What's the best war movie?
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I partial to Black Hawk Down
Terminator: Salvation
Pure kino. The only bad parts are the hamfisted anti-war messages that they shoved in because of the 70s climate. The brutality of the battle and ending shots of the dead worked fine enough for that purpose without having a random British soldier spazz out and start questioning the morality of his actions in the middle of a cavalry charge
tiny apu is always right
Full Metal Jacket
The Thin Red Line
the black hawk down game on ps2 back in the day was baller
Fuck I'm full metal jacket
The Longest Day
Band of Brothers.
Its just a long film.
What does the small smug Pepe convey? Does that mean the movie is good or bad? Is it better than the suit Pepe's?
based
Braveheart
I thought it was super linear and short right? What was cool about it?
I’ve never seen Saving Private Ryan. Is it really that good?
hes wrongly self assured
It’s good but not as good as the others.
I don't get it
Apocalypse Now, such a trip. The docu is god-tier too. Not a big fan of Full Metal Jacket because of the 2nd half.
Apocalypse Now is so good it transcends the genre
Where my Cross of Iron dogs at
>random British soldier spazz out and start questioning the morality of his actions in the middle of a cavalry charge
the montage right after is one of the best parts though
It would really be a close one between the ones in the OP, but this would be the close third.
Saving Private Ryan is so overrated. It’s not bad but it has far too much Spielberg schmaltz to be considered an all time Great War movie.
This is my favorite besides Band of Brothers which isn't a movie.
The Thin Red Line followed by Platoon
You in the middle bottom
I really like this one. The germans are portrayed by Germans and speak German.
it's more mainstream and much easier for a brainlet to sit down and watch without missing anything. Still enjoyable if you've never seen it, i'd say. It's got the same theme as others that war always leads to things that don't make sense
Honestly i've never seen it unless changing a channel to it cause you see it's on, it's one of those kinda movies. It's got some weird black-cuts you'd never notice when commercials are involved
deer hunter
i have mixed feelings about thin red line. sometimes I think its kino...other times not so much
movies about the post 9/11 wars have GENERALLY been weak
Cross of Iron is my favorite "old" war movie
>(((Spielberg)))
kino
SNP propaganda mae by an antisemite
Anything with Tom Hanks has a touch of the hallmark channel to it.
Come and see
As a combat wounded vet, this is my pick. Followed shortly by Master and Commander, and Glory.
Other great ones.
what are some good war movies that arent american propaganda?
You know the answer.
you're too old for 4chin
sorry, its for kids
Thank you for your cervix
I never understand how to interpret tiny apu in this image. Is he the most based? Most retarded? Or on an entirely different plane? What does he mean?
tora tora tora
Timestamp your purple heart
Underrated kino
>a combat wounded vet
if you joined after 2000 you're a dumb fuck and get no respect from me.
A+ action, C- nuance/sophistication. In many ways I think that film prepped the public to accept Gulf War 2 without thinking it through.
Hamburger hill or a bridge too far or dirty dozen if you like comedic war movies
>Apocalypse Now
Why are redditors and amerifats so obsessed with this piece of shit 'art film'?
My parents have it at their place, they are more proud of it than me. Think I'm just going to ask for it back to appease you fags. Don't believe me, report me to the FBI.
Then again I could send you a photo of my Purple Heart drivers plate with a time-stamp.
Like I fucking care.
It's a miniseries
Why would that matter? Why does your status as pillow-humping video game player who once got shrapnelled by an IED give you any status to decide what a good war movie is?
Easy
its not an "art" film, you cognitively malfunctioning bellend
Patton, Tora Tora Tora, or Bridge on the River Kwai
>spielberg
>better than "hitler did nothing wrong" kubrick and "putin did nothing wrong" stone
You're a legit fag if you think this is a decent film. It's probably the worst of its genre.
because Conrad was a good author
You cared enough to bring it up. You cared enough to reply. Here's a hard truth, bud: no one owes you a fucking thing and nothing you did there means anything. In fact, Americans are now worse off and less safe by any metric thanks to the Kosher Wars. Congrats. We might be the first nation in history suicided by its own military.
pleb filtered
Youre a legit fag for thinking someones a legit fag for enjoying a mid tier movie. Didn't say it was a masterpiece numbnuts.
t. legit fag
>combat wounded vet
Is this another way of saying useless sack of shit scrounging an existence off government payouts?
Maybe, just maybe, it is because I've actually been in a war.
TTT is another good one.
>no one owes you a fucking thing
I never implied that, at all.
