Must see war films?
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Not sure if I hadn't watched it before or just forgotten it in the mists of time but I sat down with a bottle of wine last night and watched 'The Big Red One'. It still is an amazingly good film that has stood the test of time in no small part I suspect because both Director Samuel Fuller and lead actor Lee Marvin had been in and were decorated for their actions during WWII when it is predominantly set.
Unlike a lot of narrowly focused war movies that concentrate on a specific incident or time-frame the film follows Lee Marvin's character from the last days of WW1 through to the very end of WWII; this gives a much larger scope to explore the change in the characters and their attitudes and experiences of a long and wearing war.
Lee Marvin is of course immensely watchable.
Unlike a lot of narrowly focused war movies that concentrate on a specific incident or time-frame the film follows Lee Marvin's character from the last days of WW1 through to the very end of WWII; this gives a much larger scope to explore the change in the characters and their attitudes and experiences of a long and wearing war.
Lee Marvin is of course immensely watchable.
One you perhaps haven't heard of. The King's Choice, a Norwegian film telling the story of the German Invasion of Norway. - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4353996/
Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNtu-bCGi18
Scene with the German Heavy Cruiser Blücher leading a naval fleet up the Oslofjord at night with all lights off to start the invasion by attacking Oslo. The only defence is the Oscarsborg Fortress armed with German 11" naval guns built by Krups in 1893 and an underwater torpedo battery that the Germans didn't know about. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ79i11JSnU put the subtitles on.
They actually fired the original Oscarsborgs guns for that scene.
Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNtu-bCGi18
Scene with the German Heavy Cruiser Blücher leading a naval fleet up the Oslofjord at night with all lights off to start the invasion by attacking Oslo. The only defence is the Oscarsborg Fortress armed with German 11" naval guns built by Krups in 1893 and an underwater torpedo battery that the Germans didn't know about. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ79i11JSnU put the subtitles on.
They actually fired the original Oscarsborgs guns for that scene.
P5BNij said:
The Hill, 1965 with Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Hendry and many more familiar British faces, grim viewing but well worth a punt. An early attempt for Connery trying to get away from his Bond role.
Ha! Saw the thread title and clicked on it to suggest this film.The hill is one of my fave films ever.
It's hated by many but I still reckon that U-571 is an absolutely brilliant war film.
Great cast, lots of top-notch action, some tense moments and some very memorable scenes. This short one springs to mind:
Lt. Hirsch: Mr. Tyler.
Lieutenant Andrew Tyler: Yeah.
Lt. Hirsch: If you can't take out that destroyer, the danger is not that some of us may die. It's that some of us may live. These men have seen and heard things that must not be revealed to the enemy - our secrets, such as our radar capabilities, and our understanding of German encryption. If we fall into German hands alive, we will be tortured without mercy. Either you succeed in sinking that ship, or you see to it that none of us survive to be captured.
Great cast, lots of top-notch action, some tense moments and some very memorable scenes. This short one springs to mind:
Lt. Hirsch: Mr. Tyler.
Lieutenant Andrew Tyler: Yeah.
Lt. Hirsch: If you can't take out that destroyer, the danger is not that some of us may die. It's that some of us may live. These men have seen and heard things that must not be revealed to the enemy - our secrets, such as our radar capabilities, and our understanding of German encryption. If we fall into German hands alive, we will be tortured without mercy. Either you succeed in sinking that ship, or you see to it that none of us survive to be captured.
Land of Mine
Story of German pows clearing mines from Danish beaches after ww2
Most of these pows were 16 or 17 years old, children who had been conscripted in the dying months of the war.
Its moving, brutal, thought provoking and the cinematography is superb.
It's on prime if you have it
Story of German pows clearing mines from Danish beaches after ww2
Most of these pows were 16 or 17 years old, children who had been conscripted in the dying months of the war.
Its moving, brutal, thought provoking and the cinematography is superb.
It's on prime if you have it
A bridge too Far is the best.
The fight scenes are fantastic and especially so considering when the film was made.
The first one where they send the tanks down the front from 56.25 onwards: the sounds of the artillery firing, she'll ejection and reloading:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1rks41
The fight scenes are fantastic and especially so considering when the film was made.
The first one where they send the tanks down the front from 56.25 onwards: the sounds of the artillery firing, she'll ejection and reloading:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1rks41
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