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Title: top military movies...
Post by: YOSP on May 24, 2007, 10:44:07 AM
What is your favorite military movie/TV show??

Movie: Black Hawk Down
TV Show: McHales Navy (this is how I picture the Navy! ;D)

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Post by: Paul on May 24, 2007, 10:45:21 AM
Flag of our Fathers
We Were Soldiers
Sand of Iwo Jima , of course
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Post by: PBurke on May 24, 2007, 10:50:02 AM
where to start?

Full Metal Jacket
Top Gun (for the surround sound aspect)
Enemy at the Gates
Band of Brothers
G.I. Jane   demi is hot :@` :@`
do i really need to keep going?
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Post by: YOSP on May 24, 2007, 10:50:21 AM
Also, FULL METAL JACKET, I didn't care too much for it though after the boot camp first 1/2 of the movie...

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Post by: schro on May 24, 2007, 10:55:35 AM
Military Movie: Stripes. The realism is incredible.

TV: M*A*S*H
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Post by: BALDANDRE on May 24, 2007, 11:00:12 AM
Platoon and Full Metal Jacket...like YOSP, I used to only like the bootcamp first part...then after seein' it a couple more times , I really like the whole movie  O0
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Post by: MagmaBabe on May 24, 2007, 11:33:23 AM
I can't believe that noone has mentioned 'Apocalypse Now' !! it's a classic! :o
and yeah, Platoon and definitely Full Metal Jacket.
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Post by: BALDANDRE on May 24, 2007, 11:36:10 AM
I can't believe that noone has mentioned 'Apocalypse Now' !! it's a classic! :o
and yeah, Platoon and definitely Full Metal Jacket.


Opps, my bad! :-\
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Post by: Paul on May 24, 2007, 11:39:00 AM
Also, FULL METAL JACKET, I didn't care too much for it though after the boot camp first 1/2 of the movie...



You're right there, 2nd half is sh$t.  First half though gives me flashbacks :x!
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Post by: MagmaBabe on May 24, 2007, 11:39:39 AM
do we got a parrot in the house?  ;D >:D

Grrr!! well that makes this post obsolete!! :P :D
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Post by: KALBO on May 24, 2007, 03:16:44 PM
Men of Honor O0
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Does Top Gun count?  Not a real favorite, but didn't it do more for Air Force recruiting than it did for the Navy?
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Post by: BaldRob on May 24, 2007, 04:03:31 PM
Along with the others...

Heartbreak Ridge
Patton
Guns of Navarrone
Bridge over the River Kwai
Navy SEALS
The Green Berets
The Fighting Seabees
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Post by: PigPen on May 24, 2007, 04:30:56 PM
Hamburger Hill

And every single other movie you all mentioned. Didn't see this one though.
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Post by: Kajun on May 24, 2007, 04:38:20 PM
platoon
we were soldiers
top gun
FMJ
hunt for red october
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Post by: Tyler on May 24, 2007, 04:39:13 PM
Top Gun is my absolute favorite movie from an entertainment perspective.

My favorite military TV show was Over There, but was canceled right before they aired the last episode.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_There_(TV_series) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_There_(TV_series))
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Post by: wpruitt on May 24, 2007, 08:45:32 PM
Movies:
Band of Brothers
Bridge over the River Kwai (and for more realism than the movie, read Through the Valley of the Kwai
Sergeant York
Patton
MacArthur
 TV
M*A*S*H*
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Post by: Tyler on May 24, 2007, 11:35:03 PM
I forgot about Band of Brothers...that series kicks butt!
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Post by: MagmaBabe on May 25, 2007, 01:02:02 AM
oooh yeah...I like Saving Private Ryan too  :)
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Post by: Deadbob on May 25, 2007, 01:31:03 AM
Full Metal Jacket... when i was in the reserves, I shined my boots to that movie! Before I joined, i thought the boot camp half was intense... after living through Marine boot camp, I find Gunny Hartman VERY Comical :*)) I have yet to have a girlfriend that could see the humor in the gunny's ass chewings!

Band of Brothers... I ordered HBO JUST for that series!

Kelly's Hero's... LMAO! you have to watch the movie to understand

Major Payne... I'm not a Wayans brothers fan... but anyone that has spent time in the Marines will find true humor in this movie
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Post by: Blagadan on May 25, 2007, 11:32:00 AM
I love military movies...

Saving Private Ryan (cos I was an extra in it. seriously!)
Heartbreak Ridge
Sniper
Das Boot

All the Vietnam ones, Hamburger Hill, Platoon, Full metal Jacket, Born on the Fourth of July

And a whole bunch of others.

p.s. Streamers, the play by David Rabe.  Saw it years ago when I was just a young fella and thought it was brilliant.
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Post by: Stu on May 25, 2007, 11:58:27 AM
Lots of good suggestions so far.  Here is a twist... a multiple academy award winning movie about 3 soldiers returning from WWII and their struggles to readjust to civilian life.

