Saving Private Ryan bye a long shot. But the Deer Hunter and Platoon were also very good. I liked Apocalypse Now alot, but it is a tad over-rated. We were soldiers, Full metal Jacket, and The Thin Red Line have no place on that list. OK, maybe Full Metal Jacket, but definitely not the Thin Red Line.
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Originally posted by Blaxican Stylemy favorite war movie would be pearl harbor the violnce the killing the sinking the lady getting pragnet from danny. it was booty
1. I never said you were a bad guy for liking it. hell, I loved the movie, made me cry to.2. Im pretty sure he wa sin it, but I could be wrong. shaved black guys tend to look the same, especially when young.
I personally enjoy war movies that take a particular interest in the psychological aspects of a war on its soldiers. With that in mind:
Full Metal Jacket: with its amazing training sequence, which still remains powerful.
The Thin Red Line: I don't think there's been a better film that delves into how war effects a soldier. A lot of people dismiss it because of its tone poems and whatnot, but to me it remains my favorite. Beautifully written, acted, and directed.
I disliked Glory. I thought the point it wanted to make about equality diluted the story and took too much of a front line message.
Apocolypse Now is one of my favorite movies ever. The imagery, the journey into self. Marlon Brando.... yea...
Saving Private Ryan is good for its realism of WW2.
Jarhead is an enjoyable anti-war(not as in war is bad, but as in a totally different sort of war movie) movie.
Originally posted by systemshock2
I personally enjoy war movies that take a particular interest in the psychological aspects of a war on its soldiers. With that in mind:Full Metal Jacket: with its amazing training sequence, which still remains powerful.
The Thin Red Line: I don't think there's been a better film that delves into how war effects a soldier. A lot of people dismiss it because of its tone poems and whatnot, but to me it remains my favorite. Beautifully written, acted, and directed.
I admit the training scenes in Full Metal Jacket were very good, but great, and the suicide scene was excellent, but after they actually go to Viet nam, the film looses its way. And after its over one has to ask"so what's the point?" i felt
As for thin Red Line, it was well acted, but the characters weren't very compelling. And i strongly disagree that it delves so deeply into war's effect on soldiers. The Deer Hunter was the best in that category, with Born on the Fourth of July a close second. Apocalypse Now was also descent in that in portryaing soldiers' reactions to being at war and Saving Private Ry an did an excellent job with showing how soldiers can become completely traumatized by combat and the horror of fighting in a war. Thin Red Line covered that material a bit, but not as well as the other films mentioned.
Both film sare good and original, but in my opinion aren't comparable to some of the other war films out there.
Originally posted by dirty harry
I WAS A MARINE AND JARHEAD IS ONE OF THE WORST WAR MOVIES OF ALL TIME TRUST ME ASK ANY OTHER MARINE
I agree, but i'm not half as credible as you, since I have never been in the armed forces. It seems like a bad story to tell. It is hard to feel sorry for people who betch about not getting any combat. I would think that they would be thankful that they wouldn't have tofight. But what do i know.