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Post by hi224 on May 27, 2018 2:57:06 GMT
I've seen a few bad films.
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Post by OldAussie on May 27, 2018 3:00:50 GMT
Raid on Rommel
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on May 27, 2018 5:21:21 GMT
Ha. Raid on Rommel was quite the rip off. How much footage from Tobruk they reused...
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2018 6:32:58 GMT
How I Won the War
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Post by politicidal on May 27, 2018 13:57:21 GMT
The Green Berets, just last night. It's embarrassing that they're trying to make a cowboys-and-Indians type of film during Vietnam. That and the movie is clearly not shot on location but what looks like Georgia or the Carolinas.
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Post by koskiewicz on May 27, 2018 22:57:56 GMT
"Kelly's Heroes" I guess it was a spoof but it sucked nonetheless...
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Post by petrolino on May 27, 2018 23:51:27 GMT
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
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Post by snsurone on May 28, 2018 0:11:53 GMT
How ironic!
KELLY'S HEROES is currently airing on TCM!
LOL
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Post by OldAussie on May 28, 2018 0:47:32 GMT
I like KELLY'S HEROES,  |
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Post by jervistetch on May 28, 2018 1:04:48 GMT
I may be in the minority but I couldn't stand JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN. I just looked on IMDb and most of the reviewers raved about it. I wanted to see it for years and when I finally did I just thought WTF?!
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Post by bravomailer on May 28, 2018 1:59:13 GMT
Kelly's Heroes is great comedic reworking of Gunga Din.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on May 28, 2018 2:47:59 GMT
I may be in the minority but I couldn't stand JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN. I just looked on IMDb and most of the reviewers raved about it. I wanted to see it for years and when I finally did I just thought WTF?! |
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Post by bravomailer on May 28, 2018 2:57:34 GMT
The Green Berets, just last night. It's embarrassing that they're trying to make a cowboys-and-Indians type of film during Vietnam. That and the movie is clearly not shot on location but what looks like Georgia or the Carolinas. And of course it closes with the sun setting in the east.  |
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Post by RiP, IMDb on May 28, 2018 3:21:08 GMT
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Post by hi224 on May 28, 2018 6:36:35 GMT
Windtalkers kinda sucked.
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Post by mikef6 on May 28, 2018 18:14:05 GMT
Windtalkers kinda sucked. Yeah, I'll go with Windtalkers, too. It's an almost unbearable bundle of war and sentimental “outsider faces bigotry and triumphs” movie clichés. The various battlefield scenes are totally interchangeable as they all feature the explosion (one body flies right, one left), the tank blowing up, a stunt man on fire, and a line of Japanese soldiers running over the crest of a hill and all being shot down with one burst from Nicolas Cage’s machine gun. In between action scenes, we are faced with these burning questions: Will the army platoon learn to respect the Navajo code talkers? Oh, come on! Will there be a Southern bigot who will not be convinced? Shut up. Will one of the Navajo save the bigot’s life? Git outta town. John Woo's worst. 3/10 |
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Post by mikef6 on May 28, 2018 18:28:35 GMT
After siding with “Windtalkers” as worst war movie, I remembered (and shuttered at) Battle Cry / Raoul Walsh (1955). The story follows several young men who join the Marines at the start of WWII, the Big One. The tale then proceeds to chronicle their love lives. More than half of the movie takes place during training. They report, get their hair cut, get bawled out by a drill sergeant – then get passes into town. Recruit Tab Hunter (taking a role turned down by Paul Newman) has a Girl Back Home but gets down with Married Older Woman Dorothy Malone. Aldo Ray talks smack to waitresses. Other trainees get rolled by hookers and get into bar fights. Back to camp for 15 seconds of training, then back into town on furlough for more canoodling. This process continues through basic, to their first assignment in New Zealand, to combat in the South Seas. The only extended battle we see just about concludes this 2 and a half hour film.
Now, don’t confuse “Battle Cry” with “Cry Of Battle” from 1963. Both movies star Van Heflin. “Cry Of Battle” was on a double bill at the Texas Theater in the Dallas suburb of Oak Cliff on November 22, 1963. After Lee Harvey Oswald shot and killed Dallas police office J.D. Tippett, he fled into the Texas Theatre without paying for a ticket. Theater management called police who showed up in just a few minutes. Oswald didn’t get to see “Cry Of Battle” but he did catch a minute or two of “War Is Hell” (1962, Burt Topper). I’ve never seen either of these war movies so can’t say if they belong on this thread. Anybody?
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Post by bravomailer on May 28, 2018 18:41:40 GMT
On a game thread a few years ago, I offered the clue "Oswald's last flick" and someone replied "War Is Hell" almost immediately. I was keenly disappointed.
I read Battle Cry about 20 years ago and thought it very hokey. Guys are itching for glory.
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Post by neurosturgeon on May 28, 2018 18:46:15 GMT
I may be in the minority but I couldn't stand JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN. I just looked on IMDb and most of the reviewers raved about it. I wanted to see it for years and when I finally did I just thought WTF?! My brother told a funny story abou A BOY AND HIS DOG. He was lined up at the local art movie house, when a Scoutmaster showed up with is troop to see the movie. He tried to explain that this may not be a film where the title doesn't tell much about the story. The Scoutmaster bought the tickets, but wound up dragging the boys out. I am careful about the war movies I watch, but I learned from THE SANDS OF IWO JIMA that smoking is hazardous to your health. |
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Post by OldAussie on May 28, 2018 20:00:41 GMT
Yeah. For those expecting a genuine war movie, Battle Cry is a disappointing experience.
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