War Movies

FiReSTaRT · Dec 5, 2014

RetroGrouch said:
Just discovered a Russian made tank film, White Tiger. Lots of T-34s, looks pretty cool. If you liked Fury you'll probably like this.

Wasn't bad but a bit heavy on the mysticism. Liked the battle scenes and the toys, though..

Fury was more enjoyable, rock'em-sock'em action. Wouldn't nominate it for any Oscars, but will make it on my RD playlist.. With that being said, if this Canadian watched Fury, he'd say "been there, done that, got the t-shirt"

(That's David Vivian Currie)

DJM · Dec 6, 2014

Thanks for that. Embarrassingly, I had to Wiki his name, but I found a more entertaining write-up on his efforts...

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/index.cgi?id=898588118753

Princess's Man · Dec 6, 2014

Princess's Man recommends "Armadillo". One of the best war docs Princess's Man has ever seen!

It's streaming on TVO: http://tvo.org/video/162267/armadillo

[video=youtube_share;ta5tT0d86A8]http://youtu.be/ta5tT0d86A8[/video]

FiReSTaRT · Dec 6, 2014

DJM said:
Thanks for that. Embarrassingly, I had to Wiki his name, but I found a more entertaining write-up on his efforts...

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/index.cgi?id=898588118753

Nothing to be embarrassed about.. That's where I came across the article (and the image link) as I was catching up on BotW and came across a Kevin Vickers entry that linked to the other badass Sgt at Arms

Blkbny · Dec 6, 2014

If you can find a copy of "My Way" it's worth adding to your collection.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Way_(2011_film)

N3WMAN · Dec 6, 2014

Blkbny said:
If you can find a copy of "My Way" it's worth adding to your collection.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Way_(2011_film)

That's one messed up series of events.

RetroGrouch · Dec 6, 2014

FiReSTaRT said:
Wasn't bad but a bit heavy on the mysticism.

That was my favourite part of the movie. A highly original twist to a war movie.

Another impressive made in Russia film about the German invasion of WWII. Rivals many Hollywood efforts.

[video=youtube;0J_wyXGa9dc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J_wyXGa9dc[/video]

FiReSTaRT · Dec 7, 2014

I'll give it a shot.. BTW a good Afghanistan war movie, also got a bit of the weirdness, but still enjoyable even with the character portraying Jalaluddin Haqqani looking like Rambo, is 9th Company

klr_guy · Dec 7, 2014

The beast of war: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094716/

FiReSTaRT · Dec 7, 2014

klr_guy said:
The beast of war: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094716/

Was enjoyable, got it in my collection

Blkbny · Dec 7, 2014

'The Front Line' is an interesting Korean War movie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Front_Line_(2011_film)

Blkbny · Dec 7, 2014

'Downfall', Hitler's last 10 days, also good one for the collection.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downfall_(2004_film)

Blkbny · Dec 7, 2014

'Spitfire', I have this on VHS and it is pretty good, don't know if it's available on DVD.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_of_the_Few

N3WMAN · Dec 7, 2014

The Longest Day

A classic.

Battle of Britain

Battle-of-Britain-%C2%A9-Movieposter-database.jpg

A heavy hitting cast for the time. Tells the story of the pilot's morale quite well. The last scene of the movie is my favourite part.

-Maverick- · Jan 6, 2015

Restrepo:

The real thing looks a lot different than the movies.

Restrepo (full documentary): http://youtu.be/mT_Auf_v9LQ

backmarkerducati · Jan 6, 2015

There are only a few movies where Canada plays a major roll, the best of these is The Devil's Brigade IMO which is based on a true story (well a real brigade) with of course lots of artistic license... It is the story of the 1st Special Service Force--known to the Germans as the "Black Devils."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil's_Brigade_(film)

Bobo · Jan 6, 2015

RetroGrouch said:
The Rat Patrol In Color!

[video=youtube;YxcmDCo9LLI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxcmDCo9LLI[/video]

Used to love that show when I was a kid in the 60's (best f@$!ing decade ever). Did anyone notice that the Nazi officer is the same guy that plays Victor Newman on " The Young And The Restless" ?

RockerGuy · Jan 7, 2015

Not a war movie, but very informative documentary debunking some of the myths in the movie

[video=youtube;L29Wuo7NNoQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L29Wuo7NNoQ&list=WL&index=8[/video]

spray____ · Jan 7, 2015

MLadin said:
Restrepo:

The real thing looks a lot different than the movies.

Restrepo (full documentary): http://youtu.be/mT_Auf_v9LQ

There is a followup to this on Netflix now called korengal. I thought it was pretty good. Some of the interviews at the end really struck a cord, like the guy who cant stand people telling him, "you did what you had to do"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korengal

AL3RT · Jan 7, 2015

I enjoyed both: The Hurt Locker and Green Zone.

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