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by criteeker
For anyone who hasn't seen the Korean film "Tae Guk Gi (Brotherhood of War) I highly recommend renting it. It has the gritty look of Saving Private Ryan but with more of a story centered around two brothers who fight for opposite sides.
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Sep 08 '09
10:25 am PDT
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Re: Good List (Reply to this comment)
by criteeker
OMG!!!! LOL I missed this comment. "Shaving Ryan's Privates" was a spoof film made my brother's best friend. Hilarious spoof and good call.
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Sep 08 '09
10:21 am PDT
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Re: WW2 movies (Reply to this comment)
by criteeker
Band of Brothers is not a movie - it's mini-series made for television. But I loved that series!
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Sep 08 '09
10:18 am PDT
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WW2 movies (Reply to this comment)
by someoldguy1
You have picked some great movies but I could add a few more like "saving Private Ryan", "When trumpets Fade"(I didn't think much of Dwight Yocome in this movie though.) "A Band Of Brothers" , "Tuskegee Airman" (A place where I had the pleasure of visiting a few years ago the old air base in Tuskegee AL.) Thanks for sharing your movie picks.
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Sep 07 '09
5:52 am PDT
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Hi Mark, (Reply to this comment)
by thewasp
Discovered this list while visiting your profile after you added me to your WoT today (for which thanks). Great review!
Sincerely,
Jason
(thewasp)
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Apr 06 '09
10:12 am PDT
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I agree with most of these, but... (Reply to this comment)
by holidoomsday
Saving Private Ryan never made this list? Really? That has to be not only one of the best WWII movies, but war movies in general. Any bias towards it? I could understand if you weren't a Tom Hanks fan or something of that nature. I just think that it's a intense look at a intense period of time.
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Aug 01 '08
9:24 pm PDT
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Maybe we should make it 12 instead of 10. (Reply to this comment)
by yupo
I really think Ryan should go in, along with 12 O'Clock High, but I don't know which should be pulled. While 'List' is truly a great movie, it's less of a war movie and more of an epic human drama. I think war movies should have at least one Audie Murphy type character in it. I just bought Flags of Our Fathers, and while the war scenes are chillingly realistic, the plot line was disjointed and the over indulgence that Eastwood took with Ira Hayes' personal troubles left me a little sour. Thumbs down on that one.
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Oct 08 '07
6:05 pm PDT
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Absolutely! (Reply to this comment)
by telynor,  in Movies
I have to admit that you've listed quite a few of my favorites here on your list. Patton is a remarkable film, and you're right about Scott being born to play him, every time I watch this one, I get sucked right into the story. I'm also glad that you listed Schindler's List as well. I'm surprised that you didn't list either Band of Brothers or Saving Private Ryan -- the latter with the opening sequence of the D-Day invasion is one of the most intense bits of filmmaking that I've ever seen. Excellent list! -- Telynor
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Sep 29 '07
10:59 pm PDT
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I'd dump the overcooked Great Escape... (Reply to this comment)
by NFP
...and add "12 O'Clock High" from among the black and white films of yore, or perhaps "Saving Private Ryan" from the more recent ones if for no other reeason than the opening and closing battle scenes.
cheers, nick
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Sep 27 '07
9:29 am PDT
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Schindler's List? (Reply to this comment)
by criteeker
While S.L. film took place during the second world war, I would classify it as a "Holocaust film" not a World War 2 film. Besides, I thought "The Piano" was the more powerful film of the two.
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Sep 26 '07
8:34 am PDT
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Mark: (Reply to this comment)
by macresarf1
Enjoyed your list.
There are no "good wars" [much as mostly "armchair generals" might have us believe], but there are some good war films, especially about WWII.
I especially appreciated your inclusion of STALINGRAD.
Some excellent suggestions here in the correspondence, too.
Since you include SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, you might also want to consider A WALK IN THE SUN. Spielberg's "epic" is simply a remake of the earlier film, with more blood and guts, and a different political point of view, a little more melodrama in the plotting.
Also, COME AND SEE, which would top my list.
Anyway . . . splendid job.