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Years-Our-Lives/dp/0792846133/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-8327906-0850366?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1180115536&sr=8-1

Blagadan, Saving Private Ryan was the first DVD I purchased... unbelievably realistic.  The first half hour was unreal.  It was my understanding that D-Day vets were awestruck -- it was just as they remembered storming the beaches.  Where did you appear in the movie?  I may have to watch this again since it is Memorial Day weekend.  Band of Brothers is also excellent.  It is amazing listening to how humble those guys are, even to this day... a different time to be sure.
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Post by: Professor Melon on May 25, 2007, 12:01:56 PM
 :/O Has anyone seen Stone Cold Steve Austin's "The Condemned"? Is it worth tracking? Professor Melon
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Post by: frostillicus123 on May 26, 2007, 11:11:17 AM
GI JOE, yes that's right it's a cartoon but it's still my favorite. The only thing i didn't like was they never mentioned canada and we're the good guys too you know.
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Post by: YOSP on May 26, 2007, 05:05:08 PM
GI JOE, yes that's right it's a cartoon but it's still my favorite. The only thing i didn't like was they never mentioned canada and we're the good guys too you know.

I loved GI Joe as a kid O0
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Post by: Blagadan on May 26, 2007, 06:45:07 PM
The first half hour was unreal.  It was my understanding that D-Day vets were awestruck -- it was just as they remembered storming the beaches.

We spent 3 days shooting scenes that never made it into the film because they involved Shermans on the beach.  I was lying on the sand when a Sherman rolled by firing machine guns. It was one of the most thrilling moments of my life feeling the earth shudder as the tank went past firing.  It's hard to imagine what it must have been like for real though!  I've so much respect for those who went through that.

Where did you appear in the movie?

Unfortunately you only see me on the big screen. I'm a small figure at the end of a line walking in to the camp on the beach head near the start of the film. On DVD/video the viewing area (for want of a better term) is smaller so i get cut off.  Bastards!  There goes my 15 minutes of fame.
The opening scenes were done on a beach in the South East of Ireland.  All of the extras were Army Reserves, I recognise a lot of the faces on the beach and sitting around the camp.
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Post by: tomgallagher on May 26, 2007, 07:59:22 PM
Firebase Gloria.
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Post by: ar3inc on May 28, 2007, 12:47:20 PM
There are so many good ones out there, many already mention, but a few that just never get old, Blackhawk Down (even thought they change the factual events) Glory, Braveheart, We Were Soldiers.
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Post by: ar3inc on May 28, 2007, 12:58:23 PM
Snap I forgot  :/O, Garden of Stone.
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Post by: BaldRob on May 28, 2007, 08:50:57 PM
Snap I forgot  :/O, Garden of Stone.

 :'(
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Post by: frostillicus123 on May 28, 2007, 10:30:46 PM
GI JOE, yes that's right it's a cartoon but it's still my favorite. The only thing i didn't like was they never mentioned canada and we're the good guys too you know.

I loved GI Joe as a kid O0

Dude I meant as an adult
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Post by: ar3inc on May 29, 2007, 12:37:41 AM
:'(

Are you meaning that it's a sad movie?
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Post by: BaldRob on May 29, 2007, 08:38:04 AM
:'(

Are you meaning that it's a sad movie?

Very...
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Post by: Stanley on May 29, 2007, 03:49:11 PM
The Thin Red Line
Paths Of Glory
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Full Metal Jacket
The Deer Hunter
Title: Re: top military movies...
Post by: ar3inc on May 30, 2007, 07:11:24 PM
The Thin Red Line
Paths Of Glory
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Full Metal Jacket
The Deer Hunter

Argg... I also forgot the Deer Hunter >:[ 
Good list Stanley!
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Post by: barberette on June 08, 2008, 12:24:17 PM
FULL METAL JACKET  without a doubt! I especially love the boot camp part, I own the movie and watch it quite often.  Stanley Kubrick is a genius.
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Post by: Pshrynk on June 08, 2008, 10:08:17 PM
In my limited collection

Where Eagles Dare
Patton
The Guns of Navarone
MASH
Bridge over the River Kwai
The Great Escape
Black Hawk Down
The Flying Leathernecks
The Hunt for Red October
The Patriot
Gallipoli
All Quiet on the Western Front *** one of my my all time favorites
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Post by: tomgallagher on June 09, 2008, 08:06:01 AM
Pork Chop Hill
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Post by: JDog on June 09, 2008, 08:40:32 AM
We Were Soldiers-all time favorite.
Platoon
Thin Red Line
Apocalypse Now
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Post by: RICKYBOBBY74 on July 20, 2008, 04:05:12 PM
borderline military movie....the  great escape
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Post by: Marz on July 21, 2008, 02:10:58 PM
I agree with you all that said Full Metal Jacket, Saving Private Ryan, The Great Escape, The Bridge Over the River Kwai and Apocolypse Now.

