Favorite war movie of all time? [Archive]

Matt37

11-12-2005, 09:36 PM

I am a big fan of war movies, and I wanted to see what everyone elses favorite war movie of all time is.

Mine without any doubt would be Saving private ryan... probably the best movie I have ever seen period. Let alone just war movies.

Also Full metal jacket is a very good one.

What is your favorite?

thrasher_ex

11-12-2005, 09:39 PM

Black Hawk Down or We Were Soilders

400exrules

11-12-2005, 09:42 PM

Black Hawk Down
or
The Patriot
or
Tears of the Sun

Mxjunkie

11-12-2005, 09:48 PM

Full metal jacket, saving privet ryan and the old ones with chuch norris I forget the name of them..

11-12-2005, 10:03 PM

Originally posted by Matt37
Mine without any doubt would be Saving private ryan... probably the best movie I have ever seen period. Let alone just war movies.

i also loved windtalkers:macho

Joe400ex

11-12-2005, 10:08 PM

Patriot

11-12-2005, 10:23 PM

Battle of the Bulge.

Scott-300ex

11-12-2005, 11:33 PM

Full Metal Jacket

Big turn of events when they find the sniper and he runs out of bullets:eek:, how bad does that suck, and she was shooting an AK, a very unaccurate gun, especially for a sniper.

I could say a lot about that movie, but its a good movie.

I enjoy anything with war, very fun to watch/interesting/educational. They have vietnam movies on too, those are good but not enough gore.

I watch the Military channel all the time and that is very entertaining.

Oh, and come on guys, wut about Forest Gump!:D

K-Dub

11-12-2005, 11:39 PM

Black Hawk Down
FMJ
Platoon
Navy SEALs

The Chuck Norris movies where missing in action trilogy.

LTandRaptorider

11-12-2005, 11:40 PM

Originally posted by Scott-300ex
Full Metal Jacket

Big turn of events when they find the sniper and he runs out of bullets:eek:, how bad does that suck, and she was shooting an AK, a very unaccurate gun, especially for a sniper.

I could say a lot about that movie, but its a good movie.

I enjoy anything with war, very fun to watch/interesting/educational. They have vietnam movies on too, those are good but not enough gore.

I watch the Military channel all the time and that is very entertaining.

Oh, and come on guys, wut about Forest Gump!:D

I too like Full Metal Jacket. Been awhile since I've seen it... I was thinking the Viet woman was shooting a Dragunov, but I think you may be right, it was an AK.

I forgot about Forrest Gump! Love that movie! :D Also liked Platoon, and others that have already been mentioned here.

Butters

11-12-2005, 11:44 PM

i like most all of them. but i really like the series band of brothers the best. nothing beats it.

MOFO

11-13-2005, 06:18 AM

Growing up, I always liked Red Dawn - anyone see that movie?

I'd have to agree with ya Matt, Saving Private Ryan & Full Metal Jacket are high on my list.

Giz400ex

11-13-2005, 06:32 AM

Originally posted by Matt37

Mine without any doubt would be Saving private ryan... You must of just seen that movie because it was on either last night or the night before:D Anyways, I know I'm probably missing one but the only one that registers is "Full Metal Jacket".

infantry317

11-13-2005, 06:45 AM

Blackhawk Down, Saving Private Ryan (I think it should be shown in High School on Veteran's Day) and Platoon.

11-13-2005, 06:51 AM

deffiently Saving private Ryan is my favorite.

What was the movie with the russian sniper in WW2

11-13-2005, 07:16 AM

That would be ''enemy at the gates''

JRP

11-13-2005, 07:40 AM

saving private ryan, blackhawk down, and windtalkers.. but saving private ryan was the best out of all of them.

250exen

11-13-2005, 07:49 AM

agreed, saving private ryan is one of the best movies ive seen

jarhead sounds pretty sweet too... i dont know if it qualifys as a war movie tho..

*edit: after reading some reviews, it seems as tho jarhead is a war movie. either way, i want to see it

jcv400ex

11-13-2005, 07:57 AM

"Okay men, drop your_____ and grab your socks." :) Red Dawn was a good one too.

Cole Trane

11-13-2005, 07:59 AM

Yall have failed to mention one the all time greats (unless I missed it), very dissapointed!! :confused:

Hamburger Hill

Guy400

11-13-2005, 08:02 AM

Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers
Blackhawk Down
Band of Brothers (not technically a movie)
Gladiator
Patton

250rAL

11-13-2005, 08:20 AM

Apocalypse Now

Bridge on the River Kwai

rmz250

11-13-2005, 08:21 AM

Originally posted by Matt37
I am a big fan of war movies, and I wanted to see what everyone elses favorite war movie of all time is.

Mine without any doubt would be Saving private ryan... probably the best movie I have ever seen period. Let alone just war movies.

Also Full metal jacket is a very good one.

What is your favorite?

Shaving ryan's privates :devil: :blah:

Hondadudeehhhh

11-13-2005, 08:37 AM

Originally posted by rmz250
Shaving ryan's privates :devil: :blah:

dont really see how that is funny.... unless you are 12.

Saving private ryan was real good, mainly because they tried to cram a lot of info in one movie and did an awesome job.

Honda TRX250ex

11-13-2005, 08:55 AM

saving private ryan and band of brother the best movies of all time!!!

ZeroLogic

11-13-2005, 09:08 AM

saving private ryan
band of brothers
black hawk down

i have the book on them too :D i love war movies and i love the history behind it

thrasher_ex

11-13-2005, 09:23 AM

also this one show thats REAL REAL old i watch a lot - "combat"

pearl harbor is a great movie but not so great war movie

Quad18star

11-13-2005, 09:33 AM

Saving Private Ryan was a great movie .

