Park Life 71 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Bridge over the River Kwai Kelly's Heroes Lawrence of Arabia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty84 0 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 (edited) Bridge over the River Kwai Dam Busters Saving Private Ryan Band of Brothers- not a movie but lost count of how many times I've seen it Edited August 13, 2013 by scotty84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 Yeah 'Saving Private Ryan' is excellent. Been ages since I've seen 'Dam Busters'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 The Empire Strikes Back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 I class The Good, The Bad & The Ugly as a war film btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15527 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 The Empire Strikes Back. Best Star Wars film by a mile. Strictly classed as sci-fi tho bro... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 I class The Good, The Bad & The Ugly as a war film btw. It's in the war films lists...So ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17262 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Best Star Wars film by a mile. Strictly classed as sci-fi tho bro... I thought RoTJ was consdiered the "classic" of the original trilogy?..only seen the first one all the way through so am not in a posistion to comment.. however... The Great Escape A Bridge to far The Longest Day (black and white story of D-Day, with John Wayne) Lawrence of Arabia Guns of Navarone Apocalypse Now Full Metal Jacket Platoon Hamburger Hill The Deer Hunter First blood 1,2,3 etc.. to name a few...I like a war film...am toying with wasting £8 on Soldier of Orange, a Dutch fable about how brave they all were during the war, which is shite, but its considered a classic across the north sea and its got Rutger Hauer in it and its directed by Paul Verhoeven directs it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33219 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 (edited) Love an old war film. Dambusters Longest Day Bridge over the river Kwai The great escape Das Boot series (has to be in German with English subtitles). The guns of Naverone A bridge too far Where eagles dare Might be the odd one I've missed out. 'Where eagles dare' and 'Das boot' probably being my favourites. 'Laurence of Arabia', man! 'Platoon' Edited August 13, 2013 by Howmanheyman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 I thought RoTJ was consdiered the "classic" of the original trilogy?..only seen the first one all the way through so am not in a posistion to comment.. however... The Great Escape A Bridge to far The Longest Day (black and white story of D-Day, with John Wayne) Lawrence of Arabia Guns of Navarone Apocalypse Now Full Metal Jacket Platoon Hamburger Hill The Deer Hunter First blood 1,2,3 etc.. to name a few...I like a war film...am toying with wasting £8 on Soldier of Orange, a Dutch fable about how brave they all were during the war, which is shite, but its considered a classic across the north sea and its got Rutger Hauer in it and its directed by Paul Verhoeven directs it. Bridge too far I keep forgetting - absolute classic. Guns of Navarone I love but its a bit camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Schindlers List Escape to Victory Saving Private Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33219 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Try telling Zorba he's camp when he's got a knife in his hand and a sheepskin on and he's waiting to kill you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 Love an old war film. Dambusters Longest Day Bridge over the river Kwai The great escape Das Boot series (has to be in German with English subtitles). The guns of Naverone A bridge too far Where eagles dare Might be the odd one I've missed out. 'Where eagles dare' and 'Das boot' probably being my favourites. 'Laurence of Arabia', man! 'Platoon' Where Eagles Dare has the lovely opening with the camouflaged Dornier flying over snow capped peaks. Richard Burton in Eastman colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17262 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Love an old war film. Dambusters Longest Day Bridge over the river Kwai The great escape Das Boot series (has to be in German with English subtitles). The guns of Naverone A bridge too far Where eagles dare Might be the odd one I've missed out. 'Where eagles dare' and 'Das boot' probably being my favourites. 'Laurence of Arabia', man! 'Platoon' Forgot that one, fuckin classic..I like the engine room gadge listening to his engines with an ear trumpet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 Schindlers List Escape to Victory Saving Private Ryan Mrs P always tells me off for giggling at that balcony scene where he's shooting at gandhi... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Mrs P always tells me off for giggling at that balcony scene where he's shooting at gandhi... That's shocking. I thought they chucked the bloke off the balcony from his wheelchair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Mrs P can pipe down anyway, it was probably her granda who did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 That's shocking. I thought they chucked the bloke off the balcony from his wheelchair? That was bad - you mean when they are raiding the apartments... Himmler used to carry a leather bound copy of the Bhagwad Gita around with him to remind himself that life was illusory and that everything returns to dust and the 'atma' (soul) is the only thing that lasts. It was sneaky as running the SS meant he needed some kind of psychological distance from the result of his activities...True story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33219 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Forgot that one, fuckin classic..I like the engine room gadge listening to his engines with an ear trumpet I've got the series on DVD, it must have been done by a yank, in the series on BBC2 the subtitles show the men on edge when the radio operator gets a message they're all ears, the radio bloke says "Schalke lost 4-0, no final now!" to stunned silence before someone cries schiese! And throws a wrench in the huff. In the DVD version which must be American the same scene has the radio op saying......wait for it......"our favourite soccer team lost." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 That was bad - you mean when they are raiding the apartments... Himmler used to carry a leather bound copy of the Bhagwad Gita around with him to remind himself that life was illusory and that everything returns to dust and the 'atma' (soul) is the only thing that lasts. It was sneaky as running the SS meant he needed some kind of psychological distance from the result of his activities...True story. Amazing that it's just 70 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken 119 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 The Great Escape The Bridge On The River Kwai Apocalypse Now Braveheart Saving Private Ryan The Pianist Grey Zone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33219 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Where Eagles Dare has the lovely opening with the camouflaged Dornier flying over snow capped peaks. Richard Burton in Eastman colour.Burton is class and Eastwood plays the part. The scenery is brilliant and the storyline even if far fetched is good till the end. Also the Gestapo colonel is the most Nazi looking German I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33219 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 In older war films it appears that Britain took a part which doesn't always happen in more modern films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 In older war films it appears that Britain took a part which doesn't always happen in more modern films. Interesting. How do you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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