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I’m a big fan of Malik’s Thin Red Line. It’s a slow burner
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Cornuck wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 4:05 pm
If the Dirty Dozen counts as a war movie -then it's in my top 3.
That’s a great movie. As was mentioned earlier Eastwood, Marvin, just great actors. I’d lump Bronson and Macqueen in there too.
Anyone seen The Big Red One with Lee Marvin? An underrated film as well.
It wasn’t originally a real “top 5 list”. I was just picking a handful of good films to compare Apocalypse Now against, which by the way is a decent film, wicked cinematography, but as Hank says too fucking long. Similar to the Deer Hunter. But yeah The Dirty Dozen is a damn classic on any list.
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Oh yeah, I forgot about Deer Hunter. Chris Walken was amazing in it.
I don't know what war is like but, I have to say that the first time I saw Saving Private Ryan in the theaters, that first half hour on the beach, man...
The sound and camera work made it seem so real, like you were there, scrambling for your life. The whole theater was shaking, bullets whizzing by, explosions, soldiers getting cut down... my heart was pounding. I'm not ashamed to say I cried a little when that scene ended.
Then the scene with the tanks, the whole place shook. And the street and house battle where the jewish dude gets a knife plunged into his chest? I had nightmares for weeks. That was a great movie but I can't watch too many times.
For WWI, I like all versions of All Quiet on the Western Front. Very poignant.
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Full Metal Jacket
Great Escape
Bridge over River Kwai
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I dropped Absentia, a snoozer. Trying out Sneaky Pete on Amazon. So far so good
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Apocalypse Now Redux, longer slower and funkier. The scene with the Playmates and the scene at the French plantation are wild additions. By far the war story, though the movie plods and the effects are laughable.
The ceiling fan from the opening scene hangs over the bar at Blancanaux Lodge (where we honeymooned). Coppola's resort in Belize. It doesn't work, weird Chinese electric motor.
Dambusters is still a favourite, Patton and Deer Hunter.
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Doyle Hargraves wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 1:10 pm
I’m watching Apocalypse Now. It’s always been a C+ movie for me. I think it’s pretty good but highly overrated.
To me Platoon is a better movie. So is Papillion, The Great Escape and Blackhawk Down.
Platoon
The Great Escape
Papillion
Blackhawk Down
Apocalypse Now
Thoughts Reefer..,. Anyone?
Bridge Too far
Devils Brigade
Papillion - book was really good as well
Patton
Saving Private Ryan was an amazing movie
Doyle Hargraves wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 1:10 pm
I’m watching Apocalypse Now. It’s always been a C+ movie for me. I think it’s pretty good but highly overrated.
To me Platoon is a better movie. So is Papillion, The Great Escape and Blackhawk Down.
Platoon
The Great Escape
Papillion
Blackhawk Down
Apocalypse Now
Thoughts Reefer..,. Anyone?
Bridge Too far
Devils Brigade
Papillion - book was really good as well
Patton
Saving Private Ryan was an amazing movie
Dunkirk was the last war movie I watched
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