whats the best world war 2 movie of all time [Archive]

quakebonedog

10-28-2006, 08:31 PM

i m sitting here watching  the longest day what is the best world war 2 movie made or whats the best war movie ever made i don t no full metal jacket  maybe

Don Stugots

10-28-2006, 08:35 PM

shaving ryan's privates

Fezticle98

10-28-2006, 08:38 PM

quakebonedog wrote: i m sitting here watching  the longest day what is the best world war 2 movie made or whats the best war movie ever made i don t no full metal jacket  maybe Definitely not Full Metal Jacket. It is probably tied for the worst WWII movie ever, with lots of others.

reeshy

10-28-2006, 08:38 PM

Iwo Jima....John Wayne's performance was great,.besides...My dad was there too....he doesn't talk about it too much but .....he was there!!!!!!

johnniewalker

10-28-2006, 08:38 PM

A Bridge too far, A BRIDGE TOO FAR

reeshy

10-28-2006, 08:39 PM

BTW....Full Metal Jacket was  about Viet Nam.....not WWII!!!!!!!!!!!!

PapaBear

10-28-2006, 08:41 PM

It's not the best, but I watch Tora Tora Tora every time it's on. I also love the Big Red 1.

FUNKMAN

10-28-2006, 08:47 PM

Prisoners of the Suni saw it only one time and it's not a famous movie but it kept me captivated throughout the whole movie which is not easy with my attention span...<img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00029NLLO.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1105030955_.jpg" border="0" />

FUNKMAN

10-28-2006, 08:47 PM

reeshy wrote: BTW....Full Metal Jacket was  about Viet Nam.....not WWII!!!!!!!!!!!! what a killjoy you are...  <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smile.gif" border="0" />but an honest one

Fezticle98

10-28-2006, 08:48 PM

I was watching (muted) Guns of Navarrone a few minutes ago. Pretty good.Other great ones:PattonBridge on the River KwaiCaine MutinyDirty Dozen

This message was edited by fezticle98 on 10-29-06 @ 12:49 AM

FUNKMAN

10-28-2006, 08:56 PM

fezticle98 wrote: I was watching (muted) Guns of Navarrone a few minutes ago. Pretty good.Other great ones:PattonBridge on the River KwaiCaine MutinyDirty DozenThis message was edited by fezticle98 on 10-29-06 @ 12:49 AM not bragging in any way, i just always feel compelled to tell a little family historymy granfrather's brother (Arthur) fought under Patton in Africa and Europe... i believe it was the 9th Infantry. I have a Jersey Journal article and it has his name and it states that General George Patton personally pinned a Silver Star on him. He also received two purple hearts. I just think it's pretty cool to have fought directly under his command and to have known him personally.this uncle who had the silver star pinned on him had a brother killed in the Battle Of The Bulge. his brother (Everrett) is buried in Luxemborg Cemetary and from his grave you can clearly see Patton's grave which is not too far away.

Don Stugots

10-28-2006, 08:57 PM

STUGOTS1 wrote: shaving ryan's privates    i got no heat on this?  bastards.  i cackled with glee as i typed it.

Fezticle98

10-28-2006, 09:02 PM

FUNKMAN wrote: fezticle98 wrote: I was watching (muted) Guns of Navarrone a few minutes ago. Pretty good.Other great ones:PattonBridge on the River KwaiCaine MutinyDirty DozenThis message was edited by fezticle98 on 10-29-06 @ 12:49 AM not bragging in any way, i just always feel compelled to tell a little family historymy granfrather's brother (Arthur) fought under Patton in Africa and Europe... i believe it was the 9th Infantry. I have a Jersey Journal article and it has his name and it states that General George Patton personally pinned a Silver Star on him. He also received two purple hearts. I just think it's pretty cool to have fought directly under his command and to have known him personally.this uncle who had the silver star pinned on him had a brother killed in the Battle Of The Bulge. his brother (Everrett) is buried in Luxemborg Cemetary and from his grave you can clearly see Patton's grave which is not too far away.Cool. Did Patton ever slap him?I got x-rays in the room that Patton died in.

