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Posted: 1/17/2015 12:44:58 PM EDT
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Fury, The Pacific, Act of Valor
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Posted: 1/17/2015 12:45:51 PM EDT
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Fury
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Posted: 1/17/2015 12:46:12 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/17/2015 12:46:24 PM EDT
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Fury, The Pacific, Act of Valor Oh now you done it 
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Posted: 1/17/2015 12:48:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We were soldiers, Blackhawk Down, and (I hate to say it) Saving Private Ryan are probably the best that I can recall. I'm so jaded against war movies these days, it's hard to interest me due to all the derp. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I went and saw American Sniper at the theater last night, I liked it. Granted I don't nit pick every detail about movies. Before that the last war movie I liked was We Were Soldiers, before that one Black Hawk Down. We were soldiers, Blackhawk Down, and (I hate to say it) Saving Private Ryan are probably the best that I can recall. I'm so jaded against war movies these days, it's hard to interest me due to all the derp. |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 12:51:18 PM EDT
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'Fury' was good
I haven't seen 'American Sniper' yet |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 12:57:03 PM EDT
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Band of Brothers is the best IMHO. I have watched the series at least 20 times, read the book and subsequent books by various Easy co members. I think it captured the men and what they went thru better than most. The interviews with some of the remaining living members at the time was awesome. I have not watched anything that can I can compare since, maybe Black Hawk Down but the book was much better.
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Posted: 1/17/2015 12:59:33 PM EDT
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Lone Survivor was pretty good.
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Posted: 1/17/2015 12:59:42 PM EDT
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I know Band of Brothers isn't a movie, but it is the leading candidate by which all others should be measured. SPR is a very close second though. ETA: Although casting "Ross" as Captain Sobel was a fucking epic fail IMO. Are you kidding? He was phenomenal in that. Easily the best performance of his career. |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 1:02:49 PM EDT
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Are you kidding? He was phenomenal in that. Easily the best performance of his career. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I know Band of Brothers isn't a movie, but it is the leading candidate by which all others should be measured. SPR is a very close second though. ETA: Although casting "Ross" as Captain Sobel was a fucking epic fail IMO. Are you kidding? He was phenomenal in that. Easily the best performance of his career. I have to agree, they needed to cast a Douche and he fit the role like a glove. Very easy to hate him. One of the best parts... 
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Posted: 1/17/2015 1:03:59 PM EDT
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Edge of Tomorrow
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Posted: 1/17/2015 1:06:35 PM EDT
[#12]
Fury, I liked it a lot, especially when they were changing track.
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Posted: 1/17/2015 1:09:42 PM EDT
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Fury
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Posted: 1/17/2015 1:11:08 PM EDT
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Fury |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 1:13:41 PM EDT
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Last time I saw a great war movie was Saving Private Ryan.
I don't remember anything in between. |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 1:21:26 PM EDT
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I know Band of Brothers isn't a movie, but it is the leading candidate by which all others should be measured. SPR is a very close second though. ETA: Although casting "Ross" as Captain Sobel was a fucking epic fail IMO. The guy was a dead ringer, visually, for the real Sobel. One of my favorites is Stalag 17. |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 1:22:05 PM EDT
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Windtalkers.  Yikes... |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 1:22:52 PM EDT
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We Were Soldiers...i havent seen any of the recent ones That really was a great movie. |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 1:27:51 PM EDT
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"ETA: Although casting "Ross" as Captain Sobel was a fucking epic fail IMO." Actually since he was supposed to be playing a giant Douchebag, I thought it was pretty good casting! I also think David Schwimmer did a great job in Band of Brothers. |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 1:35:09 PM EDT
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I'll put a plug in for Act of Valor. The movie as a whole was only okay, but some of the action scenes are great. When I just want to watch a few minutes of good movie combat scenes, I put it on.
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Posted: 1/17/2015 1:38:35 PM EDT
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Easy. "Unbroken."
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Posted: 1/17/2015 3:52:25 PM EDT
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The guy was a dead ringer, visually, for the real Sobel. One of my favorites is Stalag 17. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I know Band of Brothers isn't a movie, but it is the leading candidate by which all others should be measured. SPR is a very close second though. ETA: Although casting "Ross" as Captain Sobel was a fucking epic fail IMO. The guy was a dead ringer, visually, for the real Sobel. One of my favorites is Stalag 17. I don't recall, what was the conflict between Sobel and the others? I haven't watched that series in a long while. |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 3:58:29 PM EDT
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I really enjoyed Beneath Hill 60 too.
