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#15
by
wpruitt
on 24 May, 2007 20:45
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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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#16
by
Tyler
on 24 May, 2007 23:35
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I forgot about Band of Brothers...that series kicks butt!
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#17
by
MagmaBabe
on 25 May, 2007 01:02
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oooh yeah...I like Saving Private Ryan too
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#18
by
Deadbob
on 25 May, 2007 01:31
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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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#19
by
Blagadan
on 25 May, 2007 11:32
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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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#20
by
Stu
on 25 May, 2007 11:58
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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=8-1Blagadan, 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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#21
by
Professor Melon
on 25 May, 2007 12:01
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Has anyone seen Stone Cold Steve Austin's "The Condemned"? Is it worth tracking? Professor Melon
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#22
by
frostillicus123
on 26 May, 2007 11:11
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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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#23
by
YOSP
on 26 May, 2007 17:05
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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
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#24
by
Blagadan
on 26 May, 2007 18:45
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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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#25
by
tomgallagher
on 26 May, 2007 19:59
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Firebase Gloria.
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#26
by
ar3inc
on 28 May, 2007 12:47
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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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#27
by
ar3inc
on 28 May, 2007 12:58
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Snap I forgot
, Garden of Stone.
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#28
by
BaldRob
on 28 May, 2007 20:50
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Snap I forgot , Garden of Stone.
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#29
by
frostillicus123
on 28 May, 2007 22:30
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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
Dude I meant as an adult