Based
Grand Illusion is hardly a war film
Sam Fuller did a politically conscious Indochina movie 8 years before the 317th Platoon
Tarko/v/sky is cringe
kys frog
>Tarko/v/sky is cringe
You have to go back
I didn't know going to war educated you on cinema and storytelling, you fucking faggot.
Armadillo, because if you have any inherent respect for soldiers at this point you're a fucking tool.
What's the best cut of apocalypse now and what does Yea Forums think about the new cut?
But it educates you on war, and the realities of it. How the hell would you know what is accurately portrayed if you have never been?
>watches stalker once
no one said that..
it's about realism from experience dumbie
The "wars" perpetrated by western countries in the middle east are fucking embarrassing.
shameful. full of shame
For me, its Michael Bay’s 13 Hours: the secret soldiers of Benghazi
I mean back to 9gag, you are too bad even for Reddit.
Go.
Like Russia is one to talk about shameful participation in Middle East wars.
Are there any “if you only knew” memes with the kid from this?
Mah landser
cringe af
its for 90 iq americans
I'm partial to Casualties of War because of that one scene, although the original article is better
saving private ryan is dogshit by the way
It's not even his best.
You are the pleb if it's the only one you bring on the table.
For me, its Stripes
If you don't like it then it's probably unironically 2deep4u
Havent seen any. Plenty of scenes that would work for it.
t. Russian bot
paths of glory
>watches solaris once
A Tourneur western contains 5x more substance than any of his redditcore trash. Shove your farthouse ““films”” up your ass bud.
You really weren't, though. The number of troops who've actually engaged an enemy directly since Somalia is staggeringly small. Driving around with the off-chance of getting sniped or IED'd isn't really war. It's kind of like living in Chicago.
>doesn't realize both are adaptations
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There’s a reason the military has slowly switched from “warrior” to “warfighter”. One is heroic while the other sounds like “bricklayer” or “pipe-fitter”.
My favorite in re-watches along with Paris, Texas.
But ok. I suppose for your own mental stability you can believe what you want.
Band of Brothers, yeah yeah its not a film but really just my favorite thing to watch about the war
I did watch Downfall recently too, great film but I wouldn't call it my favorite
FYI the primary cause of service-members who have received Purple Hearts is participation in combat. I was there in 06-07, and that was debatably the worse time to be there.
Well I've actually been in numerous firefights, complex ambushes (SAF, RPGs, IEDs), and seen a population at civil war with itself. Been to numerous blast sites because the Shiites and Sunnis were going all out trying to kill the other when I was there.
Let me know when daily IEDs, suicide-bombers and VBIEDs against a civilian population and local security forces becomes prevalent in Chicago. Because it isn't now.
This is insane. Also you call it redditcore now because most of Yea Forums knows it since we had many threads on Tark.
Are you an insecure 16 yo, or an insecure 16 yo trapped in a body of a pathetic 30 yo?
Let me know, user. Before you kill yourself, that is.
And this is irrelevant.
The Ken Burns documentaries
Aliens
I'm going to apologize in advance for the shitposting coming your way.
Patrician. Modern warfare sucks major dick
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pleb filter toll payed
Something about the comradery in Das boot makes it great
>saving private zoomer
Longest day
Patton
Dad boot
Bridge over the river kwai
Midway
Fuck anything but modern shit
Based
Fires on the Plain. I don't know why it isn't more popular. I never see it mentioned in these threads. Bar the last 15-20 minutes which are a bit too on the nose for me, the movie is terrific. Just one big shit where you're hungry and looking for dry boots.
After me and my friends were done with the military somewhere around 2009 we watched a lot of modern war films together, some of which were from the US. Modern US war films suck. They're too obsessed with the individual in an effort to avoid saying anything of meaning, and too damn Hollywood to create an interesting character study. War in general is something you experience in a group, both as a soldier and as a civilian, which also goes against what Hollywood produces. American cinema also usually fails when trying to represent a brotherhood between men, so doing it poorly in war films as well isn't a surprise.
I wish indie film makers in America would tackle the subject. I don't think the big studios are capable of making anything good.
What do you think of The Thin Red Line?
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Unironically this.
Where does Jarhead fit into this?
It's great, but it's a very artistic rendition. It doesn't pretend to a realistic representation, which is both is strength and weakness.
No one asks a question like "who's doing this to us?" in a war. That fucker is clearly the enemy. Fuck him. If someone is shooting at you, you don't wonder about the nature of evil. Evil is the other guy and you hate him for fighting you.
