War Movie Buffs

[Parra]

Watched the beginning of Full Metal Jacket the other night. Haven't seen it for years. Is there any other movie that opens with such impact? It is full on for about 20 minutes straight. No time to reflect.

 

[Mark B]

Oddball (Donald Sutherland) is one of the greatest characters in movie history. "Älways with the negative waves Moriarty"

The scene where he comes through the railway tunnel to pulverise the Germans with the C and W music blaring blows my mind. This movie pretty much upped the anti with actual combat scenes.

 

[Captain Apollo]

Another good war movie with Donald Sutherland is the 1981 film Eye of the Needle. Sutherland plays a nazi spy in England who is trying to discover the Allied plans for D-Day and where the landing will be (Calais or Normandy). Is more a thriller than an action movie but it is very good.

 

[Jim Rockford]

Another good war movie with Donald Sutherland is the 1981 film Eye of the Needle. Sutherland plays a nazi spy in England who is trying to discover the Allied plans for D-Day and where the landing will be (Calais or Normandy). Is more a thriller than an action movie but it is very good.

Good call. Another one is The Eagle Has Landed which has a very strong cast besides Sutherland.

 

[Evil Emperor Zurg]

The Deer Hunter.

 

[Evil Emperor Zurg]

Watched the beginning of Full Metal Jacket the other night. Haven't seen it for years. Is there any other movie that opens with such impact? It is full on for about 20 minutes straight. No time to reflect.

The first 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan was up there.

 

[soc123_au]

I just discovered the old mid 80s mini series "Anzacs" is on Stan. I started watching it last night. It doesn't really measure up that well by todays standards, but I'm enjoying it for the nostalgic value.

 

[soc123_au]

Good call. Another one is The Eagle Has Landed which has a very strong cast besides Sutherland.

The Eagle Has Landed is a pretty good movie. The book is fantastic.

 

[Phil McGrawhan]

Besides the usual classics such as
Kelly's heroes
The Dirty Dozen
Etc
I have looked for years without success for a low budget English made Vietnam movie
Called How Sleep the Brave
Saw it in the early 80s &it stuck with me for a very long time .
Acting was ordinary ( lol some British accent pops out occasionally )but it was brutally realistic ..not many actors but the story is very good ..
Basically the story is raw young recruits arrive ..
Sent straight into the jungle .
& after their first mission with loss of life & gore everywhere they are sent straight back..
Into the madness .
I thought platoon was just a far bigger budgeted with the Hollywood fanfare crap ..well not rip off but similar.


Maybe if I find it it won't be near as good as I remember .
But there's one line in it that I loved

Sir ..an Elephant has just wandered into the perimeter .
Kill the F##ker he's probably VC

Ah the 80s. So many movie memories .

 

[Jim Rockford]

When you were describing it, it wasn't ringing any bells but when you got to the line about the VC elephant I realised I had seen it.

 

[cerberus]

Nice work on finding the movie Spock. I can highly recommend everybody watching it.

has "das boat" been mentioned and starlingrad (1993) ?

 

[Jim Rockford]

has "das boat" been mentioned and starlingrad (1993) ?

Nope. Good call on Das Boot. I remember the sense of claustrophobia I got seeing that in the cinema.

 

[Coastbloke]

Escape to Athena - 1979 (Roger Moore)
Inglorious Basterds - 2012 or so..

 

[myrrh ken]

Watched the beginning of Full Metal Jacket the other night. Haven't seen it for years. Is there any other movie that opens with such impact? It is full on for about 20 minutes straight. No time to reflect.

The rest of the movie is pretty forgettable

 

[cerberus]

thin red line is pretty good

 

[cerberus]

i don't know if "empire of the sun" is a full scale war movie.
but i would consider it in the 5 best films ever made

 

[Jim Rockford]

I mentioned this one in the 1917 thread but thought I should add it to the discussion here - Oh! what a Lovely War

 

[Jim Rockford]

Technically not a war film but I think it still qualifies - Battleship Potemkin.

 

[Matua]

thin red line is pretty good

I dislike this movie hugely.

Was supposed to be awesome:
1. It was based on a decent book.
2. Malick was hyped.

Was actually:
1. Basically ignored the source material, eschewing narrative and structure for a B/S romanticised travelogue and a bunch of cameos.
2. Malick is way overhyped.

 

[cerberus]

I dislike this movie hugely.

Was supposed to be awesome:
1. It was based on a decent book.
2. Malick was hyped.

Was actually:
1. Basically ignored the source material, eschewing narrative and structure for a B/S romanticised travelogue and a bunch of cameos.
2. Malick is way overhyped.

never read the book . i just liked the film