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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Mar 12, 2009 20:44:06 GMT -5
I know I'm about a week late on this, but you have spoken, I listened.....and I compiled!
First off I'd like to say that while Schindler's List received quite a few votes, After careful consideration, I can't say that I would really consider it a War Movie so I didn't count it.
So here's where it begins.
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THE THIN RED LINE (1998)
In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese's advance into the pacific. A group of young soldiers is brought in as a relief for the battle-weary Marine units. The exhausting fight for a key-positioned airfield that allows control over a 1000-mile radius puts the men of the Army Rifle company C-for-Charlie through hell. The horrors of war forms the soldiers into a tight-knit group, their emotions develop into bonds of love and even family. The reasons for this war get further away as the world for the men gets smaller and smaller until their fighting is for mere survival and the life of the other men with them.
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Mar 12, 2009 20:50:00 GMT -5
#9
PATTON (1970)
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination. Faults which would, eventually, lead to his being relieved as Occupation Commander of Germany.
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Post by 'Foretold' Joker on Mar 12, 2009 20:57:18 GMT -5
So far none from my list, lol
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Mar 12, 2009 20:58:14 GMT -5
So far none from my list, lol Same
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Mar 12, 2009 21:00:24 GMT -5
#8
GLORY (1989)
Based on the letters of Colonel Robert G. Shaw. Shaw was an officer in the Federal Army during the American Civil War who volunteered to lead the first company of black soldiers. Shaw was forced to deal with the prejudices of both the enemy (who had orders to kill commanding officers of blacks), and of his own fellow officers.
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Mar 12, 2009 21:02:34 GMT -5
#7
BLACK HAWK DOWN (2001)
Action/war drama based on the best-selling book detailing a near-disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3, 1993 where nearly 100 U.S. Army Rangers, commanded by Capt. Mike Steele, were dropped by helicopter deep into the capital city of Mogadishu to capture two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord which lead to a large and drawn-out firefight between the Rangers and hundreds of Somali gunmen which led to the destruction of two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters in Mogadishu, and the heroic efforts by various Rangers to get to them, centering on Sgt. Eversmann, commanding one Ranger unit named Chalk Four, leading Rangers to the first black hawk crash site, to Warrant Officer Durant who was only survivor of the second black hawk crash site and whom was captured, to Col. McKnight who leads a rescue convoy for the Rangers only to get lost within the hostile city, to Sgt. Sanderson desperately trying to get to the first crash site, to Staff Sgt. Yurek who leads two fellow Rangers, Nelson and Twombly to meet with up their squad, Chalk Four, at the first crash site, to many others involved who where either killed or survived.
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Mar 12, 2009 21:09:20 GMT -5
#6
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
The film deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Their instinct is to sabotage the bridge but, under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson, they are persuaded that the bridge should be constructed as a symbol of British morale, spirit and dignity in adverse circumstances. At first, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he bravely endures torture rather than compromise his principles for the benefit of the Japanese commandant Saito. He is an honorable but arrogant man, who is slowly revealed to be a deluded obsessive. He convinces himself that the bridge is a monument to British character, but actually is a monument to himself, and his insistence on its construction becomes a subtle form of collaboration with the enemy. Unknown to him, the Allies have sent a mission into the jungle, led by Warden and an American, Shears, to blow up the bridge.
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Mar 12, 2009 21:13:17 GMT -5
#5
THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963)
Based on a true story, "The Great Escape" deals with the largest Allied escape attempt from a German POW camp during the Second World War. The first part of the film focuses on the escape efforts within the camp and the process of secretly digging an escape tunnel. The second half of the film deals with the massive effort by the German Gestapo to track down the over 70 escaped prisoners who are at this point throughout the Third Reich attempting to make their way to England and various neutral countries.
