Favorite movie featuring the military?

[ayepatz]

Just now, Ken Gargett said:

absolutely. burton was magnificent. 

Mary - I nearly froze to death in that damn plane. Why couldn't you have supplied some hot water bottles or an electrically heated suit? I thought you loved me.
Burton: Can't help what you think.

And also “A hole...is a hole...is a hole, as they say.” I have no idea how he kept a straight face on that one, given his reputation! 

[Bill Hayes]

The Great Escape for me. The outlaw Josey Wales. Dirty Dozen. Apocalypse Now. More recently, really liked Zero Dark Thirty. It got a bit preachy but also liked the feeling of The thin red line.

[Ken Gargett]

27 minutes ago, Bill Hayes said:

The Great Escape for me. The outlaw Josey Wales. Dirty Dozen. Apocalypse Now. More recently, really liked Zero Dark Thirty. It got a bit preachy but also liked the feeling of The thin red line.

zero dark thirty is a cracker. 

[Fuzz AI]

Kelly's Heroes

[Puros Y Vino]

I always liked Full Metal Jacket. To me, it was two movies in one.  I loved how it followed a group of guys in basic training and then drops them into "Nam".  Nothing grandiose about war and certainly not as ambitious as some classics.  Like A Bridge Too Far. Patton, etc. If anything it showed how the monotony of war could turn 180 into horror, real quick.  Das Boot was excellent as well.  Lots of tension and a change of pace from typical Nazi Germany type depictions.  The sailors on that sub could have been from any other country.  

[Unpossible_1]

Blackhawk Down

Tora Tora Tora

Glory

Gods and Generals

Sands of Iwo Jima

Are some on my top list.

[Fuzz AI]

"In Harm's Way" was also a good movie.

[ayepatz]

On 2/19/2019 at 9:05 AM, bundwallah said:

I always liked Full Metal Jacket. To me, it was two movies in one.  I loved how it followed a group of guys in basic training and then drops them into "Nam".  Nothing grandiose about war and certainly not as ambitious as some classics.  Like A Bridge Too Far. Patton, etc. If anything it showed how the monotony of war could turn 180 into horror, real quick.  Das Boot was excellent as well.  Lots of tension and a change of pace from typical Nazi Germany type depictions.  The sailors on that sub could have been from any other country.  

Have you had a look at the new series of Das Boot? It's on my watchlist. I've been told it is excellent. 

[Ken Gargett]

1 hour ago, ayepatz said:

Have you had a look at the new series of Das Boot? It's on my watchlist. I've been told it is excellent. 

yes, excellent. even better than i had hoped. 

[Puros Y Vino]

2 hours ago, ayepatz said:

Have you had a look at the new series of Das Boot? It's on my watchlist. I've been told it is excellent. 

No.  Wasn't even aware of it.  Will seek it out. Thanks!

[kuma]

BATAAN - Staring Robert Taylor

SEVEN SAMURAI - Staring Toshire Mifune Directed by Akira Kurosawa

FULL METAl JACKET - Staring Matt Modeen

CHRGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGARDE - Staring - Errol Flynn

THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON - Errol Flynn

THE SAND PEBBLES - Steve McQueen

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA - Peter O'Toole

STALINGRAD - Pyotr Fyodorov

ENEMY AT THE GATES - Ed Harris

THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS - Peter O'Toole

TOP GUN

OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN

A FEW GOOD MEN