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forget to add my voteAttached Files“the misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all” -- Joan Robinson
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Originally posted by Elbmek View PostTora Tora Tora
Green ZoneLast edited by tankie; 02 Mar 12,, 21:47.
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Getting ready to go on a week long Civil War tour of the Vicksburg Campaign with a good friend in 2 weeks. Bringing along a DVD player and a stack of DVDs for hanging around the room.
Our selection
The Horse Soldiers
Fort Apache
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
Rio Bravo
Major Dundee
Zulu
The Longest Day
Band of Brothers boxed set
The Pacific boxed set
Gettysburg
You may see a theme here.
Any suggestions to add to this list?
We'll have about 4 to 5 hours a night to kill.
And even though we will be in some dry counties the Wayback Machine will have ample supplies of beer for consumption in the room.“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
Mark Twain
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I'd go with Regeneration. This movie was an awesome insight into the first modern war poets. If anyone is interested in Wilfred Owen or Siegfried Sassoon then you might want to check out this movie. It's a pretty good look into the mental state of the soldiers as well as how they were treated.
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" Bridge too far " was very romantic, great cast, great scenery and amazing score. Failed badly to adequately portray the Germans position. When you think about what was going on the eastern front, the round the clock bombing of the German war machine, the allied effort appears very weak. To be fair, nearly every western movie is guilty of this.
Probably one of the most realistic movies based around war would be 'the odd angry shot" or Oliver Stones "Heaven and Earth".
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Amazingly, I was just wondering if I should wake up this old thread to mention "Lawrence of Arabia." Yup, I'd have to say it's my favorite war movie.
I'm wondering what the military experts think of "Valkyrie," the 2008 film starring Tom Cruise. Although I knew how it would all turn out, it kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the film, hoping against hope that they would succeed. (Maybe the science fiction lobes of my brain were lighting up. Alternative history.) Is it as historically accurate as I think it is?
"Patton" is one of those films that I can watch over and over and still enjoy. Maybe it's the music.
"Patriot," starring Mel Gibson, would rank high on my list.
"Dam Busters" might be of interest only to Kiwi fans, but I certainly enjoyed it; hoping for the modern remake.
And just to inject some silliness: "The Battle of the Five Armies." Let's talk serious history here!
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Originally posted by Sanjac View PostI'm wondering what the military experts think of "Valkyrie," the 2008 film starring Tom Cruise. Although I knew how it would all turn out, it kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the film, hoping against hope that they would succeed. (Maybe the science fiction lobes of my brain were lighting up. Alternative history.) Is it as historically accurate as I think it is?
The Wiki article on the movie goes into pretty good detail, but more importantly provides links to other articles for further study.“He was the most prodigious personification of all human inferiorities. He was an utterly incapable, unadapted, irresponsible, psychopathic personality, full of empty, infantile fantasies, but cursed with the keen intuition of a rat or a guttersnipe. He represented the shadow, the inferior part of everybody’s personality, in an overwhelming degree, and this was another reason why they fell for him.”
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