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Posted: 12/14/2010 3:32:24 PM EDT

For me it's " The Sand Pepples " with the one and only Steve Mcqueen

Posted: 12/14/2010 3:33:09 PM EDT

[#1]

A Bridge Too Far

Posted: 12/14/2010 3:34:16 PM EDT

[#2]

Patton

Posted: 12/14/2010 3:34:30 PM EDT

[#3]

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

Posted: 12/14/2010 3:34:40 PM EDT

[#4]

Kellys Heroes

Posted: 12/14/2010 3:34:48 PM EDT

[#5]

We Were Soldiers. And it is on Showtime right now.

Posted: 12/14/2010 3:34:49 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Patton

Posted: 12/14/2010 3:36:04 PM EDT

[#7]

Three way tie: Red Dawn, The Patriot, and Black Hawk Down.

Posted: 12/14/2010 3:37:56 PM EDT

[#8]

SPR

BHD

Posted: 12/14/2010 3:40:38 PM EDT

[#9]

The Blue Max

Posted: 12/14/2010 3:41:38 PM EDT

[#10]

Dark Blue World

Very Long Engagement

Posted: 12/14/2010 3:42:53 PM EDT

[#11]

Dark blue world, very nice movie indeed !

Posted: 12/14/2010 3:43:18 PM EDT

[#12]

Either:

12 O'clock High

-or-

Battle of Britain (with Sir Laurence Olivier)

Posted: 12/14/2010 3:45:27 PM EDT

[#13]

Passchendale

Posted: 12/14/2010 3:45:30 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
Kellys Heroes

Hell yeah! "Give the 30 cal to the hustler,he wants to be a hero" Telly savalas rocks as Big Joe!Plus the soldiers scoring some gold for themselves was cool.

Posted: 12/14/2010 3:48:17 PM EDT

[#15]

They Were Expendable

or

In Harm's Way.

"Ohhh, Rock of Ages. We got us a war. A gut bustin' mother lovin' NAVY war!!"

Posted: 12/14/2010 3:49:48 PM EDT

[#16]

Sergeant York

Posted: 12/14/2010 3:50:23 PM EDT

[#17]

THE DD...

Posted: 12/14/2010 3:51:49 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:

For me it's " The Sand Pepples " with the one and only Steve Mcqueen

You mean Sand Pebbles? That was a great movie

Posted: 12/14/2010 3:54:33 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Kellys Heroes

Hell yeah! "Give the 30 cal to the hustler,he wants to be a hero" Telly savalas rocks as Big Joe!Plus the soldiers scoring some gold for themselves was cool.

Oddball: Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?
Moriarty: Crap!

Posted: 12/14/2010 3:56:10 PM EDT

[#20]

Wanna' guess?

Posted: 12/14/2010 3:58:24 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:

Wanna' guess?

The horror.
The horror.

Posted: 12/14/2010 3:59:05 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:

Quoted:

For me it's " The Sand Pepples " with the one and only Steve Mcqueen

You mean Sand Pebbles? That was a great movie

Posted: 12/14/2010 4:01:20 PM EDT

[#23]

To Hell and Back

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Posted: 12/14/2010 4:06:53 PM EDT

[#24]

Lots of good ones, but none carry the weight of Restrepo.

Q&A of the guys who made it. Watch all of them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3pgHKqriX4&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=PLE9235F5537CCBC1F

Available on netflix streaming, and most rental places now.

Posted: 12/14/2010 4:07:57 PM EDT

[#25]

Cross of Iron

Posted: 12/14/2010 4:08:12 PM EDT

[#26]

The Siege of Fire Base Gloria.

Posted: 12/14/2010 4:09:20 PM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:
Lots of good ones, but none carry the weight of Restrepo.

Q&A of the guys who made it. Watch all of them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3pgHKqriX4&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=PLE9235F5537CCBC1F

Available on netflix streaming, and most rental places now.

Awesome film. I watched it the other night. I wonder would that be considered a movie or Documentary?