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Mar 12, 2009 21:16:28 GMT -5
#4
PLATOON (1986)
Chris Taylor is a young, naive American who gives up college and volunteers for combat in Vietnam. Upon arrival, he quickly discovers that his presence is quite nonessential, and is considered insignificant to the other soldiers, as he has not fought for as long as the rest of them and felt the effects of combat. Chris has two commanding officers, the ill-tempered and indestructible Staff Sergeant Robert Barnes and the more pleasant and cooperative Sergeant Elias Grodin. A line is drawn between the two officers and a number of men in the platoon when an illegal killing occurs during a village raid. As the war continues, Chris himself draws towards psychological meltdown. And as he struggles for survival, he soon realizes he is fighting two battles, the conflict with the enemy and the conflict between the men within his platoon.
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Post by Krimzon on Mar 12, 2009 21:18:37 GMT -5
Saving Private Ryan = #1 or I riot.
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Mar 12, 2009 21:21:54 GMT -5
#3
APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
It is the height of the war in Vietnam, and U.S. Army Captain Willard is sent by Colonel Lucas and a General to carry out a mission that, officially, 'does not exist - nor will it ever exist'. The mission: To seek out a mysterious Green Beret Colonel, Walter Kurtz, whose army has crossed the border into Cambodia and is conducting hit-and-run missions against the Viet Cong and NVA. The army believes Kurtz has gone completely insane and Willard's job is to eliminate him! Willard, sent up the Nung River on a U.S. Navy patrol boat, discovers that his target is one of the most decorated officers in the U.S. Army. His crew meets up with surfer-type Lt-Colonel Kilgore, head of a U.S Army helicopter cavalry group which eliminates a Viet Cong outpost to provide an entry point into the Nung River. After some hair-raising encounters, in which some of his crew are killed, Willard, Lance and Chef reach Colonel Kurtz's outpost, beyond the Do Lung Bridge. Now, after becoming prisoners of Kurtz, will Willard & the others be able to fulfill their mission?
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Post by animalboy on Mar 12, 2009 21:26:26 GMT -5
No Deer Hunter or Lawrence Of Arabia? :-(
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Mar 12, 2009 21:28:46 GMT -5
Deer Hunter almost made the cut.
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Post by animalboy on Mar 12, 2009 21:29:45 GMT -5
I know i voted for it. Damn you guys!
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Mar 12, 2009 21:32:41 GMT -5
#2
FULL METAL JACKET (1987)
Full Metal Jacket begins by following the trials and tribulations of a platoon of fresh Marine Corps recruits focusing on the relationship between Gunnery Sergeant Hartman and Privates Pyle and Joker. We see Pyle grow into an instrument of death as Hartman has forseen of all of his recruits. Through Pyle's torment and Joker's unwillingness to stand up against it the climax of part one is achieved with all three main characters deciding their fates by their action or inaction. The second chapter of Full Metal Jacket delves into Joker's psyche and the repeated referal to the fact that he joined the Corps to become a killer. When his mostly behind the scenes job as a combat correspondant is interfered with by the Tet offensive he is thrust into real combat and ultimately must choose if he really is a killer.
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Post by El Hijo del Havoc on Mar 12, 2009 21:35:25 GMT -5
One of the last movies I watched with my dad (Vietnam vet) and he said Full Metal Jacket was the most realistic movie depicting his time in the war and boot camp
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Mar 12, 2009 21:39:29 GMT -5
To the surprise of no one, here's #1
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)
Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all three of the grave telegrams on the same day. The United States Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, is given an opportunity to alleviate some of her grief when he learns of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan, and decides to send out 8 men (Cpt. Miller and select members from 2nd Rangers) to find him and bring him back home to his mother...
Seriously...........How in the Hell did Shakespeare in Love win Best Picture over this?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2009 21:46:19 GMT -5
4/10, not bad on my part.
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Post by animalboy on Mar 12, 2009 22:06:48 GMT -5
It doesn't deserve the number one spot. VERY overrated in my opinion.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Mar 12, 2009 22:18:52 GMT -5
I didn't vote, but I must say I totally feel Platoon should have been number 1. One of my favourite movies of all time, but it's so f***ing depressing I don't watch it very often
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