The SOCNET Greatest Movie Thread....

[SGTROCK]

Originally posted by Doctor_Doom
LOL... Yeah I got ya Rock... what concerns me is that you even know the proper term for gay Pinoys!! Perhaps THE GAY IS STRONG IN YOU!!! :D:D:D:D

"That'll be the day"(John Wayne in the Searchers)!
or "Not Likely" also John Wayne in the Searchers.

ROCK

[Doctor_Doom]

Well played sir!

Of course, there have been rumors floating around Socnet about the Duke too, not that I believe them.

Oh movies, right:
Lethal Weapon
Kiss of the Dragon
PREDATOR!!!

[Freelancer1984]

I'm a little late but, We were soldiers, Blackhawk down, Full metal jacket,Undersiege, Green berets. How to loose a guy in ten days was wild for a chick flick!! Freelancer1984 :D

[Reaper375]

Has anyone said "Stalag 17" yet? I figured Cass would've been to see it on the Silver Screen... but it is definately one of my favorites.

Boondock Saints is a close second.

Dark Helmet has my Band of Brothers Disk set, and it's also a favorite

Tigerland

On the Waterfront

all the Godfather movies

Goodfellas

A Bronx Tale

Casino

Blackhawk Down

I won't lie... I also dug the Harry Potter movies. Laugh if you want to, but they're done well.

There's a ton more, but these are the ones that spring to mind.

[Georgia]

Forgot one... Reservoir Dogs!

Thanks for the reminder R375

[brewmonkey]

Originally posted by Freelancer1984
I'm a little late but,Undersiege, Green berets. How to loose a guy in ten days was wild for a chick flick!! Freelancer1984 :D

Dude you are now suspect!

[Bravo_One_Three]

Originally posted by Georgia
Forgot one... Reservoir Dogs!

Thanks for the reminder R375

Nope, I got that one.

What, nobody has seen "City of Industry?"

[Georgia]

Originally posted by Bravo_One_Three
Nope, I got that one.

What, nobody has seen "City of Industry?"

Damn... did I lose Padwan points for that one?

[Drew]

Originally posted by Blow_in
Van Wilder: Party Liaison

SuperTroopers

Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

Gallipoli (starring Mel Gibson)

Two Hands (starring Heath Ledger)

Saving Private Ryan

Black Hawk Down

Ferris Buellers Day off

Evolution

LOTR Series

No Romperstomper? It was Crowe's breakthrough role.

[Azure]

Originally posted by Ratliff
Ass kisser

I'm serious, I love all the John Wayne Movies.


Oh and i forgot Starship Troopers.

[intell106]

Charles Bronsen, "Death Wish" movies


Steve McQueen, "Great Escape"
Met the real people from the war camps. This was a story about these people. They had a reunion at the Hilton in Norfolk several years ago. They had ventage air photes of the camp and of all the tunnels, playing cards that were actual maps when wet. That was really great stuff from the war.

All Clint Eastwood movies

Harrion Ford,
Richard Geer,
Tommy Lee Jones,

James Bond 007 movies, with Rodge Moore, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery

Al Picino,
Tom Cruise,
Mel Gibson,
Bruce Willis,
Dimi Moore,

Movie called, "Mother, Jugs and Speed", dedicated to time on the street as EMT.
in VA. We also had two girls and a guy on our ambluance crew. I was jugs by default not by design.

Intell106

[Royal Highland Fusilier]

Originally posted by Future_warrior1
I'm serious, I love all the John Wayne Movies.


Oh and i forgot Starship Troopers.

The movie version of Starship Troopers is GAY.

Cross of Iron
Pirates of Carribean
The Rock
Don Cherry's Rock'em Sock'em series

[Azure]

Okay fine it is gay, first impression was pretty good though.

[Blow_in]

No Romperstomper? It was Crowe's breakthrough role.

Not a bad movie at all actually, I just couldn't really call it one of my favourites. Another breakthrough role for Russel Crowe was in "The Sum of us" where he plays the gay son of a parapalegic.:D No I'm not joking. Still....I guess thats what you call versatility in an actor. Skinhead Madman one minute and raging fruit in the next.

Carl.

[SGTROCK]

I cant stand that Crowe guy.How he ever won the Academy award for that movie is beyond me. Fucking objective award crap anyway.I cant even understand the guy. The only movie Ive seen that was semi pallatable was Proof of Life.

ROCK

[Blow_in]

Nothing against Crowe myself, he's a great actor IMO but the guy certainly does seem to have a few tickets on himself doesn't he.... Personally I think the best aussie actor going around at the moment would have to be Hugh Jackman, the next James Bond!!

Carl.

[Blow_in]

Sorry for the minor thread hijack there, back on track.....I just thought of another movie that I rate highly. Donnie Darko.

[RAT]

Originally posted by SGTROCK
(Rat have you finally seen it)

I have been looking all over for it. I can't find it anywhere here... :mad:

I did see ELF over here. No, it was not a USO show. HAHAHA

Nor was it a LBFM 3'9" with a flat head and no teeth and big ears. :p

Hope you are doing well

RAT OUT!!!

[PSYOP ROB]

Gardens of Stone
Platoon
Caddyshack
Vacation series (except European)
We Were Soldiers
Goodfellas
Apocalypse Now Redux (All PSYOP guys love the aerial loudspeaker sequence, and redux has the "looking for Kilgores surfboard" addition that cracked me up)
To name just a few of my favorites

[Doctor_Doom]

Seven Samurai
The Magnificent Seven
Ran

[Matchanu]

Originally posted by Doctor_Doom
Seven Samurai
The Magnificent Seven
Ran

Don't forget, Throne of Blood, Kagamusha,.



One of my personal favorites, Akira.

[Doctor_Doom]

Akira... dammit, another great one I forgot.

[Matchanu]

Some foriegn movies to check out.

Once were warriors.
City of Lost Children
Delicatesson
Onibaba
Kikajiro


I think of more later.

[specwarnet]

OK, here's a new can of worms

Akira (Anime)
Ghost in the Shell (Anime)

[Blow_in]

Once were warriors.
City of Lost Children
Delicatesson

Three very good choices, especially Once were warriors.

Carl.

[PrincessPatriot]

Originally posted by Blow_in
Another breakthrough role for Russell Crowe was in "The Sum of us" where he plays the gay son of a parapalegic.

Carl.

I think Carl's avatar looks like Russell Crowe.

[Matchanu]

Originally posted by specwarnet
OK, here's a new can of worms

Akira (Anime)
Ghost in the Shell (Anime)

Don't forget "Spirited Away"

[Joker]

Debbie does 1st Batt.

[Matchanu]

Originally posted by Velvet Jones
Debbie does 1st Batt.


Debbie has herpes, so do you.

[Matchanu]

Originally posted by Blow_in
Three very good choices, especially Once were warriors.

Carl.

Jake the Mot.

[Ice H]

Beautiful Mind
Gladiator
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Lord of the Rings
Full Metal Jacket
Apocalypse Now Redux
The Killing Fields
Psycho
Band of Brothers
The Glass Menagerie
Empire of the Sun
Les Misérables
Ripley's Game
We Were Soldiers
The Rock


to name a few... :D :D :D

[Matchanu]

Originally posted by Ice H
The Nightmare Before Christmas



How could I forget that one!:)

[Bandaid]

Matchanu-

You better get used to this type of movie now!!!!!!

"FINDING NEMO" LOL :D

[Matchanu]

Originally posted by Bandaid
Matchanu-

You better get used to this type of movie now!!!!!!

"FINDING NEMO" LOL :D

Actually I already saw it, I loved it. I actually loved Monsters Inc. better.

I'm a big movie snob. Pixar is putting out some quality stuff, very well done movies that are enjoyable for kids and adults.

I'm a big horror movie fan as well.

How about.

Dead Alive
House of 1000 Corpses
Evil Dead 2
Alien (still the all time best SciFi/Horror)
Seven

Just to name a few.

[Sigi]

This is a good movie also.

http://www.sftt.org/AC130_Gunship.wmv

[Bravo_One_Three]

Originally posted by Matchanu
House of 1000 Corpses


That movie is just too damn wierd for me... nd that is saying A LOT!

[Matchanu]

Originally posted by Bravo_One_Three
That movie is just too damn wierd for me... nd that is saying A LOT!

I take it your not into Lynch movies then.

Or how about Neo French art films.

"Why does the sad clown cry?"

[Bravo_One_Three]

Originally posted by Matchanu
I take it your not into Lynch movies then.

Or how about Neo French art films.

"Why does the sad clown cry?"

Because he just found out that since france is not a coalition partner, he can't get any contracts in Iraq... plus because he's a frenchman, and that is about all they're good for.

[Matchanu]

How about, "Man Bites Dog"

[Doctor_Doom]

Admit it.

Belle Du Jour
La Femme Nikita

I bet you loved Amalie. :D

[Bravo_One_Three]

Originally posted by Doctor_Doom
Admit it.

Belle Du Jour
La Femme Nikita

I bet you loved Amalie. :D

Doc, remember the formula, but reduce the distance variable 50% :D

I have hated allthings french since long before it was the "in" thing.

The 5th Element (Luke Pissant or whatever his name is) Sucked
Anything with Girard Depardouche... sucks.
Etc and so on.

The only french movie I can tolerate is "The Messenger" and only because so many frenchmen get slaughtered in that movie, and the ironic fact that frances greatest warrior is a CRAZY chick... and they kill her themselves.

[Doctor_Doom]

LOL... I copy that.

