Favourite/least Favourite Movie

[handtohand22]

Anybody know where "Orders to Kill" (1958) has been buried. It is about the training of an assassin and the resulting conflict between conscience and duty. Very intense.


"The Longest Day" (1962) had my vote long before I saw it. It came out 17 years after the actual event.
When it was first released I was 15 years old and about to join the Royal Navy. One Saturday afternoon I was walking past the local cinema when the first show was getting out.
Some of the men leaving the cinema were crying their eyes out. This awakened in me the reality of war.

[Kiwiwriter]

Favorites:

A Bridge Too Far
The Longest Day
Saving Private Ryan
Tora! Tora! Tora!
The Dam Busters
Battle of Britain
The Longest Day
Casablanca
Patton
Das Boot
The Great Escape
Band of Brothers
Piece of Cake
Above Us the Waves
Bridge on the River Kwai
Sink the Bismarck!
The Cruel Sea
San Demetrio, London
Oh! What a Lovely War!
Mutiny in the Trenches
Gettysburg
Glory
The Caine Mutiny
M*A*S*H
Schindler's List
Execution of Private Slovik
All Quiet on the Western Front
Lost Battalion

Least Favorites:

Pearl Harbor
Windtalkers
Battle of the Bulge
Kelly's Heroes
Wake Island
Bridge at Remagen
U-571
The Patriot
Five Graves to Cairo
So Proudly We Hail
Across the Pacific
The Purple Heart
The D.I.

I'll surely think of others.

[Bodston]

Originally Posted by adamcotton

A recent Korean movie - "Brotherhood" (or "taegukgi", to give it its Korean title) I can also recommend very highly indeed. Set in the early part of the Korean war, it tells the story of two South Korean army conscripts and rivals anything that Hollywood has ever done. Made for just $7million, the on screen production and musical score leave you thinking it cost four times that amount. Go rent it or buy it - trust me, you won't regret it!

I've just watched Taegukgi, after buying it in a charity shop for £2.99. Very good indeed. Brutal stuff.