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Poll Question: Which movie do you prefer?
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:


Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Alexander The Great?

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Is it that bad?


When the release date is put back again & again; when the final print is withdrawn and re-edited/cut; when even the director (Oliver Stone, of all people) apologises for the final version...

...despite the above I watched it.



Yes, Ian, it is that bad; in fact, it's worse than that - it's risibly appalling (yet curiously compulsive viewing... a bit like a slow motion car crash)

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ah more like a 3/6 film not a masterpiece but nether a total faleour, but middle of the road movie.
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 04 2010 at 07:17
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Alexander The Great?

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Is it that bad?
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I like Braveheart, never really saw it as a war film though.
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Alexander The Great?

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300, Gladiator, Attila, Arn - the temple knight, Alexander the Great, Kingdom of Heaven,
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Avatar Tongue  A vietnam war movie in outer space
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Braveheart??


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Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

Other - Gettysburg


Good call - excellent movie Proof positive you don't need visceral blood & guts to convey the real horror of a (civil) war. More American dead in 3 days than in the whole of the Vietnam War 100 years later...

Honorable mentions - Saving Private Ryan is superb, as is Apocalypse now; Flags Of Our Fathers/Letters From Iwo Jima, both beautifully & sensitively done, Thin Red Line had excellent cinematography.

Another which was not mentioned - Enemy At The Gates: reviled by many, but one of my personal favorites, but if I had to pick one, it would have to be Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down... not a single wasted minute in the whole movie, brilliantly done, a real movie.

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No contest. Apocalypse Now is pretty much the greatest movie of all time. 
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no votes for Patton?  You gotta be kidding, it's better than 95% of the crap on this list, George C. Scott rocks (though the real Patton was a raving a****le)--  Dirty Dozen, Bridge on the River Kwai, Platoon ?  P-U.   I prefer the older movies from the 40s & 50s, What Price Glory, Run Silent Run Deep, stuff like that

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Originally posted by crimhead crimhead wrote:

Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

Other - Gettysburg
 
Really hope nobody votes for Braveheart


What about The Patriot?  Big smile
 
 
Ugh, Mel Gibson single handedly winning the Revolutionary war in one battle, yeah that's a classic Dead


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Yeah, Inglorious Basterds was awesome but I really don't see it as much of a war movie
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Difficult, but Das Boot by a nose over Private Ryan.

Other favorites not mentioned.

Downfall
Defiance
Valkyrie (most recent German production, not the Tom Cruise version, though not awful)

My favorite war feature is the mini-series Band of Brothers. Not a movie per se.

While not the primary story, the Spanish civil war sub-plot of Pan's Labyrinth deserves honorable mention.

And thank you for not including Inglorious Basterds. While not completely unentertaining, it suffered the typical over-appreciation endemic of Tarantino films.


Oh...almost forgot Joyeaux Noel.


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Originally posted by UndercoverBoy UndercoverBoy wrote:

Really tough choice between Paths of Glory and Full Metal Jacket.  I went with FMJ, as it seems the more realistic depiction, but both are two of the greatest films of all time.  I must admit that I am a die-hard Kubrick fan.

The problem with FMJ is that it was filmed in London, and you can see that, so the illusion is spoiled somewhat. Otherwise a great film.
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Really tough choice between Paths of Glory and Full Metal Jacket.  I went with FMJ, as it seems the more realistic depiction, but both are two of the greatest films of all time.  I must admit that I am a die-hard Kubrick fan.
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Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

Other - Gettysburg
 
Really hope nobody votes for Braveheart


What about The Patriot?  Big smile
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Full Metal Jacket for me. Followed by Black Hawk Down and Private Ryan. IMHO 3 of the most realistic war movies ever done. Truly brings the horror of war to the screen.
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I guess I decided to go with Apocalypse Now. Possibly the greatest war movie ever.
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Other - Gettysburg
 
Really hope nobody votes for Braveheart


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