colterphoto1 Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Don't forget the Civil War movies. Glory and Gettysburg are two of my favorites. The cannon barrage before Pickets Charge in Gettysburg is a great work out for the sub! YES to those cannons, I've witnessed a few reenactments and that is a feeling you don't forget. The horror of close quarters combat with pretty arcane weapons during the civil war is accurately represented here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 War is hell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liebherr954 Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 A few I like that were not mentioned. Das Boot. The bridge over the river kwai. Macarthur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Terms of Endearment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just_Strummin Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Born on the 4th of July! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 By virtue of an invitation to audition the new Klipsch flagship, the Palladium home theater, I recently had an opportunity to re-visit one of my all time favorite movies, Master & Commander, with Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany. I love this 2003 movie because it is a sailing movie, with a great actor, wonderful dialogue and plot twists. It has incredible hand to hand, canon to canon battle scenes, set in 1805. The raw violence is juxtapositioned with the English Captain (Crowe) maneuvering his ship like a chess piece to outfox his rarely seen French opponent, while he and doctor spend their evenings playing the violin and cello music of Mozart and J.S. Bach. Master was filmed with full scale replicas. It was nominated for Best: Art Direction-Set Decoration, Costume Design, Director, Editing, Makeup, Picture, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects. It won Oscars for Best Cinematography and Sound Editing. Crowe did most of the violin playing on camera, but the cello playing is Yo Yo Ma’s work. The soundtrack is available from Decca (ASIN: B0000DG07D). Bettany is best known as the sick Silas in The Da Vinci Code and the charming Chaucer, with Heath Ledger in A Knight's Tale. Master was directed by Petter Weir, who has remarkabl;e writing and directing credits: The Truman Show, Dead Poets Society, Witness, The Year of Living Dangerously and Gallipoli (another great war movie). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 While watching Black Hawk Downon DVD few days ago, I noticed there was a high-pitched helicopter turbine whine sound during shots that took place in or near helicopters. It sounded ear piercing (I was listening at 5 dB below reference). I just want to know if it was meant to be that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 The Thin Red Line From a title, that comes from a poem by Rudyard Kipling, to the opening voice-over to the all-star cast, the poetic and philosophical nature of The Thin Red Line clearly sets it apart from other war moves. The closing lines carry the essence of this gritty conflict: “This great evil. Where does it come from? How'd it steal into the world? What seed, what root did it grow from? Who's doin' this? Who's killin' us? Robbing us of life and light. Mockin' us with the sight of what we might've known. Does our ruin benefit the earth? Does it help the grass to grow, the sun to shine? Is this darkness in you, too? Have you passed to this night?” Brief appearances by an all-star cast mark this movie as something special. Adrien Brody, George Clooney, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Elias Koteas, Tim Blake Nelson, Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, John C. Reilly and John Travolta all make brief appearances. Though Woody Harrelson and Nick Nolte give powerful performances, to see James Caviezel’s incredible angelic demeanor is know why he was cast as Jesus in Mel Gobson’s The Passion of the Christ. Yet this story is not a WWII Pulp Fiction. It is more Apocalypse Now meets Flags of Our Fathers. As such, its dreary poetic nature is likely to remain with the viewer long after its green on green jungle fighting scenes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssh Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Add Battle of the Bulge and Battle of Britain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DU73 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 watched Mission Impossible 3 the other night. I thought it was the best in the trilogy. really enjoyed this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Saving Private Ryan is a brilliant movie, maybe the best war movie ever made, but it's so brutal that it was tough to watch once, and when an old girlfriend wanted me to watch it with her (first time for her, second time for me), I had to look away during the hand-to-hand combat scene where the American soldier is gently but unstoppably stabbed to death. The landing on the beach is also especially hard to sit through more than once. As for The Thin Red Line, the accents, at least to my ears, make it hard to take seriously, with the philosophising crackers ruminating on the realities and implications of war. Other than that, it was pretty good.Enemy at the Gates is really good, and based on the true story of the Russian sniper Vasily Zaytsev . I've seen it a number of times. Ed Harris and Jude Law are really good, and Bob Hoskins plays a pretty good Krushchev. Vasily's story here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_ZaytsevMichael Collins was really good, with Liam Neeson in the title role. After Ireland's War of Independence (1919-21), negotiations with the British resulted in the partition of the country into the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland, which remained under British control, and still is today. That was probably the best agreement that could have been obtained at that time, but many in Ireland felt betrayed by the agreement, and started the Irish Civil War (1922-23), a very bitter combat that sometimes had brother fighting brother, as in the American Civil War.Michael Collins, made in 1996, covers this period, as does The Wind That Shakes the Barley, made in 2006. Both are very good movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsl Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Here is a trailer for The Pacific http://www.pacificfans.com/trailer-videos Unfortunetly it does not come out until March 2010. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theryugobuddy Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 The most exciting war movie of late is Rambo -- Yeah, its Sly, but he's good in this one, and the effects and visuals are incredible. The featurette on the DVD explained that the producers wanted to show what really happens to a human body when its hit by a large bullet or shell, and they succeeded. The mayhem and battle scenes feel realistic, and sometimes even hard to watch -- riveting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.reed21 Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 I highly recomend the movie 'Das Boot", other wise known as The Boot. It is a move about a German Uboat crew, and for all intensive purpouses it is a very good movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 I thought about it for the original list, but for all "intensive porpoises," it is rather long and I like U-571 better: better acting and sound effects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 I like U-571 better: better acting and sound effectsWOW , I can agree with the sound effects but better acting than Das Boot ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 I highly recomend the movie 'Das Boot", other wise known as The Boot. It is a move about a German Uboat crew, and for all intensive purpouses it is a very good movie. That would be "The Boat" in English. It was a really good movie, and at least to me, who's never been to war, it did seem pretty realistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wim hoppenbrouwers Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Hallo. When you like WAR movies, you have to watch Enemy at the gates! Jude Law and Ad Harris, both snipers in Stalingrad wo2. A master piece! wim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Brian's Song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 "Enemy at the Gates" and "Master and Commander" would be my favorites. Different than the "usual" story line; great cast; and great attention to detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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