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Skybird · 01-17-10, 03:45 PM

Most popular war movies I do not like. Those that I liked, are:

A thin red Line (strange that nobody mentioned it so far)
Das Boot
Die Brücke
Band of Brothers (much better than Private Ryan)
Apocalypse Now

Two popular but very overestimated movies, imo, are Kubrick'S Full Metal Jacket (although I like three of his movies very much, this is none of them), and Platoon.

Many war movies suffer from one of two things, or both: they are entertaining for the sake of being entertaining, and/or they are ridiculously pathetic.

Both makes mockery of the dead.

MothBalls · 01-17-10, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Most popular war movies I do not like. Those that I liked, are:

A thin red Line (strange that nobody mentioned it so far)
Das Boot
Die Brücke
Band of Brothers (much better than Private Ryan)
Apocalypse Now

Two popular but very overestimated movies, imo, are Kubrick'S Full Metal Jacket (although I like three of his movies very much, this is none of them), and Platoon.

Many war movies suffer from one of two things, or both: they are entertaining for the sake of being entertaining, and/or they are ridiculously pathetic.

Both makes mockery of the dead.

Good choices. One war movie that had the greatest impact on me was Schindler's List. I've seen so much battle footage, both real and Hollywood style, that's not interesting. I really enjoy the ones that tell us about the people and what they went through, like SL, BoB, and Das Boot.

Looking forward to Pacific. I just hope it's done with the same quality as Brothers. My father served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. All of his WWII time was in the Pacific so I'm really looking forward to this one.

Platapus · 01-18-10, 05:52 PM

Anyone see the movie "the Beast" (the one about the soviet tank)?

And if you did, what did you think of it?

I thought it was an interesting insight into the Soviet AF campaign.

August · 01-18-10, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Anyone see the movie "the Beast" (the one about the soviet tank)?

And if you did, what did you think of it?

I thought it was an interesting insight into the Soviet AF campaign.

That was a pretty good movie and the only one besides Rambo III (yech) which deals with that conflict that I know of.

Platapus · 01-18-10, 07:31 PM

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That was a pretty good movie and the only one besides Rambo III (yech) which deals with that conflict that I know of.

Yeah "Pretty good" is a good rating for this movie.

Although that "squishing the guy with the tank tread" was a creepy scene.

August · 01-18-10, 07:34 PM

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Yeah "Pretty good" is a good rating for this movie.

Although that "squishing the guy with the tank tread" was a creepy scene.

My ankles hurt just thinking about it.

Platapus · 01-18-10, 07:37 PM

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My ankles hurt just thinking about it.

Is that what they mean by Flat Feet disqualifying one for service?

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,399 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Anyone see the movie "the Beast" (the one about the soviet tank)? And if you did, what did you think of it? I thought it was an interesting insight into the Soviet AF campaign. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.