Posted: 12/14/2010 4:09:57 PM EDT

[#28]

Dr. Strangelove

Posted: 12/14/2010 4:09:58 PM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
Cross of Iron

That one.

Posted: 12/14/2010 4:10:09 PM EDT

[#30]

Nothing like a good ole 80's mercenary movie:

The Wild Geese

Posted: 12/14/2010 4:10:40 PM EDT

[#31]

In general I like WWII movies, but there is something about "The Bridges at Toko-Ri" that I really like.

Also, Black Hawk Down and Saving Private Ryan.

LC

Posted: 12/14/2010 4:11:21 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Wanna' guess?

The horror.

The horror.

You win Chef's head in your lap.

Posted: 12/14/2010 4:11:45 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:

Lots of good ones, but none carry the weight of Restrepo.

Q&A of the guys who made it. Watch all of them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3pgHKqriX4&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=PLE9235F5537CCBC1F

Available on netflix streaming, and most rental places now.

Great documentary, but not really a movie IMHO.

Posted: 12/14/2010 4:13:45 PM EDT

[#34]

FMJ, Platoon, Blackhawk down...

For Miniseries, Generation Kill, the Pacific, and Band of Brother

There are many more...but for realism I picked what I think are the best 3

Posted: 12/14/2010 4:15:39 PM EDT

[#35]

The Last Of The Mohicans.

End Scense

Posted: 12/14/2010 4:15:52 PM EDT

[#36]

Posted: 12/14/2010 4:17:23 PM EDT

[#37]

The non-war half of Full Metal Jacket.

Posted: 12/14/2010 4:23:21 PM EDT

[#38]

MASH

Posted: 12/14/2010 4:23:57 PM EDT

[#39]

WILD GEESE and the DOGS OF WAR

Posted: 12/14/2010 4:29:41 PM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Lots of good ones, but none carry the weight of Restrepo.

Q&A of the guys who made it. Watch all of them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3pgHKqriX4&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=PLE9235F5537CCBC1F

Available on netflix streaming, and most rental places now.

Great documentary, but not really a movie IMHO.

True, when I made that post I was thinking more along the lines of BHD that was mentioned above, but I guess it is more of a documentary.

Anyway, a guy got a MOH during the action that was filmed in Restrepo. His interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50RFJfUzNsY

Posted: 12/14/2010 4:31:20 PM EDT

[#41]

Black Hawk Down maybe? There are so many its impossible to say. I could tell you my favorite civil war, WWII, vietnam movies for example, but overall is tough.

Posted: 12/14/2010 4:32:46 PM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Wanna' guess?

The horror.
The horror.

You win Chef's head in your lap.

It would seem that your methods are unsound.

Posted: 12/14/2010 4:32:55 PM EDT

[#43]

Quoted:
Black Hawk Down maybe? There are so many its impossible to say. I could tell you my favorite civil war, WWII, vietnam movies for example, but overall is tough.

Nope, gota pick one. No maybe!

Posted: 12/14/2010 4:37:09 PM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Wanna' guess?

The horror.

The horror.

You win Chef's head in your lap.

It would seem that your methods are unsound.

You have a right to kill me. You have a right to do that... but you have no right to judge me.
It's impossible for words to describe what is necessary to those who do not know what horror means.

Posted: 12/14/2010 4:42:33 PM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Wanna' guess?

The horror.
The horror.

You win Chef's head in your lap.

It would seem that your methods are unsound.

You have a right to kill me. You have a right to do that... but you have no right to judge me.

It's impossible for words to describe what is necessary to those who do not know what horror means.

The heads. You're looking at the heads. Sometimes he goes too far. He's the first one to admit it.

Posted: 12/14/2010 5:57:50 PM EDT

[#46]

Probably my faves are Patton, A Bridge Too Far, and SPR I look forward to newer movies that might be in line as the tech has advanced to a great point and people are more and more trying to tell realistic stories with lots of first-hand research.