OT: Favorite War Movies

[James Langham]

A few more:

* The Dam Busters - just remember when watching the final scene that Richard Todd had written all too many letters to next of kin in real life.

* Breaker Morrant

* The Dogs of War (although not a patch on the book which really is a manual for taking over a small African country and essential for Merc players).

* Sands of Iwo Jima

* Carry on Sergeant - first and best of the series. Gives me the idea of starting a campaign where the characters are just starting training...

[Legbreaker]

"The Odd Angry Shot" - a brilliant film about SAS troops in Vietnam.
One of the more memorable scenes is the VC burning to death after being on the receiving end of a WP grenade.

[Targan]

"The Odd Angry Shot" - a brilliant film about SAS troops in Vietnam.
One of the more memorable scenes is the VC burning to death after being on the receiving end of a WP grenade.

"Should we shoot him"

"Nah, let him burn!"

Classic.

[Legbreaker]

The ending was a bit anti-climatic, but I suppose really summed up what happened when troops returned from Vietnam - nothing. No recognition, no parades, not even a handshake and a "well done".

[Antenna]

Some Finnish Movies...

"Talvisota" - Finnish Winterwar or just Winterwar
"Tuntematon Sotilas" - Unknown Solider both the B/W and the color version (based on the V$in Linna book "Unknown solider")

Then most of you have mentioned most movies but I couldn't see ...

"The Beast" - Lonely Soviet tank in Afghanistan

Antti

[Raellus]

War Horse, directed by Steven Spielberg. It's not out yet so I have no opinion one way or the other, but...

http://www.youtube.com/watchv=xRf3SfeMRD4

Could be interesting considering the discussions we've had here about horse cavalry in the T2KU.

[RN7]

Watched We Were Soldiers on TV tonight. The body count must rival Rambo IV.

[Targan]

Watched We Were Soldiers on TV tonight. The body count must rival Rambo IV.

The book is even better. I recall a passage in the book where an Air Cav machine gunner had been cut off and had expended all of his 7.62 link during the night, fighting on with his .45; in the morning there were enemy bodies literally heaped up around him like a bloody, meaty barricade.

[LVI]

84 Charlie MOPic (a must see)
We were soldiers
Band of brothers
Saving private ryan
Troy
Last Samurai
Apocalypse Now Redux
Letters from Iwo Jima
Longest day
Blackhawk down
Platoon
Full metal jacket


And recently thanks to this board 9th Company

[James Langham]

Not a war film

Not a war film but really nice post apocalyptic film - Doomsday - from the director of Dog Soldiers. If nothing else it has a fantastic villain that could almost be Dain Dangerous.

[Panther Al]

For what it is worth, saw this movie on the telly a while back, and watched it with my father, who was stationed in Germany during the movies time frame (72-78). At the end of it, looked at him and asked, "OK, so how far from reality was that" He replied that it was a lot closer to reality than anyone will ever admit.

The movie Buffalo Soldiers (2001).

[pmulcahy11b]

For what it is worth, saw this movie on the telly a while back, and watched it with my father, who was stationed in Germany during the movies time frame (72-78). At the end of it, looked at him and asked, "OK, so how far from reality was that" He replied that it was a lot closer to reality than anyone will ever admit.

The movie Buffalo Soldiers (2001).

That was pretty common in Korea too. Our Mess Sergeant got court-martialed and thrown out of the Army when he was caught doing it with the mess hall food supplies. (After that, our chow quality took a quantum leap in quality.) But let me underline caught. Most black marketeers in the Army aren't caught, unless they get sloppy.

[dragoon500ly]

All right, my son talked me into buying Sucker Punch...

It is something that only a teenager could love....but the combat scenes!

Not to bad!

Won't make my list of all time favorites, but some nice touches.

[95th Rifleman]

Watched "age of heroes" today. Ok, it's not oscar-winning material but it's a pretty good, low budget, WW2 movie about British commandos starring Danny Dyer and Sean Bean.

It's worth a punt as the combat scenes are surprisingly well filmed and the cats where drilled by Royal marines. Such anti-hollywood concepts as conservation of fire and single shots are used which make it more realistic than most offerings in the genre. The combat scenes are relatively short ranged aswell which adds to realism, none of these 2000 yard pistol headshots you see in hollywood flicks.

[HorseSoldier]

84 Charlie MOPic (a must see)

Big +1 on that one, though it's apparently pretty hard to find these days. I think I saw it on cable back in 1990 or 91 or so. Great example of a low budget war movie done right.

The movie Buffalo Soldiers (2001).

Also a +1.

Most recent thing I saw that was pretty interesting was Cease Fire!, made in 1953 and depicting the closing day of the Korean War. As movies go it really isn't very good, but it's supposed to be a reenactment/documentary with actual soldiers retracing a patrol they did right before the cease fire went into effect. Acting is what you'd expect from telling Joe to play himself and the plot's pretty straightforward (go on patrol, get into firefight with Chinese, have air and arty save the day, roll credits), but it's a real superb look at weapons, gear, and equipment as used right at the end of that war.