FUNKMAN

10-28-2006, 09:16 PM

fezticle98 wrote: FUNKMAN wrote: fezticle98 wrote: I was watching (muted) Guns of Navarrone a few minutes ago. Pretty good.Other great ones:PattonBridge on the River KwaiCaine MutinyDirty DozenThis message was edited by fezticle98 on 10-29-06 @ 12:49 AM not bragging in any way, i just always feel compelled to tell a little family historymy granfrather's brother (Arthur) fought under Patton in Africa and Europe... i believe it was the 9th Infantry. I have a Jersey Journal article and it has his name and it states that General George Patton personally pinned a Silver Star on him. He also received two purple hearts. I just think it's pretty cool to have fought directly under his command and to have known him personally.this uncle who had the silver star pinned on him had a brother killed in the Battle Of The Bulge. his brother (Everrett) is buried in Luxemborg Cemetary and from his grave you can clearly see Patton's grave which is not too far away.Cool. Did Patton ever slap him?I got x-rays in the room that Patton died in.nah. my grandfather told me a couple things Arthur had told him about the time he got shot. He said he jumped out of a foxhole and discovered a group of germans nearby, Before he could dive back into his foxhole he got hit in the ankle with a bullett. He also smoked cigs with the german soldiers as they took a break between battles.my granddad got pissed after finding out what happened in the Battle Of The Bulge. he said the leaders let their guard down. it was around Christmas time and the leaders didn't realize the danger and were celebrating the holidays as the soldiers went to the battlefield. Our guys got sent in and ripped to pieces in the beginning of that battle "not realizing how well prepared the germans were"and his brother was in one of the tanks that got hit.for 25 years the people of Luxemborg would host the families of the dead veterans into their homes as they visited their loved ones at the cemetary to show gratitude. my grandmother took a liking to a coffee warmer at this families house and the woman insisted she have it. years later a family friend put the warmer on the burner not realizing it was just to keep the coffee warm and she was brokenhearted....just some family stories, thanks for listening...

Mike Teacher

10-28-2006, 09:20 PM

Longest Day is very good, a cast that big is rarely assembled, ditto with A Bridge too Far.Great call on The Big Red One. Finally out as it was intended. Guns of Navarone just friggin rules IMHO. Especially Peck... 'You're into it now... Up To Your Neck !!!' when he loses it on Niven. For Pearl Harbor you have Tora Tora Tora which is very comprehensive. The Shit Sandwich that Affleck is in does suck shit, which is sad, because hidden amongst the shit, I really like the actual bombing scenes, and the Doolittle raid. Ack. See '30 Seconds over Tokyo' for that run.I liked the parts of Memphis Belle that conveyed how utterly insane it was to get into a B-17 and do what they did.Catch-22 may be the 'Apocolypse Now' for WW2, it Really shows the insanity of bombing to the point of caricature, with a stellar cast.Midway was cool, but like Longest Day and Bridge, are sometime weighed down by the enormity of the cast.=But all of those pale in my opinion for what many critics will argue is not only the greatest war movie ever made, but the greatest movie ever, 'The Best Year of Our Lives' which has no combat scenes at all, but deals with the 'Coming Home' aspect of war way before movies like Coming Home or Born On... did. I don't know what it is, it's just the greatest ensemble of three guys coming back from WW2 and trying to adjust to life again. Worth it alone for the performance of Harold Russell as amputee Homer Parrish, his performance earned him not one, but two oscars for the same role, never been done before or since. Not bad for a guy who never acted in a flick before. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036868/" target="_blank">IMDB Link</a>=Best Movie about World War 3 has already been done, and way back in 1959 with:<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053137/" target="_blank">On The Beach [link to IMDB]</a>

narc

10-28-2006, 09:22 PM

<img border="0" src="http://www.moviegoods.com/affiliate2/adView.asp?affiliateID=543&adID=17394" /> It sounds like its a porn title, but nope, it's Abbott and Costello.

HBox

10-28-2006, 09:24 PM

STUGOTS1 wrote: reeshy wrote: BTW....stugie...I got some Viet Nam stories....but a real hero doesn't talk about that...... what are you trying to say? please explain. i have been at work for 19 hours already and i am having a hard time thinking.   He's saying he lusts after you in a way that only a gay man can.

reeshy

10-28-2006, 09:28 PM

Holy Shit...Mike the Teacher is right on with all of those movies....I watch all of them over and over when they are on!!!!!!!!!!!

Don Stugots

10-28-2006, 09:30 PM

reeshy wrote: Holy Shit...Mike the Teacher is right on with all of those movies....I watch all of them over and over when they are on!!!!!!!!!!!    why watch them, you fucking lived them.

reeshy

10-28-2006, 09:30 PM

BTW....Mike mentioned "On the Beach"....such a sad, sad movie....

reeshy

10-28-2006, 09:31 PM

If you were at work for 15 minutes ......you would have a hard time thinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FezPaul

10-28-2006, 09:32 PM

The Dirty Dozen.

reeshy

10-28-2006, 09:33 PM

Stugie........BITE ME......now go back to work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

reeshy

10-28-2006, 09:34 PM

BTW....stugie...I got some Viet Nam stories....but a real hero doesn't talk about that......

