Memorial Day week-end. All war movies, all the time.

[trof]

Oh well...
I hope at least one channel runs "Saving Privet Ryan" which shows the idiocy of it all.
:-(

[HopeHoops]

1. I think my favorite war movie is "Kelly's Heroes", closely followed by "The Big Red One".

I didn't count "M*A*S*H" because that's just plain untouched.

As for realism, I would say that "Good Morning Viet Nam" and "The Wall" probably come closest to capturing what war is really like. You can't help but shed tears in parts of them.

[Lionel Mandrake]

2. I've noticed something about WW2 movies.

Most Hollywood WW2 movies made DURING the war (say, 1942-1945) are pretty bad. The best ones were made long after the war was over.

A couple of my favorites are:

"The longest day" (1962)

"Tora! Tora! Tora!" (American and Japanese, 1970).

There were also some excellent TV series:

"Victory at Sea" (1952–1953)

"The World at War" (British, 1973)

[tinymontgomery]

3. All Quiet on the Western Front

Run Silent Run Deep
The Boat
Twelve O'clock High
Band of Brothers

Some just interesting to watch
Away all boats
The Pacific (liked Band Of Brothers better)
We we're soldiers (meet the Helo Pilot Snake, Bruce Crandall MOH recipient, he said it was very close to
the truth.) Whether Gibson was in it is beside the point.