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Marine/Military Movies

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reapergm

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After seeing the Top Gun forum... I wanted to see if anyone can list some good military movies that arent the most popular. I know we can all go line for line on Full Metal and Top Gun. Any others?

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Integer

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The movie "Black Hawk Down" is definitely a keeper. The movie, about Rangers and Delta Forces fighting in Africa, has non-stop action, and a few comedic spots.

If you are wondering about realism, only a special forces veteran could speculate on the accuracy of the military life and procedures portrayed in here; but, on the other hand, the movie is based on an actual event--a specific day in the life of American troops stationed in Somalia in the early 90's.

The included "making the movie" section of the DVD is a great complement to this flick. History buffs would be well-advised to pick up a copy, if only because the US Government helped out by providing the actual helicopters, complete with crews. As another major point of realism, the actors were required to attend real government boot camps for months before shooting the flick! These 'behind the scenes' clips touch on that and also shows how the actors were prepared for each scene by actual military veterans.

Sadly, I must warn the readers that on more than one occasion, "Black Hawk Down" feels long, tedious and slightly repetitive--but this could have been done on purpose by the directors to get the "gravity of the event" across to the viewers. The movie did, however, win three Emmy's (two of which were for the audio.)

In parallel to that last positive bit is the opinion of this viewer. In the total of it all, "Black Hawk Down" is a great motivational burst of inspiration for even a non-military accustomed movie fan! ~Int

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(I apologize for going all out and writing my first ever movie review.
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chiplee

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"The Great Santini" of course

"Band of Brothers" the whole series from beginning to end is a great way to kill a weekend

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kimphil

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"Piece of Cake", a mini-series based on the book of the same name, is an excellent view. Its starts off with an RAF Hurricane squadron based in France at the beginning of the Phoney War (WWII). An American pilot with extensive experience fighting against the Luffwaffe during the Spanish Civil War joins the squadron and bumps heads with the CO as he challenges outdated RAF flying tactics.

Although they have nothing to do with aviation, two of my favorite war movies are Clint Eastwood classics: "Kelly's Heroes" and "Where Eagles Dare."

Check them out.

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farkle84

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"heartbreak ridge" , "saving private ryan", "we were soldiers", "flight of the intruder". just to name a few
 

E5B

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Any Clint Eastwood movie will work! I have almost all of them. Y'all ever hear of BAT-21. A Vietnam pilot gets shot down and tries to make it home.

Windtalkers is a great movie.

FireFox is good one for aviation-types. Clint Eastwood tries to sneak into Russia and steal a Russian style SR-71 type bird.

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Jolly Roger

Yes. I am a Pirate.
Originally posted by E5B
Y'all ever hear of BAT-21. A Vietnam pilot gets shot down and tries to make it home.

If I recall BAT-21 is based upon a true story.

I can't believe none you Marines (and Marine gonna-bes) didn't mention the Sands of Iwo Jima or the Flying Leathernecks!

Some others worth mentioning:

Big Red One
Twelve O'Clock High
Platoon
Patton
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Midway
The Longest Day
Hart's War
Bridges of Toko Ri
The Fighting Lady
Gettysburg
Gods and Generals
The Patriot


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kimphil

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Forgot to mention, another Kubrick movie (Full Metal Jacket always has to be mentioned) that must be seen is "Dr. Strangelove." Funny stuff.

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Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women!
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BigWorm

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Not many people seem to know about Bravo Two Zero. A movie based off true story of British Special Forces in Gulf War/Game 1. It has some good squad level tactics, and then some other funny lyrics. A little hard to follow at times, the damn English Accents are freakin heavy. Also, one of those movies, where if you read the book first, the movie sucks, but otherwise a good flick.
 

splendid_splinter

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hey jolly roger.. i think the idea was to name good movies.. not just any and every war movie you've heard of.

deerhunter is one of the best.
 

Jolly Roger

Yes. I am a Pirate.
Originally posted by splendid_splinter
hey jolly roger.. i think the idea was to name good movies.. not just any and every war movie you've heard of.

I got the idea and that is what I did, if I had wanted to name all that I have heard of the list would be far to long to post.

The fact is these are movies that I watched, enjoyed, and deemed good by my tastes. Sorry if I have watched quite a few war movies.

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