Don Stugots

10-28-2006, 09:36 PM

reeshy wrote: BTW....stugie...I got some Viet Nam stories....but a real hero doesn't talk about that......    what are you trying to say?  please explain.  i have been at work for 19 hours already and i am having a hard time thinking.

Don Stugots

10-28-2006, 09:55 PM

reeshy wrote: If you were at work for 15 minutes ......you would have a hard time thinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    true, but i am 4 hours away from being at work for 24 hours.  think they will get mad if i dont show up for the walk through in 8 hours?  i think they would, heartless bastards.

TheMojoPin

10-29-2006, 04:18 AM

Anyone ever see this WW2 movie?  Or read the book?<img height="475" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000648X7.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" width="328" border="0" />I don't know if I'd call it the "best" film made about the second world war, but it's definitely the one that moved me the most.  Powerful, powerful stuff.

OldGravyLeg

10-29-2006, 04:24 AM

Run Silent, Run Deep based on true events and the missions of the uss Harder,                 commanded by Sam Dealey.  Also check out the Duke In Harms Way.

Gvac

10-29-2006, 04:43 AM

I read the book "Flags of Our Fathers" several years ago and loved it.  I haven't seen the movie yet, though.   The book deals more with the lives of the men in the famous Iwo Jima photo than the actual war, but the author did a fantastic job describing the struggles and battles those men went through before they finally took the island. Has anyone seen the movie?

badorties

10-29-2006, 05:22 AM

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Downfall-Bruno-Ganz/dp/B0009RCPUC/sr=8-1/qid=1162131658/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-8293608-7868827?ie=UTF8&s=dvd" target="_self"><img height="240" src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0009RCPUC.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" width="240" border="0" /></a>saw it last month ... heavym harsh and brutal -- but captivating and brilliant

El Mudo

10-29-2006, 05:30 AM

"Ryan" is up there just for how well the combat scenes were done..and the acting was great too 
I've always been a fan of the movie HBO did a few years ago on
the Hurtgen Forest (the cluster-f of all cluster-f's from the US
Army...1000 times worse than Kasserine Pass), it was called "When
Trumpets Fade" Always been a big fan of "Sands of Iwo Jima" and "A Bridge Too Far" And I know its not a movie per se, but i've got to mention: <img width="301" height="425" border="0" src="http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PF_NEW%5C08_24_2005_B/PF_981454~Band-of-Brothers-Posters.jpg" />  Absolutely flawless

Fez4PrezN2008

10-29-2006, 06:29 AM

Yeah, I am with you on the honorable mention for Band of Brothers. Saving Pvt. Ryan has got to be the best overall actual movie.

SinA

10-29-2006, 06:36 AM

Indiana Jones Trilogy

Maxville

10-29-2006, 06:39 AM

Check out the 1993 picture "Stalingrad".  The Russsian Front was one of the most horrific scenes in WWII but it doesn't get portrayed in film nearly enough."The Empty Mirror" is a deeply affecting, psychological portrayal of Hitler told through his own (fictional) words.No one has said "Kelly's Heroes" yet?  C'mon, it's Clint Eastwood getting all Dirty Harry on some freakin' Nazis.  Classic!

Maxville

10-29-2006, 06:39 AM

SinA wrote: Indiana Jones Trilogy <img border="0" src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/clap.gif" />

Don Stugots

10-29-2006, 06:47 AM

platoon and any john wayne WWII movie.

EQ

10-29-2006, 08:56 AM

TheMojoPin wrote: Anyone ever see this WW2 movie?  Or read the book?<img height="475" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000648X7.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" width="328" border="0" />I don't know if I'd call it the "best" film made about the second world war, but it's definitely the one that moved me the most.  Powerful, powerful stuff. Mojo.. I loved this film as well.  It was indeed powerful, and focuses on war during Christmas... trying to find something peaceful and common for one moment, in the middle of the fighting and bloodshed.  The backdrop of the white snow and the killing is always a strong visual ( Like the contrast in Kirosawa's Ran )All of that is achieved in A Midnight Clear without being corny. It's heartbreaking.  It was directed by Keith Gordon ( he is best known from the movie, Christine).Also:Guns of NavaroneAll Quiet on the Western Front ( WW1...)The Dirty DozenThe Great EscapeTora, Tora, Tora ~ Quinn

