Rambo 2008
I have to say it…Hot Shots. But I’m into corny comedy. Serious war movies, I have to go with The Green Berets.
All that have been mentioned are great … but recent movies, “The Hurt Locker” is crazy good. And others on my list, not as recent - “Apocalypse Now”, “The Thin Red Line” and “Full Metal Jacket” … oh, and “Saving Private Ryan” are all fantastic. @joesnuffer - yeah, “Band of Brothers” counts to me!
The expendable 2 it has all the tuff guys not a war movie but lots of gun play. Special opps team for hire. Jean-Claude Van Damme plays the bad guy. Here is a link to watch . http://www.solarmovie.eu/watch-the-expendables-2-2012.html
@snuffbrant The book that Full Metal Jacket was based on, Gustav Hasford’s “The Short Timers”, makes that movie look like Mickey Mouse shit.
three kings then again I don’t really like military movies that much. :o
Hands down Apocalypse Now. Great movie all around. But there so many excellent ones out there though, usually will watch The Longest Day at least once a year.
@snuffbrant it’t out of print. I had to read it on the author’s website, but since that is no longer operating there is now a petition to the copyright holder to get that book and it’s even crazier sequel back in print. I signed it and I hope everyone who has ever read a good war book or wants to read the book Full Metal Jacket was based on will sign it too. http://www.petitiononline.com/gustavha/petition.html
Awesome posts everyone! Thanks for playing. Now I’m in search of a used copy of “The Short Timers”.
They are available but at a price: http://www.amazon.com/Short-timers-Gustav-Hasford/dp/0712608354/ref=sr\_1\_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1348455533&sr=1-1&keywords=the+short+timers
All of yours are great movies, some of them master pieces, two more great films are Black hawk down and Paths of glory. If I have to get only one will be Full metal jacket !
Where Eagles Dare Based on a great novel, Clint Eastwood as a WWII commando, the lovely Mary Ure, and Richard Burton as a bad-ass Brit. Explosions. gondola rides, deception, and nonstop gunfights. Can’t go wrong!
Beau Geste (life in the French Foreign Legion and the mystery at Fort Zinderneuf) though I must say that the book was better than any movie rendition of the story. Actually a trilogy by P.C. Wren: Beau Geste, Beau Sabruer and Beau Ideal.
Lawrence of Arabia
Platoon hands down
Here are a few films : Bosnian civil war ----------------------- Pretty village pretty flame No man’s land WWII -------- Come and See Enemy at the Gates Downfall Soviet occupation of Afghanistan -–------------------------------------------ 7th Company
I would say “Saving Private Ryan” as one of my all time favorites. Then again, “Red Dawn” was pretty great, if not for being pretty awful.
Yeah, and a remake is in the works. I think its North Koreans after us this time.