I'm with you on the Joan of Arc thing too... "so your best soldier is a chick who has visions, and you execute her... nice work, Jean Pierre..."

[medicchick]

The 13th Warrior.

[Haggis]

Hombe

The Wild Bunch,only the Duke could have made it better.

Scent of A WOMAN

[Blow_in]

I think Carl's avatar looks like Russell Crowe.

I was really hoping no one would say that....oh well.

Jake the Mot.

I always thought it was Jake the Muss....damned New Zealand accents, never know what the hell they're talking about...especially that Russel Crowe guy, lol.

Carl.

[mdb23]

Comedies:
Strange Brew
Young Frankenstein
Super Troopers
Animal House
Office Space
The Full Monty
Still Crazy

Drama:
Fight Club
Braveheart
Cool Hand Luke
Apollo 13
Road to Perdition
Sleepers
Ocean's Eleven

War:
Blackhawk Down
Full Metal Jacket
Apocolypse Now


BTW, House of 1000 Corpses?????? How about it's real title, "I Am Going to Rip Off the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Call it An Original Horror Flick." Jesus, how did Zombie not get his ass sued off over that one?

[Sdiver]

Some of my favorite movies.....The ones I've worked on.;) :D


ENOUGH
ELF (8 LEGGED FREAKS)
INTERSTATE 60
CONTACT
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON
THE TRUMAN SHOW
WYATT EARP ---- (YES YES....I know Tombstone is a MUCH better movie).
SPEECHLESS
THE COWBOY WAY

Just to name a few...;)

[Freelancer1984]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by brewmonkey
Dude you are now suspect! [/QUOT I am suspect?? I am suspect of what?? So are you Mr. Monkey sir..

[Matchanu]

Originally posted by mdb23
BTW, House of 1000 Corpses?????? How about it's real title, "I Am Going to Rip Off the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Call it An Original Horror Flick." Jesus, how did Zombie not get his ass sued off over that one?


I don't think Rob had any illusions that he was borrowing heavily from Texas Chainsaw. I really liked the way it was filmed, I thought it was very original in the way it was presented, not nessesaraly the overall plot. I was suprised by how well it was done. I hope he makes more movies.


Does anyone know if Finchner is going to make another movie?

[Ratliff]

What??? No Charlies Angels????:rolleyes:

[farmgirl]

The Princess Bride
Tombstone
Stalag 17
any Monty Python
Cool Hand Luke
Finding Nemo
Monsters Inc
The Little Mermaid
Gone with the Wind
Casablanca
Dead Poet's Society
Hamlet
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
(well... I am an English teacher)
First Knight
Highlander
okay... how about anything with Sean Connery...;)

[Azure]

I just went through everything and not one person put Harts War as one of their favorites.

Watched it last night loved every second even though i do hate Colin Farrel with a passion. Must have been the trial that was so intriguing, i'm a gonna be a lawyer when i grow up. :D


Stan

[Luceid]

My favorites:

-Gladiator! (Best movie ever produced IMO)
-Lord of the Rings 1, 2 and 3
-Star Wars
-Band of Brothers
-We Were Soldiers
-The Art of War
-The Matrix
-Hart's War
-The Last Samurai

And many more..

[RgrBarney]

Originally posted by Matchanu
How about, "Man Bites Dog"

I was wondering if anyone would list that one. I laugh just thinking about it.

Tombstone
Batman (only with Keaton though)
Lord of the Rings (entire series)
The original Star Wars movies (before he went back and fucked them up)
BHD
Good Fellas
Once Upon a Time in the West
Godfather I & II
Sean Connery Bond Movies
The Glen Miller Story (thanks grandpa)
I'll catch hell for this but: Any Gene Kelly movie. He was a dancer, but he wasn't all gay and shit like ole Fred Astaire(again, thanks grandpa)
The Philadelphia Story (Hepburn when she was hot)
Animal House
Forrest Gump (I can relate so well)
Man Hunter (the original Red Dragon by Michael Mann and starring the guy on CSI)

I'm sure there are more....

[GoingThereToDoThat]

The Last Samurai.

That is all. I've got an honor fixation.

[shtr300winmag]

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Eiger Sanction
Kelly's Heros
The Omega Man
Proof of Life
Full Metal Jacket
Lord of the Rings
Apocalypse Now Redux
Where Eagle Dare
Slap Shot
The Hunt for Red October
Clockwork Orange
Blue Thunder

[Cam]

One good flick not yet mentioned is "84 Charlie MoPic". A 'lessons learned' film crew goes out with a LRRP in Vietnam - all shot first person through the cameraman's perspective. Worth a look.

Intell, re: The Great Escape. When just out of high school in '86, I worked with a guy who's dad had "been in the war." Over lunch one day, the father briefly mentioned that he'd been shot down, and a POW, then he left the table. "That's as much as we've ever heard him say," I was told. I was later dumbfounded to discover that he had been in that stalag, and was one of the people who did exercises on the vault box while the guys were digging. he drew a really high number, and never had a chance to go through the tunnel. Amazing, the people you meet.

[SgtUSMC8541]

ARMY OF DARKNESS - EVIL DEAD II Ash is the man! :cool:

[brewmonkey]

Originally posted by Future_warrior1
I just went through everything and not one person put Harts War as one of their favorites.

Watched it last night loved every second even though i do hate Colin Farrel with a passion. Must have been the trial that was so intriguing, i'm a gonna be a lawyer when i grow up. :D


Stan

Probably for the same reason no one listed "Tears of the Sun" as a great movie, BRUCE WILLIS.

[Azure]

Not that i like Bruce Willis, but whats wrong with him?

I liked Harts War because of the trial which as i said was intiguing, and because it contains very strong messages of honor, duty and courage, both physical and moral.


Stan

[AF Water Walker]

Oh brother, Where art thou?

"Gopher Emmett?"

[HoosGhost]

Jim Carrey in his finest role:

LIAR LIAR.


Jim: Hi.
Hot Chick: Hi
Jim: New in the building?
HC: Yea. Moved in on Monday. Everyone's been treating me real nice.
Jim: That's 'cause your boobs are huge. I mean...I wanna squeeze 'em. <gasp> MAMA <suckling sound> SMACK

[Kiowa5]

fight club

snatch

pulp fiction

kill bill

apocolypse now

bandwagon

box of moonlight

confessions of a dangerous mind

the recruit

vanilla sky

where can you find 84 charlie mopic?

[Type-82]

All so contemporary aren't you?


The Final Option

Taxi Driver

A Clockwork Orange

[Travleer]

farmgirl, I thought I was the only one who liked Much Ado About Nothing. realy great film.

another great film: The Red Violin.

[JumpmasterK]

Watch "Go Tell the Spartans". This movie was one of the first Vietnam War movies. Burt Lancaster was a Major that had some difficulties with his career, but still led like a soldier. At the end, the US advisors to the ARVN were called to pull out, leaving the indigenous personell to die. Craig Wasson, as a young volunteer, refused to leave, and the Major did as well. The friendlies were wiped out, but at least they weren't abandoned. It's a good movie, with a tragic but meaningful ending.

[Apollo]

El Mariachi
I have to say is a most excellant movie. Nothing can beat a guitar case full of machine pistols and knives and stuff.
I always liked bruce willis' work but Tears of the Sun and Hearts War are some of his worst products in a while. Mel Gibson has done some good movies with Braveheart and We were Soldiers...
---Jon

[brewmonkey]

In all these movies no one has mentioned "Mister Roberts"

[Apollo]

Originally posted by brewmonkey
In all these movies no one has mentioned "Mister Roberts"
Hey Brew, whats "Mister Roberts" about?
---Jon

[brewmonkey]

Originally posted by Apollo
Hey Brew, whats "Mister Roberts" about?
---Jon

You have to be shitting me, you really have never seen Mister Roberts?

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0048380/

Another good one is "The Caine Mutiny"

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0046816/

[Apollo]

Originally posted by brewmonkey
You have to be shitting me, you really have never seen Mister Roberts?

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0048380/

Another good one is "The Caine Mutiny"

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0046816/
I'll have to see those movies sometime. It seems like everytime I come to socnet I get a new list of flicks to see.
===Jon

[brewmonkey]

You will enjoy them, I have seen both many times.

[MikeC2W]

Wild at Heart - "baby you're hotter than Georgia asphalt"
True Romance
Casablanca
Army of Darkness
What your wives won't do
Outlaw Josey Wales - there ain't no gold he's crazy

[bikewrench8541]

Just rewatched "The Longest Day" based on SDiver's rec.
See it again, it's great.

[KYOTE]

#1. Hoosiers

#2. Caddyshack

#3. Braveheart

#4. Pale Rider

Thats my video library back home:)

[ocmsrzr]

How about Way of the Gun for action...

And Skindeep for comedy...John Ritter as an alcholic womanizer LMAO

[Kiowa5]

way of the gun was excellent.

Blood work

Collateral Damage was alright

but aren't we forgetting van dam?

[SgtUSMC8541]

One of the top 10 movies ever was on last night.

ARMY OF DARKNESS!!!!!!!!

[MotorSWATCop]

How about "Farewell To The King". Good movie.

[Aqaba]

Just watched Werner Herzog's documentary "Little Dieter Needs to Fly".

Dieter Dengler was a German kid, came to the US after the war, penniless, to become a pilot. Enlisted in the Air Force, ended up peeling potatoes, got an education, became a Navy pilot, shot down over Laos in 1966, captured, tortured, imprisoned, escaped. Amazing guy.