Alex
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Sep 25 '07
1:27 pm PDT
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Interesting list... (Reply to this comment)
by lambchops
though, I must admit to only seeing three or four of these flicks. I'm not much of a war movie type gal. Thanks for sharing your opinions.
Shelly.
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Sep 25 '07
11:38 am PDT
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You covered it well (Reply to this comment)
by grandgram
It was a country united and Hollywood was behind this war so different from future wars. That may be the reason for such good films made at that time.
Love your list as I lived through those years.
Thanks
Letta
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Sep 25 '07
6:06 am PDT
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Re: Re: What About.... (Reply to this comment)
by criteeker
Pearl Harbor? Yikes. How many 50-star flags did you catch in that horrid film?
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Sep 25 '07
3:24 am PDT
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Ummmm... (Reply to this comment)
by criteeker
Okay list BUT no mention of The Devil's Brigade? Guns of Navarone? Kelly's Heroes? The Dirty Dozen? A Bridge Too Far? Glad you didn't like Battle of the Bulge - that was a joke of a film.
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Sep 25 '07
3:22 am PDT
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Great (Reply to this comment)
by George_Chabot, in Movies
list, Mark. I enjoyed learning your favorites, many of which are mine, too.
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Sep 25 '07
2:45 am PDT
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Great list, but... (Reply to this comment)
by mike.holmes
...I would put "Saving Private Ryan" in my top 10.
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Sep 24 '07
11:12 pm PDT
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I enjoy Guinness (Reply to this comment)
by rkingfish
in most every film of his I've seen. The revisionists have given "Bridge" a beating of late, but its quality still stands. The film took so long to shoot that director David Lean's wife filed for divorce during production, claiming grounds of abandonment.
I recently viewed (again) "The Great Escape" and second your summary and placement on the list as one of the great bust-out WWII adventure films.
Although "The Best Years of our Lives" was not a WWII film in the context of your list, as the best picture (literally) produced regarding the aftermath of The Great War, it deserves an honorable mention (with an asterisk*); an objective fulfilled by this very comment.
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Sep 24 '07
10:11 pm PDT
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My (Reply to this comment)
by ifif1938
husband would probably agree with all of these...I know I do on those I've seen...;)
Great list,
Barbara
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Sep 24 '07
9:26 pm PDT
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Confining myself to American films (Reply to this comment)
by Stephen_Murray, in Movies
(odd that a WORLD war is only well portrayed in American films with 1.5/10 exceptions!), since I've had my shot, "The Story of G. I. Joe."
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Sep 24 '07
12:45 pm PDT
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Re: What About.... (Reply to this comment)
by Pantagruel
Pearl Harbor?!
Seriously, you put together a great list of movies, though I personally have not seen all of them. But I enjoy a good war film, and I agree that WWII provides the richest source of material.
Tom
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Sep 24 '07
10:32 am PDT
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What About.... (Reply to this comment)
by thevoid99
The Thin Red Line by Terrence Malick?
That has some of the most beautiful and haunting war scenes ever shown on film.
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Sep 24 '07
10:12 am PDT
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What About... (Reply to this comment)
by shmoo1
Catch 22?
I'd probably pull Caine Mutiny off for that one.
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Sep 24 '07
9:29 am PDT
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Re: Good List (Reply to this comment)
by mrkstvns
Saving Private Ryan is a decent flick --- entertaining and big in story --- but I don't especially care for it as a WWII flick because it doesn't have an epic story behind it. I find the concept of a mission to save one single infantryman to be utterly insignificant nex to flicks like Tora! Tora! Tora! or The Longest Day.
Just my opinion mind you...
See ya!
M
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Sep 24 '07
9:29 am PDT
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Good List (Reply to this comment)
by shmoo1
... but a list of the best WW2 movies doesn't encompass the best of all war films. Patton, Bridge, Schindler's List and Great Escape are definitely on my list as the best war films but then you would have to add in Glory, Apocalypse Now (sorry George... I'm a fan)... man... there's a ton.
Out of curiosity, Where does Shaving Ryan's Privates fit?
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Sep 24 '07
9:25 am PDT
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