Best/Favorite War Movie

[ycartrob]

Thin Red Line.

and I would dare say if you didn't see Thin Red Line on the big screen, you might not get it. I mean, I had some of those shots of that hill with the wind whipping the tall grass stuck in my brain for a minute after coming out of the theater.

[dragonboy]

I love most of the movies listed. I don't think anyone's mentioned Tigerland, I really like that.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0170691/

[ycartrob]

[dragonboy]

Thin Red Line.

and I would dare say if you didn't see Thin Red Line on the big screen, you might not get it. I mean, I had some of those shots of that hill with the wind whipping the tall grass stuck in my brain for a minute after coming out of the theater.

You could well be right.

I was fortunate enough to see it at the cinema. I took my sister, she hated it, everything about it blew my away. The final scene is beautiful/perfect.

[ALady]

Stripes, YES!!!   ;D


Also Gone With the Wind, Dr. Strangelove, and Three Kings.

And in the nonfiction category, Body of War.

[bold99]

I love most of the movies listed. I don't think anyone's mentioned Tigerland, I really like that.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0170691/

I saw this so long ago but I remember really liking it.

[dragonboy]

Speaking of war movies, I just bought Band Of Brothers very cheap. Never seen it but have heard so many good things. Any fans?

[bold99]

Speaking of war movies, I just bought Band Of Brothers very cheap. Never seen it but have heard so many good things. Any fans?

This is really good.   I saw it right when it came out and have been wanting to revisit in sometime.  You will get hooked and want to watch it all at once.

[Penny Lane]

Speaking of war movies, I just bought Band Of Brothers very cheap. Never seen it but have heard so many good things. Any fans?

This is really good.   I saw it right when it came out and have been wanting to revisit in sometime.  You will get hooked and want to watch it all at once.

i loved it! i always watch it again and again when it's on the history channel. great acting!

[BH]

Speaking of war movies, I just bought Band Of Brothers very cheap. Never seen it but have heard so many good things. Any fans?

To me it had the same feel as Saving Private Ryan.  Extremely well produced.  Great special effects.  Great acting.  Those bullet sounds are just intense!  

[Angry Ewok]

Band Of Brothers is perfect. Every episode.

(And by the way, the source is much better than Saving Private Ryan)

[Taterbug]

I forgot about...
The Pianist
Tora Tora Tora
Manchurian Candidate
Patton
The Guns of Navarone
Good Mornin Vietnam

And any movie with Audie Murphy in it...  one of Americas treasures and greatest war heores.

[dragonboy]

Sounds like I'm going to enjoy Band Of Brothers!

I don't think Where Eagles Dare has been mentioned?

& I know it's not strictly a war movie but this is the shit!

[Jaimoe]

Sounds like I'm going to enjoy Band Of Brothers!

I don't think Where Eagles Dare has been mentioned?

& I know it's not strictly a war movie but this is the shit!

As Deadwood is to westerns, Band of Brothers is to war epics. They don't come any better, whether its film or TV.

[Ghostess on TV]

Would Apocalypto be considered a war movie??  That movie's awesome!

[Jaimoe]

Would Apocalypto be considered a war movie??  That movie's awesome!

No. It's an action/historical epic film. If you go to All Movie Guide, IMDB or just google war movies, you'll see the lists stick to films around WWI and after.

War movies depict 20th and 21st century wars/battles starting around WWI.  

[capt. scotty]

There arent too many battles in it, but just remembered a very underrated/overlooked movie




Awesome movie, probably my favorite Ang Lee movie (either this or The Ice Storm). Great direction and cinematography. Its sort of a war movie in the sense the Assassination of Jesse James is a western, but thats not too great of a comparison.

The cast is great. Jeffrey Wright is fantastic (IMO 1 of the most underrated actors going). The rest is very good including Tobey Maguire, Tom Wilkinson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Mark Ruffalo, Simon Baker, Jim Caviezel, and even Skeet Ulrich and Jewel are pretty good.

I dont think Ive even met someone whose seen this movie its so overlooked, so again, highly recommend it - especially for those people who enjoy Civil War or pre-WW1 war dramas

[dragonboy]

Hmm I'm pretty sure that's a Western? Jaimoe will call you out if you're not careful  ;)

[capt. scotty]

Hmm I'm pretty sure that's a Western? Jaimoe will call you out if you're not careful  ;)

How is it a western if its based on life in like Tennessee or Mizzou or something during the Civil War??

and there are Blues and Grays??

you seen it DB?

(based on the cover it does appear to be a western though)

[Jaimoe]

Hmm I'm pretty sure that's a Western? Jaimoe will call you out if you're not careful  ;)

It's in a grey area. Civil War movies are simply put into the Civil War category, but the Ang Lee flick is harder to categorize.

Although The Assassination of Jesse James is a terrific revisionist/psychological western. These western descriptions are legit and recognized sub-categories: See the James Stewart films he made with Anthony Mann.