Anyone who watched both Battle of Britain and Dunkirk understands which of the two is a better war movie
Whats the best WWII film ever?
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I just ordered a copy of THE THIN RED LINE which I have never seen. Hope its not a waste of money. Its supposed to be about an army platoon on Guadalcanal. I had always thought the army was brought in to relieve the Marines and conduct mopup operations.
Discovered that 2850 men of the 164th Inf. regiment landed on Guadalcanal on Oct.13th 1942 when the issue was still very much in doubt. Elements of this regiment were right in line with the Marines during the last major Japanese attempt to take Henderson field. In early Dec. when the first Marine div. was evacuated there was an army div. that landed and participated in the final weeks of mopping up operations. So I will be interested in how all this is portrayed in “The Thin Red Line” when I get it.
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Well one of the things I encounter quite often is a confusion about liking a movie or enjoying a movie and the movie actually being any good. I’m not suggesting that my opinion for example carry more weight than yours or any one elses. But it seemed an interesting exercise to create a list and a list should have some finer level criteria for inclusion.
I won’t try to deny that “Inglorious Basterds” is a fine film but does it really belong on the same list as “The Longest Day” or “Das Boot” or even a far more inferior film like “Valkyrie” when we talk of Best WWII Film? Which begs the question of what would constitute Best WWII Film in the first place?
True that. The question “what’s the best WWII film ever” means different things to different people. It can mean
What WWII film is the most realistic portrayal?
What WWII film is the most fun to watch?
Which WWII film is the best artistic achievement?
Which WWII film best honors the participants?And so on. People would give different answers to different questions.
But thanks for the thread I’ve rented a few of the older ones and I’ll see what I think.
Started with “Cross of Iron” last night. Not bad, worth watching, some nice moments, but nothing too special imo. Nice action footage with authentic equipment, shot in (then) Yugoslavia, and the protaganist is interesting.
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Fishmoto,
what you ordered was CRAP.
Sorry buddy. Get “Cross of Iron” instead. That’s a GOOD movie. Rare aswell, a DVD copy can cost you up to 40 or 50 $
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I’m going to edit the poll, what do you think should replace “Tora Tora Tora” on the list?
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Fishmoto,
what you ordered was CRAP.
Sorry buddy. Get “Cross of Iron” instead. That’s a GOOD movie. Rare aswell, a DVD copy can cost you up to 40 or 50 $
In that case it will find its way to ebay.
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Fishmoto,
what you ordered was CRAP.
Sorry buddy. Get “Cross of Iron” instead. That’s a GOOD movie. Rare aswell, a DVD copy can cost you up to 40 or 50 $
Found “Cross of Iron” on ebay from a top rated seller. $9.90 + $2.80 shipping. I have seen it before but it has been a loooong time.
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@Young:
I’m going to edit the poll, what do you think should replace “Tora Tora Tora” on the list?
Editing the poll at this stage, would be a bad idea. People have already determined their choice based on the options that are offered now, and they can’t change it. So suppose you now replace Tora Tora Tora with a different movie, then there’s no way of telling how many votes that movie would have gotten if it had been in the poll from the beginning.
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@Herr:
@Young:
I’m going to edit the poll, what do you think should replace “Tora Tora Tora” on the list?
Editing the poll at this stage, would be a bad idea. People have already determined their choice based on the options that are offered now, and they can’t change it. So suppose you now replace Tora Tora Tora with a different movie, then there’s no way of telling how many votes that movie would have gotten if it had been in the poll from the beginning.
I guess your right, perhaps later I should start a new poll including the top 4 from this list and 4 new choices. Kind of like a bracket system.
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Midway?
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Fishmoto,
what you ordered was CRAP.
Sorry buddy. Get “Cross of Iron” instead. That’s a GOOD movie. Rare aswell, a DVD copy can cost you up to 40 or 50 $
Well gar, you were right. the thin red line was worse than crap. I cannot believe that I paid good money for that. I cannot even sell it on ebay because I would not feel right charging someone money for that ugh film. I think that I will just pitch it.
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This:
The Liberation: a series of 5 movies produced and funded by Soviet Government with practically unlimited budget. Around mid 1970’s I have them all on DVD
It is in color BTW and the best one of Kursk. Everything is totally accurate to a fault, but it is the Soviet side of things…
here are a few parts of them…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWk9tECHrcI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK2F5qtW9wo -
@Imperious:
This:
The Liberation: a series of 5 movies produced and funded by Soviet Government with practically unlimited budget. Around mid 1970’s I have them all on DVD
It is in color BTW and the best one of Kursk. Everything is totally accurate to a fault, but it is the Soviet side of things…
here are a few parts of them…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWk9tECHrcI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK2F5qtW9woI saw some fake 109s in that tank battle.
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Fishmoto,
what you ordered was CRAP.
Sorry buddy. Get “Cross of Iron” instead. That’s a GOOD movie. Rare aswell, a DVD copy can cost you up to 40 or 50 $
Well gar, you were right. the thin red line was worse than crap. I cannot believe that I paid good money for that. I cannot even sell it on ebay because I would not feel right charging someone money for that ugh film. I think that I will just pitch it.
For me, it was better the second time around, however, it took 12 years before i decided to watch it again.
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BATTLE OF THE BULGE
ENEMY AT THE GATES
CROSS OF IRON
THE BUNKER
Should be on this poll…
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I like Stalag 17 and think it should be in the top 10
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I have posted a new poll regarding this topic.
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@suprise:
I like Stalag 17 and think it should be in the top 10
Love “Stalag 17” top 10 probably for me. Not ‘the best’ though.