tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post4462537127617561485..comments2024-03-18T16:37:26.577-07:00Comments on WAR TARD: Top Ten war movies on my hard drive.War Tardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07695998564986230897noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-21608885992272806262018-09-03T23:05:01.024-07:002018-09-03T23:05:01.024-07:00I think this is among the most vital information f...I think this is among the most vital information for me and I am satisfied reading your article.<br /><a href="https://www.thebestpicks.com/best-war-movies-of-all-time/" rel="nofollow">Best War Movies</a>The Best Pickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18206308868184537030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-13634280726546280942012-02-06T10:15:29.877-08:002012-02-06T10:15:29.877-08:00Had anyone considered, "Red Dawn?"Had anyone considered, "Red Dawn?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-71605301067351976932012-02-06T10:12:18.456-08:002012-02-06T10:12:18.456-08:00I was surprised that I didn't see "Das Bo...I was surprised that I didn't see "Das Boot", but since someone else already said that, let me make this suggestion: How about the mini-series "Shogun"? While it is perhaps not a war movie per-se, I think it does good job high-lighting an important event in your global resource chess game. Notably, Japanese entry into such.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-46396197185030274642012-01-26T05:02:14.609-08:002012-01-26T05:02:14.609-08:00I've always found it a bit disappointing that ...I've always found it a bit disappointing that there are no really great movies dealing with military aviation. Imagine movies of Chuck Yeager's or Walker Mahurin's lives.<br /><br />If there was a sub-genre of Cold War movies I'd be opening with The Right Stuff (alright, it's the space race really I suppose) and Thirteen Days, but there would be quite a few.<br /><br />Thanks for the mention of Gallipoli. Churchill would spend the rest of his career either implementing or being dissuaded from other cunning plans. My grandfather and numerous great uncles were ANZACs, tiny parts of his Dardanelles campaign.<br /><br />Congrats on a very entertaining and informative blog.Lad Litterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17888240712204499841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-87197127126004279292012-01-22T02:04:18.037-08:002012-01-22T02:04:18.037-08:00The Battle of Algiers is really good, and the pent...The Battle of Algiers is really good, and the pentagon showed screening to officers.With the thoughts you'd be thinkinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-34539844144535238622012-01-11T05:45:33.344-08:002012-01-11T05:45:33.344-08:00I myself think We Were Soldiers is a really good w...I myself think We Were Soldiers is a really good war movie. I like how it focusses on both the atrocities that soldiers have to endure as on how this all is experienced by the Mrs. at home. Think of Mel Gibson what you want, but We Were Soldiers is awesome!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-35433240146530520682012-01-11T02:46:03.392-08:002012-01-11T02:46:03.392-08:00A couple of good WWII flicks not mentioned are Cro...A couple of good WWII flicks not mentioned are Cross Of Iron and Enemy At The Gates. Fun war movie trivia: Those Panzerkampfwagen Sechs (Tiger I) in Kelly's Heroes are actually T-34s.Stug III Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-87980839556176120362012-01-10T02:34:18.235-08:002012-01-10T02:34:18.235-08:00I'm glad someone mentioned Breaker MorantI'm glad someone mentioned Breaker MorantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-27838193653701643552012-01-09T09:00:02.670-08:002012-01-09T09:00:02.670-08:00Good list, I would have put Das BootGood list, I would have put Das BootAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-76434864106704093362012-01-08T14:31:54.960-08:002012-01-08T14:31:54.960-08:00Great list, WT, especially The Thin Red Line. Grea...Great list, WT, especially The Thin Red Line. Great suggestions in the comments also.<br /><br />I'd also definitely have had Stalingrad in there as well as Jarhead and Letters from Iwo Jima.<br /><br />On telly, Generation Kill is as close as you're gonna get but The Pacific is a steaming pile.<br /><br />If you're a fan of Aussies in war I'd strongly suggest Breaker Morant about the Boer War and a low-budget oddity from Nam, The Odd Angry Shot.<br /><br />MartinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-36578871994092241862012-01-07T19:13:05.734-08:002012-01-07T19:13:05.734-08:00"Generation Kill is another good TV series ab..."Generation Kill is another good TV series about the first gulf war."<br /><br />No it wasn't about the first gulf war. How can anyone be so confused after seeing it? But fine... I guess it could happen since the gear they were using at the start of the war wasn't anything like the gear they're using now. Soft top humvees and woodland camo everywhere.llllollllllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03431848788579043997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-16211230755763981842012-01-07T19:05:06.766-08:002012-01-07T19:05:06.766-08:00Americans sure hate any hint of pretentiousness. P...Americans sure hate any hint of pretentiousness. Personally I think "Thin Red Line" was amazing. I think all of Malicks movies are great and in a way I think they're one of the least pretentious movies.<br /><br />Saw "Come and See" mentioned in the comments here. That's the movie that made me sick of war movies for a while. Whenever I think of the eastern front and all the suffering caused in it, whenever I think of what being a soldier is like, I think of that movie and the face of the kid playing in it. His face was all real too. This is a movie where the fucking director, for the sake of realism, had a cow get zipped from a MG42 with real bullets mere inches from the main actor lying right underneat the cow. That wasn't fake blood there, that was real. The cow's final gasps of air before it died? All real. So was the fear in the kid's eyes as the bullets flew inches from him. You just don't see shit like that anymore.<br /><br />"Das Boot" should be mentioned too. A true masterpiece that was. "Tora! Tora! Tora!" Probably too, but I was glad to see Master and Commander here. Naval movies don't get enough love. "The Enemy Below" had some simply spectacular depth charging scenes.<br /><br />Maybe some samurai movies too. Kurosawa's "Yojimbo" or "Sanjuro" or "Ran".llllollllllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03431848788579043997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-21717374934838999642012-01-07T02:30:49.315-08:002012-01-07T02:30:49.315-08:0084 Charlie Mopic and The Siege Of Firebase Gloria ...84 Charlie Mopic and The Siege Of Firebase Gloria are two great war flicks. Maximum Rock N' Roll punk zine had a spoof compilation of punk bands called Full Metal Jackoff back in the 80s.warnipplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-79546278365886849402012-01-05T18:11:20.326-08:002012-01-05T18:11:20.326-08:00WT, you have to see "The Beast of War", ...WT, you have to see "The Beast of War", sometimes only called "The Beast". It has been mentioned before in the comments, but it is really one of the best war movies I've seen. You have to see it.<br /><br />There is also Taegukgi: Brotherhood of War, which is a great, great South Korean film about the Korean War. It is plain awesome. Get popcorn.<br /><br />My favourite of all time, probably: 9th Company, a film about a Soviet Paratrooper unit fighting in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan. It is a Russian 'Full Metal Jacket' with a boot-camp part and an Afghanistan-combat part, and honestly, this movie is like ten times better than Full Metal Jacket, although FMJ is an awesome movie.Crazy Horsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01868160084632917639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-12744806441125670032012-01-05T13:12:26.665-08:002012-01-05T13:12:26.665-08:00Thank you all for the war movie pointers.