has anyone mentioned -
The Dirty Dozen
Taps (I know its a military academy movie technically.. but..)
The Big Red One
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Post by: hammerdrill376 on July 21, 2008, 02:33:01 PM
1. Full Metal Jacket

2. Gods and Generals

3. Platoon

4. Glory

5. Saving Private Ryan
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Post by: buddy on July 21, 2008, 07:17:33 PM
TORA-TORA-TORA (Japanise and American's colaberated together on this movie)
In Harms Way
The Longest Day
The Green Beret's
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Post by: OneOfTheFew on July 24, 2008, 12:55:32 AM
Here is my top 10 military movie list ...

1. Full Metal Jacket

2. Das Boot

3. Saving Private Ryan

4. Black Hawk Down

5. Patton

6. Schindler's List - ? concidered military movie?

7. Letters from Iwo Jima

8. Top Gun

9. Navy Seals

10. Red Dawn


TV shows
Over There - this series was the best, I have no Idea why it was cancelled

Generation Kill - Now runnign on HBO

Band Of Brothers - My old mans uncle was in Easy Company when the jumped in Normandy and  fought in the rest of the battles witgh Easy.. Paul "Frenchy" Lamoureux.  Sadly he passed a few years ago...



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Post by: zzaapp on August 19, 2008, 07:52:59 PM
In Harm's Way  (what can I say, I'm a Navy guy)

Blackhawk Down  (I chuckled at the scene where the two guys were looking at the sunrise over the sea, and one said to the other, "If it weren't for the war, this would be a great place for a vacation."  My wife asked why I thought that was funny.  I told her that years ago, I had the same conversation with a guy in DaNang.)
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Post by: Cochise on June 04, 2011, 04:53:08 AM
A world war two submarine movie called
Das Boot
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Post by: theman on November 11, 2012, 11:44:59 AM
Along with the others...

Heartbreak Ridge
Patton
Guns of Navarrone
Bridge over the River Kwai
Navy SEALS
The Green Berets
The Fighting Seabees
Good choices, I also have other's but  O0 thanks guys , brother's for your service !  This is your weekend !
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Post by: Blitzed on November 22, 2012, 11:54:19 PM
Another vote for "All Quiet On The Western Front" a film I'm constantly afraid they'll try to remake....but jazz it up with CGI effects.
I don't know if this qualifies as a war picture but, "Night of The Generals" and another one during war, "Where Eagles Dare". (The last is memorable as in it Mary Ure says to Richard Burton, "You're getting too old for this kind of thing...".)
And there's one from the fifties with, of all people, Tab Hunter the name of which I cannot remember.
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Post by: tomgallagher on November 23, 2012, 07:19:25 AM
"Hurt Locker", "BlackHawk Down" and am looking forward to "Zero Dark Thirty". For my Commonwealth mates the movie "Zulu" has always amazed me and to think it is a true story.
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Post by: Doctor X on November 23, 2012, 01:53:26 PM
I really liked Act of Valor (With the real Navy Seals in the roles). Very accurate too, except for part of one scene.
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Post by: eric79 on January 12, 2013, 09:17:45 PM
We Were Soldiers, The Patriot, Patton, Glory, Hunt for Red October, Mr Roberts, The Longest Day

Band of Brothers, The Unit

Eric   
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Post by: ThePangolin on November 07, 2016, 06:18:43 AM
Im not sure if these count, but some of my favorite war/military films are:

American Sniper
The Sniper 1
The Sniper 2
The Sniper 3

Other semi military films i like are:

Jason Bourne (all of them)
White House Down
Homefront
The Punisher (All of them)

I like the ex-military films where a man is force from retirement to settle or defend something or someone. Not much into complete military imitations like MASH and Band Of Brothers etc.
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Post by: Tyler on January 01, 2017, 03:24:33 PM
I recently saw 13 Hours. That was a good movie.
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Post by: Wil87 on January 03, 2017, 08:45:56 AM
I enjoyed Lone Survivor with Mark Walhberg. Not sure how accurate it is but it certainly had me on edge.

There is a Christopher Nolan film called Dunkirk with Tom Hardy that is due out July in the UK, very much looking forward to that.
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Post by: wpruitt on January 03, 2017, 04:52:02 PM
The two mini-series, "Band of Brothers" and "Pacific"
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Post by: Paul on January 31, 2017, 10:11:40 AM
We Were Soldiers
Sands of Iwo Jima
Memphis Belle
Letters from Iwo
Into the White
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Post by: wpruitt on January 31, 2017, 05:20:58 PM
A good view is Air Force (1943).  It's an early war movie made for propaganda purposes (ie:  build up the morale on the home front).