shull Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Aye, I quite fancy seeing that myself. May try to get down to see it instead of the Junior match at Love Street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs SFS Posted April 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Don't be sad, shull. As if I'd chose the cinema over a football match. Especially on a Saturday, when there may be pints involved, before and after the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Don't be sad, shull. As if I'd chose the cinema over a football match. Especially on a Saturday, when there may be pints involved, before and after the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skodasaint Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Don't be sad, shull. As if I'd chose the cinema over a football match. Especially on a Saturday, when there may be pints involved, before and after the game. sounds good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs SFS Posted May 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 but have just seen the remake of 300 spartans.. does that count as a war movie? absolutely superb, Got a dodgy copy (not bad quality though) of 300 the other day. Absolutely marvellous film. Can't wait 'til the (real) DVD comes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scook Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 the wooden horse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs SFS Posted May 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 the wooden horse. A bio-pic about John Hughes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs SFS Posted December 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 1 - Apocalypse Now 2 - 300 3 - Enemy At The Gates 4 - Platoon 5 - Full Metal Jacket Apologies for bring this back to the top. I was asked where it had gone, from someone looking for recommendations. Hope you find something you like, buddie. Since the thread started, 300 has become one of my favourites. Fantastic film. If you've not seen it, treat yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Zulu - "Why us ?" "'Cos your 'ere lad , there's no-one else !" The Hill - great anti-war film A Bridge too far " I took 10 thousand men into Arnhem , I came back with barely 2" Black Hawk Down Ridley-scott classic Where Eagles Dare !st war film I saw at the movies , when I was a boy "Broadsword calling Dannyboy!" There are a lot of other great war movies but these are the ones I'm most likely to watch again . All Quiet on the Wesrten Front is maybe one of the forst anti-war films and is still great after so many years the book is well worth a read too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_dave Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 platoon go tell the spartans(think was based loosely on the 300 spartans) kellys heroes the wild geese boys from company C..dunno if anyone has seen this,its a vietnam war film that has fitba in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_dave Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 (edited) sorry forgot.. apocalypse now redux das boot full metal jacket the eagle has landed and if were going for anti-war film..the good the bad and the ugly(civil war bridge scene) Edited December 7, 2007 by saint_dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 sorry forgot..apocalypse now redux das boot full metal jacket the eagle has landed and if were going for anti-war film..the good the bad and the ugly(civil war bridge scene) Most of the ones above you mention are good anti-war films. When Apocalypse Now came out it was billed as the film that would end all war. When the Redux came out a guy I used to work with kept telling me that I needed to watch that one. When I did see I was glad I watched it and would say that the anti-war message comes over stronger. The scene in The Good the Bad and the Ugly(aka Jock Stein , Colin Stein and Frankenstein) does portray the anti-war message to ,which also reminded me of some of the stuff in Cold Mountain that was pretty horrible. War is hell.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fras Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 (edited) Most of the ones above you mention are good anti-war films. When Apocalypse Now came out it was billed as the film that would end all war. When the Redux came out a guy I used to work with kept telling me that I needed to watch that one. When I did see I was glad I watched it and would say that the anti-war message comes over stronger. The scene in The Good the Bad and the Ugly(aka Jock Stein , Colin Stein and Frankenstein) does portray the anti-war message to ,which also reminded me of some of the stuff in Cold Mountain that was pretty horrible. War is hell.... Where Eagles Dare - gaun yersel' Clint ! A Bridge Too Far - a stellar cast assembled to recreate an allied forces shambles on a massive scale. I cannot see that happening today. The film making - not the shambles (that IS going on) The Longest Day - if only for playing "spot the star" (amazing cast) Platoon - I used to work with a Vietnam veteran (who looked like Robert Duvall put through a toaster on account of his helicopter being blown up by VC; and he thought that Platoon was the most realistic of the big "Nam" movies) Kelly's Heroes Edited December 7, 2007 by Big Fras Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 (edited) Where Eagles Dare - gaun yersel' Clint ! A Bridge Too Far - a stellar cast assembled to recreate an allied forces shambles on a massive scale. I cannot see that happening today. The film making - not the shambles (that IS going on) The Longest Day - if only for playing "spot the star" (amazing cast) Platoon - I used to work with a Vietnam veteran (who looked like Robert Duvall put through a toaster on account of his helicopter being blown up by VC; and he thought that Platoon was the most realistic of the big "Nam" movies) Kelly's Heroes A Bridge Too Far is a great . I had the privledge of working with a guy who was in Arnhem , he got caught by the Nazis and because they caught so many of them (no ammo left) they made them march in there barefeet(so they wouldn't try to