Favorite movies (1 Viewer)

[Norman508a]

While watching Sargent York last night on cable again, I started thinking of war movies I watch every time they come on.

1. Kelly's hero's
2. Zulu
3. Sargent York
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. All's quiet on the western front.

What about everyone else.

 

[The Military Workshop]

Plenty I could list but Black Hawk Down was one I particularly enjoyed in the cinema.

About 20 minutes of build up and then non stop action. Good director and cast. Some were not that well known at the time (ie. Ewan McGregor, Orlando Bloom, Tom Hardy).

I am also partial to good helicopter scenes ie as they headed out to Mogadishu with the great soundtrack.

 

[lancer]

Really tough to limit the list to 5, so here are 10, but, in no particular order:
The Thin Red Line (1998)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) -- In fact, Lewis Milestone has done 2 other favorites of mine, 1945's A Walk in the Sun and 1959's Pork Chop Hill
The Train (1964)
The Longest Day (1962)
Black Hawk Down (2001), tied with Lone Survivor (2013), The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006), and Full Metal Jacket (1987)

I have seen The Longest Day at least once a year since seeing it in the theaters in 1962, so it is my most viewed, although Pork Chop Hill and All Quiet aren't far behind. -- Al

 

[Go for Broke]

I like old war movies. Longest Day. Porkchop Hill. Hell is for Heroes. And newer ones, A Bridge Too Far. Saving Private Ryan, but my favorite is Platoon. Brutal. My favorite scene is Tom Berenger taking hot shrapnel out of a soldiers uniform.

 

[BLReed]

Nothing has changed in eight years.
http://www.treefrogtreasures.com/forum/showthread.php?8654-Everyones-Top-5-War-Movies&highlight=war+movies

 

[lancer]

I like old war movies. Longest Day. Porkchop Hill. Hell is for Heroes. And newer ones, A Bridge Too Far. Saving Private Ryan, but my favorite is Platoon. Brutal. My favorite scene is Tom Berenger taking hot shrapnel out of a soldiers uniform.

Platoon is very intense in certain scenes. The scene where they hit the village and Barnes is holding the .45 to the mama-sans head makes me cringe every time I see it. -- Al

 

[Go for Broke]

Platoon is very intense in certain scenes. The scene where they hit the village and Barnes is holding the .45 to the mama-sans head makes me cringe every time I see it. -- Al

I remember watching that scene in the theater, on the edge of my seat, but I think it was the kid's head and the dad pleading he didn't know anything. Heart wrenching.

 

[lancer]

I remember watching that scene in the theater, on the edge of my seat, but I think it was the kid's head and the dad pleading he didn't know anything. Heart wrenching.

Yeah, I think you're right. It was a kid. Barnes then shot the mama-san in the head. Brutal scene. -- Al

 

[Go for Broke]

On another note I really like, None but the Brave, but I get no comment everytime I mention it on the Forum.

 

[lancer]

On another note I really like, None but the Brave, but I get no comment everytime I mention it on the Forum.

That's the Sinatra and Clint Walker movie where they get stranded on a Japanese held island? If that's what it is, I liked it quite a bit, mainly for the view it gave of the Japanese side of things and the characters that actually had some dimension to them. Sinatra actually made some decent war movies that get overlooked most of the time. -- Al

 

[Go for Broke]

That's the one. I believe Tommy Lee Jones was also in the movie. Both sides paralleled each other, having cooled headed commanders, but reckless, gungho sergeants. What was funny was how they evenly died. If one American got shot, then one Japanese got shot. Two Americans, Two Japanese. Sounds hokey, but its a really good movie. In the beginning, when the American transport gets shot down, was like the toy-like effects of a Godzilla movie.