The twenty best war movies, according to the Torygraph

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

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Tonitrus

#300
July 31, 2009, 10:29:27 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 31, 2009, 08:41:29 PM
Ice Station Zebra > Red Dawn

By Dawn's Early Light

Alatriste

#301
August 01, 2009, 02:59:37 AM
Another two votes for 'Platoon' and 'Das Boot'.

Stalingrad was... I don't know why, but it felt pointless, empty, and I guess no one has watched 'The Admiral'; perhaps a great movie, perhpas a bad movie, but anyway doesn't belong in this list, it's too recent.

Razgovory

#302
August 01, 2009, 03:47:42 AM
I've never actually watched "Platoon".
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

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

The Brain

#303
August 01, 2009, 04:26:23 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on August 01, 2009, 03:47:42 AM
I've never actually watched "Platoon".

Then why are you insane?
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Razgovory

#304
August 01, 2009, 04:44:51 AM
Quote from: The Brain on August 01, 2009, 04:26:23 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on August 01, 2009, 03:47:42 AM
I've never actually watched "Platoon".

Then why are you insane?

Copy of the Necronimicon in the Elementary school library.
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

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Iormlund

#305
August 01, 2009, 06:09:44 AM
Das Boot.

CountDeMoney

#306
August 01, 2009, 06:52:32 AM
Quote from: Tonitrus on July 31, 2009, 10:29:27 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 31, 2009, 08:41:29 PM
Ice Station Zebra > Red Dawn

By Dawn's Early Light

Nuclear war flicks are their own genre.

Ed Anger

#307
August 01, 2009, 06:58:03 AM Last Edit: August 01, 2009, 08:20:41 AM by Ed Anger
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 01, 2009, 06:52:32 AM


Nuclear war flicks are their own genre.

Speaking of nuke flicks, I caught Panic in Year Zero from 1962. Pretty dark for a flick from '62 on the effect on a family right after the nukes fly.
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Cerr

#308
August 01, 2009, 11:15:29 AM
Ok Das Boot now has 4 votes. The Admiral has none so far.

I think Platoon has enough votes now, if it doesn't I'll give it one so we can get it out of the way.

Josephus

#309
August 01, 2009, 02:25:52 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 31, 2009, 02:43:20 PM
Quote from: Caliga on July 31, 2009, 02:41:00 PM
I don't think she was nude, no.  IIRC she was actually wearing some sort of fur overcoat and parts of a German uniform during the scene.

Well, that sucks. A good rape scene makes me horny.

Speaking of....Who's your Avatar, Ed?
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Admiral Yi

#310
August 01, 2009, 04:03:25 PM
Battle of Britain 3, Ice-Cold in Alex 1.

The Brain

#311
August 01, 2009, 04:57:46 PM
My vote is for sale in all votes in this thread. Offers?
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Warspite

#312
August 03, 2009, 08:02:13 AM
Ice Cold in Alex.
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Caliga

#313
August 03, 2009, 08:06:05 AM
Quote from: Neil on July 31, 2009, 08:23:43 PM
Platoon > Gas Station Food.
Apples and oranges.
0 Ed Anger Disapproval Points

Admiral Yi

#314
August 07, 2009, 07:43:11 PM
20. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) / Lewis Milestone
19. The Dam Busters (1955) / Michael Anderson
18. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) / David Lean
17. Ice-Cold in Alex (1958) / J. Lee Thompson
16. The Longest Day (1962) / Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Andrew Marton and Darryl F. Zanuck
15. The Great Escape (1963) / John Sturges
14. Zulu (1964) / Cy Enfield
13. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) / Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku and Toshio Masuda
12. Cross of Iron (1977) / Sam Peckinpah
11. The Deer Hunter (1978) / Michael Cimino
10. Apocalypse Now (1979) / Francis Ford Coppola
9. Platoon (1986) / Oliver Stone
8. Full Metal Jacket (1987) / Stanley Kubrick
5. Saving Private Ryan (1998) / Steven Spielberg
4. Black Hawk Down (2001) / Ridley Scott
1. The Admiral (2008) / Andrei Kravchuk
A Bridge Too Far
Glory
Patton
Gallipoli

Battle of Britain has died for lack of interest.  Platoon beat off the challenge from Stalingrad.  Das Boot is leading The Admiral 4-0.  If Das Boot doesn't get any more votes in 24 hours that challenge too will be considered dead.

Please, no new nominations until the current round of voting is complete.
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