My friends, AMC will be showing a 24 hour marathon of the best war films ever created, hosting will be john Mccain. I was just wondering which war films do you guys enjoy the most? My favourites are A bridge too far, saving private ryan, and a thin red line. I even love movies where the war is just a backdrop in the plot, like Casablanca and atonement. Love them. *maybe a cleverly disguised what are you doing for memorial day thread.
letters to iwo jima, glory, hamburger hill... to name a few. the patriot sucked... come to think of it, most revolutionary war movies suck, wonder why?
I know this is random, but if you got a chance and like to watch war films, you may want to give "City of Life and Death" a chance. It is directed by LU Chuan, a Director from Mainland China. Please let me know your comments if you have watched the movie. http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/ful...nanking-massacre-film-city-of-life-and-death/ <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/w-xRIQePKvQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/w-xRIQePKvQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> And here's an interview of the director by RTHK (HK Government sponsored media), English subtitles included: <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/B9_TJue5AhI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/B9_TJue5AhI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Agreed, but I do have Saving Private Ryan as a close 2nd. I spent most of this past Saturday watching all of BoB again.
I'm a huge fan of the genre and always have been, in large part because I grew up in a neighborhood in SE Houston built for vets on the GI bill... working/lower middle class families on their way up, getting their first homes, and the kids played "war" all the time. You switched around as to who were the "good guys" and the bad guys," but everyone always asked, more than once, "What did your father do during The War?" The War being WWII and, to a lesser extent, Korea. My Dad was a movies nut and we went at least 3 times a week. Once or twice to a drive-in, the local Santa Rosa Theatre, and a trip downtown on the weekends to one of the greta movie palaces, followed by dogs at the original James Coney Island. Good times, and saw every war movie that came out. Also watched Early Bird Theatre on Sunday mornings with Dad, while everyone else was at church, and many of the classics I list were seen during some serious quality time with my father. Some of my favorites, off the top of my head? Battleground Stalag 17 Paths of Glory The Bridge on the River Kwai Twelve O'Clock High The Charge of the Light Brigade Beau Geste The Dawn Patrol Sergeant York They Were Expendable From Here to Eternity The Bridges at Toko-Ri Run Silent, Run Deep Pork Chop Hill The Guns of Navarone Lawrence of Arabia The Great Escape Zulu The Dirty Dozen Castle Keep M*A*S*H* Patton A Bridge Too Far The Blue Max The Deer Hunter Apocalypse Now Breaker Morant Das Boot Full Metal Jacket Platoon The Last of the Mohicans The Thin Red Line Saving Private Ryan The Dawn Patrol Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo The Desert Fox Sink the Bismark! The Alamo The Longest Day The Battle of Algiers Cross of Iron Gallipoli Several others that could have been included (and many I forgot), like Casablanca and The African Queen, which I left out because they are more love stories, really, but could easily be close to the top of anyone's list. Also some, like The Manchurian Candidate, that could be included and are excellent. Man, so many good flicks and I've forgotten several!
