Cast your votes people. I'll keep a tally.

My vote goes to Full Metal Jacket, but that's probably mostly because of my...fond...memories of Paris Island (even though the movie wasn't shot there)

1/19/2009 8:40:16 PM

best Cold War movie

Thirteen Days

1/19/2009 8:42:21 PM

ok that not the official category, but i'll create a sub-category for ya

1/19/2009 8:46:19 PM

The Battle of Algiers (if that counts)

if not, Grand Illusion

1/19/2009 8:48:55 PM

i'm partial to the great escape, but i'm not sure it's the best

1/19/2009 8:58:42 PM

If we are counting Band of Brothers then that gets my vote. Otherwise Apocalypse Now gets my vote.

1/19/2009 9:00:31 PM

oh! oh!

i'd also like to cast a vote for WHERE EAGLES DARE.

1/19/2009 9:00:46 PM

Saving Private Ryan

1/19/2009 9:02:01 PM

1/19/2009 9:11:25 PM

Apocalypse Now Redux

1/19/2009 9:11:39 PM

^^^, ^^

these

1/19/2009 9:13:49 PM

iron eagle 1-4

1/19/2009 9:15:40 PM

I too would like to vote for the Band of Brothers box set if you want to count that as an insanely long movie.

1/19/2009 9:15:50 PM

1/19/2009 9:25:15 PM

Platoon, Blackhawk Down, Gettysburg

1/19/2009 9:42:45 PM

1/19/2009 9:55:09 PM

1/19/2009 9:57:02 PM

^^Oh shit, I forgot about Patton.

Fuck my previous post, Patton wins hands down.

1/19/2009 9:58:16 PM

1/19/2009 9:58:43 PM

The Battle of Algiers (if that counts)

if not, The Thin Red Line.

1/19/2009 9:59:24 PM

Glory (ya'll the onliest family I ever had)
Big Red One (cig cig for giiirl)
Boys in Company C (joo like joo nutz!?)
FMJ (I AM in a world of shit)
HoD (I love the smell of napalm in the morning)

[Edited on January 19, 2009 at 10:02 PM. Reason : doh]

1/19/2009 10:00:29 PM

Quote :

"HoD (I love the smell of napalm in the morning) "

They didn't have napalm in Heart of Darkness.

1/19/2009 10:06:37 PM

^ hahaha

1/19/2009 10:09:00 PM

But srsly, The Battle of Algiers is not only the best war movie, it's one of the best movies ever made. Period.

1/19/2009 10:09:53 PM

HoD = book
AN = movie

And oh, they HAD napalm

1/19/2009 10:10:07 PM

Full Metal Jacket - synapse
Battle of Algiers (2) - Wilso, spookyjon
Band of Brothers (2) - Cif82, Zel
The Great Escape - vinylbandit
All Quiet on the Western Front - Marko
Saving Private Ryan - Wraith
Apocalypse Now - eleusis
Platoon - Republican18
Patton - aimorris
The Siege of Firebase Gloria - Hurley
Glory - thx1138



http://www.channel4.com/film/newsfeatures/microsites/W/greatest_warfilms/results/5-1.html

1/19/2009 10:16:31 PM

I will second Where Eagles Dare.


And will toss a vote in for Guns of Navarone and The Devil's Brigade as well.


honorable mention to A Bridge Too Far.


gosh there are just too many.

1/19/2009 10:17:19 PM

^^I, too, support Patton

1/19/2009 10:19:09 PM

Quote :

"fond...memories of Paris Island (even though the movie wasn't shot there)"

where the hell is paris island? is that in france?

ohh you mean Parris Island, South Carolina. Because that is actually two R's

Im partial to The Thin Red Line or Der Untergang myself

1/19/2009 10:26:58 PM

Pearl Harbor

1/19/2009 10:30:43 PM

y'know, up until this thread, I had never heard of anyone else liking The Thin Red Line.

Whenever I brought it up as a great movie, I'd get all these WTF looks and complete disagreement.

I'd put it second after Full Metal Jacket in my mind, not having seen band of brothers.

1/19/2009 10:32:22 PM

Quote :

"where the hell is paris island? is that in france? ohh you mean Parris Island, South Carolina. Because that is actually two R's"

ITSA MISPELING ONN TEH INTRANETS

STOPP TEH FUKIN PRESES

SUMBODY ALART DA AUTHORITES

1/19/2009 10:38:33 PM

the great escape

1/19/2009 10:40:04 PM

Full Metal Jacket SUCKS after the basic training scenes. And having gone through basic training I have flash backs every time I watch FMJ, then I turn the movie off after Pyle blows his head off.


Guess I'll go with Band of Brothers although there are so many others that I can watch over and over.

1/19/2009 10:44:18 PM

^I like it up until the Bird is the Word scene. that's when I turn it off.

1/19/2009 10:47:21 PM

pearl harbor sucks but i love you

1/19/2009 10:49:01 PM

Patton
Glory
Gettysburg
Of Gods and Generals

1/19/2009 10:58:18 PM

the highlander

1/19/2009 11:10:46 PM

Apocalypse Now

1/19/2009 11:30:04 PM

Das Boot

My runners-up are The Thin Red Line and The Battle of Algiers

1/19/2009 11:37:33 PM

cant forget The Last Of The Mohicans - the 1992 version

the scene where they are chasing the kidnapped girls on the side of the cliff is amazing, i get chills just watching it

1/20/2009 12:04:50 AM

Patton
The Longest Day
Bridge on the River Kwai
Stalag 17 (also very funny)
The Great Escape
Saving Private Ryan
Apocalypse Now!

1/20/2009 12:05:56 AM

Watership Down

/thread.

1/20/2009 12:07:44 AM

Quote :

"cant forget The Last Of The Mohicans - the 1992 version the scene where they are chasing the kidnapped girls on the side of the cliff is amazing, i get chills just watching it"

The music in that film, and in that scene in particular are perfect.

1/20/2009 12:09:45 AM

band of brothers
saving private ryan
platoon
midway
the thin red line
black hawk down
enemy at the gates
patton
to hell and back
hamburger hill
jar head

1/20/2009 12:21:54 AM

daniel day lewis seemed so fucking normal in that movie

i wonder what kind of kooky shit he was doing when the cameras weren't rolling to stay in character

probably eating raw deer meat or something

1/20/2009 12:24:54 AM

dirty dozen

1/20/2009 12:30:29 AM

Quote :

"I, too, support Patton"

1/20/2009 12:31:24 AM

kudos to those giving kudos to Ali La Pointe.

and:

Quote :

"Full Metal Jacket SUCKS after the basic training scenes"

WUTWUTWUTWUTWUTWUTWUTWUTWUTWUTWTUWTUWTUWUTWUTUWTUWTUWTUT

and, finally, i have an embarrassing confession. I've seen every movie posted in this thread except for:

Apocalypse Now

I know, that means I absolutely suck....and I've meant to watch it for years now.

wait, never seen Jarhead, either.

[Edited on January 20, 2009 at 12:38 AM. Reason : asfsdf]

1/20/2009 12:33:40 AM

Its certainly not the best, but I have to give a mention to Kelly's Heroes.

1/20/2009 12:36:52 AM