Sheeplovr

10-29-2006, 09:08 AM

<a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0036868/" target="_self">The Best Years of Our Lives</a> 1947 best picture of the year and one of
the best movies ever made its about 3 soilder dudes and there famiyls
as they return home after ww2

outlawfrank

10-29-2006, 09:20 AM

Enemy at the Gates was entertaining.  How about Empire of the Sun, the view of american civilian prisoners in Japan interesting i guess.

johnniewalker

10-29-2006, 09:28 AM

El Mudo wrote: "Ryan" is up there just for how well the combat scenes were done..and the acting was great too 
I've always been a fan of the movie HBO did a few years ago on
the Hurtgen Forest (the cluster-f of all cluster-f's from the US
Army...1000 times worse than Kasserine Pass), it was called "When
Trumpets Fade" Always been a big fan of "Sands of Iwo Jima" and "A Bridge Too Far" And I know its not a movie per se, but i've got to mention: <img width="301" height="425" border="0" src="http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PF_NEW%5C08_24_2005_B/PF_981454%7EBand-of-Brothers-Posters.jpg" /> Absolutely flawless  I love the call on Band of Brothers.   I can barely get through any of the openings, its the music and then the old guys talking that kills me.   True not a movie but soo good.

Fez4PrezN2008

10-29-2006, 09:52 AM

Memphis Belle was a pretty good flick too about B-17 crew.

This message was edited by Fez4PrezN2008 on 10-29-06 @ 1:53 PM

torker

10-29-2006, 09:53 AM

narc

10-29-2006, 10:48 AM

TheMojoPin wrote: Anyone ever see this WW2 movie? Or read the book?<img width="328" height="475" border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000648X7.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" />I don't know if I'd call it the "best" film made about the second world war, but it's definitely the one that moved me the most. Powerful, powerful stuff.  One time, I took a copy of this movie and came on it.

Tall_James

10-29-2006, 10:59 AM

I got x-rays in the room that Patton died in.Stop creeping me out.

Bill From Yorktown

10-29-2006, 11:00 AM

guns of navarone is in my top 5, but you all missed the BEST one of them allMister Roberts.<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048380/">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048380/</a> <img height="195" src="http://www.cinemaxasia.com/images/posters/378x195/mister_roberts.jpg" width="378" border="0" />where else can you go from crying to laughing in 20 secondsyou cant beat the cast -Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon, James Cagney, William Powell <img height="325" src="http://home.epix.net/~nooyawka/misterroberts.jpg" width="255" border="0" />

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TheMojoPin

10-29-2006, 02:05 PM

I've always been a fan of the movie HBO did a few years ago on the Hurtgen Forest (the cluster-f of all cluster-f's from the US Army...1000 times worse than Kasserine Pass), it was called "When Trumpets Fade"Awesome, awesome, AWESOME movie.  I've never gotten someone to watch it who wasn't impressed afterwards.

A.J.

10-30-2006, 04:08 AM

I've seen practically every war movie ever made and you guys mentioned all my choices.This is one that I thought was really well done:<img height="280" src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005YXCG.01._AA280_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" width="280" border="0" />

DJEvelEd

10-30-2006, 04:20 AM

The movie where John Wayne dies in. (He died off camera)About time he got what was comin to him. I love hibachi and miso soup, we almost didn't have that because of him!

feralBoy

10-30-2006, 05:34 AM

I think I watched Saving Private Ryan like 25 times already.  The battle scenes are awesome.  I don't necessarily like the almost goofy take that speilberg interjects into his movies though.  Like the opening scene where the soldier is hit in the helmet with a bullet, then he takes off the helmet and is shot in the head.  Was that necessary?The Dirty Dozen is an amazing movie, with an amazing caste.  Donald Sutherlands goofy smile cracks me up all the time.  I think it's great how they were able to mix an inventive war story with comedy.  Stalingrad was a really good movie, but super depressing.  Downfall was great too.  The guy who played hitler was amazing.  I don't think anyone mentioned Life is Beautiful.  I think that's a pretty good WWII movie.

giannidesk

10-30-2006, 07:11 AM

"The Great Raid" is an excellent movie. It documents the greatest POW rescue mission in military history. (503 American soldiers rescued by Army Rangers in Manila towards the end of WWII).It was released in 2005 by Miriamax and not marketed at all - hence it bombed in theaters.<img src="http://mysite.verizon.net/jfiduccia/raid.jpg" border="0" />

BLZBUBBA

10-30-2006, 07:19 AM

The best WW II submarine flick and one of the best war movies ever was DAS BOOT.  Story told from the German U-boat perspective. Wolfgang Peterson actually forced the actors to stay indoors for weeks to get the submariner look.  Great great film.  Got the DVD a while back with the sound redone and was worried my house might have suffered damage during the depth charge sequences.  I also liked BATTLE OF THE BULGE,  despite some flaws.  BATTLE OF BRITAIN was good for it's time for the air-battle sequences.  SINK THE BISMARK for the historical aspect.  THE DAMBUSTERS was good. OPERATION CROSSBOW.   There are so many.