Rent it if you can find it.

[Kiowa5]

LMAO! ARMY OF DARKNESS F*&KIN RULES!

[DonJon]

Usual Suspects
BHD
Shawshank Redemption
Heat

[NightLandNav]

"Sound of Music"

"Funny Girl"

"The Bird Cage"

"Chorus Line"

"All That Jazz"

"Top Gun"

-wait, strike "Top Gun", it's too gay.

NOT Naval Aviation mind you, just the movie.

[Spinner]

"Top Gun"

-wait, strike "Top Gun", it's too gay.

NOT Naval Aviation mind you, just the movie.

Bwahhaa...

Quentin Tarantino explains it all in this clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW9YutYlUHo

[Camel]

The World's Fastest Indian

[HALO]

In no particular order;

Tears of the Sun

Last Samuri

The Kingdom

We Were Soldiers

Shooter

Saving Private Ryan

Bad Boys

Mr & Mrs Smith

Jason Bourne

;)

[8Ball]

Army of Darkness
Boondock Saints

Oh, and I forgot...
I always liked the original Mad Max. I think they went pretty gay after that.

[Spinner]

I just picked up Battleground and The Steel Helmet, one of Samuel Fuller's first movies.

I know some of these older movies are full of cliches, but every now and then there's a couple worth watching. I've heard good things about both these flicks.

[eltrane]

Kelly's Heroes was on last weekend, I need to buy that one. Watched it straight through with my two sons, 11 and 6,.. I guess I have finally turned into my Dad.

[Spinner]

Not a movie, but they just released the first season on DVD. It was pretty standard fare back then, but I always liked it.

Mainly I'm going to watch it for the cars. The series started in '67, and you see a progression of some of the coolest muscle cars from the era. Joe Mannix always had a nice ride.

http://www.jmannix.net/cars.htm

[Johan]

Some foriegn movies to check out.

City of Lost Children

Another great discussion I am late to. ;)

I have great respect for actor Pearlman. Did you know that in City of Lost Children, he speaks no French? He hears line spoken in French, practice shortly before that shot, and then delivers his lines?

Amazing. And an excellent movie. From what you have written, I say we have very similar taste in films.

Regards,

[Johan]

Last Samuri

You must go and watch 'Ran', 'Seven Samurai', 'Yojimbo', and 'Sword of Doom', and then come and say if 'Last Samurai' is still one of your favorite. ;)

Last Samurai movie, in my opinion, would be 5x better if Tom Cruise is killed in initial combat instead of his Sgt.Maj.

Regards,

[HighDragLowSpeed]

Explosion 1970 - watched it on cable late one night and it 5 years and Google to find the title. Love the full special forces regalia while battling cops and the National Guard... all for a tank of gas.

Butch and Sundance would be proud.

[Spinner]

The Boys From Brazil

The only reason to watch it is to see two of the best actors of the latter half of the 20th century chew up scenes like a couple of puppies laying waste to whatever they can get their teeth on.

And it's got Steve Guttenberg in it. That's the guy who filled in for Tom Hanks until Tom Hanks came along.


So bad it's bad. :D

[Gsniper]

The best 'Nam movie for how grunts actually fought and how the actual grunt mindset is The Odd Angry Shot. About 2/3 of the movie is boring, but it has some of the most accurate depictions of grunt life and attitude.

[Spinner]

Before the Devil Knows Your Dead

The movie isn't that great, the director even went so far as to define it as a melodrama, which isn't too far off the mark. Think of it as a violent soap opera with better production values.

See it if only to check out Marisa Tomei. Her biological clock is definitely still ticking.

[Wyoming Kid]

How did "300" grab everybody?

[nofear]

The best 'Nam movie for how grunts actually fought and how the actual grunt mindset is The Odd Angry Shot. About 2/3 of the movie is boring, but it has some of the most accurate depictions of grunt life and attitude.

If you're an Aussie, then the entire movie is riveting. ;)

[Bravo Five Romeo]

The best 'Nam movie for how grunts actually fought and how the actual grunt mindset is The Odd Angry Shot. About 2/3 of the movie is boring, but it has some of the most accurate depictions of grunt life and attitude.Fuck yes.
In my LRSD in the day room we used to watch this all the time.
It was also one of the few movies back then that showed all he preparation before patrol. I also loved that many of the patrols in the movie were uneventful.

How did "300" grab everybody?Meh. It was a cartoon.
Forgetable.
Sadly, this film killed production on Universal's adaptation of "Gates of Fire"

[Spinner]

I have great respect for actor Pearlman. Did you know that in City of Lost Children, he speaks no French? He hears line spoken in French, practice shortly before that shot, and then delivers his lines?



That's exactly what Marthe Keller did in the Marathon Man. I don't know if she subsequently learned english, but for her role in that movie she did everything phonetically. And it worked.

[Lannister]

Five Deadly Venoms

Super Ninja

And...

LONE WOLF AND CUB: Sword Of Vengeance

"Daigoro, choose your own path... If you choose the sword, you will join me on the path of the assassins... If you choose this handball, I will send you to join your late mother…."

[Mraughh]

The Dogs of War (1980) - Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger - merc movie.

The Blood of Heroes(1989) - Rutger Hauer, Joan Chen - not a war movie per say, but a good violent flick.

[Looon]

Attack of the killer tomatoes!!

[GPC]

Drunken Master,Battle of Algeirs. Bravo5Romeo mentioned battle of Algeirs in another thread great movie.The Big Red One is a favorite of mine watch the restored edition one of Lee Marvins best.

[Wyoming Kid]

On 300..


Meh. It was a cartoon.
Forgetable.
Sadly, this film killed production on Universal's adaptation of "Gates of Fire"

That's sad stuff indeed! I did not know that...

[EightyDeuce]

The Blood of Heroes(1989) - Rutger Hauer, Joan Chen - not a war movie per say, but a good violent flick.

wow I thought I was the only one who saw that movie. I actually liked Rutger in Split Second with Kim Catrall and Blind Fury as well.

[Terminator2]

How did "300" grab everybody?

As much as I loved 300, I would have preferred a more historically accurate movie about the Greek-Persian Wars. I would have liked to have seen an epic, Braveheart or Battle of the Bulge/A Bridge Too Far-style 3 hour movie about the wars from beginning to end. Nobody pays attention to the Battle of Marathon except for the 26 mile run at the end; the actual battle was an amazing victory for the Athenians...the same thing goes for the naval victory at Salamis; brilliant planning and maneuvering beat a vastly larger force twice. The thing is, that style of movie seems to not be that popular anymore (I think probably due to Alexander...thanks a lot, Oliver Stone) and the comic book movies have been really hot for the past five or so years, so naturally, that's the style the producers banked on. Plus, the majority of movie goers couldn't give a flying crap about the historical drama and just want to see some blood and tits...so 300 emphasizes both.

[billdawg]

IMO, in no particular order here are my top 5 war movies

Blackhawk Down

We Were Soldiers

The Patriot

Siege of Firebase Gloria

Bravo 2 Zulu

There's a ton more ie: Tora, Tora, Tora, In harms WAy is decent, SAnds of Iwo Jima, but those 5 I could watch over and over

[billdawg]

The Dogs of War (1980) - Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger - merc movie.

The Blood of Heroes(1989) - Rutger Hauer, Joan Chen - not a war movie per say, but a good violent flick.

The Dogs of War was an excellent book, I never saw the movie

[billdawg]

"Sound of Music"

"Funny Girl"

"The Bird Cage"

"Chorus Line"

"All That Jazz"

"Top Gun"

-wait, strike "Top Gun", it's too gay.

NOT Naval Aviation mind you, just the movie.


Now that's fucking funny!!

[CV]

In no particular order...

300
Braveheart
Gladiator

[Corsair]

what are some of the best war movies of vietnam and +? i got full metal jacket and hamburger hill. Any suggestions?

I would add the "The siege of Fire Base Gloria"

[mckbln]

Here is a list of the best (not just Vietnam) war movies; some are in black and white or foreign:

1. Waterloo - the Sergei Bondarchuk classic with Rod Steiger as Napolean and Christopher Plummer as Wellington. Realistic, historically faithful, made with about +100,000 extras from the Red Army that had nothing better to do back then. Very tough to find. I had to go to Belle & Blade to get a copy.

2. Saving Private Ryan - everyone knows this one.

3. 300 Spartans - the original with Egan as Leonidas

4. Stalingrad - the german version in B&W/subtitles..as good as it gets folks

5. Gladiator - also well known

6. In Harms Way - Otto Preminger classic on war in the pacific in the early days

7. Tobruk - the original w/Rock Hudson...yes Rock Hudson

8. The Longest Day - B&W amazing scope, from the Leon Uris book of the D-Day invasion

9. We Were Soldiers - Mel Gibson epic on the battle of LZs Albany and X-Ray

10. Go Tell the Spartans - great low budget Vietnam flick with a really young Craig Wasson

11. Kingdom of Heaven - after the duds that were Troy (Emmerich) and Alexander the Great (Stone), Ridley Scott does it right.....

12. Stalag 17 - best POW movie ever made

13. Battle of the Bulge

14. A Bridge Too Far - another Leon Uris masterpeice

15. Das Boot - MAKE SURE you get to see the UNEDITED SUBTITLED version!!!

16. Tora! Tora! Tora! - the best movie out there on Pearl Harbor

17. Midway - not the best storyline, but great naval action of the turning point in WWII in the Pacific

18. Gettysburgh - not just the best civil war movie ever made, one of the best war movies ever made...great soundtrack by Danny Elfman as well

19. Zulu - Rourke's Drift; has probably the most inspiring last 30 minutes in war movie history

20. The Caine Mutiny - not particularly a war movie, but the best war-themed court room drama ever made - beats the crap out of "A Few Good Men" and thats the truth, even if you can't handle the truth!!!!!