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Posted: 1/17/2015 4:01:31 PM EDT
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Old style war movies.To Hell and Back, 1955. Audie Murphy. I guess current war movies keep looking for meaning and other nuances.
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Posted: 1/17/2015 4:09:32 PM EDT
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Fury and Unbroken were both very good.
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Posted: 1/17/2015 4:14:23 PM EDT
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I just watched "Unbroken".
It reminded me of my grandfather's stoic attitude toward his captors after having survived the Bataan Death March only to arrive at a camp where he remained until the POW liberation over three years later. He never said anything nice or untoward about them, but I knew he was not indifferent. It was as though whatever he was thinking about when related topics came up, was simply beyond the capacity of others to understand and seemingly not worth discussing. I assumed this was because it would probably be meaningless to attempt to express to others what his point of view was with words. Overall, he was a quiet man with a very calm and reasonable disposition, but I also sensed that his apparent composure was very deliberate.. almost vigilant. |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 4:56:53 PM EDT
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I know Band of Brothers isn't a movie, but it is the leading candidate by which all others should be measured. SPR is a very close second though. ETA: Although casting "Ross" as Captain Sobel was a fucking epic fail IMO. I never watched the show he was in. Friends? So it never bothered me as I hadn't known him from any where else. |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 5:05:41 PM EDT
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Fury is great! Best since Black Hawk Down and Saving Private Ryan IMO |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 5:06:27 PM EDT
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I actually liked American Sniper.
Black Hawk Down was the last war movie before that I actually liked. Even though i absolutely hated the movie, the ending of the Hurt Locker was really good. Now if only the other 2 hours hadn't been the biggest piece of crap filmed. Jarhead gets a close second. Fuck that movie. And the book. Act of Valor: man respect to the guys in it. But as a movie, it was just pretty ridiculous. Not a total waste of time, but after about the first 30 minutes of headshots, I got the idea. still need to see Fury and Lone Survivor |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 5:07:01 PM EDT
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Fury was pretty good. Until the very end, in which case it totally jumped the shark... |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 5:12:04 PM EDT
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toss up between Kelly's Heroes and 1941
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Posted: 1/17/2015 5:21:35 PM EDT
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Patton
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Posted: 1/17/2015 5:25:30 PM EDT
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Fury was surprisingly good, IMO. I want to see Unbroken next, the book was excellent.
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Posted: 1/17/2015 6:00:16 PM EDT
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I also think David Schwimmer did a great job in Band of Brothers. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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"ETA: Although casting "Ross" as Captain Sobel was a fucking epic fail IMO." Actually since he was supposed to be playing a giant Douchebag, I thought it was pretty good casting! I also think David Schwimmer did a great job in Band of Brothers. Sobel: That motorcycle is army property Sgt Guarnere. That might not mean anything to you, but it means something to me. Understood? Guarnere: Yes sir Captain Next scene Guarnere drinking beer laughing while driving away on motercycle. Guarnere on a visit supporting our boys in kuwait. Holding sweet gold 
My favorite episode is Bastone when they featured Eugene Roe the medic. Also I really liked the Episode crossroads. Both of those episodes were amazing. The whole series was incredible. Some one already mentioned the interviews of the elder vets. There are not many of them left. Richard Winters RIP. The real picture should have been first. 
