Topic 58 of 69: War films
Mon, Apr 29, 2002 (05:42) |
Rob Glennie (AotearoaKiwi)
For those who want adventure, action or just a damn good war story on film.
15 responses total.
Topic 58 of 69 [movies]: War films
Response 1 of 15: Rob Glennie (AotearoaKiwi) * Mon, Apr 29, 2002 (06:00) * 22 lines
Hi all
I thought I should introduce this topic to cover the Pearl Harbours, The Longest Days, the Tora! Tora! Tora!'s and so on of the movie world. I have seen several great war films, and just want to record some of them here.
In no particular order they are:
The Longest Day (Normandy invasion - D-DAY)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (Forerunner to Pearl Harbour)
Midway (the worst blue water in Japanese naval history)
Saving Private Ryan (saving the last of four brothers serving in the US Army)
Von Ryan's express (???)
Raid on Rommel (raid into German held north Africa)
Pearl Harbour (December 7, 1941)
Battle of Britain ("Never in the history of war was so much owed by so many to so few")
Sink the Bismarck! (Chasing Hitler's superdreadnought)
Battle of the River Plate (the demise of the Admiral Graf Spee)
Chunuk Bair (New Zealand at Gallipoli)
Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes offensive December 1944)
Bridge on the River Kwai (The notorious bridge over the River Kwai)
A bridge too far (Monty's gamble to shorten the war in Europe)
Rob
Topic 58 of 69 [movies]: War films
Response 2 of 15: Autumn (autumn) * Mon, Apr 29, 2002 (12:09) * 1 lines
Please don't forget "Is Paris Burning?" or "The Great Escape", two of my faves!
Topic 58 of 69 [movies]: War films
Response 3 of 15: Rob Glennie (AotearoaKiwi) * Mon, May 6, 2002 (00:16) * 5 lines
Hi all
What other films have you seen. Those are two that I have not. I have also not seen Sands of Iwo Jima, but I saw Apocalypse Now a couple years ago, and sometime I will see U-571.
Rob
Topic 58 of 69 [movies]: War films
Response 4 of 15: Autumn (autumn) * Mon, May 6, 2002 (18:55) * 1 lines
Years ago I saw "Platoon"--can you believe a guy actually thought this was a good idea for a first (and last) date?--and "Kelly's Heroes" runs on Sunday afternoons frequently.
Topic 58 of 69 [movies]: War films
Response 5 of 15: Cheryl (CherylB) * Sun, May 12, 2002 (13:09) * 1 lines
I liked "The Thin Red Line" better than "Saving Private Ryan". Although I did think that "Ryan" was a very good film.
Topic 58 of 69 [movies]: War films
Response 6 of 15: Autumn (autumn) * Sun, May 12, 2002 (17:53) * 1 lines
Never saw the former to compare. "Ryan" was very intense and had me on the edge of my seat the whole time.
Topic 58 of 69 [movies]: War films
Response 7 of 15: Rob Glennie (AotearoaKiwi) * Wed, May 29, 2002 (06:15) * 5 lines
Hi all
The Longest Day is also remembered for it's superb theme music which is arguably the best I have ever heard for any movie. The beautiful tune being played when the soldier are on the transports sailing down the English channel to the assembly areas and again at the end of the movie, is just awesome. I would not mind the soundtrack to that.
Rob
Topic 58 of 69 [movies]: War films
Response 8 of 15: Sam Blob (AlFor) * Fri, Aug 2, 2002 (04:50) * 1 lines
[i]Patton[/i] was good.
Topic 58 of 69 [movies]: War films
Response 9 of 15: Autumn (autumn) * Fri, Aug 2, 2002 (15:45) * 1 lines
I saw part of that lying on the world's most uncomfortable bed at Yosemite Nat'l Park in CA. (FYI--to italicize you need to use <>, not brackets.)
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Response 10 of 15: Sam Blob (AlFor) * Sat, Aug 3, 2002 (03:39) * 1 lines
Yes, I remember that now. Unfortunately, this board has neither a PREVIEW feature nor an EDIT feature. This is also the reason why there are so many bold and italic fonts running from post to post. The lack of these features is damned rubbish and should be changed.
Topic 58 of 69 [movies]: War films
Response 11 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Aug 5, 2002 (09:12) * 1 lines
OK, I'll look in to adding these features!
Topic 58 of 69 [movies]: War films
Response 12 of 15: Sam Blob (AlFor) * Tue, Aug 6, 2002 (10:47) * 1 lines
Thank you.
Topic 58 of 69 [movies]: War films
Response 13 of 15: Rob Glennie (AotearoaKiwi) * Mon, Jun 2, 2003 (06:05) * 5 lines
Hi all
Saw "Hiroshima" a few weeks ago. Very chilling movie, though the historical accuracy was good.
Rob
Topic 58 of 69 [movies]: War films
Response 14 of 15: Autumn (autumn) * Fri, Jun 6, 2003 (05:48) * 1 lines
I watched "Where Eagles Dare" in our hotel room last night in Edinburgh. Love the way Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood wipe out an entire compound of German soldiers with a few sticks of dynamite and a few machine guns!
Topic 58 of 69 [movies]: War films
Response 15 of 15: Rob Glennie (AotearoaKiwi) * Fri, Sep 12, 2003 (05:55) * 7 lines
Hi all
I remember seeing one about Anzio where 72000 Allied soldiers came ashore to break the deadlock at Monte Cassino by diverting the attention of the German army so the Allies could launch a surprise attack. Anzio was a great lost chance. Rome was less than 50km away and the idea was a dash to Rome would force the Germans to think twice about holding Monte Cassino, but the Allies inched inland slowly giving the Germans time to move reinforcements in.
Bridge at Remagen is another interesting one to watch. It tells of the Allies capturing the only bridge still standing on the Rhine, and of the strategic disaster it's capture caused for the Germans.
Rob
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