21. The Light Brigade - good luck finding it. Covers the entire lead-up and Sevastapol campaign. Very realistic and better than the B&W version.

22. Blackhawk Down - many of us probably remember this pretty well...too well....

23. Odd Angry Shot - Vietnam from the Aussie point of view

24. Ran - Kurasawa's classic adaptation of King Lear set to Feudal Japan; in a word...SPECTACULAR. subtitles

25. All Quiet on the Western Front & The Blue Max - I had to throw in two WWI movies

[C-M-R]

mckbln - looked at your list trying to find something to disagree and couldn't. Good job, great list.

[CV]

agreed, good list.

[Scotty]

Wow, I'm going to have to look into some of those flicks. I was going to add the worst war movie I've ever seen and one that I judge all other movies by - Thin Red Line.

My friends and I will see a movie and no matter how horrible it is - "Well, it was better than Thin Red Line!" is our consolation.

[Oldpogue]

The Thin Red Line - Beautifully filmed and boring as hell. One of my favorites has been "Apocalypse Now". Many guys thought it was total bullshit, but I think I saw it as a microcosm of the Vietnam war. I saw just about everything portrayed from the wild USO shows to the constant sounds of Hueys in the air. I even remember talk about a rogue green beret in Cambodia as far back as 1965.

[C-M-R]

My friends and I will see a movie and no matter how horrible it is - "Well, it was better than Thin Red Line!" is our consolation.

TSK! Of course that was a bad movie. I mean REALLY. It was Sean "I'm a Moron" Penn. Who puts him in a war movie unless they want it to tank? DUH!

[Smoke_em]

I really really enjoyed the HBO series Band of Brothers.

[Baildog]

12. Stalag 17 - best POW movie ever made


That move scared the crap out of me when I was about 8 or 9 years old.

16. Tora! Tora! Tora! - the best movie out there on Pearl Harbor

One of my all-time favourites.

Great list.

[mckbln]

I really really enjoyed the HBO series Band of Brothers.

Band of Brothers was fantastic. I really liked the interviews of the actual vets with the series. The one part I will never forget was the shelling the poor bastards took outside of Foy in December. Brutal.

[mckbln]

I should also add to the list:

Braveheart - Mel Gibson does historical epics so well...

El Cid - Charlton Heston's best in my opinion. The story of Don Rodrigo, the Spanish lord and knight who leads a coaltion of Spanish and Moors vs the invading Berber armies of fanatic Ali Ben Yusaf. If you have never seen this film, you really need to. Once you have seen it, you will understand why.

[Max Power]

Anyone seen Overnight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overnight)? Considering 99% of us are Boondock Saints fans (and the other 1% just haven't seen it yet), figured someone may have seen it by now. Added it to my Netflix queue anyway...

[killer-indian]

DEADWOOD,
I was hooked...

[Psi Brr]

King Rat
Kelly's Heroes

[Spinner]

Anyone seen Overnight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overnight)? Considering 99% of us are Boondock Saints fans (and the other 1% just haven't seen it yet), figured someone may have seen it by now. Added it to my Netflix queue anyway...

I saw it awhile back, I thought it was pretty good. Certainly better than the movie it was based on. The guys who made this documentary probably have a better future in the movie business than Troy Duffy ever will.

What's funny is, for all the guys plots and subplots, he failed to get any cut for the DVD distribution, which is where the movie made its money. The director believed all the hype that he was the next Tarantino.

Edit: I just checked the IMDB site for an update on his followup Boondock Saints. It said Judd Nelson just joined the cast.

Judd Nelson = Kiss of Death for any movie that he appears in. :D

[Husker19D30]

Mongol (http://www.amazon.com/Mongol-Rise-Genghis-Khan-Digital/dp/B001F34HT6/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1228690317&sr=8-1)...get the DVD or blue ray. I don't think anyone would be disappointed.

[Max Power]

I saw it awhile back, I thought it was pretty good. Certainly better than the movie it was based on.

Please tell me you are not blaspheming against The Boondock Saints. Troy Duffy, well, he is what he is. But you cannot argue with the magnificence of that movie. If you have blasphemed against the movie, your penance will be mighty...

Still waiting on Overnight ;)

[Spinner]

Please tell me you are not blaspheming against The Boondock Saints. Troy Duffy, well, he is what he is. But you cannot argue with the magnificence of that movie. If you have blasphemed against the movie, your penance will be mighty...

Still waiting on Overnight ;)

I'll sit down in another couple of years, give it another shot. I'm still recovering from my first viewing. :D

[killer-indian]

Platoon

[bmbsqd]

Brokeback Mountain

[Ole crusty bastard]

what are some of the best war movies of Vietnam and +? i got full metal jacket and hamburger hill. Any suggestions?


380 posts on a thread about VN movies and not the first mention on anyones list is 'Good Morning Viet Nam'.

I enjoyed this as I treat 'the movies' as entertainment and not as training films.

[Oldpogue]

OCB - I remember the real character that Robin Williams portrayed in that movie. Laughed my ass off at the line "What do you want me to play? Percy Faith, Mantivanti?" Armed Forces radio really sucked until he came along and started playing stuff we wanted to hear.

[Spinner]

OCB - I remember the real character that Robin Williams portrayed in that movie. Laughed my ass off at the line "What do you want me to play? Percy Faith, Mantivanti?" Armed Forces radio really sucked until he came along and started playing stuff we wanted to hear.

I never listened to AFRTS until I deployed, and for the first couple of months I was very disappointed. We actually preferred listening to the Iraqi radio broadcasts, we thought they were a hoot.

Then a couple of Air Force guys took the air, and they were funny as shit. I wish I could get some tapes of the radio broadcasts, they were making fun of everything. That was just the kind of humor we needed.

[Greenhat]

Anyone gets a chance to see "American Pastime", it's worthwhile.

[mrmixitup]

Best War at Home Movie:

Gardens of Stone

Best War at War Movie:

Saving Private Ryan

(Delved into personal sacrifice and the logic behind why one man should be any more important than the other).

[Bravo Five Romeo]

Best War at Home Movie:

Gardens of StoneAbsolutely.
I saw this on post in Fort Campbell when it came out.
Outstanding film.
The scene of the CSM's inspection was brilliant and spot on.

[bdqadvisor]

Zulu is #1. Used it the NCOES Leadership classes.
VN-Gotta be "Go Tell the Spartans", as that was my war.
WWII-Saving Private Ryan

In a class by itself-The Green Berets. It is fun to watch, and try to ID what part of Benning is being shown.

[billdawg]

Bravo Two Zero is a good movie too. About an SAS unit, that gets in the shit, about 12 hours into a mission during the Gulf War

[billdawg]

I never listened to AFRTS until I deployed, and for the first couple of months I was very disappointed. We actually preferred listening to the Iraqi radio broadcasts, we thought they were a hoot.

Then a couple of Air Force guys took the air, and they were funny as shit. I wish I could get some tapes of the radio broadcasts, they were making fun of everything. That was just the kind of humor we needed.

I thought the TV commercials on AFN were hilarious. ANd really how many different OPSEC commercials can one make using a cat and a mouse?

[sierraseven]

Just ended on one of the movie channels: "Vanishing Point" - the original, not the POS remake.

S7

[grappler]

Movies
Charlie Wilson's War
Boondock Saints
Heat
A River Runs Through It
The Natural
Saving Private Ryan

DVD Series
Generation Kill
Band of Brothers

Scary Movies
Steven King's IT -- Fuck clowns and the sewer they rode in on.
Exorcist -- I don't mess with the supernatural.
The Exorcism of Emily Rose -- It was supossedly based on a true story and the comment above explains the rest.

and movies that brought a tear to my eye;)
1408: Reason why... I have a daughter. If you have seen the end where he and his wife can hear her on the recording, you'll know what I mean.
Crash: The part where the shop owner goes to the lockman's house and fires a shot and you think it hits the little girl. I litterally came off the couch saying no way!

[ASTAC918]

Haven't had the willpower to jump into this mess until today so here goes:

Attack Force Z - taught us hand signals when we were playing war as kids. valuable shit when you're 11...
FMJ - for the obvious reasons.
Heartbreak Ridge - more obviousness.
Death Race - the new one. Bad. Ass.
Mister Roberts (1955) - Jimmy Cagney, Henry Fonda, and Jack Lemmon. Heavyweight actors all.
"Captain, it is I, Ensign Pulver, and I just threw your stinkin' palm tree overboard! Now what's all this crud about no movie tonight?"
The Cowboys - "I've had my back broke once, and my hip twice, and on my worst day, I could beat the hell outta you." and "...and gentlemen, come with grit teeth--'cause that's when school REEEAAAALLLLY begins!" have always stuck with me too.

[Papa Smurf]

:biggrin:War movie with ZIP: Glory; Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington are awesome. Cant speak to how historically accurate the movie is but it is one that gets my vote.

:mad:War movie with SHIT: Three Kings; George Clooney and Mark Wahlburg. For me, this was a waiste of $8.00 and two hours of my life I will never get back.

