DefCONNOne
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There's a reason for that.
Because it's already been mentioned?
There's a reason for that.
No, I was talking about the original. I need to give a bit of a disclaimer, I do not watch many movies outside of documentaries, movies based on actual events, Mel Brooks/Monty Python style comedies and movies with Robert Duvall. But back to the question at hand, I saw it once in the theater ... IIRC it was the first movie I saw in a theater as an adult ... and it was a really good experience and I became a fan of Duvall. I do not think I am qualified to take a critic's stand on any cinematic aspect of movies, I just don't watch many of them and there is only four or five that I will watch a second time.
it had not been mentioned, Connie.Because it's already been mentioned?
Duvall deserved the Oscar for Kicking And ScreamingLoved the movie, loved the experience and really came to admire Duvall's acting. I disagree with the anyone can be a critic because people like me cannot give a competent analysis of a film. I would bet that I average watching less than one movie for the first time every month or so.
So I love war movies. I've watched a lot of them. But not all war movies are created equally. And for me there is a separation between best war movies and war movies I love to watch over and over again.
So here's mine.
Top 5 War Movies of all Time
1. Band of Brothers
2. Patton
3. Full Metal Jacket
4. Paths of Glory
5. Apocalypse Now
1. Full Metal Jacket
2. A Bridge Too Far
3. Black Hawk Down
4. Platoon
5. The Longest Day
Wasn't Band of Brothers a miniseries?
I would put Inglorious Bastards in there somewhere.
Part of me wouldn't mind rewatching The Pacific.It was a miniseries which, IMO, just a really long movie. Das Boot was something like 3 1/2 hours long. Band of Brothers was 10 hours long.
I loved everything about Inglorious Basterds except the last 15 minutes which really diminished the movie for me.
I don't care that it was violent. But wanton violence against indiscriminate people really isn't my bag. It was the reason I didn't much care for Killing Zoe, which Tarrantino wrote as well. He's one of my favorite directors but this is a huge flaw for him.
Part of me wouldn't mind rewatching The Pacific.
HBO also had a show on the Gulf War, but I forget what it was called. I thought that was pretty good too.
Great Escape
A Bridge too far
Original Midway
Platoon
Flight of the Wild Geese
Watchable over and over
Red Dawn-Original
Green Berets
Platoon
Kellys Héros
1941
Good call on Red Dawn and Kelly's HerosGreat Escape
A Bridge too far
Original Midway
Platoon
Flight of the Wild Geese
Watchable over and over
Red Dawn-Original
Green Berets
Platoon
Kellys Héros
1941
That is an interesting list certainly. You don't see a lot of people putting 1941 on any top 5 lists.
The original Midway was really pretty meh for me.