Vietnam Movies/War Movies - Page 3

08-31-2001, 01:59 PM

Two WWII movies come to mind: "Slaughter House 5" by Kurt Vonnegut (sp?) and "Catch 22" by Joseph Heller. Vonnegut acknowledged that the movie was better than his book, and much of the movie is based on another of his, "Mother Night." Anyway, it's a surrealistic story about an American POW and the Dresden firestorm.

Catch 22 doesn't come near the quality of the book, probably one of the greatest novels of all time. But it's still a pretty good movie.

Also, here's one that's out now: "Enemy at the Gates," about the duel of a Russian and German sniper at Stalingrad (based on true story). I don't know what to say about it. I'm interested in the subject and go with the expectation that I might learn something. So I recommend it if you're in the right frame of mind (i.e., think of it as educational). It's not exactly riveting and the Hollywood "Wild West" showdown at the end was way off the mark. It couldn't have happened that way.

anti147 · 09-06-2001, 04:43 AM

Full metal Jacket was great....althogh it left something to be desired....maybe it ended to abruptly
M I C K E Y M O U S E.....

SurfThis · 02-21-2006, 03:53 AM

The Dirty Dozen
Von Ryan's Express
Papillion (not really a war movie, but it's got Steve McQueen, so that makes it good)

Mr Haze · 02-21-2006, 04:14 AM

Im a huge war movie fan.

Band of Brothers is by far the best series.
Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
Casualties of War (pretty good)
Black Hawk Down
we were soliders
Enemy at the Gates
Hamburger Hill
Sands of Iwo Jima
Green Berets
U-571

There's tons of war movies i like. all mad good.

Braveheart, even tho it's not like WWI,II, nam stuff.. it's a great flick.

Banzai · 02-21-2006, 03:30 PM

Me and my friends sat around a few weeks ago and watched Good Morning Vietnam totally baked. Great stoner movie. I think Apocalypse Now is good, too. Very disturbing.

effedup · 02-21-2006, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Slightly Stoopid

First off, I feel the urge to watch a movie on Vietnam. I have seen Platoon, FMJ, Green Barrets, Born on the Fourth of July, and i need a new fresh movie to watch

Also what is everyones fav WW2 movie, besides SPR, and A thin Red Line???

A fucking GREAT WW2 flick that most people don't know about is"A Midnight Clear". It's not action packed like most movies in the genre, but it's got a great story.

dags · 02-21-2006, 11:28 PM

The green berets is a terrible movie. Probobly one of the worst war movies ive ever seen, not to mention the least accurate. It was the first veitnam movie made so i guess it wouldnt be as good as apocalypse now or platoon but it was still really bad.

**Feorge Gorman** · 03-05-2006, 11:03 PM

...almost as old as the Vietnam war!

An oft-overlooked war flick is 'The Boys In Company 'C''.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077270/

Great film and fantastic cast! And with R. Lee Ermey WAY before Full Metal Jacket.

"Who the &%$# is Chesty?!"

Dank Nugz · 03-06-2006, 03:03 AM

We Were Soldiers is a great Vietnam movie that portrays the Battle of the Ia Drang River Valley. I saw the movie, loved it, and then read the book, which is even better.

Most of the others have already been mentioned:
Saving Private Ryan
A Bridge Too Far
Sands of Iwo Jima
Tora Tora Tora-good movie about Pearl Harbor
Hamburger Hill
Platoon (Duh!)

shawneyriver · 03-21-2006, 07:33 PM

I like war movies also my favorites are:

1) Midway
2)In Harm's way (good movie with the Duke and Kirk Douglas)
3)Plattoon
4)The Big Red One
but anything to history wars I love

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Mr Haze Sr. Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 407 Grams: 5405.65 [Check] Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	Im a huge war movie fan. Band of Brothers is by far the best series. Saving Private Ryan Full Metal Jacket Platoon Casualties of War (pretty good) Black Hawk Down we were soliders Enemy at the Gates Hamburger Hill Sands of Iwo Jima Green Berets U-571 There's tons of war movies i like. all mad good. Braveheart, even tho it's not like WWI,II, nam stuff.. it's a great flick. __________________ "There's high, and there's high, and to get really high.... I mean so high that you can walk on the water, that high.... that's where I'm goin" "G. Harrison"

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Dank Nugz Jr. Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 647 Grams: 3157.30000000001 [Check] Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	We Were Soldiers is a great Vietnam movie that portrays the Battle of the Ia Drang River Valley. I saw the movie, loved it, and then read the book, which is even better. Most of the others have already been mentioned: Saving Private Ryan A Bridge Too Far Sands of Iwo Jima Tora Tora Tora-good movie about Pearl Harbor Hamburger Hill Platoon (Duh!) __________________ Keep on tokin'

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shawneyriver Jr. Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 115 Grams: 2625.64999999999 [Check] Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	I like war movies also my favorites are: 1) Midway 2)In Harm's way (good movie with the Duke and Kirk Douglas) 3)Plattoon 4)The Big Red One but anything to history wars I love __________________ Plan for the worst... ...hope for the best.

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