Whats your favourite war film ever?

[Alan Sex]

[Alan Sex]

My personal favourite.

 

 

In its entirety here.

 

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1sq604_carry-on-up-the-khyber-1968-full-movie_shortfilms

[AngryOfTuebrook]

The Bernard Righton in me should bristle at Zulu the same way I bristle at American films making them look like the victims/heroes in Vietnam.  But that photography makes it impossible.

[VladimirIlyich]

The Aussies made a couple of good ones. Gallipoli and Breaker Morant are definitely high on the list.

Breaker Morant is an all time favourite of mine.

[Anny Road]

Sully

Excellent as Tom Hanks always is.

[Curly]

Among the worst war films I've seen. Not bad films in themselves but way below many other war films I've seen.

 

Full Metal Jacket is immense in every way and is centred around war.

 

3 Kings I agree with, but I love it as a film.

[setreal]

La Grande Illusion is among my favorites. Highly recommended for people who like older movies.

 

http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-grand-illusion-1937

[halewood pete]

Breaker Morant is an all time favourite of mine.

rule 303.great courtroom scene

[cloggypop]

Black Book (Zwartboek originally) is great if you don't mind subtitles as it's mainly in Dutch. Made by Paul Verhoeven of Robocop and Total Recall fame, set in Nazi occupied Holland and starring Carice van Houten (Melisandre in Game of Thrones) who is superb in it.

[Bob]

In The Name Of The Father

The war against terror?

 

(Ace film by the way, possibly my favourite of any genre).

 

Full Metal Jacket is probably the one for me. I would also put Saving private ryan up there. I know it's a bit schmaltzy, but I can watch that again and again and again.

[Bjornebye]

Inglorious Bastards count? Love that film

[Bob]

I thought The Pacific was really disappointing. Band of Brothers, though...

I very much agree, and didn't stick with the pacific for long. I watched band of brothers over and over again as my mate had the box set, and it's still probably the best tv series I've ever watched.

[Bob]

Genuinely surprised that nobody has mentioned Terence Malick's The Thin Red Line. One of the most thought provoking and moving takes on war i've seen. Superb cast, awesome cinematography and a brilliant soundtrack by Hans Zimmer.

I tried to read the book and couldn't stick with it - years ago, mind - and later watched the first ok but was bored by it.

 

might need to give it another go based on that comnent

[General Dryness]

Empire of the Sun was a belter.

 

Also Tora Tora Tora!, better than Pearl fucking Harbour by a long way.

[VladimirIlyich]

Full Metal Jacket is immense in every way and is centred around war.

 

3 Kings I agree with, but I love it as a film.

Just can't like a film located in the UK as Vietnam,just no authenticity for me. Platoon pisses all over it as at least they used The Phillipines to double as Vietnam.

[Robbo29]

War of the Buttons

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Das Boot

Kingdom of Heaven

The boy in the striped pyjamas

[VladimirIlyich]

Das Boot

Kingdom of Heaven

The boy in the striped pyjamas

The boy in the striped pyjamas is decent but would have been brilliant done in the German language.

[setreal]

Almost every movie ever made is done in the German language at some point.

[VladimirIlyich]

Almost every movie ever made is done in the German language at some point.

OK,smarty pants.

If the 'original' was made in the German language using German speakers then it would have been better,in my opinion.

[setreal]

Sorry wasnt meant to come across that way. The practice of dubbing every foreign movie is not that common is all. In fact I have always been a proponent of the "dubbing is evil" campaign.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Sorry wasnt meant to come across that way. The practice of dubbing every foreign movie is not that common is all. In fact I have always been a proponent of the "dubbing is evil" campaign.

 

I prefer watching films in the original tone as the German dubbing can be utter wank at times and they only have a smallish pool of voice actors doing the voice overs. Humour within films is often lost due to translation. 

[Lee909]

On the dubbing front watched Stalingrad yesterday. Great film,awful dubbing. Growing up on Asian cinema i always just preferred subtitles

[setreal]

Yep, subs all the way. Some folks just absolutely hate "reading movies" though.

[Beno]

Watching Saving Private Ryan again last night, and although a great film, I am always pissed off when they slag Montgommery off(the bit with Ted Danson and Tom hanks). It just out of context with the film and feels like it's the typical 'us Yanks won the war on our own' vibe. I don't think there was any need for it in the film, especially when the whole film goes on about how FUBAR the American invasion plan was.