Three Kings = Very Poignant War in Iraq Movie

[Es Arkajae]

I thought it was a poor movie.

It couldn't seem to make up its mind whether it was a comedy, war movie, action or drama-war movie*.

The ending was also far from satisfying, I was led to believe it was going to be some kind of modern day 'Kelly's Heroes', instead I got a wishy washy film that wasn't funny enough to be a comedy and didn't have enough real battles and 'military stuff' to qualify it as a decent war film.


*Saving Private Ryan was a 'Drama-war movie', Battle of Britain and Tora, Tora, Tora were 'proper' war movies.

If that definition is still unclear then heres a good rule of thumb, if the movie involves copious amounts of "war is hell!" sentiment or lots of male crying then its likely a drama-war movie.

On the other hand if it contains copious amounts of pathetic prose, boring moralising and lots of male crying then its probably 'The Thin Red Line'

[Navaros]

I thought it was a poor movie.

It couldn't seem to make up its mind whether it was a comedy, war movie, action or drama-war movie*.

The ending was also far from satisfying

i love almost all the jokes in that movie. they are mostly very hilarious and the best part is that the jokes in the movie are not done in a silly way which ruins the atmosphere in so many other movies

seems to me that it was a war movie with a lot of clever humor tactfully infused into the script

i loved the ending. it was great how the antagonist role played an ironic part in how things turned out in a somewhat good way. how can you not like a funny twist like that

[Lazul]

I thought it was a poor movie.

It couldn't seem to make up its mind whether it was a comedy, war movie, action or drama-war movie*.

The ending was also far from satisfying, I was led to believe it was going to be some kind of modern day 'Kelly's Heroes', instead I got a wishy washy film that wasn't funny enough to be a comedy and didn't have enough real battles and 'military stuff' to qualify it as a decent war film.


*Saving Private Ryan was a 'Drama-war movie', Battle of Britain and Tora, Tora, Tora were 'proper' war movies.

If that definition is still unclear then heres a good rule of thumb, if the movie involves copious amounts of "war is hell!" sentiment or lots of male crying then its likely a drama-war movie.

On the other hand if it contains copious amounts of pathetic prose, boring moralising and lots of male crying then its probably 'The Thin Red Line'

hmm so you cant handle emotions and realism then? War is perfect place to squeez in some philosofy and thinking like Thin Red Line.
People cry in war, or how would you react if your leg was blown of?

Go watch Rambo III or something.

[Es Arkajae]

hmm so you cant handle emotions and realism then?

I was unaware you were dyslexic Lazul, I certainly don't recall mentioning anything against all emotions and realism.

War is perfect place to squeez in some philosofy and thinking like Thin Red Line.
People cry in war, or how would you react if your leg was blown of?

Oh and you also missed the word 'copious'?, you should probably see your optometrist.

Go watch Rambo III or something.

No I'll watch 'Battle of Britain', 'Tora, Tora, Tora', 'Guns of Navarone', 'Gettysburg', 'Zulu' etc.

You know war movies which are able to occasionally get across the horrors of war without dwelling on them and beating you over the head with an anti-war message. they also manage to remain entertaining, unlike SPR which after the initial beach landing becomes boring IMO