Patches

10-30-2006, 07:23 AM

Might not be even close to the best, but at least deserves mention in this thread, would be "The Thin Red Line."

Furtherman

10-30-2006, 08:08 AM

<img height="120" src="http://www.authentichistory.com/ww2/toons/Bugs_Bunny_Nips_The_Nips.jpg" width="160" border="0" />Bugs Bunny Nips The Nips.

giannidesk

10-30-2006, 08:20 AM

Definitely an excellent film...There is not enough documentation (in film or any media) about the battles in the South Pacific - particularly Guadalcanal, Bougainville, etc. Patches wrote:  Might not be even close to the best, but at least deserves mention in this thread, would be "The Thin Red Line."

jetdog

10-30-2006, 09:32 AM

Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book!

JamMaster

10-30-2006, 11:32 AM

The Dirty Dozen and The Great Escape are 2 of my favorite movies.

Rockvillejoe

10-30-2006, 01:33 PM

FezPaul wrote: The Dirty Dozen. you are right sir!

soupcan

10-30-2006, 05:08 PM

torker

10-30-2006, 06:22 PM

Gvac

10-30-2006, 06:24 PM

johnniewalker

10-30-2006, 07:44 PM

torker wrote: <img width="505" height="287" border="0" src="http://encyclopedia.quickseek.com/images/Schindlers_list_red_dress.JPG" /> What is she all dolled up for?  Is she going to church?

TheMojoPin

10-30-2006, 07:55 PM

A.J. wrote: I've seen practically every war movie ever made and you guys mentioned all my choices.This is one that I thought was really well done:<img height="280" src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005YXCG.01._AA280_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" width="280" border="0" />Sweet Jesus, I love this movie.  Brilliantly acted, and it's fucking creepy as hell.  I get chills every time I watch those awful bastards talk about their "final solution."  A beautifully disgusting film.

torker

10-30-2006, 07:58 PM

johnniewalker wrote: torker wrote: <img height="287" src="http://encyclopedia.quickseek.com/images/Schindlers_list_red_dress.JPG" width="505" border="0" />  What is she all dolled up for?  Is she going to church? This is the church...This is the steeple...Look inside and see all the...wait a minute

Drunky McBetidont

10-30-2006, 08:53 PM

quakebonedog wrote: i m sitting here watching  the longest day what is the best world war 2 movie made or whats the best war movie ever made i don t no full metal jacket  maybe best war movie ever made is either apacolypse now or the late 70s tv miniseries called Holocost.  <a title=""Holocaust"" name="poster"><img title=""Holocaust"" height="140" alt=""Holocaust"" src="http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/42/72/80/10m.jpg" width="99" border="0" /></a>best battle scenes in a film have got to be the first 25 minites of gladiator (unleash hell) or first 20 minites of private ryan (normandy).  The final battle in Excalibur was epic too.  And I almost forgot all of the battle scenes in Peter Jackson's LOTR trilogy.wtf was the title of the hbo movie that was set in a post-WWII world where germany won? that was interesting.  Slaughter House 5 was creepy but memerable.damn there are so many good war movies that it is a difficult list to rank.

Drunky McBetidont

10-30-2006, 08:58 PM

i dont recognize very amny of the tops on this list.<a href="http://www.imdb.com/chart/war">http://www.imdb.com/chart/war</a> <h1>Best Defense (<a href="http://www.ronfez.net/Sections/Years/1984">1984</a>) </h1><table border="0"><tr valign="top"><td><a title="Best Defense" href="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/editmessage.cfm/Forum/52/Topic/53240/Message/posters" name="poster"><img title="Best Defense" height="140" alt="Best Defense" src="http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/83/60/28m.jpg" width="98" border="0" /></a> </td><td>Directed by <a href="http://www.ronfez.net/name/nm0404754/">Willard Huyck</a> Writing credits <a href="http://www.ronfez.net/name/nm0343525/">Robert Grossbach</a> (novel) <a href="http://www.ronfez.net/name/nm0441718/">Gloria Katz</a> ...  <a href="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/editmessage.cfm/Forum/52/Topic/53240/Message/fullcredits#writers">(more)</a> </td></tr></table>

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