Another one that I enjoyed was Shindler's List . Not much combat , but really depicted Shindler's power .

11-13-2005, 09:42 AM

Enemy At the Gates. The book was a bit better though, it's called War of the Rats. I also liked Battle of the Bulge, Band of Brothers, and a few others. I like the real shows on the wars on the History Chanel better then the movies though.

hardkoratvmxr

11-13-2005, 09:47 AM

black hawk down, the patriot, saving private ryan

DaleJrFan

11-13-2005, 10:40 AM

we were soldiers, the patriot, platoon, independence day(more sci-fi but they were at war!).

yamahay

11-13-2005, 11:02 AM

You guys need to dig a little deeper into the archives. There are some classic older movies. Some that come to mind include:
The Battle of Britan
Midway
Tora Tora Tora
The Guns of Navarone Fictional
Memphis Belle
The Longest Day
The Eagle has Landed Fictional
A Bridge too far
The Great Escape Excellent movie!
PT109 (A little history lesson on JFK)
Bridge on the River Kwai (Oscar winner best picture)
The Big Red One
The Cruel Sea
The Devils Brigade
The Dirty Dozen Fictional
Where Eagles Dare Fictional
Von Ryans Express Fictional
Schindlers List
Most are based on actual events entertaining and educational!

MXracer16

11-13-2005, 02:36 PM

Originally posted by Quad18star
Saving Private Ryan was a great movie .

Another one that I enjoyed was Shindler's List . Not much combat , but really depicted Shindler's power .

Isnt that the movie were it is all in black and white, except for the one little girl in the red coat? If so, I loved that movie. Another one of my favorite war movies of all time would have to be Saving Private Ryan. Band of Brothers would be number one except its not really a movie.

nowukno

11-13-2005, 02:42 PM

My favorites are....

Saving Private Ryan and Full Metal Jacket

Plante400

11-13-2005, 07:39 PM

hamburger hill is an old one but still good..

red dawn is also one tha im sure not many have seen.. pretty good.

pretty much every war movie is good accept for those Really Really fake ones..

I think saving private ryan or. maybe black hawk down or we were soldiers is my favorite.,.

Quad18star

11-13-2005, 07:57 PM

Originally posted by MXracer16
Isnt that the movie were it is all in black and white, except for the one little girl in the red coat? If so, I loved that movie. Another one of my favorite war movies of all time would have to be Saving Private Ryan. Band of Brothers would be number one except its not really a movie.

Yup that's Shindler's List . I really enjoyed that movie ... I've seen it several times , even though it's a very LONG movie ... we even watched it back in highschool for our History class.

blasta17

11-13-2005, 08:23 PM

Originally posted by Cole Trane
Yall have failed to mention one the all time greats (unless I missed it), very dissapointed!! :confused:

Hamburger Hill yeah, my favorite war movie of all time is band of brothers, but i guess its not a movie soooo we were soldiers

whoops pressed the wrong quote button oh well:blah:

LTZ400rider

11-13-2005, 08:34 PM

i cant believe apocalypse now was only mentioned once, its weird movie. i like saving private ryan but at the same time i dont.

Doober

11-13-2005, 08:38 PM

Originally posted by Scott-300ex
Full Metal Jacket

jackson15

11-13-2005, 09:53 PM

Warrioreater400ex

11-13-2005, 10:16 PM

Tears of the sun is a great movie!

The patriot is right there with it i love the morals and honor of mel gibsons character

The dirty dozen... haha i used to love this movie, kinda odd since im only 19

jack_no7

11-14-2005, 06:25 AM

dirty dozen
devils birgade
platoon
battle of the bulge "because relatives were there"
Apoclypes now(sp?)
Green Berets
Band of Brothers

Atkins

11-14-2005, 06:32 AM

My History teacher was a Sergeant First Class in the Army during black hawk down, and he was part of the main force that went in or something, so that movie is cool because of that. I forget who he said played his part in the movie.

My fovorites are:
Full Metal Jacket(R. Lee Ermey does an awesome job.)
Apocolypse Now(just a f*cked up movie to watch)
Saving Private Ryan
The Longest Day(a classic)
The Patriot
Enemy at the Gates(because snipers amaze me)
Hamburger Hill

I guess Sergio Leone's Man with No Name trilogy counts too since it was going on during the civil war.

DeerNuts

11-14-2005, 08:37 AM

#1: We Were Soldiers

Some others: Patton, Enemy at the Gates, Deerhunter, Platoon, Sniper (I think that's what it's called), of course Saving Private Ryan.

dudeonit

11-14-2005, 11:27 AM

If your Clint fan, Kelly's Heroes is a classic war flick with humor thrown in. All the actors played their charactors to a T. Big Joe ( Savalas), Crap Game ( Rickles), Oddball (Sutherland) were just off the wall and hey, I would have done the same thing in the same situation. Stick it to the man, LOL.

vtslick19

11-14-2005, 11:37 AM

STRIPES!!

4oorider

11-14-2005, 04:36 PM

any one seen Band of Brothers. IVe owned the box set for a few years. not a movie but its one of those HBo mini series. Pretty kicking. Also patriot and saving private ryan are great movies

the-ex-files

11-14-2005, 08:21 PM

#1 The Deer Hunter. Very awesome movie, deals with all of the mental issues in war. DeNiro is pretty badarzz. It's very interesting watching them before and after Vietnam.

prepracing

11-15-2005, 12:00 AM

RAMBO I , II and III

426ex

11-15-2005, 05:00 AM

R. Lee Ermey has to be the best drill sgt, but Lou Gosset in an officer and a gentleman was real good too.

AtvMxRider

11-15-2005, 01:26 PM

Originally posted by Guy400
Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers
Blackhawk Down
Band of Brothers (not technically a movie)
Gladiator
Patton

Band of Brothers is awesome