Movies to watch while playing AA

[madquest8]

The Battle of Britain
The Dambusters
633 Squadron
Kelly’s heroes
Anzio
Where eagles dare

[Pvt.Patterson]

Just Zulu! its a 1960’s movie. Everyone Needs to Watch it!

[Bluestroke]

Oh Yea, movies great choices,

If I am Japan, then
    , Tora, Tora Tora, In Harm’s way, Midway, Sand Pebbles ( not sure why, )
TV-show-Ba Ba Blacksheep

If I am Germany,
    Das Boot, Longest Day, Sink the Bismarck, Battle of the Bulge, Stalag 18, Where Eagles Dare, The enemy below, TV show-Combat

Allies,
      Kelly’s Heroes, Dirty Dozen, Great Escape, Bridge too Far, Guns of Navarrone, Patton, Mini-Series Band of Brothers, Tv show-Desert Rats

Their are many more of course,
but what a good table setter these movies and Tv series make.

[I like Ike]

@Pvt.Patterson:

Just Zulu! its a 1960’s movie. Everyone Needs to Watch it!

I know that’s why I put the little devil smile at the end of my post.

[Imperious Leader]

I like that movie. Micheal Caine and that other bloke did quite well. Lots of tension and the end was cool.

[Unknown Soldier]

I second Band of Brothers. What a great miniseries. If you haven’t seen it, watch it now.

[madquest8]

“Don’t you throw… that ruddy spear… at me…”  fires service revolver into face of attacking Zulu…

[Pvt.Patterson]

Zulu dies…. 120 take his place… Lets see you fire again.

[a44bigdog]

We generally have military marches from the time period playing in the background. If you ste i up right the music even matches up with the turns pretty much.

See this thread for some links.

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=10826.0

[madquest8]

@Pvt.Patterson:

Zulu dies…. 120 take his place… Lets see you fire again.

BANG!!

“Don’t you throw… that ruddy spear… at me!”

*Runs Zulu through with sabre while reloading service revolver one handed… using special technique taught to a few high ranking English officers…"

[Truls]

Hehe. I second the choice of Das Boot. It is both funny and scary when the silence breaks with a really loud, really desperate whisper in german. Especially when everybody sucks at german.

[TG Moses VI]

Das Boot.

Easily.  Creates a great gaming atmosphere.  It’s dull and monotonous enough that it seeps into the background as random noise and chatter.  There’s also no monotone narrative to listen to (which is what you want to avoid). U

Unlike other war films, which are distracting, this movie isn’t filled with explosions and shootouts.  The movie is long enough (I use the 5 hour director’s cut edition) that it can be played during a game of A&A without looping.  Most of all it’s in German, which again, sets the mood.

Sometimes I just use the opening screen for Medal of Honor – that works well too.

I’ll also nominate Downfall, for similar reasons as Das Boot.  Plus a lot of it takes place in a war room.

[Pvt.Patterson]

More Zulu’s come!  Mahahaaha :evil:

[FieldMarshalGames]

I run a game group and we try to do themes.  Eg:  We play Samurai Swords (shogun) and have Saki and Japanese strings in the background.

When it is my turn to pick a game I set the AAA theme with WORLD AT WAR doc running on the TV (mute) and a mix of 40’s music and GI JIVE radio broadcasts.

I know it sounds strange but it makes for a great game day.

FYI: if you want to find these old wartime radio shows check here:
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=GI%20Jive%20AND%20mediatype%3Aaudio

[Cowboybob]

When Lions Roard

This movie lets you see and feel the struggles the Allies had to put up with in WWII.

[Imperious Leader]

FYI: if you want to find these old wartime radio shows check here:
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=GI Jive AND mediatype%3Aaudio

Man this is great!  its perfect for playing. I feel like a regular GI.

[Adlertag]

The Green Berets with John Wayne

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnvG52osDm4&feature=related

[Danger Mouse]

You keep mentioning “Zulu” but you leave out “Zulu Dawn”?  which shows the battle just before Rorkes Drift that the Zulu’s actually “won” even though it cost them greatly.

In the end though “Kelly’s Hero’s” is number 1 in my book, you don’t have to actually watch it since just hearing the lines is enough to get me laughing.

[Pvt.Patterson]

My god you guys rock!
To much war histoy in one place…. NAhhh!!!

[madquest8]

@Nickiow:

@Mr:

@Pvt.Patterson:

Zulu dies…. 120 take his place… Lets see you fire again.

BANG!!

“Don’t you throw… that ruddy spear… at me!”

*Runs Zulu through with sabre while reloading service revolver one handed… using special technique taught to a few high ranking English officers…"

Just like a Zulu, bringing a spear to a gunfight……

120?

Actually I believe they were only outnumbered 40 to 1… so that leaves 38 to deal with  :-D