guess it is.
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Josephus

If we're gonna start talking about Jaron's penis, then this thread has ran its course.  :lmfao:
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grumbler

I vote ICiA over BoB (which I found ponderous and, except for the air battles, boring).  ICiA at least had interesting characters.  It probably won't stay on the Top-20 list, but shouldn't be replaced by anything as weak as BoB (Sink the Bismarck might win me over, for instance).
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Bayraktar!

BuddhaRhubarb

I think this "Admiral" movie needs to be seen by someone before it can be on any list. Has anyone here actually seen it?
:p

Caliga

Another nomination - Stalingrad (German-language film made in the 90s).
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Alatriste

Quote from: Caliga on July 31, 2009, 12:30:46 PM
Another nomination - Stalingrad (German-language film made in the 90s).

You nominate Stalingrad against...?

Caliga

Quote from: Alatriste on July 31, 2009, 12:34:17 PM
You nominate Stalingrad against...?
Oh, I dunno... Platoon, let's go with.  It's overrated, and I hated the scene where Willem Dafoe gets shot a million times and keeps getting up.
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Berkut

All the shitty movies on that list and you put it up against one that deserves to be there???
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Caliga

Quote from: Berkut on July 31, 2009, 12:59:29 PM
All the shitty movies on that list and you put it up against one that deserves to be there???
All I know is that Stalingrad definitely needs to be there.  The scene where the Germans are throwing around and slapping the Russian whore who keeps mockingly spreading her legs and saying, "When will you faggots fuck me?" is an all-time classic.
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Kleves

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Eddie Teach

Haven't seen the other movie, but I'll vote against Platoon.
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Berkut

I have not seen Stalingrad, so I vote for Platoon.
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