Campy Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 -Band of Brothers (WWII) -The Lost Battalion (WWI) -Glory (US Civil War) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campy Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Band of Brothers is incredible. On the rare occasion that catches me channel surfing, any time an episode is on HBO, I stop and watch. 141151[/snapback] History Channel has been showing it at 10PM EST. Unedited, but there are commercials. Last night was Bastogne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 History Channel has been showing it at 10PM EST. Unedited, but there are commercials. Last night was Bastogne. 141332[/snapback] That means they're on a couple of showings from "Why We Fight" - which is the best hour of television I've ever seen. Amazing stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTW_BillsFan Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Yes, Full Metal Jacket, Dirty Dozen are great. John Wayne Movies: The Green Berets, Sands of Iwo Jima, and The Alamo. Also, First Blood (and subsequent rambo movies for Action) Finally Spies like us. ; ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyebrian Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Full Metal Jacket, Platoon and Saving Private Ryan are my favorites. 140816[/snapback] The first hour of Full Metal Jacket is as intense as anything I have ever seen. Was the first of many film roles for R. Lee Ermey who was cast as the drill instructor and had been one in real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 The first hour of Full Metal Jacket is as intense as anything I have ever seen. Was the first of many film roles for R. Lee Ermey who was cast as the drill instructor and had been one in real life. 141417[/snapback] Actually, Ermey's first film role was a bit part in Apocalypse Now. He was hired as a technical advisor on the film...but for some reason that I can't recall, they ended up casting him as a Huey pilot when the Air Cav hits the beach. It's just a three-second "color" shot...but it's unmistakably him. No one else has eyebrows like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Actually, Ermey's first film role was a bit part in Apocalypse Now. He was hired as a technical advisor on the film...but for some reason that I can't recall, they ended up casting him as a Huey pilot when the Air Cav hits the beach. It's just a three-second "color" shot...but it's unmistakably him. No one else has eyebrows like that... 141446[/snapback] And apparently the barber never gets the order to clip them while doing his white walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 And apparently the barber never gets the order to clip them while doing his white walls. 141451[/snapback] Probably thought the same thing I did when I first saw 'em: "Those caterpillars will crawl off his face eventually...won't they?" Not that I'd ever say that to his face, mind you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Probably thought the same thing I did when I first saw 'em: "Those caterpillars will crawl off his face eventually...won't they?" Not that I'd ever say that to his face, mind you... 141455[/snapback] You hit that nail on the head. I just hope I get to meet him someday. He seems like a really cool dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Actually, Ermey's first film role was a bit part in Apocalypse Now. He was hired as a technical advisor on the film...but for some reason that I can't recall, they ended up casting him as a Huey pilot when the Air Cav hits the beach. It's just a three-second "color" shot...but it's unmistakably him. No one else has eyebrows like that... 141446[/snapback] According to IMDB, his first role was in The Boys in Company C which is listed a year ahead of Apocalypse Now. His role in that film is a real departure from his later roles.....he's a drill instructor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Don't forget Patton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
col_forbin Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Besides the obvious ones, The Big Red 1 is good too. 140906[/snapback] This movie rocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB2004 Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 The guy loves war movies, but I'm not sure what to get him. He's already getting Band of Brothers from his wife. Are there any good ones that are out? Any classics that every one likes? 140810[/snapback] One of my favorite's is Glory. A great cast as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganesh Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 This is my favorite. 140857[/snapback] Agreed,...My other favorites include The Bridge on the River Kwai Guns of Navarone (the boat scene is so brilliant) Force 10 from Navarone Where Eagles Dare The Eagle has Landed (the book was awesome) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millbank Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 From Here To Eternity Frank Sinatra playing Maggio , was the part portrayed in the Godfather were productor awoke with horses head in bed Sinatra was great in this film. 1953 but classic film From Here To Eternity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
envirojeff Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Here's some of my favs - but there not war movies. The Professional - Hired hitman with a heart T3 - the first hour is action packed Tombstone - A real mans movie Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Come on, nobody's mentioned Heartbreak Ridge! That was a war movie... sort of. Don't do that, man, he's just a jarhead foolYou're right, but hold me back just in case I lose my cool Cause we're the RECON! platoon, we always GUNG HO Gung ho to party and watch the Late Show Til Highway came along, his abuse we don't need But we'll end all this stevestojan when Highway meets The Swede! SWEDE! SWEDE! SWEDE! What did you say to him? I said, Don't give the son of a B word the satisfaction.... sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Come on, nobody's mentioned Heartbreak Ridge! That was a war movie... sort of. 141706[/snapback] Read the thread again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Read the thread again. 141710[/snapback] Oops. Sorry, detox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Mr. Roberts - Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon and James Cagney - comedy/drama Dr. Strangelove - cold war classic satire by Kubrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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