UK TV viewers heads up! 100 Greatest War films of all time.

Jimbuna · 07-01-07, 02:52 PM

Wasn't at all suprised to see Schindler's list in the top 10

TLAM Strike · 07-02-07, 12:31 PM

Cross of Iron should have been in the top 20 at least.

Rambo: First Blood as 100? Shouldn't have even been on the list. Flight of the Intruder should have gotten that spot (or higher).

Chock · 07-02-07, 03:29 PM

Jeez - who came up with that list?

Half of them I wouldn't even classify as war movies, and a good proportion of them are just the opposite, i.e. anti-war movies, which while it's a cool genre in itself, should not be populatiing a list of 'war movies'. Admittedly there are a few films which transcend the boundary (i.e Das Boot, which laughably isn't in the Top Ten of that list for some reason), but not many.

And someone needs to point out to the people that voted on this, that just because a movie is set in wartime, it does not make it a 'war movie', it makes a it 'a movie set in wartime', which is a completely different thing. No wonder Channel 4 is a big pile of arse if the producers of this list can't even determine that fairly basic distinction.

Cross of Iron at 37? What were they thinking?

A matter of Life and Death and Casablanca are great films, but they sure as hell aint War Movies.
Funniest one on the list has got to be The English Patient? WTF? that's a chick flick, not a War Movie, and not even a very good chick flick at that.

What a preposterous list.

Chock

07-01-07, 02:52 PM	#1
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,016 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Wasn't at all suprised to see Schindler's list in the top 10 __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	Cross of Iron should have been in the top 20 at least. Rambo: First Blood as 100? Shouldn't have even been on the list. Flight of the Intruder should have gotten that spot (or higher). __________________

07-02-07, 03:29 PM	#3
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Jeez - who came up with that list? Half of them I wouldn't even classify as war movies, and a good proportion of them are just the opposite, i.e. anti-war movies, which while it's a cool genre in itself, should not be populatiing a list of 'war movies'. Admittedly there are a few films which transcend the boundary (i.e Das Boot, which laughably isn't in the Top Ten of that list for some reason), but not many. And someone needs to point out to the people that voted on this, that just because a movie is set in wartime, it does not make it a 'war movie', it makes a it 'a movie set in wartime', which is a completely different thing. No wonder Channel 4 is a big pile of arse if the producers of this list can't even determine that fairly basic distinction. Cross of Iron at 37? What were they thinking? A matter of Life and Death and Casablanca are great films, but they sure as hell aint War Movies. Funniest one on the list has got to be The English Patient? WTF? that's a chick flick, not a War Movie, and not even a very good chick flick at that. What a preposterous list. Chock __________________