runaway) it was his first engagement and he was only 18. Other than that the Buddie wouldn't say anything else about it !I always thought it would have been great to have got the full story but such is life..... Edited December 8, 2007 by saintnextlifetime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs SFS Posted December 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2007 go tell the spartans(think was based loosely on the 300 spartans) Other than the title, it has nothing to do with Spartans. Go Tell The Spartans is based around the first U.S. Army "military advisors" sent to Vietnam in 1964. The title is taken from Simonedes' epitaph to the 300 Spartans killed at the Battle of Thermopylae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_dave Posted December 9, 2007 Report Share Posted December 9, 2007 Other than the title, it has nothing to do with Spartans. Go Tell The Spartans is based around the first U.S. Army "military advisors" sent to Vietnam in 1964. The title is taken from Simonedes' epitaph to the 300 Spartans killed at the Battle of Thermopylae. in the film it ends up with a few yanks and some south vietnamese fighting against a whole regiment of vc,who military intelligence says werent going to be there...the title is from a marking on a grave in a cemetery from the indo china/french war where the french got caught like the yanks do and fight to the last man and recall the spartans holding out at thermopylae..def worth a watch either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST SID Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 Just bought 300 from woolies today as a present. To my delight it is not wrapped in celophane meaning I can watch it tonight before wrapping it. Every f'k'rs getting DVDs for their XMAS now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Buddie Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 One I've not seen mentioned - Patton. Legendary performance by George C Scott as the lunatic, maverick general, only bettered by G Dubya's misinformed foray into Iraq.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemp Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 How did this thread run so far without anyone ripping the pish out of whoever it was that said Pearl Harbour?! That is one of the WORST movies of all time, and certainly the worst "war" movie. On the other hand glad to see Paths of Glory mentioned, get your hands on it if you haven´t seen it! No takers for Braveheart?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideshow Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 "I'm Spartacus, no I'm Spartacus" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 How did this thread run so far without anyone ripping the pish out of whoever it was that said Pearl Harbour?! That is one of the WORST movies of all time, and certainly the worst "war" movie.On the other hand glad to see Paths of Glory mentioned, get your hands on it if you haven´t seen it! No takers for Braveheart?! Who mentioned Pearl Harbour? Paths of Glory was a cracker, Kubrick classic I believe. Braveheart is a good one, never thought of it as a war movie though it is one. Our Wars of Independance no less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FS Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 How did this thread run so far without anyone ripping the pish out of whoever it was that said Pearl Harbour?! That is one of the WORST movies of all time, and certainly the worst "war" movie.On the other hand glad to see Paths of Glory mentioned, get your hands on it if you haven´t seen it! No takers for Braveheart?! Pearl Harbor was a pile of pish, the CGI was great though ! A bit like Titanic, vaguely based on real events with great visual effects and a shite love story written in... My personal favourite war movies (I love the ones with planes in them, being a former childhood aeroplane geek ! ) would include... A Bridge Too Far (loads of Douglas Dakotas) Where Eagles Dare (great opening shot of a Junkers Ju-52) The Battle of Britain (Spitfires versus Messerschmitts) 633 Squadron (comedy model Mosquitos crashing into comedy model cliff tops) The Dambusters (Lancaster bombers and a dug called 'Nigger') Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FS Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Just been in Asda Govan where not only do they have a DVD xmas sale, but a War Movie DVD xmas sale. Got The Battle of the Bulge and Platoon for a tenner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Pearl Harbor was a pile of pish, the CGI was great though ! A bit like Titanic, vaguely based on real events with great visual effects and a shite love story written in... My personal favourite war movies (I love the ones with planes in them, being a former childhood aeroplane geek ! ) would include... A Bridge Too Far (loads of Douglas Dakotas) Where Eagles Dare (great opening shot of a Junkers Ju-52) The Battle of Britain (Spitfires versus Messerschmitts) 633 Squadron (comedy model Mosquitos crashing into comedy model cliff tops) The Dambusters (Lancaster bombers and a dug called 'Nigger') ...you probably also like Tora! Tora! Tora! (Zeros and big Mitsubishis) Memphis Belle (B-17 takes on the Focke!) Catch 22 (Mitchells I think, its been a while) Once we were Soldiers (good shot of a skyraider) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fras Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Pearl Harbor was a pile of pish, the CGI was great though ! A bit like Titanic, vaguely based on real events with great visual effects and a shite love story written in... My personal favourite war movies (I love the ones with planes in them, being a former childhood aeroplane geek ! ) would include... A Bridge Too Far (loads of Douglas Dakotas) Where Eagles Dare (great opening shot of a Junkers Ju-52) The Battle of Britain (Spitfires versus Messerschmitts) 633 Squadron (comedy model Mosquitos crashing into comedy model cliff tops) The Dambusters (Lancaster bombers and a dug called 'Nigger') Sadly run down and killed if I remember Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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