Sure, n...Thank you all for the war movie pointers.<br /><br />Sure, no war movie list is ever complete. I had hoped this post would be a comment list of alternatives. And you guys delivered.<br /><br />As a poster above stated, this list could extend to a Top 50 list and we'd never cover all the bases.War Tardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07695998564986230897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-55658183969701236522012-01-04T18:35:55.647-08:002012-01-04T18:35:55.647-08:00Battle of Algiers - C.I. warfare from both sides.
...Battle of Algiers - C.I. warfare from both sides.<br />Gettysburg<br />When Trumpets Fade - WWII meat grinder in the Hürtgen Forest.<br />Alatriste - The battle at the end is the first example I've seen of 17th Century fire and shock mixed pike formations on screen. On Netflix right now.<br />Tae Guk GiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-57845213618132744412012-01-04T07:37:03.808-08:002012-01-04T07:37:03.808-08:00Any list will always attract some discussion. I wo...Any list will always attract some discussion. I would throw Zulu,the battle of Midway and the great escape into the mix.<br /><br />Keep bloggingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-32166751941601503272012-01-03T16:05:44.308-08:002012-01-03T16:05:44.308-08:00If you want to emphasize a German viewpoint:
- Al...If you want to emphasize a German viewpoint: <br />- All Quiet On The Western Front<br />- Die Brücke (The Bridge)<br /><br />Both are pretty good, both have suffered from horrible remakes. Go for the 1930's All Quiet On The Western Front, and for the 50's Die Brücke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-70043352771381111142012-01-02T19:27:27.483-08:002012-01-02T19:27:27.483-08:00You could make this a top 50 war movies and you...You could make this a top 50 war movies and you'd still get a wall of comments on all the great films you missed.<br /><br />I really have to give an another mention for Stalingrad, but you have to see it in the original German with subtitles. I saw it that way first and it blew me away. I later got a DVD copy but it was dubbed into English which kinda ruins it a bit.<br /><br />A few other good war films I can think of off the top of my head but probably more top 50 or even 100 material include:<br />The Cruel Sea<br />Battle of Britain<br />The Blue Max<br />Dambusters<br />Zulu<br /><br />Also in addition to Band of Brothers and The Pacific, Generation Kill is another good TV series about the first gulf war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-1656624147765320792012-01-02T11:08:08.744-08:002012-01-02T11:08:08.744-08:00Schindler's List! Spielberg's masterpiece,...Schindler's List! Spielberg's masterpiece, and the best movie ending ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-80440169656269635852012-01-02T09:10:43.463-08:002012-01-02T09:10:43.463-08:00Not movies but TV series, 'Band of Brothers...Not movies but TV series, 'Band of Brothers' and 'The Pacific' are a must see.Intrépidonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-7281837464601493252012-01-01T18:28:28.696-08:002012-01-01T18:28:28.696-08:0012 O'clock high... No gratuitous romance or s...12 O'clock high... No gratuitous romance or sex scenes make it a one of a kind...<br /><br />Patton. The name says it all...<br /><br />Midway....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-40982673067408602282011-12-31T16:42:12.513-08:002011-12-31T16:42:12.513-08:00Sorry dude but I really despise the Thin Red Line....Sorry dude but I really despise the Thin Red Line. Never liked it. Never got it. I think its completely pretentiousThe Heretichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11401328299309041109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-58477942779834771302011-12-31T06:49:53.262-08:002011-12-31T06:49:53.262-08:00You forgot "Starship Troopers."You forgot "Starship Troopers."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111395980737563171.post-16537926889380955092011-12-31T02:38:00.039-08:002011-12-31T02:38:00.039-08:00In my humble opinion you left out Patton.
Otherwi...In my humble opinion you left out Patton.<br /><br />Otherwise, great list. There are a few on here I haven't seen. I shall download them before SOPA ends my Internet life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com