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Poll Question: Which movie do you prefer?
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voted for braveheart, good movie (a bit too long though...)
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first half is superb, second is very good.
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Difficult choice, but "Paths of Glory" is brilliant.
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I am astonished to be the only person who has voted for The Deer Hunter! Shocked

Easily the best film here on any level.
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Originally posted by EatThatPhonebook EatThatPhonebook wrote:

I guess I decided to go with Apocalypse Now. Possibly the greatest war movie ever.
 
Great movie I just don't see it as a "war" movie more so than a movie about human nature and, well.. what happens when u go nuts, apperantly due to war.
 
Saving Private Ryan is a better "war" movie of late.
 
I would have picked Midway....great movie about air battles with Japan to fight for control of Midway Island in the south Pacific, factual movie. When it came out I remember it was with "Sensurround" sound...all the bombs, explosions were amplified to create rumble effect.
 
I vote other.
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Others: A Bridge Too Far and...
 
Come And See.
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Havn't seen a good amount of these (though I really want to see Platoon, All Quiet on the Western Front and Apocalypse Now)
Seen a good bunch though and I really loved Saving Private Ryan

Also maybe it was due to the fact I watched it on youtube in 10 minute segments...but I did not really enjoy Full Metal Jacket.
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Flags Of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima are two different films. Listing them together as one option is dumb, I don't care if they are intertwined or not. Folks will still prefer one over the other in a lot of cases.

I haven't seen enough of these to vote accurately, although I nearly chose Saving Private Ryan, for obvious reasons. 
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From the list I voted Saving Private Ryan. It's hard to beat but I like everything on the list except Braveheart. I can't even make it through the whole thing.I also liked The Patriot, The Dirty Dozen, Behind Enemy Lines, The Longest Day and Tora Tora Tora.
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Originally posted by Atkingani Atkingani wrote:

Others: A Bridge Too Far and...
 
Come And See.
 
 
Come and See is one of those films everyone should (Come and See) at least once.  However, I have only seen it once and I am not sure I want to watch it again.  It is very good but some scenes are very harsh.  I would probably see it again from behind the sofa.
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Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

I am astonished to be the only person who has voted for The Deer Hunter! Shocked

Easily the best film here on any level.



I don't know...I don't know why....I just don't like it!
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Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

I am astonished to be the only person who has voted for The Deer Hunter! ShockedEasily the best film here on any level.


It's strange but I don't see The Deer Hunter as a war movie; I know a section of it is set in Vietnam, after which it concentrates on how the experiences shape the lives of the characters, but I don't see it as a war film per se, hence my non vote... now, if I had to vote (subjectively) for the best film on that list...

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Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

Other - Gettysburg
 
Really hope nobody votes for Braveheart

Add me to this as well.  Brilliant movie.  Very good acting with Tom Beringer, Richard Jordan, Jeff Daniels, Martin Sheen, Kevin Conway, and Sam Elliot.  The fact they actually received permission from the Gettysburg Historical Society to do principle filming on the battlefield made this more special.  The screen play was adapted from Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize winning historical novel The Killer Angels (Which is a very good read as well).  I watch this move every year on the 4th of the July.  

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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by EatThatPhonebook EatThatPhonebook wrote:

I guess I decided to go with Apocalypse Now. Possibly the greatest war movie ever.
 
Great movie I just don't see it as a "war" movie more so than a movie about human nature and, well.. what happens when u go nuts, apperantly due to war.
 

Well, definitely one of the main concepts of the movie is the human nature and also about madness, but the war scenes are present, and the main character is IN  the war, so it's kind of hard to not define this a war movie.
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I'm not too sure if people would consider it a war movie but "Catch 22" is my favorite. It's not on the list so maybe it might be considered a dark comedy about military life in the 40's. I remember the dispute between Art Garfunkel and an old Italian fellow. Art was telling the old guy that the American solider was the best fed and so on, while the old guy persists in saying that all great countries have been destroyed. What makes you think your country could not be destroyed? I believe this film influenced the TV series MASH....but, don't quote me it's been years.
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^Good movie and great book, but I think it's more about the choices people make and how they deal with them as opposed to a war movie. My favorite ongoing bit in the book is Orr trying to convince Yossarian to fly with him. Yossarian never considers that as a possible choice, in the end that was the wrong choice, as Orr gets himself out of the war!
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Bridge Over the river Kwai  Thumbs Up  and  The Great Escape



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Where is that one in the list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and_Peace_(1965_film)
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