On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 20:09:26 -0000, Stone me wrote:
>"TT" wrote in message
>news:pv9ln.12923$pL1.23@uutiset.elisa.fi...
>> Here are my 35 war films better than Hurt Locker:
>>
>>
>> Cross of Iron (1977) 10
>> Das Boot (1981) 10
>> Kelly's Heroes (1970) 10
>> Glory (1989) 9
>> Southern Comfort (1981) 9
>> The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 9
>> Tuntematon sotilas (1955) 9
>> 300 (2006) 8
>> Casualties of War (1989) 8
>> Enemy at the Gates (2001) 8
>> Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8
>> Heartbreak Ridge (1986) 8
>> Paths of Glory (1957) 8
>> Rukaj?rven tie (1999) 8
>> Stripes (1981) 8
>> The Deer Hunter (1978) 8
>> The Dirty Dozen (1967) 8
>> The Eagle Has Landed (1976) 8
>> The Guns of Navarone (1961) 8
>> The Killing Fields (1984) 8
>> The Train (1964) 8
>> Where Eagles Dare (1968) 8
>> Apocalypse Now (1979) 7
>> Behind Enemy Lines (2001) 7
>> Black Hawk Down (2001) 7
>> From Here to Eternity (1953) 7
>> Gunga Din (1939) 7
>> Hanover Street (1979) 7
>> In Enemy Hands (2004) 7
>> Patton (1970) 7
>> Pearl Harbor (2001) 7
>> Platoon (1986) 7
>> Saving Private Ryan (1998) 7
>> The Big Red One (1980) 7
>> The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989) 7
>>
>>
>> Pay no attention to numbers :-P
>>
>> The list doesn't include such great movies as Schindler's list, The
>> Downfall, Crimson Tide etc that don't have actual fighting sequences. Not
>> sure if River Kwai has any...But yes, Stripes does have some although it's
>> rather borderline to be considered a "war movie"...
>> Also movies that I haven't seen in past decade or so are not included,
>> naturally.
>This is better titled "My best War Movies", especially as I haven't seen it
>yet.
>Your list contains some which don't get over my horizon.
>Kelly's Heroes (1970) didn't get the joke 2nd & 3rd time around.
>Southern Comfort (1981) Don't know why, but the plot throws me.
>Heartbreak Ridge (1986) Can't take that Eastwood macho stuff without
>the (unintentional) humour that a Swarzenegger would have given it.
>The Dirty Dozen (1967) Well dated it looks and sounds today, and says
>nothing to me about war or THE war.
>The Eagle Has Landed (1976) Again a little dated, but strong on drama.
>From Here to Eternity (1953) Loved the Sinatra song, anyway.
>Gunga Din (1939) Love it, but a war film? Squeezing in at the edge. I
>would classify as "Boys Own" adventures, along with "Kim".
>I suggest (leaving aside other worthy selections)
>A Walk in the Sun (1945)
>Too Late the Hero(1970)
>The Cruel Sea(1953)
>9 rota (2005) AKA 9th Company. Does the fair job that most
>of your Vietnam selections do.
>There is somewhere a well known film about disillusion by British
>pilots in WWI but I cant find the name.
>Stone me
add
stalag 17
all quiet on the western front
flags of our fathers
patton
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