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O/T Best war film ever?

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  1. boltontiger

    boltontiger Well-Known Member

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    Zulu, Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers are epic.

    So many others worth a mention. Dambusters, Camp on Blood Island, From Here to Eternity,,Longest Day, Battle of the Bulge among them.
     
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  2. Der Alte

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    Some great films - just remembered "Kanal" a Polish film about resistance fighters in Warsaw who try to escape through the sewers. A really harrowing film.
     
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  3. Quill

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    [video=youtube;HSWtc01BlqM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSWtc01BlqM[/video]

    Best film ending ever imo.
     
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  4. HullCityAFC1904

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    One thing about Das Boot that is great too other than the series/film itself is that the dubbed version is just as good as the original as they used the German actors who actually played the roles to speak their lines in English. The bit where the engineer goes crazy is one of my favourite film scenes of any genre
     
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  5. John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.

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    Great film that, and i have been in the bar in Alex (Cecil Hotel) where that last scene was filmed and met the bar man in the film, who was still working there.
     
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  6. The Omega Man

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    I do love this film but I don't ever consider it a war film, just one set in the war. I always look for the land rovers in the background when hey go into the bar.
     
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    agree with Stan
     
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  8. Der Alte

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    Certainly a great film - definitely one of my favourite books and I never thought it could ever be made into a film. Made a pretty good job of it really
     
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  9. John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.

    John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. Well-Known Member

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    I know what you mean Mel, pity the bar man was Muslim and didn't drink, as he could have made a fortune people buying drinks for him.
     
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  10. originallambrettaman

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    Best war film - Apocalypse Now.

    Best film set during a war - Schindler's List.

    Special mention for The Boy In Striped Pyjamas.
     
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  11. Fez

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    I think that's Phil Browns as well :emoticon-0102-bigsm

    Whoops, here they come :emoticon-0107-sweat
     
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  12. PLT

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    Star Wars I-VI.
     
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    Stanlrey Kubrick Paths of Glory with Kirk Douglas about First World War.Closing scene sums war up
     
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  14. Fez

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    Some might argue the war was won in North Africa
     
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  15. The Omega Man

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    Number one war film.....The Sound of Music
     
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  16. Craigo

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    A few more to think about:
    Cross of Iron
    Oh What A Lovely War
    Tora Tora Tora

    Set in war:
    The Pianist
    Defiance
    Downfall
    Edit; Nearly forgot - God On Trial
     
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  17. Fez

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    Was struggling trying to decide between Apocolypse Now and Lawrence of Arabia and then I realised just how many times I have seen the beginning of my favourite film and thought I would just watch it for a while and then 3 hours later The Longest Day finished 'click click'.

    Zulu may have snuck in but the war was a bit of a bore! <doh> <sorry>
     
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  18. Hank Scorpio

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    The joke doesn't even work. The Boer war was later.
     
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  19. originallambrettaman

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    I just remembered Defiance, Daniel Craig as one of three Jewish brothers who save whole communities from Belarus(true story), fantastic film.
     
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  20. Craigo

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    Beat you to it old boy.
     
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