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Post by anthonyrocks on May 3, 2017 0:00:38 GMT
Since I missed a lot of Classic Old "WORLD WAR 2" Movies in my Previous Poll about them, I decided to re-do it again below!
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Which One of these Classic Old "WORLD WAR 2" Movies listed in the Poll above do you Like the Most ?
Now I know that I am still going to be forgetting to list a lot of them and so I will still put "Other" in the Poll as well.
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Post by wmcclain on May 20, 2017 0:58:46 GMT
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Post by telegonus on May 23, 2017 9:14:31 GMT
I chose The Longest Day from the embarrassment of riches choices as it was a semi-doc (whatever) about a real event, and it was magnificent. Deeply flawed in spots, and a product of its time, it's one of the best of all.
Along the same lines: Tora! Tora! Tora!. More thrilling and suspenseful than the earlier film it's better in many, many ways but since ties weren't allowed I chose TLD
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Post by drystyx on May 23, 2017 16:39:17 GMT
Sorry, but that is as strange a collection of choices one can make. Only some of those can even be considered as possibly classic. I'll grant some, such as Longest Day, Bulge, and the two bridge films as classic, but how one can leave out the biggest classic "bridge" film (Toko Ri) while thinking of the other two, that boggles the mind.
Some classics are debatable as war movies, and I wouldn't include them, because the war is just a backdrop for CASABLANCA, THE DEER HUNTER, and many others. I do see that you have a grasp on what a "war movie" is, a better grasp than most, and I figure you just forgot most of the classics.
Classics that must be on a list for the list to be considered classic, or certainly one must include at least 75% of these.
JUNGLE FIGHTERS (aka THE LONG THE SHORT AND THE TALL)
49TH PARALLEL
THE BRIDGES AT TOKO RI
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
A BRIDGE TOO FAR
THE LONGEST DAY
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
ICE COLD IN ALEX
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
PLATOON
THEY FOUGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY
TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH
PATTON
STALAG 17
HALLS OF MONTEZUMA
WARKILL
WAR HUNT
MEN IN WAR
THE ALAMO (2004)
TROY
DECISION AT DAWN
Debatable as being war films: (If they are considered war films, they pretty much must be listed) I think I would list them in a poll:
SEVEN SAMURAI (the samurai do call it a "war")
SOUTHERN COMFORT (more skirmish than war)
PATHS OF GLORY (more of a courtroom drama)
CASUALTIES OF WAR (same at Paths of Glory)
FORT APACHE (more of a Western)
NORTHERN STAR (not sure it's war film. More of an expose of reaction to atrocities)
COME AND SEE (same as Northern Star, may even be called a remake of it)
WENT THE DAY WELL (civilians dealing with spies, is that a war film?)
Others that I would include, but others might not:
GUNG HO
GUADALCANAL DIARY
WAKE ISLAND
ANZIO
FLYING LEATHERNECKS
SANDS OF IWO JIMA
That other Basehart movie, set in the Korean War
VON RYAN'S EXPRESS (I agree with your assessment there)
BEACH RED
BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL
WE WERE SOLDIERS
JOURNEY TO SHILOH
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Post by Lynx on May 23, 2017 18:18:08 GMT
"The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance" although it is a Mini-Series. I view it as a 2 part movie.
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Post by gadolinium on May 23, 2017 20:44:47 GMT
A Bridge Too Far, followed by The Great Escape.
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Post by vegalyra on May 26, 2017 18:37:36 GMT
Out of your list, Midway is a sentimental favorite. I grew up watching this on TBS and AMC. It of course, was the longer cut with the Battle of Coral Sea intro. Unfortunately neither the DVD or bluray has this restored. While the whole movie looked like it was made for TV (the Coral Sea portion literally was), it had a great cast (Henry Fonda as Nimitz!) and really showed the blunder that the Japanese made and how lucky the Americans were in that pivotal battle.
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Post by chalk2 on Jun 8, 2017 4:07:00 GMT
Man I love most of these listed but I'll choose 'The Longest Day'. Maybe that will change, who knows.
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Post by NewtJorden on Jul 1, 2017 0:38:59 GMT
The Longest Day
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jul 1, 2017 4:27:43 GMT
The Great Escape
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Post by mikef6 on Jul 2, 2017 14:48:19 GMT
The Movies have a very long history of great war movies. If I reckon correctly, the earliest title in the survey is only 1960. I offer a mere half dozen (in chrono order) earlier great movies that top almost all of the poll titles.
All Quiet On The Western Front / Lewis Milestone (1930)
In Which We Serve / Noel Coward and David Lean (1942)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo / Mervyn LeRoy (1944)
They Were Expendable / John Ford (1945)
A Walk In the Sun / Lewis Milestone (1945)
The Sands Of Iwo Jima / Allan Dwan (1949)
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Post by koskiewicz on Jul 2, 2017 18:01:49 GMT
...too many missing films from the OP, though there is that "other" category. That said, here are a few in no order:
Battleground
Come and See
Hell is for Heroes
Anzio
Corregidor
Bataan!
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USS Indianapolis
Hacksaw Ridge
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jul 3, 2017 4:02:04 GMT
The Longest Day... my #50 all time.
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Post by SuperDevilDoctor on Jul 5, 2017 6:46:13 GMT
OTHER: Cross of Iron (1977)
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