I too love the smell of napalm in the morning
The horror!
I can't believe I had to scroll this far to fine the best war movie ever made.
I'm Partial to RESTREPO cause I was in Afghanistan....The Book (WAR, by Sebastian Junger is a great read if anyone is interested)
But for a little comedic relief, Tropic Thunder...
Hope everyone is well!
Hamburger Hill
That's a good one. Haven't seen that in years.
Just watched this a month ago...was as powerful as when I saw it the first time in theaters
Well, I can only agree with that. My dad served under Patton in France. Fortunately for him, he was in the medical corps and not a tanker.
Hey, mine too. Was originally in a forward unit doing mechanical work like building bridges and other similar needs, but (luckily) got reassigned to an interpreter/interrogator role because he spoke German and French.
He only saw Patton once, from about 300 yards away, but immediately “gave his best possible salute” because it was well understood that you had to.
Apocalypse Now
Shaving Ryan's Privates
Sorry I've been home for a really long time
12 O'clock High
The Dirty Dozen
Patton, without a doubt.
Blackhawk down would be second.
Either The Patriot, Glory, Gettysburg or Cold Mountain.
Band of Brothers is in there along with Full Metal Jacket.
Cold Mountain is hard to call a Memorial Day movie - it's good, no argument, worth the watch, but erm ...
The Patriot is an ... interesting choice. It's fine, but as far as a one and only - that's where you went? I ... would ask you to watch more movies, please. There's just better options out there. Not enough better options for the Revolutionary War, but still, better options. Even the Jeff Daniels "The Crossing" if you're inclined.
The Crossing is good ... only 1 hour 20 something minutes tho. TURN is a great series as well.
I am more far into Revolutionary and Civil wars more than WWI or WWII or Vietnam etc.
The Patriot is a disgusting piece of anglophobic bullshit.
Have to agree. Turning Francis Marion into what was portrayed on the screen white washes history.
This guy uses the term "anglophobic"
This guy doesn’t seem to be aware that the word exists.
Double feature: Tora, Tora, Tora followed by Apocalypse Now.
Tora Tora Tora or Patton would be my go to films
If you're looking for something a little lighter hearted I'm always up for watching The Great Escape with Steve McQueen.
Patton's hard to call a wrong pick.
Black Hawk Down is high on my list, and probably the only thing I'd answer if not for Patton.
Saving Private Ryan will likely be in my queue this weekend.
Gettysburg is worth the effort if admittedly a legit effort.
We were Soldiers will get watched because I'm not limited to 1.
Band of Brothers isn't a single movie, so it doesn't count but hell yes.
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Lots of other worthwhile picks, but none I can pick off the top of my head that would make my 1 and only list. Longest Day, Thin Red Line, Dirty Dozen, Hacksaw Ridge, Glory, American Sniper all worth the watching.
Paths of Glory
"Lean, mean, fighting machine!!"
A Bridge too Far. Great book and movie
One of my favorites.
Excellent Choice, one of my favorites as well. Book is very good too. Always felt that General Stanislaw Sosabowski, got a raw deal.
If you like A Bridge Too Far (which is awesome), I highly recommend also Theirs is the Glory.
Imagine A Bridge Too Far, but staring the people who were there in the battle, as well as the notable civilians Father Dyker and Kate ter Horst, shot on location, one year after the actual battle.
When you watch those scenes, and you watch the people who where there acting the scenes, and you watch their faces and their eyes, you can sense some of what is going through their minds and hearts in the process.
It is an amazing war film.
AKA - An Hour Too Long
Some great choices listed. I would probably go with Das Boot. I generally watch it in German with the English subtitles - just feels much more real than the dubbed version.
The Boat must be watched in German agree 100%
Run Silent, Run Deep
I'd go with Saving Private Ryan for Memorial Day. The way that it starts and ends in the cemetary in Normandy helps drive home the sacrifice those guys made back then.
Glory. No if ands or buts about it. It’s been my favorite movie since I was 5
1917, for two main reasons:
1) My Grandpa was over in Germany when Armistice Day ended WWI. He remained "Over There" for another year as an MP to keep our boys out of trouble in the beer halls and away from the clutches of the fräuleins; and
2) it was the movie I most wanted to see when we were about to go into the shutdown a couple months ago.
Hey neighbor, my Grandpa was in France and Germany and the end of WWI also. He showed me a German map he found in an abandoned trench that he kept for a souvenir. Wish I was able to get it from him. Would have been nice to have.
My Grandpa never talked to me about his WWI service until I was a high school senior and was doing a report on WW1 for my history class, and even then, didn't show me his souvenir collection until several years later after Grandma passed away.
Like your grandpa, once fighting stopped he initially was assigned to mop up duties mostly cleaning up the battlefields. It was there he recovered a German spiked helmet, a couple daggers, a pistol, and a handful of other items.
I have one item from his collection, a metal matchbox with a picture of the Kaiser on the top. And I also have his "campaign hat", which looks like this:
...and several pictures of him in full uniform wearing it, pictures both from before he left for Europe and from "welcome home" family gatherings in his honor from 100 years ago in 1920.
Last I knew, my late Mom's surviving siblings (one aunt and one uncle) are in possession of the majority of his other WW1 mementos. I'm in possession of memories of Grandpa sharing with me his war memories and showing me those items.
Like I posted earlier, though, his stories of his experience as a post-war MP were the most interesting tales, and the ones he got the most enjoyment out of as he shared them with me. In a nutshell, his duties every afternoon and evening involved scooping up drunk soldiers and hauling them back to their barracks, then eventually finding the rest of them as they emerged from the brothels.
It's also one of the greatest productions of all time...unreal what Sam Mendes and his team did. If you haven't seen the "behind the scenes" doc, you must. Incredible.
Tough choice of Animal House or Caddyshack
Not a movie but band of brothers will be getting fun this weekend
They Shall Not Grow Old
Grandpa fought in WW1 for the Royal Winnipeg Rifles - as a kid I never understood why he didn't want to talk about the war - movies like this make you realize the horrors they, and all others who have served for their countries, have faced.
The technological changes they made to the footage really closes the gap between then and now.
RED DAWN
+1. Just watched that the other day.
Wolverines!!!!
Rooting for the Soviets I'm sure
