post your favorite war movie

[E30 Wagen]

No Man's Land

[SamE30e]

Black hawk down.
Enemy at the gates

Theres tons but those are off the top of my head.

[Massive Lee]

Deer hunter was pretty nasty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sRHd5pngWE

But I prefer movies from the early 1960's such as The Longest Day on which Spielberg heavily copied to do Private Ryan, Bridge on the River Kwai, Taxi for Tobrouk or the more recent A Good German which was filmed according to cinematigraphic style of the sixties.

But I also have a sweet spot for Clint Eastwood's Flag of our Fathers.

I have also liked a few gruesome movies about the russian front.

[Scotaku]

+1 for Bridge on the River Kwai

Lawrence of Arabia, Kelly's Heroes, Good Morning Viet Nam, Glory

[bergie_318is]

no ones mentioned WINDTALKERS yet, i thought that was a good movie

also the THIN RED LINE was alright the battle scene was well done, but it was kinda boring in parts

oh and WE WERE SOLDIERS the one with mel gibson in it, that was a great movie, really great!

[Farbin Kaiber]

TORA! TORA! TORA!

Two sides of the story before doing that in movies was cool. Awesome flick.

[Massive Lee]

+1 for Bridge on the River Kwai

Lawrence of Arabia, Kelly's Heroes, Good Morning Viet Nam, Glory

Lawrence of Arabia is indeed a milestone movie that can help understand the whole situtation in the Middle East.

Great images and sublime soundtrack. I saw that movie at least a dozen times. Peter O'Tool shines.

The table of Damascus. All tribes united... for each's interested. That's the arab dilemna.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhBIPZCVj84&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aErJB5oxC5A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGfAi7Jh2C4&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9YXuvLfECk&feature=related

[Jand3rson]

no ones mentioned WINDTALKERS yet

That's because that movie SUCKED ASS.

[h0lmes]

Hey h0lmes. Full Metal Jacket is SO MUCH FUCKING better than Platoon.

Best war movie ever, though? Hard to say, I don't think I have a favorite. I like them all.

Can you explain why you think that way? I recently re-watched Platoon and Full Metal Jacket and it is really no question which is the better movie. I guess for me, I like movies that appeal to my emotions, and Platoon definitely did that for me. Full Metal Jacket did not.

[Ray Smoodiver]

On a serious note - All quiet on the western front.

[E30Kaiser]

I doubt many people have seen this movie but "Shot Through the Heart". Its one of the best sniper movies I have ever seen and is about the Bosnian-Serb conflict which hasn't seen many movies at all.

[MattE30]

Bridge On The River Kuai and The Great Escape are my favorite oldies (Von Ryan's Express gets an honorable mention).

Thin Red Line, Letters From Iwo Jima and Saving Private Ryan are my favorite new ones.

[Jand3rson]

Can you explain why you think that way?

Stanley Kubrick.

[h0lmes]

Stanley Kubrick.

Oliver Stone.

Seriously, I love Clockwork Orange, Dr. Strangelove and 2001. Full Metal Jacket on the other hand, is not one of Kubricks best movies.

[ditchdigger]

Glory

I was waiting for that. Fantastic film. If it hadnt been for Silence of the lambs it would have taken the oscar that year.