Movies of WWII

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LeftEyeNine 02:32 09-17-2005

I have Thin Red Line and Saving Private Ryan for the moment to feed my hunger for World War II atmosphere. Are there any others that worth watching ? May we try making a collection here ?

Gawain of Orkeny 02:40 09-17-2005

Tora Tora Tora
The Big Red One
Guadal Canal Diary
Wing and a Prayer
Midway
Battle of the Bulge
Patton
Tobruk
The Desert Fox
Battle of Britain
Sink the Bismark
Pursuit of the Graff Spee
Das Boot
The Enemy Below
Bataan
12 O clock High
and of course Kellys Heroes

Kaiser of Arabia 02:42 09-17-2005

Stalingrad

Gawain of Orkeny 02:44 09-17-2005

Enemy at the Gates

Beirut 02:49 09-17-2005

Just bought Midway a few hours ago.

Widescreen of course.

LeftEyeNine 03:01 09-17-2005

Which one of these give emphasis on the psychology of the troops more instead of the action itself ?

Beirut 03:05 09-17-2005

Full Metal Jacket is a good psychological movie.

It's Kubrick after all.

Alexander the Pretty Good 03:11 09-17-2005

The Great Escape.

Awesome film about one of the biggest POW camp breakouts of the war. The film isn't 100% accurate (but neither are a lot of the films on that list!). I highly reccommend this movie.

Kagemusha 03:26 09-17-2005

Tuntematon Sotilas and Talvisota.

Reverend Joe 03:44 09-17-2005

Hell is for Heroes.

King of Atlantis 04:09 09-17-2005

Man, i think there are way to many of these.. I much prefer medieval warfare movies...

If you really like these movies you may like Windtalkers, though its really not that great..

The old ones are the best, thoug hi dont know any names of the top of my head..

And of course there is Pearl Habour, good if you dont mind some serious blows to historical accuracy..

LeftEyeNine 04:37 09-17-2005

Originally Posted by :
Get the DVD set of Band of Brothers. You won't regret it.

I got 'em. But I do not currently have my DVD-ROM. So it's been truly a blow before watching that highly appreciated production.

Originally Posted by :
And of course there is Pearl Habour, good if you dont mind some serious blows to historical accuracy..

I heard that Pearl Harbor was sacrificed in a silly love triangle. The movie was not that good, they say.

By the way, those Finnish movies recommended by kagemusha seem pretty well. Both have ratings over 7 at IMDB.

King of Atlantis 04:58 09-17-2005

[QUOTE=LeftEyeNine]

I heard that Pearl Harbor was sacrificed in a silly love triangle. The movie was not that good, they say.
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It had great special effects and what not, but my main gripe is that two guys took on the whole Japanese attack, while nobody elese could get up...

And yeah the love triangle was was to much focused, but I still believe it is worth a watch, if only for the visuals..

The Stranger 10:25 09-17-2005

i've seen all those +almost all already stated above

dirty dozen
a bridge too far
the longest day
band of brothers (series)
saving private ryan
when trumpets fade
bridge over the river kwai
force 10 of navarone
the guns of navarone

moviees based on WW2 but without the actual fighting
der untergang
empire of the rising sun
the bunker (not a reall ww2 story but a horror based on it)

i saw more but i cant remember their names

The Stranger 10:28 09-17-2005

oh and Thin Red Line (about the guadal canal)

i like to see some ww1 movies and play some ww1 games...i quite had it with ww2 (well not exactly but i would be nice that they focused a bit more on ww1)

Rodion Romanovich 10:36 09-17-2005

Originally Posted by LeftEyeNine:
I have Thin Red Line and Saving Private Ryan for the moment to feed my hunger for World War II atmosphere. Are there any others that worth watching ? May we try making a collection here ?

The Thin Red Line and Saving Private Ryan (but not after the opening scene), along with The Guns of Navarone, are by far the best I've seen. The Great Escape is quite interesting too, although there's not much fighting. But I haven't seen that many ww2 movies...

@Alexander the Pretty Good: yeah, awesome. It was interesting to note that those who chose the slowest vehicles such as a little boat with oars and a bike were most successful, whereas those who took the train and a
motorcycle where caught...

King Ragnar 10:39 09-17-2005

Stalingrad is excellent, as is the guns of Navarone, Full Metal Jacket is probably my favourite tho its not WW2

Taurus 10:42 09-17-2005

The Great Escape
Kelly's Heroes
Enemy at the Gates
The Bridge at Remagen
The Longest Day
Saving Private Ryan
...but best of all....Band of Brothers (although it is a series.)

Geoffrey S 10:44 09-17-2005

Der Untergang, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List. All great movies.

The Stranger 10:54 09-17-2005

ah yup forgot that one...as well as the Uprising and The great escape was that of those fighter pilots is a POW camp or of the jews in a Death camp

the best WW2 movies i saw were Band of Brothers, a bridge too far and When trumpets fade

full metal jacket was awesome

econ21 11:20 09-17-2005

Das Boot stands out in terms of its emphasis on the psychology of the soldiers. The TV series (ie an extended version) is better if you can find it. Extremely immersive as an experience.

A Bridge too Far stands out in terms of its accurate representation of a campaign. Watching the film is almost as informative as reading a book about it (there was a good book of that title, I'm not sure if it predated the film - it may have done). The Longest Day was a film in the same mould, but not quite as good.

Most other WW2 films feel phoney to me. That's one reason why Band of Brothers is such an amazing achievement - it feels so authentic, full of the arbitrariness of war.

The Stranger 12:09 09-17-2005

yeah thats what i like about it...you just feel that that is the way it must have been

Evil_Maniac From Mars 15:00 09-17-2005

Das Boot, it makes you feel like you're right in the U-boat with the men.
Rat Patrol. Well, I liked it.
Battle of Britain, if only for the chunky ketchup blood effect.

Marcellus 15:12 09-17-2005

I like the Dambusters. The 'special effects' aren't the best, I'll admit...

The_Doctor 16:22 09-17-2005

A bit off topic, but what is Hiemat(SP).

It is sometimes on BBC4.

Louis VI the Fat 16:31 09-17-2005

I really enjoyed 'Shaving Ryan's Privates'.

King Henry V 16:39 09-17-2005

Heimat is a German series in black and white (although it's quite recent) about the German Home Front.

@The Stranger:
Some good WWI films are Paths of Glory and the Blue Max.

The Stranger 18:16 09-17-2005

i'll check on it...how old are they

King Henry V 18:19 09-17-2005

Paths of Glory was made in the 50s I think, with Kirk Douglas. It si in black and white however, but should be on DVD. The Blue Max was made in the 1960s with George Peppard and it-s in colour. That is defintely on DVD.

The Stranger 18:29 09-17-2005

thanx mate: I'll check the net for them

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