The twenty best war movies, according to the Torygraph

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

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Sophie Scholl

Quote from: Syt on July 29, 2009, 01:53:10 AM
Anyone seen that Koren movie about the Korean War; Brotherhood I believe it was called?
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War.  No.  I want to though.  I saw it at Blockbuster a few times.
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Although it was a 7-part miniseries, Generation Kill was excellent.

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Fate

[timmah] Why isn't Letters from Iwo Jima on that list?  :mad: [/timmah]

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Quote from: Syt on July 29, 2009, 01:53:10 AM
Anyone seen that Koren movie about the Korean War; Brotherhood I believe it was called?

Been sitting on my shelf for a year. I just haven't got around to watching it.
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Alatriste

A friend of mine has lent me Tae Guk Gi... and Gallipoli too. I'm interested in both, but I wonder why I have forgotten everything about Gallipoli except the final race against the clock, with the music of J.M. Jarre IIRC...

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Quote from: Alatriste on July 29, 2009, 01:05:45 AM
We could make a Languish list of great war movies.

I was thinking of assigning up to 5 votes per Languishite and up to 5 negative votes, i.e. war movies we absolutely hate. What do you think?

I was thinking about something like that too.

Maybe at firs we ought to narrow the playing field by having nominations and seconds until we get a list of 30 or 40 and then we vote on those movies.
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Admiral Yi

How about this:

Start with the Torygraph list, then do a ladder.  Propose a movie not on the list, match it up against one on the list.  Vote.  If the challenger wins you have a new list.  Rinse, repeat.

saskganesh

I watched Die Brucke last night (it's been decades I think) and it holds up. The bridge fight scene seems to have been a strong influence on the bridge fight scene of Private Ryan. But without the happybittersweetending. It's just bitter.
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MadBurgerMaker

Quote from: Syt on July 29, 2009, 01:53:10 AM
Anyone seen that Koren movie about the Korean War; Brotherhood I believe it was called?

Yeah, I saw that a couple years ago now, I guess it was.  It wasn't too bad at all, from what I remember.  I never got around to buying it though, for what that's worth.

saskganesh

Quote from: Syt on July 29, 2009, 01:53:10 AM
Anyone seen that Koren movie about the Korean War; Brotherhood I believe it was called?

basically a very graphic melodrama. well done but very predictable story about two brothers who start on the same side but wind up as opponents. it's ok, but not great.
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Eddie Teach

Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 29, 2009, 07:23:56 AM
How about this:

Start with the Torygraph list, then do a ladder.  Propose a movie not on the list, match it up against one on the list.  Vote.  If the challenger wins you have a new list.  Rinse, repeat.

Too much rinsing and repeating to be viable.
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Darth Wagtaros

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on July 29, 2009, 05:43:49 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 29, 2009, 07:23:56 AM
How about this:

Start with the Torygraph list, then do a ladder.  Propose a movie not on the list, match it up against one on the list.  Vote.  If the challenger wins you have a new list.  Rinse, repeat.

Too much rinsing and repeating to be viable.
You should ALWAYS rinse and repeat.  ALWAYS. 
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