Which WWII movie is your favorite?

winters · 02-22-06, 11:04 AM

You like Polls? of course you do. Here is one on favorite WWII movies. Please only name WWII movies if you vote for "other", 8 is the max amount of options i could add to the poll.
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Hedges · 02-22-06, 11:09 AM

i went with Ryan.

I just remember putting my box of popcorn down about 10 minutes into the movie and being totally drained after the movie.

Dowly · 02-22-06, 11:16 AM

I have to go with the Stalingrad.

STEED · 02-22-06, 11:20 AM

War fiction - Cross of Iron

War non fiction - Downfall

02-22-06, 11:38 AM

Other-Battle Of Britain.

winters · 02-22-06, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Other-Battle Of Britain.

That was one i had to remove from my original list along with Enemy Below, Guns of Navarone and a few others, dang this 8 choice limit.

02-22-06, 11:47 AM

Well, I also love Das Boot and some of the others. The only one I didn't care for was Saving Private Ryan.

kenijaru · 02-22-06, 12:11 PM

as i havent seen Das Boot *silence fills the room, and i feel a chill down my spine, as soon as i realise what that means i talk again* but im really looking for it! i really am.
i guess it would be cross of iron, or sink the bismarck.

I-25 · 02-22-06, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Well, I also love Das Boot and some of the others. The only one I didn't care for was Saving Private Ryan.

i agree ryan had WAY too mutch hollywood Stalingrad and Das Boot are the best!

trenken · 02-22-06, 12:32 PM

I not only think Private Ryan is the best war movie ever made (2nd fav being Das Boot), but I think it's one of the best movies i've ever seen. This is all just opinion of course. I really think that movie is special on all levels.

02-22-06, 12:38 PM

And it's a good opinion: a very large number of D-Day vets agree with you.

I didn't like the D-Day scenes, mainly because of what I thought were too many cliches: The guy gets saved by his helmet, takes it off and immediately takes a second one to the head. The medics save a wounded man, and he immediately takes one to the head.

I liked the Waco glider, and I liked Nathan Fillion of Firefly/Serenity as the 'other' Private Ryan, but on the whole I much preferred Band Of Brothers and The Longest Day for the same story.

SmokinTep · 02-22-06, 12:42 PM

Private Ryan

Type XXIII · 02-22-06, 12:46 PM

Hard choice. I haven't seen The Great Escape nor Cross of Iron.

I think my favourite would be Das Boot. Of course, as a navy and especially sub fanatic, I'm probably biased.

Saving Private Ryan was a war movie after the American school. A great movie, but a tad too much Hollywood for my taste. The Longest Day was a little... cheesy and unrealistic. A Bridge Too Far was rather good, a grim tale of war with spots of black humour. Stalingrad was powerful, a dark depiction of the unglamorous life of the common soldier.

Of other movies, I have to (as a Norwegian) to mention Kampen om Tungtvannet. A movie about the raids against the heavy water facility in Rjukan starring, to a large degree, 'the original cast,' so to speak. Just avoid the Hollywood movie about the same events, Heroes of Telemark. It is horrible, easily beats both Enemy at the Gates and Pearl Harbor as worst war movie.

Speaking of Pearl Harbor, Tora Tora Tora! was a great movie, as well.

winters · 02-22-06, 12:47 PM

My vote was for the Great Escape, Steve McQueen was THE man back in the 60's-70's and the fact that he did not only his own motorcycle stunts (except for the big jump, the insurance company threatened to have a cow unless a stunt rider did it) but in the scenes when you see Steve ride by and then shortly after another motorcycle rides past and guess what, yep its Steve again this time as the german chasing him.

SPR was a good movie but it had its typical hollywood moments, what i liked most about it was it brought WWII to the eyes of many youths that until then only had the old WWII John Wayne movies to go by. I sat in a theatre filled with teens on a friday night and thought "these kids are gonna get a history lesson" 10 minutes into the movie there was dead silence in the auditorium.

On a side note, nobody here liked A Bridge Too Far?

Curval · 02-22-06, 01:08 PM

A Bridge Too Far was excellant, BUT I liked Das Boot and Stalingrad a bit better. Can't decide which should be in poll.

