What is your favorite war movie?

[solar]

Re: What is your favorite war movie?

1. Apocalypse Now
2. Full Metal Jacket
3. Platoon
4. Soldier James Ryan

[mario belter]

for me it's Full Metal Jacket & Black Hawk Down of course

[fred1971]

Re: What is your favorite war movie?

The longest day.
Battle of the bulge.
Bastogne.
Saving private Ryan.
Band of brothers.
The guns of navarone.
A bridge too far.
The great escape.
The dirty dozen.
Patton.

[bananapeel]

Re: What is your favorite war movie?

Patton's pretty good... but yeah, Apocalypse now and Saving Private Ryan pretty much take the cake. Doesn't get much better than those!

I would like to also suggest people check out Deerhunter. Yeah an early De Niro film. Now that's an under-rated war movie that most people don't mention or have not seen before. Sure it's 3 hours maybe a little too long, but that was so intense for me. Christopher Walken gives a bloody amazing performance.

[bananapeel]

Re: What is your favorite war movie?

Out of all the people I work with, only one person likes Apocalypse Now! I don't get it, how can one not love that movie?

the soundtrack is tripped the F out, and the characters, Brando, Sheen, Hopper, Ford...

Laurence Fishburne! some people miss this, but he was Mr. Clean on the boat....(Swift Boat - lol). He was like a kid!

I think most people write off the movie just because of the last 30 minutes, but that is an unfair assesment.
Most people look for closure in a movie, an understanding; but when they have an ending they just don't get, a lot of them just say I wasted my time, it's not an enjoyable movie.

For me I'm really interested in many aspects of the art of cinema, like the characters and how the director develops them, the music, the way scenes are shot, etc. Sure I may not really get the ending of AN, but hey the movie as a whole is great like you said supaz about the characters.

(P.S. supaz, you must be a big movie fan? :wink: )

[Jibgolly]

list of top 3 for me.

saving private ryan
full metal jacket
apocalypse now (and redux)

-no order

[remoh]

saving private ryan
platoon
theres a mel gibson one that was realistic... i forget the name ...we were soldiers...


war sucks anyways

[bibu10]

Re: What is your favorite war movie?

schindler"s list

[Steve Graham]

tough to choose between Full Metal Jacket, such a classic.. and Saving Private Ryan.

and I have not seen Apocolypse Now.. Wow, I cant believe that myself.

[supaz]

Re: What is your favorite war movie?

The drill sergeant in Full Metal Jacket is da bomb...

"How tall are you?"

"I didn't know they stacked shit that high!"

[RuOnPoint]

Re: What is your favorite war movie?

for me its all about Full Metal Jacket. That was a great movie, still got it on vhs. Black Hawk Down was very intense as well, I really like that movie. I've never watched Apocolypse Now as an adult, I think its time I do.

[nbpgt]

between private ryan & blackhawk down

[Pataky P]

Re: What is your favorite war movie?

My favourite films
1.Saving Private Ryan
2.Platoon
3.Das Boot

[supaz]

Re: What is your favorite war movie?

I agree...Band of Bro's is a good series...


"either surf or fight!"

"Charlie don't surf!"

[jabondan]

the band of brothers series.......