#4435136 - 08/21/18 04:05 AM
Top five WWII movies...
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The wife and I were deciding which WWII movie to watch yesterday (yes, I married very well), and we began a discussion over it, coming up with the top five WWII movies, based on whether one really wants to watch it more than twice.
In no particular order, but it kind of shakes out this way:
1. Battle of Britain (wife says I have airplanes on the brain, but she likes it, too). 2. Das Boot (wife strongly disagrees, as I watch the version in German with subtitles, and it's really long). 3. Patton (very well done both in pacing and acting) 4. Saving Private Ryan (while uneven, it captures D-Day and the confusion afterwards well) 5. The Great Escape/Bridge Over the River Kwai (I know, a tie)
Of note is that two have no Americans in them, and the tie at number five had Americans inserted because, hell, 'Merica!
The Band of Brothers mini-series doesn't count because it's a mini-series and not a stand alone movie.
Your thoughts?
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#4435139 - 08/21/18 04:38 AM
Re: Top five WWII movies...
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And mine:
1. Das Boot 2. The Longest Day 3. Patton 4. Battle of Britain 5. The Thin Red Line
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#4435149 - 08/21/18 07:56 AM
Re: Top five WWII movies...
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Das Boot. Kelly's heroes. (Seriously, rewatch it. It has great production values, aside from the music it could have been made this year )
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#4435155 - 08/21/18 09:33 AM
Re: Top five WWII movies...
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The ones I have watched the most...
Kelly's Heroes without a doubt. I'm going to put in Inglourious Basterds although it's technically 'alternate history'. Das Boot.
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#4435183 - 08/21/18 01:27 PM
Re: Top five WWII movies...
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In no particular order:
The Best Years of Our Lives The Dam Busters Sophie's Choice Stalag 17 To Have and Have Not
edited addition: Damn! Forgot Frankenheimer's The Train.
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#4435186 - 08/21/18 01:36 PM
Re: Top five WWII movies...
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Where Eagles Dare. Can't count how many times I've seen it.
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#4435187 - 08/21/18 01:37 PM
Re: Top five WWII movies...
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Where Eagles Dare. Can't count how many times I've seen it. It's hard to go wrong with Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood in the lead roles!
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#4435229 - 08/21/18 06:47 PM
Re: Top five WWII movies...
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In no particular order:
1: A Bridge Too Far. 2: Dieppe. 3: Saving Private Ryan. Yeah, they ditty-bopped and BSd like they were back on the block while moving, but the landing and battle for Ramelle were the absolute chaos of combat. Nothing else even came close until Black Hawk Down. 4: The Hill. 5: The Victors.
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#4435235 - 08/21/18 07:32 PM
Re: Top five WWII movies...
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A TV show serial isn't a movie Ascending order Battle of Britain The Longest Day The Train Das Boot and at #1 Twelve O'Clock High
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#4435246 - 08/21/18 10:23 PM
Re: Top five WWII movies...
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"What is it sir, I can't make that out"
But my favorite line from that film is "better put some gin in that lemonade"
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#4435250 - 08/21/18 10:50 PM
Re: Top five WWII movies...
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Lancaster is stellar though
Early war, they weren't that young however. But still old.
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#4435330 - 08/22/18 04:11 PM
Re: Top five WWII movies...
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Saving Private Ryan has not aged well. It's no longer on my list.
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Exodus
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