Favourite/least Favourite Movie

My favourites are Longest Day, BoB, Angels One Five, Kelly's Heroes, Sink The Bismarck and Dambusters, but I also wanted to mention a film called Theirs Is The Glory. It was made in 1945 and is about Market Garden, but didn't use actors. The men who played the parts were survivors of 1st Airborne playing themselves in the ruins of Arnhem itself, and is the more affecting for that. I gather it was made in mid-1945, just after the town had finally been liberated. I met one of the veterans in the film on a visit to Arnhem last year and bought the DVD at his suggestion, and was glad I did.

BTW, don't ever recall having seen a film about 14th Army in Burma, and would have thought Kohima would have made a great subject for a film - anyone know if one was made (either generally set during the campaign, or specifically about the battle), and prepared to make a recommendation?

Thanks,

 

My favs are 'Where Eagles Dare' has been since I was a kid. The 'Memphis Belle' doc, not the feature film. 'The Battle of Britain'. 'Hope & Glory'.
Least favs include, 'Kelly's Heroes', 'The thin red line'.

 

Check out 84 Charlie Mopic, I think war movie enthusiasts will like this film.

 

Best: Dambusters, Saving Private Ryan, In which we serve, Yangtse Incident (not strictly ww2 I admit) Downfall, Battle of Britain, Angels One Five, Sink the Bismarck, Went the day well, Das Boot, Reach for the Sky, Band of Brothers.
Worst: Battle of the Bulge, Escape to Victory, Escape from Athena, Enemy at the gates, Kelly's Heroes, U-571

 

Best

Band of Brothers
Saving Private Ryan

Worst:

Battle of the bulge
U-571

 

Said this Before but anyway...

Best:

• Band of Brothers
• Saving Private Ryan
• A Bridge too Far
• Battle of Britain
• The Longest Day

Worst:

• Pearl Harbour
• U-571
• Patton
• Enemy at the Gates

 

A similar war offering to Corregidor, Bataan etc.

Best. Movie. Ending. Ever.

Didn't think we were here, did you?
You dirty rotten rats!
We're still here! We'll always be here! Why don't you come and get it?
(Water cooled machinegun firing into camera, fade to black)

SGT Bill Dane (Robert Taylor), BATAAN (MGM: 1943)

 

Favorite: The Longest Day,Band of Brothers,Saving Private Ryan,Sands of Iwo Jima,Midway,Kellys Heros, Patton, Where Eagles Dare

Hated: Pearl Harbor, The Big Red One

There was another movie I liked but not sure of the name...it had the guy that played in one of those asteroid crashing into the earth movies and Ghost Ship. It was about the Siegfried Line I believe.

 

A Bridge Too Far is the greatest WW2 movie ever.

Pearl Harbor is the worst, or U571.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.