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01-04-2006, 04:58 PM
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| Oh Yeah - THE DIRTY DOZEN!!! | 
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01-04-2006, 05:01 PM
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| No one has mentioned "Heatbreak Ridge" either. | |
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01-04-2006, 05:07 PM
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| I forgot about Band of Brothers. That was great! We watched those one right after another continously. Last of Mohicans was wonderful as well. Though some of you didn't like Pearl Harbor, we enjoyed it. Jamz mom- though it is a ladys picture, one could count Sound of Music as well because it was during WW2 and Captain Vontrap was awesome and Maria's wedding dress was fabulous. | |
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01-04-2006, 05:08 PM
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| I forgot about "24" which has the War on Terror. That is the best show ever made and all seasons are on DVD. Jack Bauer rules in our house. New season starts Jan. 15!!!!!!My son wants to be Jack Bauer. | |
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01-04-2006, 05:14 PM
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| Have to second - Stalag 17, and The Dirty Dozen. And Mister Roberts and the Caine Mutiny for what it's like to serve under bad commands. And has someone mentioned "Master and Commander" - what a great movie, the battle scenes are fantastic and the music too. One of Russell Crowe's best.
I know this is far afield, but in the 60's I was addicted to the TV show, Combat. WWII at that point was still a very recent memory for my veteran Dad who fought in the European Theater.
Stupidest show - Hogan's Heroes - for making light of the suffering of our POW's and minimizing the absolute brutality of the Germans. | |
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01-04-2006, 05:20 PM
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| Big Green....Do you know that you can purchase the TV series "Combat"? I just saw it in ACORN, a catalog I received over Christmas.
Yes, Master and Commander was a tremendous film! | |
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01-04-2006, 05:49 PM
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| My dad is having me watch a bunch of war movies to scare me out of the army, not realizing it just makes me want to go more  . So far, we have watched the Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now, and Full Metal Jacket. Apocalypse Now is a good movie, but it has a terribly twisted ending that makes it more of a horror flick than a war movie, but I guess it shows what war can do to people. I love Band of Brothers, those are all great movies. The Guns of Navorone (not sure if thats spelled right) is a great movie, I watched it when I was little with my dad. Black Hawk Down is also a decent movie too. Thats all I can think of for now. | |
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01-04-2006, 06:22 PM
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| 1) Battle of Britain
2) Tora Tora Tora
3) Band of Brothers
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5000000) Iron Eagle (sucks) | |
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01-04-2006, 06:23 PM
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| Oregon Mom LOL LOL! The hills are aliiiiive.....
I WANT the ship in Master & Commander. I'm a pirate at heart and when I hit lotto, I'm buyin' one! The photograghy in that film was amazing. | |
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01-04-2006, 08:16 PM
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| If you get to see Henry V with Kenneth Brannagh I think you'll be amazed. It is one of the best Shakespeare plays brought to film and has some of the most incredible battle scenes. Horror and glory of war at the same time. Kids, don't think it will be boring old Shakespeare.
The Sound of Music???? Oregon Mom, coming from a Jack fan, I'm surprised at you.  | |
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01-04-2006, 08:56 PM
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| My second go round here...Jamzmom look at the third or fourth post that was me! JK but I also liked "Behind Enemy Lines."
How about "From Here to Eternity" ; "In Harm's Way"; "The Purple Heart"; "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"; "Pork Chop Hill"; "The Green Berets"; "Run Silent, Run Deep." Something for everybody...unfortunately us Coasties are stuck with "Yours, mine and ours." OY...somebody make a movie about Katrina. | |
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01-04-2006, 09:06 PM
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| There you are! Guess I missed the earlier post. This thread is like wild fire. I'm off to visit Mr. Sandman with the music of The Green Berets STUCK in my head now. Have ya'll seen the newly released Great Escape yet? We watched it over the holidays. Ayyy. It was ok. Nighty night movie buffs! | |
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01-04-2006, 10:25 PM
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| Good: Guns of Navarone with Gregory Peck and Anthony Quinn - another WWII goodie.
And The Longest Day - with John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchem and a very young Sean Connery.
Run Silent, Run Deep
Sands of Iwo Jima - John Wayne
Catch-22 !!!
middle: Kelly's Hero's, Van Ryan's Express
Bad: Operation Petticoat and what was the dumb one in the Pacific with John Wayne, the nun and the duck? | |
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01-04-2006, 10:35 PM
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| I forgot - the Fighting Seabees! Another John Wayne movie with a great line, "imminent death is no reason to get sniffly..."
Wayne & the nuns & cute kids: Operation Pacific. OK, it was touching propaganda. | |
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01-05-2006, 06:58 AM
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| Oh...a another good one..."Heaven Knows Mr. Allison" with Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr.
I love "24" can't wait til the 15th when Super Jack will be back...do hope the show won't go all PC. | |
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