I love the film, but it's not about war as experienced in real time by those who participate in it.
>not liking the 2nd half
why do so many redditbabs have this "opinion"? The second half is the most kino and memorable part of FMJ.
>tfw no insecure 16yo bf
Mein Negger. Came here to post this. Jarhead is unadulterated hekona. A modern masterpiece of the genre.
Far too good of a film for Yea Forums to appreciate it.
>What's the best war movie?
Brainlet detected.
>hekona
which direction do I read this
Godzilla King of the Monsters.
All out war for terra between terranianial sequestered ectra terrestrial mothmen no phrophecy (but there actually is #twinning) Monster Ex and Mecha King Flyer with action packed human edition penispit.
King of the Monsters suffers a heat stroke of mammaliam proportions before unleashing up up down down godzilla save the Earth boomsplosion upon MONSTER CITIZIEN X.
GHIDORAH. RIRIRIRIRIRIRI.
Mexico completely demolished in the war of Earth by the lone Ronin. Slicing the air with his armial katana appendages 2 for $20. Gorgeous visuals thubderous days of thunder bass and audio that my ears were triggered to my post traumatic stress disorder digidoo digglydoo biggly piggly woo who needs legs Im limp on air then I crawl by hair
Defenseless Im done by attitude
Korengal we are out here! God Bless America!!!!
fuck me platoon really is the crappy one of the big 4 nam flicks
Letters from Iwo Jima
It has been copied mercilessly to the point it feels like a rehash. Saving private Ryan also suffered from it by what was copied was mostly how the war scenes were filmed. In Platoon the characters themselves were copied and reused, so they end up feeling shallow. You've already seen all of them in other films, although Platoon is the origin.
It's not a crappy film.
i like all these stop being trying to be tribal and divisive about dumb shit like this
lord of the rings 2
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likes Hamburger Hill the most
how many times are you going to post this pic? is it the only one you saved from the set?
Apocalypse Now > Full Metal Jacket > Saving Private Ryan > Platoon
elaborate
>inb4 afghanistan
isn’t the middle east
Apocalypse Now = Full Metal Jacket
what retard translated this
I'VE COVER WARS YOU KNOW
How many Hajis you slot?
Come and See is the best for the nightmare of war
Zulu and Das Boot for brotherly camaraderie, two of the manliest films ever
Thin Red Line is the most pretentious film I've ever seen
No. It's really ugly thinking about it. Definitely when Spielberg was on his downward spiral
>Not a big fan of Full Metal Jacket because of the 2nd half
You're stupid
Lol I remember this pic too. Possibly just a troll. Who knows.
I just love the Ma Deuce, great gun we have been using for nearly a century.
Have you been paying attention to the Syrian Conflict, like at all?
One, maybe two, maybe more. You rarely see hajj, and most times you are just forced into blind fire in the direction the incoming is coming from. Average engagement ranges are a minimum of 150+ meters, and we were nearly every time on the move. It is pretty fucking difficult to accurately identify a target on such shitty roads and at high-speed, not to mention shifting a turret that is roughly a half ton. Every engagement is an imperfect situation, and it isn't like video games where they have an icon above them highlighting them as an enemy and where they are. It is pretty damn difficult to kill the other guy in such scenarios, sometimes it works out, but most times all you are worried about it getting out of their kill-zone.
>Thin Red Line is the most pretentious film I've ever seen
It is more accurate than you would think. War isn't only about combat, it is a mind game. And you learn to try to find beauty in where you are because everything else is so God-awful
>Have you been paying attention to the Syrian Conflict, like at all?
Lol the Russians only came into help their ally after the West intentionally destabilised Syria like they did in Libya and Iraq and are trying to do again in Iran
I remember U-571 being good when I watched it as a kid, probably going to re watch it. How does it stack up?
/leftv/ out in force and full of faggotry
>intentionally
What is your evidence?
They have been bombing civilians population centers like it is WW2, in hope of killing a few militants. There bombings have done more harm than good to the Syrian population, only to prop up the Assad regime to keep their Mediterranean access through the Tartus port. That is Russia big thing, they aren't helping out Assad or the Syrian population (at all) through sheer benevolence. There endgame is not about helping Syrians, but maintaining there access to significant areas.
You ask the average Syrian, they don't look at Russia has been doing as "help", because it largely hasn't helped them in the least. Truly only hurt them.
Pic related is how the Russians "help".
>Christopher Plummer as Wellington
Fuck, lads, any kinos for this feel?
The obv answer is windtalkers
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>obv
God no.