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Poll Question: Which movie do you prefer?
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    Posted: October 03 2010 at 02:27
I excluded all the movies that were only about the war, without having actual war scenes, like "Schnidler's List". Also, I didn't include any satyrical ones. I won't vote, for now.

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Other - Kelly's Heroes
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Paths Of Glory; an absolute classic.
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Apocalypse Now. No question, still one of my favourite longer movies to just sit and be mesmerised by. Full Metal Jacket is also great, mostly for the fact that the first half has been parodied or referanced like a million times LOL
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I've always had a soft spot for The Thin Red Line, I think it's hidden by some of the more triumphant, nationalistic crap that gets passed off as history. It is not my favourite, but it is still pretty good. I don't know if I can choose really, All Quiet on the Western Front is a classic, and so is Battleship Potemkin. I can't choose, but I know that the most 'popular' history will probably win.


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their is only one Lawrence of Arabia but I have not seen them all so can not vote
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I would go with Lawrence, but I was shocked when watched Apolcalypse Now, so this one
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Some great films in your list. Hard ton choose. But I can't stand Apocalypse Now.Wink
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I voted Apocalypse Now - still haunts me after seeing it years ago on first release. All the films in this poll are fantastic - I also like Das Boot, Full Metal Jacket, Flags of Our Fathers/Letters From Iwo Jima and Black Hawk Down - gripping and unforgettable. 

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I'm going to be mainstream and pick Saving Private Ryan. BTW last year I went to Normandy and saw those beaches, the German defense lines, the little villages that got fried... That was quite an experience.

Oh and the pair it makes with Thin Red Line is just perfect, like The Iliad with The Oddyssey.

I still haven't seen Paths Of Glory and Das Boot, just like the last time this poll was done.
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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

I'm going to be mainstream and pick Saving Private Ryan. BTW last year I went to Normandy and saw those beaches, the German defense lines, the little villages that got fried... That was quite an experience.

Oh and the pair it makes with Thin Red Line is just perfect, like The Iliad with The Oddyssey.

I still haven't seen Paths Of Glory and Das Boot, just like the last time this poll was done.

I'm joining you on that.  The D-Day scene was really intense.  I think I've seen most of these at some point or the other.

An honorable mention: Jacob's Ladder.  Was it a war movie or wasn't it? Tongue


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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Other - Gettysburg
 
Really hope nobody votes for Braveheart


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I guess I decided to go with Apocalypse Now. Possibly the greatest war movie ever.
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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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Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

Other - Gettysburg
 
Really hope nobody votes for Braveheart


What about The Patriot?  Big smile
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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 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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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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Yeah, Inglorious Basterds was awesome but I really don't see it as much of a war movie
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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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