[Max Power]

Mister Roberts (1955) - Jimmy Cagney, Henry Fonda, and Jack Lemmon. Heavyweight actors all.
"Captain, it is I, Ensign Pulver, and I just threw your stinkin' palm tree overboard! Now what's all this crud about no movie tonight?"

That was a pretty damn good movie, I'd forgotten I'd seen it until you brought it up! Off to Netflix I go :biggrin:

[Stanimal]

No listing of 'Breaker Morant' yet? Or did I miss it. British Rule 303 anyone?

Stan

[307th_ACE]

Long thread so I may have missed it, but a couple I have not seen mentioned yet are Patton and All Quiet on the Western Front. Don't know how accurate either were, and All Quiet is pretty old, but both good movies in my opinion.

[Guy]

On February 20, Charlie, Ray and Kevin touched the Red Sea, just a few hours before sunset. Their quest had lasted 111 days and taken them through 6 countries: Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Libya, and Egypt. By the team's daily GPS record, they had traveled over 4,300 miles (6,920 kilometers). They fought through injury and extreme fatigue to reach their goal, which changed them forever.

Running The Sahara (http://www.runningthesahara.com/)

Stay safe.

[KidA]

Brokeback Mountain

Well that took balls. I mean you like other people with balls to rub their balls on your balls and other gay stuff that Jimbo and Mako can help you out with, but there's no denying it took balls to say that's your favorite movie.

[DC Photog]

Favorite Nam Movies
We Were Soldiers
Bat-21
Rescue Dawn
Flight of the Intruder
Rules of Engagement (1/2 Nam, 1/2 present)
Tigerland


Other Favs
Black Hawk Down
Tom Clancy movies -"Sum of All Fears"
Air Force One
Three Kings
The Great Raid
Saving Private Ryan
The Rock
Crimson Tide
Spy Game
Traitor
Courage Under Fire


Worse
US SEALs franchise
OPERATION Delta Force franchise
XXX: STOU (seriously how the hell did Harry Humphries sign on to that)
Fire Birds
Broken Arrow
Basic
The Patriot (1986)
Iron Eagle III

[DC Photog]

I did not add Platoon to my list because of the fact that it is a compilation of multiple "true stories" into one outrageous set of circumstances, that is just my opinion. It's still a well acted and filmed movie. But I have always held issue to the pop culture reverence that my generation has to the film as being true.

My feelings are very similar for Apocalypse Now, it was an adaptation of "Heart of Darkness" adding a lot of hyperbole and taking great artistic license to make a film about a conflict that hadn't been well depicted in cinema at its time. It's a cool movie and all, but to me, based off of what I have read and what I have heard from people that have been there, it didn't strike them as really being Vietnam.

Oddly enough those same people are drawn to "Forest Gump" and "We Were Soldiers" (not so odd.)

[urban achiever]

"The Man Who Would Be King"- great work by Connery and Caine
"True Romance"- the scene between Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper is awesome.
"Raising Arizona" - and almost every other Coen Brothers movie

[humbleone]

one of the best war movies I have ever seen of modern style combat in the current theater is Bravo-20. That movie really depicts what combat is like, any objections to those who have seen it?

[JustPete]

Best Motivational War - pre modern times depicted - " 300 "
I mean come on.... this is maybe the most badass militayr movie of all time!!
Very Honorable Mention Pre Modern - Gladiator
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Best Pre Revoltionary - " Master and Commander - the Far Side of the World "
Very Good Russell Crowe Movie. Very well Done.
_____________________________________________

Best Revolutionary - "The Patriot"
Honorable Mention - "Washington (Jeff Daniels)"
_____________________________________________

Best Civil War Documentary - "The Civil War Series PBS"
Best Civil War Movie - "Glory"
Honorable Mention - "Gettysburg"
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Best WW I Movie - "Sgt. York" MOH Winner True Story - Gary Cooper
Honorable Mention WW I Movies - "Flyboys" "The Lost Battalion (Rick Schroeder?)" Both surprisingly good.

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Best WW 2 Movies - Tie - " Band of Brothers " ," Stalag 17 ", " Saving Private Ryan "
WW 2 Honorable Mention - " Das Boot ", " Thin Red Line ", "12 O'Clock high", " Memphis Belle ", "A Bridge Too Far" , " Letters from Iwo Jima ", "They Were Expendable", "Flying Leathernecks - anything John Wayne, period"

_______________________________________________

Best Korean War - "Bridges at Toko Ri", Unknown Gregory Peck as Infantry Commander taking some hill?

Honorable Mention - MASH - How couldn't I mention it here?

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Best Vietnam - "Full Metal Jacket"
Honorable Mention - "We Were Soldiers", "Platoon", "Boys of Company C"
"Apocalypse Now"
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Post Vietnam Best - "Black Hawk Down"
Honorable Mention - "The Beast"

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Comedy - Abbott and Costello "No time for Sgt's?" "Mash"

Best Comedy - Stripes, period!!


I'm sure I've missed some.

[Papa Smurf]

I'm sure I've missed some.

I would add a couple for the (old school) humor department:

Kelly's Heroes - Tanks, Banks, and "Oddball" - Not bad for a Clint Flick!

Operation Dumbo Drop - Danny Glover and an elephant in a military transport over Viet Nam. It begs for popcorn and napalm!

Mr. Roberts - Who can ever forget Cagney and the palm tree...

Buck Privates (1941) - Abott & Costello mistakenly join the Army.

[Bravo Five Romeo]

Best Pre Revoltionary - " Master and Commander - the Far Side of the World "
Very Good Russell Crowe Movie. Very well Done.Time to go back to history class.
Master and Commander is set a few decades after the Revolutionary War

[billdawg]

I would add a couple for the (old school) humor department:

Kelly's Heroes - Tanks, Banks, and "Oddball" - Not bad for a Clint Flick!

Operation Dumbo Drop - Danny Glover and an elephant in a military transport over Viet Nam. It begs for popcorn and napalm!

Mr. Roberts - Who can ever forget Cagney and the palm tree...

Buck Privates (1941) - Abott & Costello mistakenly join the Army.

Operation Petticoat wasn't bad either. Tony Curtis always stealing shit was great

[billdawg]

[QUOTE=
Best Vietnam - "Full Metal Jacket"
Honorable Mention - "We Were Soldiers", "Platoon", "Boys of Company C"
"Apocalypse Now"
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IMO, "We Were Soldiers" is the best, just because it was true, and it showed the homefront part.
I loved "Siege of Firebase Gloria" my favorite with R. Lee Ermey

[CarnageWhiskey]

Rules of Engagement

The Sharpes War series

Hamburger Hill

Where Eagles Dare

[sierraseven]

Best researched - "The Longest Day"

S7

[Grand58742]

Best WW 2 Movies - Tie - " Band of Brothers " ," Stalag 17 ", " Saving Private Ryan "
WW 2 Honorable Mention - " Das Boot ", " Thin Red Line ", "12 O'Clock high", " Memphis Belle ", "A Bridge Too Far" , " Letters from Iwo Jima ", "They Were Expendable", "Flying Leathernecks - anything John Wayne, period"

You added the "Thin Red Line" but didn't mention "The Longest Day" or "The Great Raid?"

One surefire classic and one that should become a classic in the future.

I agree though, "Band of Brothers" is right up there at the top.

[gator28]

Deer Hunter

Apocalypse Now

Full Metal Jacket

Platoon

[shady1]

Cold and snowing "AGAIN" up here in NY so, no work outside today. Just gonna "Have To " watch, THE PACKAGE. Just Started (woo Hoo!!!) Gene Hackman, Tommy Lee Jones. 1989. Not the best flick but would definately consider it a good watch. Alot of good qoutes, many opportunities to spot uniform F-ups. Oh ! and of course, it's SF based.

[ReillyWJ]

I have to with 1941 also

[ReillyWJ]

I think we are forgetting the Great Chuck Norris Trilogy of "MIA".
"Chuck Norris can kick Rambo's ass all day"

[SFMSG593]

I can't believe no ones mentioned "The Devils Brigade"! One of my all-time favorites!! Usually on every Memorial Day.

[CrawlingPapa]

We were soilders.

The big parade (silent WWI)

All 3 Resedent Evil's (Milla Jovovich is one Bad Ass!)

[Buggerbear1958]

Probably already been said. "We Were Soldiers". Puts in in prospective for me.
Dad did three back to back from 67-69 and we lost him three years ago. This film
was one of his favorites.

[Joe33]

War Movies:
My favorite fictional but fantastic depictions of "WWII special operations":

The Guns of Navarone (infil by sea posing as Greek fisherman, forced to ambush German patrol boat, scale the cliffs, link up w/ friendly indig force, fight small asymmetrical battles, get captured but resist interrogation and escape to fight again - it's like a training film for Army SF! :O )

Where Eagles Dare (It just rocks.)

Other WWII Movies: (too many to list, but here's some)
S.P.R and B.O.B are as good as it gets.
Saints and Soldiers (Good one about the Bulge and Malmedy)
Tora Tora Tora! (as opposed to Pearl Harbor which should have won Best Comedy and been titled "Titanic With Japs")
A Time to Love and A Time to Die (German soldier on the Russian Front)
Cross of Iron (waaay before its time)

WWI:
All Is Quiet on The Western Front

Here's one you may not have seen -

Napoleonic:
The Duelists

[Brianj]

I just saw “The Thin Red Line” again last night for the first time since it came out in theaters, and I just have to take issue with anyone including that in this thread. What an utterly worthless, rambling, and self-indulgent jerk-off of a movie.

