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Old 01/26/2007, 08:48 AM
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Behind Enemy Lines was pretty cool.
I second that.

Tears of the Sun is another good one.
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Old 01/26/2007, 09:13 AM
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Wow, we're getting a good list here. Lots of old movies that I had watched in my younger days and forgotten about.
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Old 01/26/2007, 10:37 AM
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To Hell and Back
Starship Troopers (SciFi, but a lot of good battle scenes)
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Old 01/26/2007, 04:31 PM
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The Birdmen.

I remember liking this movie, but I was also in Junior High School at the time. Don't know if I would like it now or not. They escaped the POW camp by building a glider.
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Old 01/26/2007, 06:03 PM
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I have most of these in my DVD/video collection. Most of these are very good films. Heres a few more;
Zulu
Gettysburg
Memphis Belle

Playing in theaters now are Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima, Clint Eastwoods companion films about Iwo. Although not technically war movies Schlindler's List and Hotel Rwanda are also very good.
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Old 01/26/2007, 06:10 PM
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Sand Pebbles, an old favorite. Most of the good ones have been named.
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Old 01/26/2007, 06:30 PM
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Sand Pebbles, an old favorite.
That was a classic for sure. Windtalkers and Kingdom of Heavan are a few more.
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Old 01/26/2007, 07:07 PM
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Kahuna, Zulu ROCKS!!!!!
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Old 01/26/2007, 07:48 PM
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Odd, but I got the same sort of feeling watching Zulu that I got watching Gettysburg -- both great movies. I was just overwhelmed with the bravery and valor of the Zulus and the Confederate soldiers when, near the end of both movies, they mount charge after charge, facing certain death. Incredible.

FWIW, I'm an army brat. Dad landed at Normandy in WW2. Later I was born on a U.S. military installation in France. We were on Okinawa in the '60's. Mom was a nurse at the Army hospital there where soldiers were evac'd from Vietnam -- she saw a lot of tragedy. I don't love war, but I sure respect the people who willingly sacrifice in defense of our freedoms.
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Old 01/26/2007, 10:30 PM
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Oh, man! I forgot "PT-109."
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Old 01/27/2007, 05:06 PM
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Platoon is so great i have seen that movie like 30+ times hah. Full Metal Jacket is sweet too.
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Old 01/28/2007, 10:38 PM
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a little off the track of the "normal war movie" genre
as if there is such a thing as a normal war movie...?

Red Dawn
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Old 01/29/2007, 12:44 AM
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A few others;
Hope & Glory
Mister Roberts
Stalingrad
The Enemy Below
Windtalkers
Flags of our Fathers just came out on DVD, haven't seen it yet but hear it's quite good.
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Old 01/29/2007, 01:06 AM
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Last Samurai, in spite of his cruisliness
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Old 01/29/2007, 09:19 AM
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We were Soldiers K19, Gods and Generals, and many many of the ones listed before. I cant wait for Flags of our Fathers to come out, i thought it wasnt out till the second of feburary. I just got through reading the book for the second time.
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Old 01/29/2007, 10:21 AM
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Old 01/30/2007, 05:22 AM
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Yeah, Enemy at the Gates is really good.
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Old 01/30/2007, 11:38 AM
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A classic, although probably not what you're looking for

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Old 01/30/2007, 02:28 PM
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Flying Leathernecks. Fighting Seabees (John Wayne)
The Desert Rats (Humphrey Bogart)
Midway
for Comedy Operation Petticoat
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Old 01/30/2007, 03:11 PM
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Not fictional, but the World at War DVD series made in the 60's (?) is well worth the time. If you haven't heard of it, it's a 26 volume BBC series. I used to use selected pieces of it when I taught high school US History. Very moving.
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Old 01/30/2007, 08:21 PM
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The Outlaw Josie Wales
Dr Strangelove
The Alamo
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Old 01/30/2007, 08:55 PM
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The Outlaw Josie Wales is my favorite movie of all time.
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Old 01/30/2007, 09:04 PM
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Sounds like a regular cure all. How's it work on whites?
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Old 01/30/2007, 09:12 PM
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I read the book. Very interesting story.
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Old 01/30/2007, 10:54 PM
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A Midnight Clear was good.
Bat 21
Henry V for the battle at agincourt.
 
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