Grandfather were you a hero in the war, No grandson but I served in a company of heros. |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 6:01:58 PM EDT
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Are you kidding? He was phenomenal in that. Easily the best performance of his career. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I know Band of Brothers isn't a movie, but it is the leading candidate by which all others should be measured. SPR is a very close second though. ETA: Although casting "Ross" as Captain Sobel was a fucking epic fail IMO. Are you kidding? He was phenomenal in that. Easily the best performance of his career. I have to agree, in fact that first episode showing Sobel and the paratrooper training is my hands down favorite. |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 6:10:49 PM EDT
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Driving Miss Daisy, and I was a space shuttle door gunner/drop ship trooper
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Posted: 1/17/2015 6:22:54 PM EDT
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Enemy at the Gates wasn`t that bad,and I kinda liked Stalingrad Snipers
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Posted: 1/17/2015 6:24:51 PM EDT
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I don't recall, what was the conflict between Sobel and the others? I haven't watched that series in a long while. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I know Band of Brothers isn't a movie, but it is the leading candidate by which all others should be measured. SPR is a very close second though. ETA: Although casting "Ross" as Captain Sobel was a fucking epic fail IMO. The guy was a dead ringer, visually, for the real Sobel. One of my favorites is Stalag 17. I don't recall, what was the conflict between Sobel and the others? I haven't watched that series in a long while. Well, you obviously need to correct that. It's on Amazon Prime if you have that. Lots of good movies listed here. I'll add The Great Raid. |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 6:27:39 PM EDT
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I liked American Sniper. I wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did. Fury was good too.
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Posted: 1/17/2015 6:28:22 PM EDT
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I just watched "Unbroken". It reminded me of my grandfather's stoic attitude toward his captors after having survived the Bataan Death March only to arrive at a camp where he remained until the POW liberation over three years later. He never said anything nice or untoward about them, but I knew he was not indifferent. It was as though whatever he was thinking about when related topics came up, was simply beyond the capacity of others to understand and seemingly not worth discussing. I assumed this was because it would probably be meaningless to attempt to express to others what his point of view was with words. Overall, he was a quiet man with a very calm and reasonable disposition, but I also sensed that his apparent composure was very deliberate.. almost vigilant. I just watched it as well. Cinematically, a beautiful film ! I enjoyed it overall, though the shark mealtime scene - Fucking Awesome !! |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 6:31:21 PM EDT
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One of my bosses awhile back was an Army tanker and he went on talking about tanks. I always kinda half listened not knowing anything about tanks or tank strategy.
I regret not listening closer and asking questions after watching Fury. |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 6:40:38 PM EDT
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Edge of Tomorrow. I watched it again yesterday. Emily Blunt...
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Posted: 1/17/2015 6:46:17 PM EDT
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I'm a big fan of the movie Gettysburg. When it first came out I went to see it on the big screen. It gains a whole new level of intensity in a movie theater. The movie was so long it had an intermission and during the intermission the crowd did a lot of talking. At the end of the movie after Pickett's Charge everyone got up and left the theater without speaking a word, It had that much of an effect on the crowd. It would have been irreverent to say anything. The same feeling I get every time I actually visit the battlefield.
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Posted: 1/17/2015 6:53:23 PM EDT
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I haven't seen American Sniper yet, but I really liked Fury
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Posted: 1/17/2015 7:19:48 PM EDT
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Not a war movie per say but I just watched the Vietnam part of Forest Gump, always like that part of the movie.
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Posted: 1/17/2015 7:33:17 PM EDT
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Enemy at the Gates wasn`t that bad,and I kinda liked Stalingrad Snipers Quote HistoryQuoted:
Enemy at the Gates wasn`t that bad,and I kinda liked Stalingrad Snipers Enemy at the Gates had one of the WORST sex scenes in cinematic history Quoted:
Not a war movie per say but I just watched the Vietnam part of Forest Gump, always like that part of the movie. My stepdad said that outside of Platoon, it was the most terrifyingly realistic depictions of an ambush in Vietnam |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 7:34:49 PM EDT
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The last one I really liked was Act of Valor. American Sniper- meh
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Posted: 1/17/2015 7:40:12 PM EDT
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Enemy at the Gates had one of the WORST sex scenes in cinematic history My stepdad said that outside of Platoon, it was the most terrifyingly realistic depictions of an ambush in Vietnam Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Enemy at the Gates wasn`t that bad,and I kinda liked Stalingrad Snipers Enemy at the Gates had one of the WORST sex scenes in cinematic history Quoted:
Not a war movie per say but I just watched the Vietnam part of Forest Gump, always like that part of the movie. My stepdad said that outside of Platoon, it was the most terrifyingly realistic depictions of an ambush in Vietnam I totally believe it! |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 7:44:05 PM EDT
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American Sniper. Prior to that, Fury. This. |
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Posted: 1/17/2015 7:58:18 PM EDT
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American Sniper followed by Edge of Tomorrow.
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