[poison]

I just saw “The Thin Red Line” again last night for the first time since it came out in theaters, and I just have to take issue with anyone including that in this thread. What an utterly worthless, rambling, and self-indulgent jerk-off of a movie.

Agreed. I was pissed I wasted 2 hours on that bullshit. The book is good, though.

[EODFPJ]

An Australian cult classic: The Odd Angry Shot. . .about the Australian SAS in Viet Nam. Funny as hell . . Aussie humor, of course. Stars Graham Kennedy and Bryan Brown. Made in the late '70s. It was required watching when on duty in the troop lounge. I served with those guys on an exchange program. The movie is pretty accurate.

[DC Photog]

I enjoyed parts of "Tears of the Sun"

I like some of the action, the overall story wasn't all that great, being that it is fiction.

I think I'm just a sucker for Hawaiian jungle footage.

[Horned Toad]

the overall story wasn't all that great, being that it is fiction.



Is it just me or does it seem that hollywierd can’t seem to make a military action flick anymore unless there is some kind of rescue theme to it?

[DC Photog]

Is it just me or does it seem that hollywierd can’t seem to make a military action flick anymore unless there is some kind of rescue theme to it?

I'm not sure what exactly you mean. Black Hawk Down didn't have a rescue theme to me, it was pretty damn good. Neither was "We Were Soldiers". But on the fiction side, perhaps rescue themed is all they can think creatively on.

The action scenes in Pearl Harbor were pretty well done to me, the majority of the non-action scenes and plot were terrible.

But one of my favorite Vietnam movies was rescue themed, Bat-21, even though they took some liberties making it, it's a great story to me.

[DC Photog]

If rescue is to mean some kind of humanitarian angle then yea "Tears of the Sun" has a parallel to "Three Kings" minus the plans of theft, both ended up being about saving civilians from slaughter.

[Greenhat]

I'm not sure what exactly you mean. Black Hawk Down didn't have a rescue theme to me, it was pretty damn good. Neither was "We Were Soldiers".

Interesting...

Black Hawk Down was about rescuing TF Ranger guys who ended up in a shitstorm. Think about it...most of the movie is about getting the force out... "rescuing" them.

The thing about a rescue type theme is that it automatically gives drama. Think about the Colonel in We Were Soldiers who had to consider if he should call birds in to pull his men out or continue the fight... at least the hint of a possible rescue attempt...

It's about drama... and desperation and a need for rescue is a pretty easy way to create drama and tension.

[Spartan359]

Favs:
The Lost Battalion
Generation kill
Valkyrie
Tears of the Sun
Band of Brothers

Worst:
Bravo Two Zero
The Marine

[Bravo Five Romeo]

Favs:
The Lost Battalion
Generation kill
Valkyrie
Tears of the Sun
Band of Brothers

Worst:
Bravo Two Zero
The MarineWhat didn't you like about Bravo Two Zero?
Aside from the production values... it was, after all, made for TV.

BTW, the UK version had a better soundtrack than American DVD release version.

[MeatLasagna]

I judge my movies by the standard of if it pops up on cable while I'm flipping through the channels, what is the likelihood I stay on that channel and watch the rest of the movie regardless of how many times I have seen it. The standard doesn't work too well regarding obscure movies that never are shown on cable, but I can just theorize on my response all the same. Here's some of them:

The Deer Hunter
Apocalypse Now
The Beast
Full Metal Jacket
The entire Band of Brothers series
The Green Berets
Catch-22
The Great Escape
Saving Private Ryan
Blackhawk Down

[DC Photog]

Interesting...

Black Hawk Down was about rescuing TF Ranger guys who ended up in a shitstorm. Think about it...most of the movie is about getting the force out... "rescuing" them.
I fully concede that. But as I asked him what he meant by rescue. They weren't rescuing hostages or refugees as the other two examples I mentioned.

The thing about a rescue type theme is that it automatically gives drama. Think about the Colonel in We Were Soldiers who had to consider if he should call birds in to pull his men out or continue the fight... at least the hint of a possible rescue attempt...

It's about drama... and desperation and a need for rescue is a pretty easy way to create drama and tension.
I agree.

[EODFPJ]

What didn't you like about Bravo Two Zero?
Aside from the production values... it was, after all, made for TV.

BTW, the UK version had a better soundtrack than American DVD release version.

Didn't see the movie. Just a note about B20 actual: Andy McNabb is basically PNG'd from the Regiment. I'll leave it to your imagination as to the "why."
Cheers.

[Bravo Five Romeo]

Didn't see the movie. Just a note about B20 actual: Andy McNabb is basically PNG'd from the Regiment. I'll leave it to your imagination as to the "why."
Cheers.The "why" is obvious... he talked about Fight Club.
Just because British law has a loophole that allows you to publish books, talking about a classified operation, doesn't make it okay.

[Horned Toad]

I'm not sure what exactly you mean. Black Hawk Down didn't have a rescue theme to me, it was pretty damn good. Neither was "We Were Soldiers". But on the fiction side, perhaps rescue themed is all they can think creatively on.

The action scenes in Pearl Harbor were pretty well done to me, the majority of the non-action scenes and plot were terrible.

But one of my favorite Vietnam movies was rescue themed, Bat-21, even though they took some liberties making it, it's a great story to me.

We Were Soldiers and Band of Brothers was one of the few where I didn’t notice it. I thought that and Band of Brothers were some of the best two out in a while.

BHD was a great movie but the scene in the beginning where the guy is talking about being there to make a difference just puts a slant on it. Saving Private Ryan once again a good action flick but these Rangers have to save one guy so they can get the right to go home. Also seems a huge movie flaw to start off with Ryan alive, old, and remembering and then go to the beach where Ryan wasn’t even at.

Tears of the Sun same shit, this guy is a SEAL and all he can feel good about in his entire career is saving some villagers.

To me it just seems the just try to push a view that nothing the military does is worthwhile unless they are out saving someone.

I didn’t see a lot of the other movie listed so I can’t say and it seems to be a newer trend compared to stuff like Apocalypse Now or Green Berets

[Greenhat]

The "why" is obvious... he talked about Fight Club.
Just because British law has a loophole that allows you to publish books, talking about a classified operation, doesn't make it okay.

He lied. B2O is fiction.

[CarnageWhiskey]

Saw Taken again last night.

While it does follow the rescue theme hinted at here, I thought it was an entertaining film.

Hopefully there will be a sequel/prequel which includes more of his team.

[EODFPJ]

He lied. B2O is fiction.



Was the movie B20 based on the book? I read the book. Parts of it were braggadocio, I thought.

[EODFPJ]

The "why" is obvious... he talked about Fight Club.
Just because British law has a loophole that allows you to publish books, talking about a classified operation, doesn't make it okay.

B50,
Rog. I was being facetious. Unlike some of us, the "loophole" in their case is not having to sign an NDS.

[DC Photog]

We Were Soldiers and Band of Brothers was one of the few where I didn’t notice it. I thought that and Band of Brothers were some of the best two out in a while.

BHD was a great movie but the scene in the beginning where the guy is talking about being there to make a difference just puts a slant on it. Saving Private Ryan once again a good action flick but these Rangers have to save one guy so they can get the right to go home. Also seems a huge movie flaw to start off with Ryan alive, old, and remembering and then go to the beach where Ryan wasn’t even at.

Tears of the Sun same shit, this guy is a SEAL and all he can feel good about in his entire career is saving some villagers.

To me it just seems the just try to push a view that nothing the military does is worthwhile unless they are out saving someone.

I didn’t see a lot of the other movie listed so I can’t say and it seems to be a newer trend compared to stuff like Apocalypse Now or Green Berets
I agree for the most part. I don't put Band of Brothers in the same category, since it was a TV mini-series and not a movie. But as far as thematic aspects and quality I agree.

I haven't watched the Green Berets in years. I only respect Apocalypse Now for some of the filming techniques on the technical side of things. The story was crap and had an obvious bias to it.

I don't mind Full Metal Jacket, I still feel it had some of the same bias geared to it that Apoc Now and Platoon had.

I liked "Rules of Engagement" for what it was, nothing spectacular. I've never read the book though.

[Paranutz]

Comcast has a Cat. for War Movies and Military this month. Full Metal Jacket, Patton..ect is on Demand. I know I sound like a F-ing commercial, but the Family sat last night and watched.

[Polypro]

84 Charlie MOPIC http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096744/

Final Option <---pretty kick ass for an early 80's film

P

[Spinner]

Good, not great, independent low budget movie made on location in NYC and released in 1961.

If you're a fan of film noir, you'll appreciate this flick. It has elements that certainly influenced Scorcese, who saw it when he was a film student. It will remind you a little bit of a stripped down Mean Streets, except for the plot and the fact that it's in black and white.

The guy who directed and starred in it, Allen Baron, probably would have gone on to directing bigger films if he'd made this a little sooner or a little later in his career. The Criterion DVD has a cool little extra entitled Requiem for a Killer, and has Baron going back to New York and revisiting many of the locations where he shot the movie.

Neat little trivia, he was friends with Peter Falk, who was originally going to star in the feature role, but instead took a paying part in the movie Murder, Inc.

http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/546

[SuperCracker]

WHATEVER YOU DO. Don't watch Tunnel Rats. I got roped into watching it a few days ago. I really honestly think that it was made entirely by film students from Berkley.

