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best war movies ever: Where Eagles Dare vs Siege of Firebase Gloria
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Date: June 25th, 2022 11:29 PM Author: Floppy depressive The Siege of Firebase Gloria, with some serviceable but not so great actors...yet this movie is maybe the best Vietnam war movie ever...not a really slick movie...but it really has something going for it...grit?
and then we have Where Eagles Dare, with 2 great actors--richard burton and clint eastwood...a great ww2 movie..top notch production values...
these 2 movies are in the running for the best war movies of all time... |
Date: June 25th, 2022 11:33 PM Author: razzmatazz flushed new version Von Ryan’s express is another under the radar film that should be in the running (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44745705) |
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Date: June 25th, 2022 11:35 PM Author: Floppy depressive i love that movie...watched it many times...there are SO MANY great POW movies...the great escape...king rat...the password is courage...stalag 17...the list goes on... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44745713) |
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Date: June 25th, 2022 11:36 PM Author: razzmatazz flushed new version Watched it recently and teared up at the end. Where Eagles Dare and Von Ryans Express are my two favorites (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44745720) |
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Date: June 25th, 2022 11:37 PM Author: Floppy depressive the deer hunter is a pretty good war movie... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44745723) |
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Date: June 25th, 2022 11:38 PM Author: Floppy depressive the dirty dozen is not as good as those 2 movies, but in similar vein...also Kelly's Heroes is sort of in that same vein.. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44745725) |
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Date: June 26th, 2022 1:05 PM Author: alcoholic lodge hunting ground The dirty dozen is really great. The most fun of the bunch. It’s also my mother’s favorite movie, oddly. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44747461) |
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Date: June 25th, 2022 11:39 PM Author: Purple odious toilet seat senate i like big eastern bloc war films where they used actual military units as extras, like the soviet war and peace from the late-60's, or 'liberation' (the huge soviet WWII movie from 1970), or khan asparuh from bulgaria. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44745728) |
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Date: June 25th, 2022 11:39 PM Author: Floppy depressive never seen those (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44745732) |
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Date: June 25th, 2022 11:41 PM Author: Floppy depressive but of course we have The Iron Cross with James Coburn and Max Schell, but not as good as the other movies mentioned...
here is a different sort of ww2 movie--Hope and GLory--ww2 from the perspective of a family living in london |
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Date: June 25th, 2022 11:47 PM Author: alcoholic lodge hunting ground I’ve seen where Eagles dare and I don’t think I’d rank it as one of the best war movies ever. But it was good. I’ll watch the other based on your recommendation. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44745757) |
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Date: June 25th, 2022 11:48 PM Author: laughsome range international law enforcement agency Guns of the Navarone? Bridge on the River Kwai? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44745765) |
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Date: June 25th, 2022 11:51 PM Author: Floppy depressive BOTRK has to be right up there near the top...I never watched GOTN, tho (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44745775) |
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Date: June 25th, 2022 11:57 PM Author: laughsome range international law enforcement agency BOTRK is a clear contender. GOTN probably isn’t as classically great but is a personal favorite. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44745797) |
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Date: June 26th, 2022 3:56 AM Author: rusted talking site partner SOFG is great if only if it shows thousands and thousands of dead gooks (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44746194) |
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Date: June 26th, 2022 7:07 AM Author: Floppy depressive i just got thru rewatching SOFG, and I have to say that it is 2nd tier in the greatest war movies of all time...the acting is just not that good...
first tier? Where Eagles Dare, Bridge on the River Kwai, the great escape, stalag 17, von ryan's express...but those are mostly all POW movies...when it comes to pure war movies...now about Full Metal Jacket? Eh...
How about Apocalypse Now?
The Deer Hunter? Sort of a war movie...
Then we have Platoon, Causalties of War, and Hamburger Hill, both of which are a bit too woke for me to put them in this tier...
But I do need to rewatch Hamburger Hill...
Then we have Starship Troopers...
I also need to rewatch Thin Red Line...that one might be in this top tier.. I never really like Saving Private Ryan all that much..it puts on airs..same thing for We Were Soldiers...Enemy at the Gates, maybe...need to rewatch that one...
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Date: June 26th, 2022 9:18 AM Author: rusted talking site partner thin red line is ghastly bad. just comical almost. I rewatched it recently (after walking out of it in theater) and posted about how bad it was
Casualties of War is very woke but it has a couple of great scenes, including this one. damn near perfect
https://youtu.be/M25YD1i1wgg |
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Date: June 26th, 2022 11:11 AM Author: alcoholic lodge hunting ground Thin red line is unwatchable (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44746906) |
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Date: June 26th, 2022 11:46 AM Author: rusted talking site partner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44747048) |
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Date: June 26th, 2022 7:09 AM Author: rose arousing stain not heard of a single "film" ITT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44746354) |
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Date: June 26th, 2022 7:13 AM Author: Floppy depressive Red Dawn is definitely top tier...definitely (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44746358) |
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Date: June 26th, 2022 11:49 AM Author: low-t library community account Absolutely (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44747056) |
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Date: June 26th, 2022 1:05 PM Author: alcoholic lodge hunting ground Lots of people are saying this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44747457) |
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Date: June 26th, 2022 7:13 AM Author: Floppy depressive Gallipoli is DEFINITELY top tier (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44746359) |
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Date: June 26th, 2022 11:22 AM Author: alcoholic lodge hunting ground Yeah that’s a great one (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44746965) |
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Date: June 26th, 2022 7:13 AM Author: Floppy depressive Das Boot?
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Date: June 26th, 2022 7:19 AM Author: Carnelian stage really tough guy The Outpost is the real deal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44746366) |
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Date: June 26th, 2022 11:25 AM Author: alcoholic lodge hunting ground Yeah this is the best of any Iraq or Afghanistan war movie (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44746983) |
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Date: June 26th, 2022 1:13 PM Author: Umber locale probably, though generation kill (the hbo miniseries) is the best overall gwot movie/show (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44747490) |
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Date: June 26th, 2022 11:22 AM Author: alcoholic lodge hunting ground The Dirty Dozen BOTRK A Bridge Too Far Saving Private Ryan The Great Escape The Longest Day We Were Soldiers Once
Quasi war films: Apocalypse Now (Redux) Patton The Train Casablanca
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Date: June 26th, 2022 1:04 PM Author: charcoal elastic band heaven The Longest Day was a great one. I remember trying to get my parents to rent it every week. I would watch it over and over again. It was so long it took two video tapes.
I’ll also go against the grain and say Kelly’s Heroes was great for a young kid aspiring to one day be a paratrooper. |
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Date: June 26th, 2022 11:23 AM Author: alcoholic lodge hunting ground (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44746967) |
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Date: June 26th, 2022 11:39 AM Author: poppy vengeful rigor Force 10 From Navarone, at once an engaging commando flick and wry black comedy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44747035) |
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Date: June 26th, 2022 11:50 AM Author: low-t library community account Heartbreak Ridge is underrated, but it's mostly a getting whipped into shape movie with some action at the end. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44747065) |
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Date: June 26th, 2022 12:57 PM Author: alcoholic lodge hunting ground Heartbreak ridge sucked. Couldn’t see a god damned thing.
See hamburger hill for that type of movie done 100x better.
And I’m a big Mel Gibson fan. |
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Date: June 26th, 2022 12:58 PM Author: alcoholic lodge hunting ground Sorry I was thinking of “Hacksaw Ridge.” Yeah Heartbreak Ridge is great. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44747413) |
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Date: June 26th, 2022 1:11 PM Author: low-t library community account (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5139693&forum_id=2#44747483) |