Must see war films?

[Halb]

thank fk today's was a nice one.


War films all week...and COlonel Blimp and that rib-tickler, Anne Frank next week....subliminal messages from whomsoever is in charge of the tv schedule? In these brexity times...

[FourWheelDrift]

Sink the Bismark is on TCM, look out for Johnny Briggs again.

[nicanary]

FourWheelDrift said:

Sink the Bismark is on TCM, look out for Johnny Briggs again.

Battle of the River Plate on tomorrow. HMS Exeter having to leave early to get spares in Fremantle.

[FourWheelDrift]

Correction, Film 4

[PMacanGTS]

My favourite in recent years is Fury with Brad Pitt and Shia Labeouf. And Pitt also stars in the best war film of all time, Inglorious Basterds.

[cuprabob]

Tora! Tora! Tora! is on Film 4 @ 13:00 tomorrow as well.

[Halb]

oh that's a good one

[PositronicRay]

Mediteraneo

[pingu393]

PositronicRay said:

Mediteraneo

A new one on me. When is this on? What channel?

[PositronicRay]

pingu393 said:

PositronicRay said:

Mediteraneo

A new one on me. When is this on? What channel?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102426/

[Fast and Spurious]

PMacanGTS said:

My favourite in recent years is Fury with Brad Pitt and Shia Labeouf. And Pitt also stars in the best war film of all time, Inglorious Basterds.

Oh dear! Neither are war films.... just weird fiction.

[pingu393]

PositronicRay said:

pingu393 said:

PositronicRay said:

Mediteraneo

A new one on me. When is this on? What channel?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102426/

Unlikely to be on our screens soon. It's Miramax.

My all-time favorite war film is the full 5 hour director's cut of Das Boot.

Tiefer, teifer

[FourWheelDrift]

The Battle of Neretva

If you are ok with subtitles.

[Fast and Spurious]

pingu393 said:

Unlikely to be on our screens soon. It's Miramax.

My all-time favorite war film is the full 5 hour director's cut of Das Boot.

Tiefer, teifer

Diametrically opposed to the nonsense that is "Fury"

[A Winner Is You]

Fast and Spurious said:

PMacanGTS said:

My favourite in recent years is Fury with Brad Pitt and Shia Labeouf. And Pitt also stars in the best war film of all time, Inglorious Basterds.

Oh dear! Neither are war films.... just weird fiction.

The ending of Fury was so ridiculous it made Inglorious Basterds look like a documentary.

[Wacky Racer]

nicanary said:

Battle of the River Plate on tomorrow.

"This is Montevideo" "This is Montevideo"

lol!

[Wacky Racer]

Went the day Well?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPFhQuqYpYg

Angels one five

San Demetrio London

Carve her name with pride

Operation Daybreak

The Cruel Sea

Hangmen also Die

The Malta Story

Sink the Bismarck

[pingu393]

Wacky Racer said:

Went the day Well?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPFhQuqYpYg

Went The Day Well is especially good as it was made during the war, but was told in hindsight from a peaceful Britain in (I think) 1950.

....oh, and don't get on the wrong side of lovely ladies

[PMacanGTS]

Fast and Spurious said:

PMacanGTS said:

My favourite in recent years is Fury with Brad Pitt and Shia Labeouf. And Pitt also stars in the best war film of all time, Inglorious Basterds.

Oh dear! Neither are war films.... just weird fiction.

Oh dear! I think you’ll find almost every film mentioned in this thread were largely fictional, regardless of what the posters might have said. The events may be in chronological order, but everything else is a very loose approximation and in large part, pure fiction and artistic license. That’s the nature of film making.

[ajprice]

Kajaki has been mentioned already, but I'll say it again. British para regiment trapped in an old Afghanistan minefield.

Went to see Apocalypse Now this week at the cinema, it was the 40th anniversary of the film. I hadn't seen any version of it before, this was a 'Final Cut' version https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/apocalypse-now-.... This one was 'only' 3 hours long. Not seeing any version of the film before, I did like it, it's a bit odd though .