Damn near every US soldier was a pot smoking murdering douchebag and the VC are brave common men nobely fighting to further the ideals of social justice. Right down to carefully lighted commie propaganda on the walls IN THE TUNNELS and shooting the VC officers in heroic poses with dramatic lighting. It was painful and the lefty political agenda coup de gras........at the end of the movie the VC are actually wearing Kefiyyas (sp?, "peace scarves")

I think maybe a boy scout could have done a better job advising them on things military as well. It's a Vietnam era movie and they had US soldiers carrying M16A2s and flat top M4s, wearing modern armor! The only thing that could have redeemed it is if Dolf Lundgren had popped out and fought Chuck Norris to the death.

[atin verd]

Now that I think about it, you should see my workshop. All the screwdrivers, wrenches, sockets, saw blades, sandpaper packs, milling bits, screws, nails… all arranged by size and type… FUCK, I NEED HELP! Although, in my defense, it IS a mess in there :D I wonder why I have seen fit to neglect my closet and my side of the dresser... that area DEFINES what a mess is!

We feel the need to be obsessive compulsive in certain parts of our lives that we have control over so I'm told.

Wow I started a list of just Vietnam movies that I loved but then after perusing everyone else's I feel inadequate.
Anyway my top 10 Vietnam movies not in any particular order except for the first 5
1. Full Metal Jacket
2. We Were Soldiers
3. Hamburger Hill
4. Apocalypse Now
5. The Deer Hunter
6. Rescue Dawn
7. Green Berets
8. UnCommon Valor
9. Good Morning, Vietnam
10. Deer Hunter

But other movies that I have to watch when they are on television for no particular reason:
Bullet Proof Monk
The Rundown
30 Days of Night
WWII Films:
Kelly's Heroes
Saving Private Ryan
The Dirty Dozen

[Yarg]

Dont watch a whole lot of movies, but my favs are:

Saving private Ryan
Braveheart
Band of Brothers
Blackhawk down
We were Soldiers

Worst
Jarhead
Alcatraz (Or somthing like that?)
Heartbreak Ridge

[Spinner]

I just watched The D.I. all the way through for the first time. Pretty good, even with all the cliches tossed about.

They even had their own Pyle, although Gunny Moore wasn't nearly as tough on his version as Gunny Hartman was on his. :biggrin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwnPDNOAKhs

[Stanley_White]

Hamburger Hill.

[Spinner]

Thief with James Caan.

One of the best Chicago movies ever filmed, covered a lot of bases. If you get it on DVD, the commentary track by Mann is pretty cool.

Also Dennis Farina's first movie role, as I recall, and he was still working for the CPD at the time.

The funny thing is that Farina played a hood, while one of the "cops" that pulls over Caan early on was a former jewel thief who had done time.

[Zilla]

I know I am in good company when someone mentions 'Raising Arizona'! You know a movie is ground into your brain when you constnatly quote it without realizing it.

Just re watched "The Big Lebowski" - John Goodmans constant commentary on serving his country is brilliant. The dude abides!

I liked Connery and Nicolas Cage alot in that one movie about escape from Alcatraz? Can't recall the name.

Rose

"The Man Who Would Be King"- great work by Connery and Caine
"True Romance"- the scene between Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper is awesome.
"Raising Arizona" - and almost every other Coen Brothers movie

[SDVDV]

Hows about Enemy at the gate. I know they were Russians and Germans but that was good entertainment. That boat ride in the beginning would get anyone's attention.

[bmbsqd]

Not the greatest movie, but the best love story ever...Brokeback Mountain. Definitely the saddest love story ever made.

[Ole crusty bastard]

Not the greatest movie, but the best love story ever...Brokeback Mountain. Definitely the saddest love story ever made.

Not sure that I'd admit watching that one... (not sure which smiley to put either;):o:confused:).

[WS-G]

Not the greatest movie, but the best love story ever...Brokeback Mountain. Definitely the saddest love story ever made.
No, that was Deliverance!!!:biggrin:

[KimberChick]

Not the greatest movie, but the best love story ever...Brokeback Mountain. Definitely the saddest love story ever made.

:eek:

I have never!!........:p

[bmbsqd]

KimberChick,

I'll tell you a story from Iraq about this movie. On Thursday nights about 20 of us would gather around a common area at the camp and trade DVDs. Most were haji copies that we all acquired in our ME travels. Well, as a joke I would always bring Brokeback Mountain and offer it up. Of course I always got "fuck that shit", "bullshit, fucking fag movie", etc. But it almost never failed that later that night there would be a knock at the door and one of the other EOD guys, or one of the security guys, would tap on my hooch door with some excuse about having no more movies and ask if he could borrow some. It was almost always a cover for wanting to see BM!

However, I must toss in the towel and say that another movie I watched lately may actually take the place of BM for saddest movie....The Wrestler. Holy Christ what a sad movie!!!

[KimberChick]

KimberChick,

I'll tell you a story from Iraq about this movie. On Thursday nights about 20 of us would gather around a common area at the camp and trade DVDs. Most were haji copies that we all acquired in our ME travels. Well, as a joke I would always bring Brokeback Mountain and offer it up. Of course I always got "fuck that shit", "bullshit, fucking fag movie", etc. But it almost never failed that later that night there would be a knock at the door and one of the other EOD guys, or one of the security guys, would tap on my hooch door with some excuse about having no more movies and ask if he could borrow some. It was almost always a cover for wanting to see BM!

However, I must toss in the towel and say that another movie I watched lately may actually take the place of BM for saddest movie....The Wrestler. Holy Christ what a sad movie!!!

I bet, men are as fickle as women who say they don't shiit or fart....whatever!:biggrin:

[xfrogTX]

KimberChick,

I'll tell you a story from Iraq about this movie. On Thursday nights about 20 of us would gather around a common area at the camp and trade DVDs. Most were haji copies that we all acquired in our ME travels. Well, as a joke I would always bring Brokeback Mountain and offer it up. Of course I always got "fuck that shit", "bullshit, fucking fag movie", etc. But it almost never failed that later that night there would be a knock at the door and one of the other EOD guys, or one of the security guys, would tap on my hooch door with some excuse about having no more movies and ask if he could borrow some. It was almost always a cover for wanting to see BM!

However, I must toss in the towel and say that another movie I watched lately may actually take the place of BM for saddest movie....The Wrestler. Holy Christ what a sad movie!!!
As long as that is your ONLY "Broke Back" tale, I guess it's acceptable.:rolleyes:

[JD Bobcat]

l know l'm way off base here, bein' an FNG .. but what about post civil war ....

The Outlaw Josie Wales .. "buzzards gotta eat too" .. "you get those holes ta bleedin' all over Missourah .. l'll whup you with a knotted plow line" .. "you gonna pull them pistols or whistle dixie ?" .. "dyin' aint much of o' livin', boy" ..

.. and of course:

FMJ .. Kubrick got this one right .. " the duality of man .. that Jungian thing" .. l personally channel Animal Mother when all other forms of diplomacy have failed to produce the expected respoens .. caution: racial slur ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8x968FQiqs

R. Lee is God ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdytWbl9sh8

.. but did you see him take a face full o' .44 mag recoil on his latest re-tread of that army munitions shoot'em up on Discovery or History channel ? .. Bloody nose and all .. the Gunny kept on filming .. booyah ! ... They got new high-speed cameras to slow down the ballistic ballet at impact .. gel and watermelon bad guys .. lol

Btw, Top 10 WTF on mil channel for 5th time this week .. ? New programming please ..

[eltrane]

Just read the book 'Shutter Island', which is an upcoming movie, and should be a pretty good movie if hollywood treated the story truly.

[MM1 Skimmer]

We Were Soldiers
Sand Pebbles (Hey its about a snipe)

[ender_wiggins]

I gotta watch Tae Guk Gi, The Brotherhood of War, again, it's a Korean film about the Korean war. (Note: Tae Guk Gi is the South Korean name for their own flag (analogous to "Stars and Stripes").

It's a good movie, can be difficult to watch at times, but a good movie.

[Paranutz]

This threads been going on since Vietnam!!...lolol!!!

[pirana]

"The Last Detail," (1973).

Early'70s Sailors portrayed by Jack Nicholson and Otis Young take a prisonor-chaser detail, and escort the young condemned man, played by Randy Quaid, from Norfolk to Portsmouth, Maine's naval prison.

The moral issue of the flick surrounds the heavy sentance for a paltry crime. The chasers blow their per diem and risk everything as they show their naive detainee the only good time of his life prior to going to prison for eight years. Train stops in Washington and New York comprise much of the setting.

As with everything, read the book first. It is very, very, different at the end.
Then watch the movie. You'll be happy you did it this way.

This is a spookily nostalgic return to the confused and clumsy America at the end of the Vietnam War and somewhere in the bowels of the Cold War. It's a view of military life, but far from the blood and guts genre. Perhaps today it could be called a War and Society film, or even something less appealing to the action fan. It explores race and class, but considerations of gender are thankfully largely absent. It's a macho flick without attitude.

Hands down Nicholson's best role. Nearly faded from all memory, this flick should be revived.

[Ash_22=FNG]

"Das Boot" (1981)

One of the best submarine movies ever.

[JV89]

Any recommendations for western films besides excluding Clint Eastwood flicks.

[Bravo Five Romeo]

Any recommendations for western films besides excluding Clint Eastwood flicks.without Eastwood?
Tombstone
The Long Riders
Silverado (a little campy)
The Quick and the Dead (the Sam Raimi version... very campy... but sweet guns)

[Zee Germans]

Any recommendations for western films besides excluding Clint Eastwood flicks.


Open Range

[JV89]

Yeah, because I already plan on watching his flicks and wanna expand my options after. Thanks.

