post your favorite war movie

[Erick]

i reckon saving private ryan and enemy at the gates are some of the best.

Absolutely. Thank you for saving me the time to type exactly what I had to say.

full metal jacket was an awsome movie.

"how high are you son!?"

"5ft 6 sir"

"5ft 6?? i didnt know they stacked piles of shit that high!"

hahha

Not a serious-war movie, but a classic comedy none-the-less. The boot camp is definetly what defines the movie though.

Also would like to add that Das Boot is a great movie, for those who managed to watch all 5+ hours of it.

- Erick
PS: If anyone ever watched BeerFest (by Broken Lizard), you actually see a reference to Das Boot in there. When the Germans are spying on the guys from a submarine, they get into an argument. Wolfgang Petersen apologizes and admits he's short-tempered because he had a bad experience in a submarine before. Just thought I'd share as I realized that when I watched it myself. :p

[h0lmes]

what war movie was the one with clint eastwood in it and they were chazing that huge amount of gold?? thats a classic.

You mean The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly? Takes place during the Civil War but not a war movie. Great movie though.

[bergie_318is]

You mean The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly? Takes place during the Civil War but not a war movie. Great movie though.

nar it was world war two, and at the end of it they ally with a german tank commander and they split the amount of gold with him, because he was guarding the bank with a tiger tank and blowing everything up ahh i cant think of the name of it!!!

[stevofthahill]

Funny this thread comes up cause I'm actually watching Saving Private Ryan right now while pulling a graveyard shift. Absolutely my favorite war movie, although I do love Black Hawk Down, as well as Platoon. It's kind of ironic because I'm actually taking care of a 90 year old man, and about an hour ago he was telling me stories about WWII. Kind of a trip to be talking to someone who was born only a few years after WWI, lived through the depression, and then served in WWII. Makes you realize how young you truly are.

[Midnight Sun]

nar it was world war two, and at the end of it they ally with a german tank commander and they split the amount of gold with him, because he was guarding the bank with a tiger tank and blowing everything up ahh i cant think of the name of it!!!

Kelly's Hero

That is a pretty good one.

[bergie_318is]

yeah i like hearing war stories from people who were actually there makes you appreciate how much easier we have life.

also another WW2 movie i liked was PATTON the movie about general geroge s patton and his campagne through the western front against general montgomery from england.

[bergie_318is]

Kelly's Hero

That is a pretty good one.

YES THATS IT!

great movie

[bmws50b30]

The Green Berets ;)

[E-Thirty]

Thin Red Line.

[ldsbeaker]

I like them all, but that part in Saving Private Ryan where they go to tell the Mom that her kids are dead... gets me every time.
-Patton is awesome.
-Band of Brothers counts, too. When they find the camps... *shivers* Can you imagine??
-Behind Enemy Lines, good to go.
-Full Metal Jacket... classic.
-Apocalypse Now.. srsly f'ed up.. But good. "Charlie don't surf!!" I love the smell of Napalm in the morning.. That smell! That gasoline smell.. it smells like... Victory.
-Firebase Gloria was an OK follow up for R. Lee Ermey, but not near as good as FMJ.
-The Great Escape.. I could watch that over and over again.
-Braveheart - I saw that for the first time in Marine boot camp on Thanksgiving. Boy was that motivating.
-Courage under Fire was good, too. Kinda cheezy in parts, though.
-Heartbreak Ridge- Probably my FAVORITE. I've watched it so many times. Now that I'm a Gunny, I want to be just like Gunny Highway.

I was going to say Schindler's List, but I don't know if that counts or not. I would say that one's awesome, too.

One that I liked not so much... Flags of our Fathers. As much as I love Clint Eastwood movies and can usually watch them again and again, this one was kind of ... boring.

[Turf1600]

300

[blunttech]

you guys are a bunch of young punks.
i went to the opening premier of "the guns of navarone" on my 40th birthday and it was awesome. i dont normally like old movies but i really liked this one

[Turf1600]

you guys are a bunch of young punks.
i went to the opening premier of "the guns of navarone" on my 40th birthday and it was awesome. i dont normally like old movies but i really liked this one

Release Date:

22 June 1961 (USA) more view trailer

Hey June 22nd is my birthday. However - this came out 24 years before I was born.

[Ray Smoodiver]

Rambo: First Blood Part II

[damith]

Schindler's list, Dirty Dozen, Saving Private Ryan, and Enemy at the Gates. hands down the best war movies eva.