View Poll Results: Which WWII movie is your favorite?
Das Boot	94	45.19%
Stalingrad	8	3.85%
Cross of Iron	6	2.88%
The Longest Day	12	5.77%
Other - please specify	32	15.38%
The Great Escape	15	7.21%
Saving Private Ryan	36	17.31%
A Bridge Too Far	5	2.40%
Voters: 208. You may not vote on this poll

02-22-06, 11:04 AM	#1
winters Bosun Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 63 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Which WWII movie is your favorite? You like Polls? of course you do. Here is one on favorite WWII movies. Please only name WWII movies if you vote for "other", 8 is the max amount of options i could add to the poll. :\|\ __________________ \"We\'re paratroopers. we\'re supposed to be surrounded\" ~ Cpt. Richard Winters ~ Bastogne Belgium, Winter 1944

02-22-06, 11:20 AM	#4
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	War fiction - Cross of Iron War non fiction - Downfall __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

02-22-06, 12:47 PM	#14
winters Bosun Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 63 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My vote was for the Great Escape, Steve McQueen was THE man back in the 60's-70's and the fact that he did not only his own motorcycle stunts (except for the big jump, the insurance company threatened to have a cow unless a stunt rider did it) but in the scenes when you see Steve ride by and then shortly after another motorcycle rides past and guess what, yep its Steve again this time as the german chasing him. SPR was a good movie but it had its typical hollywood moments, what i liked most about it was it brought WWII to the eyes of many youths that until then only had the old WWII John Wayne movies to go by. I sat in a theatre filled with teens on a friday night and thought "these kids are gonna get a history lesson" 10 minutes into the movie there was dead silence in the auditorium. On a side note, nobody here liked A Bridge Too Far? __________________ \"We\'re paratroopers. we\'re supposed to be surrounded\" ~ Cpt. Richard Winters ~ Bastogne Belgium, Winter 1944

02-22-06, 11:09 AM	#2
Hedges Watch Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 25 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	i went with Ryan. I just remember putting my box of popcorn down about 10 minutes into the movie and being totally drained after the movie.

02-22-06, 11:16 AM	#3
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I have to go with the Stalingrad.

02-22-06, 11:38 AM	#5
Sailor Steve Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Other-Battle Of Britain.

02-22-06, 11:47 AM	#7
Sailor Steve Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Well, I also love Das Boot and some of the others. The only one I didn't care for was Saving Private Ryan.

02-22-06, 12:32 PM	#10
trenken Samurai Navy Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 565 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I not only think Private Ryan is the best war movie ever made (2nd fav being Das Boot), but I think it's one of the best movies i've ever seen. This is all just opinion of course. I really think that movie is special on all levels.

02-22-06, 12:38 PM	#11
Sailor Steve Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	And it's a good opinion: a very large number of D-Day vets agree with you. I didn't like the D-Day scenes, mainly because of what I thought were too many cliches: The guy gets saved by his helmet, takes it off and immediately takes a second one to the head. The medics save a wounded man, and he immediately takes one to the head. I liked the Waco glider, and I liked Nathan Fillion of Firefly/Serenity as the 'other' Private Ryan, but on the whole I much preferred Band Of Brothers and The Longest Day for the same story.

02-22-06, 12:42 PM	#12
SmokinTep Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Posts: 1,027 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Private Ryan

02-22-06, 12:46 PM	#13
Type XXIII Machinist's Mate Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 129 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hard choice. I haven't seen The Great Escape nor Cross of Iron. I think my favourite would be Das Boot. Of course, as a navy and especially sub fanatic, I'm probably biased. Saving Private Ryan was a war movie after the American school. A great movie, but a tad too much Hollywood for my taste. The Longest Day was a little... cheesy and unrealistic. A Bridge Too Far was rather good, a grim tale of war with spots of black humour. Stalingrad was powerful, a dark depiction of the unglamorous life of the common soldier. Of other movies, I have to (as a Norwegian) to mention Kampen om Tungtvannet. A movie about the raids against the heavy water facility in Rjukan starring, to a large degree, 'the original cast,' so to speak. Just avoid the Hollywood movie about the same events, Heroes of Telemark. It is horrible, easily beats both Enemy at the Gates and Pearl Harbor as worst war movie. Speaking of Pearl Harbor, Tora Tora Tora! was a great movie, as well.

02-22-06, 01:08 PM	#15
Curval Navy Dude Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bermuda Posts: 177 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	A Bridge Too Far was excellant, BUT I liked Das Boot and Stalingrad a bit better. Can't decide which should be in poll.