[Pete E]

Surprised so many people mentioned "The Odd Angry Shot"..very good film, but hardly anybody over here has ever heard of it.

Two classic films which have the war as their back ground are "Ice Cold in Alex" and "The Hill"

"Ice Cold in Alex" is pretty famous so i will leave it at that..

"The Hill" is set in a British Military Prison in WW2 and is based on a true story. It is also credited with sparking the reform of the British Military Prison system when it was released. If you like your movies with plenty of gunfire and explosions, this is *not* the film for you. If you like a film with an excellent plot, plenty of drama and tension and good acting, you may well enjoy it...It came out in the mid 1960's IIRC and is in B&W, which to me adds to the atmosphere...Plenty of odd school British film stars, with a few before they made it famous, ie Sean Connery

[Pete E]

The Hill (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuQ63UBR1oU)

[arizonaguide]

There was an old WW2 movie where they were on the run in the alps and there's a German officer chasing them and the German gets taken out by an avalanche from the noise from his own pistol.

Can't remember who played the good guy, or the name of the movie.

Anybody remember? I've been trying to find that for years.

[eltrane]

Dogs of War is on the military channel right now.

[Txchris]

Restrepo. Don't read Sebastian Junger's book "War" first, see the movie first and then read the book for the full story.

Chris

[Lannister]

The Wiz...

[Spinner]

I was flipping through the channels earlier today, and on one of the local stations which shows movies that you don't see too often anywhere, they were showing Thunderbird 6, the feature length movie version of the old Thunderbird TV show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi9ylUbIlWQ

A blast from the past, and all I could think while I was watching it was that it was like a G rated version of Team America. I'm sure the creators of South Park probably saw more than a few episodes of this show when they came up with their idea for the movie.

I can't believe the crap they shoveled at us back then.

[JD Bobcat]

l watched Thunderbirds after Supercar and Fireball XL5 for the rescue vehicles and elaborate model sets/explosions ..

The guy who did this supermarionation went on to do the James Bond explosion sets of the 70's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Meddings

[Spinner]

Who knows what Mr. Meddings reaction would have been if had he lived to see Team America.

Could you imagine Tin-Tin in some of those scenes? lol

[Gryfen-FL]

Mongol (http://www.amazon.com/Mongol-Rise-Genghis-Khan-Digital/dp/B001F34HT6/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1228690317&sr=8-1)...get the DVD or blue ray. I don't think anyone would be disappointed.I want the horses in that movie. Good mountain critters!

[egspot]

You know, GI Jane isn't such a bad flick if you turn the mute on and just watch Demi's wonderfully enhanced pneumatic...uh, nevermind.

I mostly agree.

It has a sort of story and shows the ugly side of politics. I think the movie is more about the social statement than actual operational stuff. That is another ball game as we know.

The training clips are very good (high speed cast and recovery, fun at the shore in the sand, etc.) And Her workout scene was great. I also liked the setting for recovery of the Master Chief with the Claymores, the fire power and the Cobras. The movie industry is not accurate in all aspects, ever.

[CobraMach1]

I would have to say that one of my favorite war series is Band Of Brothers. Spiers running through the German village to talk to his men on the other side and back again, all without a single shot being fired is classic and probably my favorite moment during the series. The series also shows a lot about leadership, lack of leadership, and so much more. Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down (and Band of Brothers) opened my eyes to two times during our history that I need and want to learn more about.

[xenonburnout]

The Pacific mini series was good as well.

[Spinner]

I just picked up a documentary with the aformentioned title, it's based on the movie Troll 2, supposedly the worst movie ever made.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1144539/

The doc is said to have enough outtakes from the movie that it will almost be like watching it, so this should be interesting. And I always thought the Leprechaun franchise was responsible for the worst movies ever made. There's so many out there, it's hard to keep track.

Has anybody out there actually seen Troll 2, and just how bad was it? I mean, could it have been that much worse than the original Troll?

[sinjefe]

http://www.amazon.com/Devils-Brigade-Episode-1-2/dp/B0018QQ9Y6/ref=sr_1_3?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1314278402&sr=1-3

Documentary on the Devils Brigade. It is a four part documentary and reality show (sort of). Soldiers from the US Army and the Canadian Army go through the original training at Helena, Montana (given by original FSSF members) and then conduct exercises that ultimately lead up to a reenactment of Monte la Difensa in Italy. Apparently, many of these guys had to take leave to do this. Can't, for the life of me, figure why the Army wouldn't get behind this show. Great history.

[SgtDan]

Unknown Gregory Peck as Infantry Commander taking some hill? That would be Pork Chop Hill.

One film that has not made this list, Hell is for Heroes with Steve Mqueen, Fess Parker, (yes of Davy Crocket fame), Bob Newhart, James Coburn, highly reccommend this one.

People have brought up Zulu, but there was also the later film Zulu Dawn with Burt Lancaster that depicts the battle prior to Rourke's Drift, where main British column was wiped out.

Some other ones not mentioned
Anzio Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, Robert Ryan
Men in War one of the few Korean war films with Robert Ryan, and Aldo Ray

[SgtDan]

Also the film Downfall about the last days in Germany.

[jtk317]

Not a US Military movie and definitely not Vietnam but "Defiance" was pretty damn good in my opinion. I'm guessing many here have seen it.

[AKAPete]

"Gallipoli" got a couple of mentions in this 25 page long thread. "Breaker Morant" only one.

But you should get those two plus "The Australian Light Horse" and "ANZACS Down Under" for a Down Under weekend of movies.

On a slow weekend I'd rent Foreign films from Blockbuster. Can't remember their names but they were good for a one time viewing only.......

The first was a French film about North African troops fighting in WW II for Franch and ends with an old guy sitting alone in a room in the 1970s(?).

The second was of Italian Troops fighting in North Africa during WW II.

Both were kinda' downers but like I said good for a one time viewing.

[Thirtyaughtsix]

"Breaker Morant" only one.



"Shoot straight, you bastards! Don't make a mess of it!"

[StateSoldier]

Vietnam Era: We Were Soldiers Once & Young. The only criticism - it omits mentioning COL Rick Rescorla (http://rickrescorla.com/), USAR, "the man who predicted 9/11" who won a Silver Star in the Battle of la Drang and died at the Twin Towers supervising the evacuation of over 2700 employees at Morgan Stanley.

Other Vienam: Tough to beat Full Metal Jacket. Others mentioned Bat 21.

Only one mention in the thread of one of Steve McQueen's greatest movies: The Sand Pebbles (1966), gunboat diplomacy in China in the 1920's. Saw it as a kid and it's still good today. Stalag 17 is also a WW II classic.

[X-rgr]

Like some others, for Vietnam movies, I can whole-heartedly suggest 84 Charlie Mopic and The Siege of Firebase Gloria. I loved Breaker Morant (or the book "The Breaker").

I just rewatched Defiance the other day. It was just as good as I remembered it.

One of my favorite war flicks is the original post-Glasnost Russian version of The Beast. If you can't find that one, then the American remake is nearly as good.

"Ka-boom Tank."

But for all-out worst possible military movie in history, it has to be that movie with Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson in Panama. I hated everything about that picture. The whole thing, front to back, sucked. If you can remember the title, please tell me so I can avoid ever seeing it again.

[jtk317]

I think it was called Basic. Had the one dude that was in Wings as a drug smuggling base commander or something?

[Johan]

But I just watch 'The Blues Brothers'. What an excellent movie and music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdQJ3Q0uhYE

Enjoy,

[Brian1/75]

But for all-out worst possible military movie in history, it has to be that movie with Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson in Panama. I hated everything about that picture. The whole thing, front to back, sucked. If you can remember the title, please tell me so I can avoid ever seeing it again.

I think I recall chef berets in a tactical environment, a chick Ranger and John Travolta lifting his t-shirt to reveal a tattooed scrunchy scroll and tab. Definitely the worst researched movie ever. I think I'd classify it as fantasy genre. But yeah that's BASIC.

[Johan]

One of my favorite war flicks is the original post-Glasnost Russian version of The Beast. If you can't find that one, then the American remake is nearly as good.

"Ka-boom Tank."

Begin watching video at mark 5:30, for 3-4 minute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I26Tb2yFB0g

Enjoy, ;)

[FoxTrooth]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet

Bravo Two Zero

Great military movie. Imdb: True story of the most highly decorated British patrol since the Boer war: an eight man SAS team inserted behind Iraqi lines during the Gulf War in January 1991.

[Thirtyaughtsix]

I think it was called Basic. Had the one dude that was in Wings as a drug smuggling base commander or something?

Another horrible military flick with Travolta was The General's Daughter. Complete, unbelievable, cinematic horseshit.

[SgtDan]

Another plug for Gallipoli. Shows the waste of youth in War.

[Bravo Five Romeo]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet

Bravo Two Zero

Great military movie. Imdb: True story of the most highly decorated British patrol since the Boer war: an eight man SAS team inserted behind Iraqi lines during the Gulf War in January 1991.
British release of the film had a better soundtrack.

[g6445v]

as far as TV cop series...The Wire HBO, I think is the best cop made for TV series...

[Ranger1]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet

Bravo Two Zero

Great military movie. Imdb: True story of the most highly decorated British patrol since the Boer war: an eight man SAS team inserted behind Iraqi lines during the Gulf War in January 1991.

Not a true story by a long shot (neither was the book), but not a bad, very basic made for TV film. The MIL aspects were pretty good, at least it wasn't sky high gasoline fireballs and unlimited ammo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L9nzk3co-M