Ultimate blokey war films

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  1. arabian_ian

    arabian_ian Well-Known Member

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    The Deer Hunter
     
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    Another cracker. The tension in the russian roulette scene gets the old ticker pumping. Born on 4th July another good un. Jacobs Ladder too (kind of war related).
     
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    Jacobs Ladder - one of my fave films
     
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    body of lies could be classed as a thriller but its a war on terror film (one of the best imo)
     
    Marlon, Mar 18, 2013
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    arabian_ian Well-Known Member

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    Battle Of Britain and The Dambusters. Both pretty tame when you set them up against the likes of Private Ryan but both iconic in their own right.
     
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    didn't they end up dubbing the name of one of the pilots dogs on dambusters because nowadays it isn't politically correct.
    sure i've seen it somewhere
     
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    u571 was on other night, good un, though anyone would the yanks won all the wars alone, black hawk down good too
     
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    Kelly's Heroes
    Platoon
    Full Metal Jacket
    The Great Escape
    Heartbreak Ridge
     
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    Some less well known ones
    Went the Day Well.. is excellent wartime propaganda made in 1942..ripped off by Jack Higgins in The Eagle has Landed.
    The Winter War..Finnish film..ask Tomi..about the Russo-Finnish war of 1939/40
    Operation Daybreak..about Czech SOE agents assassinating Hitlers favourite Reinhard Heydrich
    Hangmen also Die..1943 Fritz Lang same subject as Operation Daybreak
    Europa Europa...a Jewish boy who saves his life by joining the SS
    The Pianist...a top Polish radio star pianist trapped in the Warsaw Ghetto
    Come and See..The Nazi invasion of Russia seen through the eyes of a teenage boy.
    Charlie Mopic..the lowest budget but highest quality Vietnam war film ever made.
    The Red Badge of Courage...US Civil War..Audie Murphy
    The Big Red One...has to be the 'the reconstruction' version ..director Sam Fullers wartime experiences..
     
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    Not very blokey, them. Some excellent stuff though and a couple of new ones for me to look up, thanks.

    I sat through The Sorrow and the Pity once at the NFT. My arse wasn't feeling very blokey by the end either.
     
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    Can't believe no one mentioned A Bridge Too Far. Just about every actor going was in it
     
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    Also "The Guns of Navarone" is a glaring omission - it's just about on a par with "When Eagles Dare" and both are based on Alistair MacLean novels.
     
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  13. ronnieGlavinsB@stardSon

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    Another MacLean adaption worth a mention is "Ice Station Zebra" though your moving into 'Cold War' territory there but it's still gets watched no matter what. Other unmissable war films though not 'blokey' would be "The Bridge on the River Kwai" and "Lawrence of Arabia" both truely amazing films.

    Finally - I'm on a role here - did anyone mention "The Dirty Dozen" - that has got to be the ultimate 'blokey' war film.

    My personal favorites are "The Thin Red Line" and "Deer Hunter" but I wouldn't consider either especially 'blokey' but then I'm not particularly a 'blokey' bloke.
     
    ronnieGlavinsB@stardSon, Mar 19, 2013
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  14. MarioKempes

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    Definitely. I can't believe I forgot about this.
     
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    That is correct. Guy Gibson had a black labrador called N***** that died on the day before the famous raid.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/******_(dog)
     
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    A Bridge Too Far = awesome film with a music score to match

    It was the 'Saving Private Ryan' of its time - I remember my dad went to see it as the cinema when it came out and was shocked with how graphic it was, you get worse scenes on Countryfile now
     
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