Best war film scene for you?

[Mcphisto]

Narcisus said:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O3LRKegCdRI

I thought you meant this scene .....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk5gMaCq8GE

Some slightly dated special effects but so cool to have the correct aircraft, that's what made this a classic (even if they had the wrong engines)

[Sa Calobra]

dieselgrunt said:

Come And See.

The Wermachtt sack a small Russian village, killing and raping then rounding everyone else up and burning them alive in a church.

I've been meaning to watch this, forgot about it- will watch it tonight!

[RemaL]

HTP99 said:

Saving private Ryan, beach landing.

Yup same for me and first thing I though of when I seen the title of this thread

[TEKNOPUG]

Crossflow Kid said:

Empire of the Sun.
"P51! Cadillac of the skies!"

"P38! Range Rover of the skies!"

[davebem]

Apocolypse now - Ride of the Valkyres/charlie dont surf
Kellys Heroes - When the 3 Shermans attack the german railway station

[Vocal Minority]

TEKNOPUG said:

Crossflow Kid said:

Empire of the Sun.
"P51! Cadillac of the skies!"

"P38! Range Rover of the skies!"

[Veccy208]

The last samurai, The last battle where they charge at the line of machine guns. Great film, really sucks you in I think.

[HTP99]

RemaL said:

HTP99 said:

Saving private Ryan, beach landing.

Yup same for me and first thing I though of when I seen the title of this thread

I actually put it on last night because of this thread.

[AW111]

The cavalry charge at the start of Le Colonel Chabert.

[Rude-boy]

davebem said:

Apocolypse now - Ride of the Valkyres/charlie dont surf
Kellys Heroes - When the 3 Shermans attack the german railway station

Woof! Woof!

To be honest out of the hundreds of war films that i have seen over the years the beach landing scene in SPR is the one that always sticks out in the mind first of all.

I am sure that there are others that in the moment felt absolutely right but it is that one that stays with you, even though it must be well over 5 or 6 years since i even saw a scene of that film.

[Mothersruin]

Another nomination for me.

The bit in 'Who Dares Wins' when they all join up and run alongside the corridor.

[RobGT81]

The Bastogne episode from Band Of Brothers.

[yellowjack]

The opening barrack room scene from Full Metal Jacket.

I also like the firing range scene... "Outstanding Private Pyle, I think we finally found something that you do well..."

...but only because I used to fire my APWT at that range, and if I could swing it, I'd use lane 11 or 12 (because I never could decide which of the two Pte Pyle was on during that scene).

[LimaDelta]

For sheer gung-ho-edness (it's a word) you can't beat the hot extract from Act of Valour. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrtt.

Trivia - the Miniguns were live firing during the filming of that scene

For theatrics - Apocalypse Now, Ride of the Valkyries.

[yellowjack]

GAjon said:

Zulu.

"First rank fire

Advance

Second rank fire

Advance!"

"Well they've got a very good bass section, mind. But no top tenors, that's for sure..."

[parabolica]

RobGT81 said:

The Bastogne episode from Band Of Brothers.

This. Or maybe Operation Market Garden for the close-quarter battles. SPR was pretty eye-opening in it's day, but it seems pedestrian compared to BOB (although I admit I have watched BOB all the way through maybe 20 times).

[lemmingjames]

Fast and Spurious said:

Accurate!! No no no no no.... It's Hollywood fantasy meets World Of Tanks nonsense.

Why? I remember reading about a Spitfire (maybe a Hurri) pilot attacking a tank for sts and giggles and scoring a ricochet hit that somehow penetrated the engine = dead tank

[lemmingjames]

parabolica said:

This. Or maybe Operation Market Garden for the close-quarter battles. SPR was pretty eye-opening in it's day, but it seems pedestrian compared to BOB (although I admit I have watched BOB all the way through maybe 20 times).

Some of the scenes in The Pacific are quite good, the one with Spiderman as well was quite good (released recently, was a medic)

[Halmyre]

Crossflow Kid said:

Empire of the Sun.
"P51! Cadillac of the skies!"

With a Rolls-Royce engine, without which the P51 was more of a Model T Ford of the skies.

[princealbert23]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCBHtf4hYWQ
This creeping barrage. Now those are proper sized bangs!