Favourite War Film

[Bomber Boy]

Hi everyone

What is your favourite war film?

My personal favourite is the Dambusters.

[Bomber Boy]

yep..looks like yet another of my posts on this site is being ignored by all!!!

[aeroeng]

I like a bunch of them. Probably Tora Tora Tora is my favorite with Midway second.

aeroeng

[Dan O'Connell]

Blue Max

[Ruy Horta]

Originally Posted by Bomber Boy

yep..looks like yet another of my posts on this site is being ignored by all!!!

You wrote 1hr and 8mins after posting the original thread.

There was a time when I was happy to get a reaction within a day, let alone an hour.

But that aside, back to the topic.

I like movies in general, so it would be hard to name one specific movie.

Often I love a movie for a single scene (which in the case of war movies is merciful, as they are often mediocre taken as a whole).

Band of Brothers, Saving Pvt Ryan, An Apocalypse Now, Dark Blue World, D-Day, The Hill, Flight of the Intruder, The Thin Red Line, Tigerland, The Way to the Stars, A Piece of Cake, Das Boot, Full Metal Jacket, Conspiracy, Catch 22, Twelve 'O clock High, Blue Max, Kelly's Heroes, Master and Commander, Indigenes, Soldaat van Oranje, Platoon, Hamburger Hill, Cross of Iron, Jarhead, The Hurt Locker etc.

Tora Tora Tora and Battle of Britain are not strong movies, but they are classics non-the-less because of the aerial element. With Tora I like the Japanese bits, with Battle I like the Brit bits.

I don't want a docudrama, I want a movie (so I can live with Troy and Patriot).

Leaving out many good ones.

Indeed Errol Flynn rules!!

Ruy

[John Beaman]

Hmmm.... I must disagree with our beloved site owner, for once.

Tora, Tora, Tora is very accurate for what it does (unlike Pearl Harbor which is garbage). Unfortunately, for today's generation, it does not have, sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll, just decent history.

And, what about Gunga Din? A movie about how we think India should be in history, and, it has a real British officer from one of the Guards Regiments!

[Ruy Horta]

Ah a couple more.

Hell in the Pacific
Sgt York
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Great Escape
Battleground

M*A*S*H (the movie)

Stalingrad (ok...forgetting the "righteous twist")

Hart's War (nice dogfight / aerial scene).

Those civil war flicks produced by Ted Turner have something, although sometimes the "drama" ends up looking a bit funny.

All Quiet on the Western Front should be mentioned (30-ies version).

Ah, for a 'interesting" experience try The 9th Company, which is a pretty slick Russian / Ukrainian (and more?) coproduction. Heavy on the action, even some sex, drugs and rock and roll. Some stuff is over the top, but there are some gems in between (certainly if you like original Soviet hardware).

[Maximowitz]

Battle of Britain.

[Nick Beale]

Went the Day Well?
Fires Were Started
Enigma
Downfall
Battle of Britain (Spitfire porn!)

As for The Dam Busters, I saw the restored print at the cinema last year. Spectacular flying scenes, totally different from seeing them on TV.

Can I also recommend a novel about making a wartime film? "Their Finest Hour and a Half" by Lissa Evans.

[BoiseBlade]

Of the past classics......
Battle of Britain -- rat tat tat tat tat tat (See "Piece of Cake" for more Spit fun)
Midway....
The Sea Hawk....old swashbuckler...

newer or Present wow too many...
Black hawk Down
Downfall
Glory
Stalingrad (German Film)
Gettysburg