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My personal favorites in no particular order are
Gettysburg
Saving Private Ryan
Tora Tora Tora
I have also recently become a fan of Letters from Iwo Jima (always interesting to see things from the other side)
And although these are a little cheesy, I like Midway and In Harms Way as well.
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Fav movies
In Harms Way - cheesy but the Duke is cool. And how bout when Kirk Douglas slaps that mamby-pamby Lt not once, but twice! I lost my respect for him after he assaulted Dawn though.
cool foreign film: Downfall - fantastic portrayal of Hitler and his madness in the bunker as Berlin crumbles around him.
The film is in German, with English subtitles. You can really get a sense of Hitler's insanity listening to him rant in German. Quite powerful.
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The Battle of Algiers by Pontecorvo.
So good, so realistic that it was used, in its entirety for instructional purposes in the JFK Special Warfare Center at Ft. Bragg and the Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth. The second time I saw it it was pitched to a short-course at Leavenworth and introduced by a French LTC who had not only fought in Algeria, but had been jailed for rebelling against De Gaulle (maybe he was in the 1st REP) and then rehabbed back into the French Army. Coincidentally, I just found this film on enhanced DVD last Saturday and picked it up. I strongly recommend it.
The Battle of Algiers (film - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
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Come And See
Originally posted by fluffs View Post'Come And See'. It's Russian, it's one-sided but it's brutally realistic and accurate. A masterpiece. If you've not seen this one, then do so ASAP. You'll not regret it!Reddite igitur quae sunt Caesaris Caesari et quae sunt Dei Deo
(Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and unto God the things which are God's)
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For every good one, there is 10 bad ones.
Best tongue in cheek: Kelly's Heroes
Best factual: Tora Tora Tora, Battle for Midway
Best Visually: Saving Private Ryan
But then again, I will probably think of three others tomorrow ;)
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Originally posted by Elbmek View PostBest tongue in cheek: Kelly's Heroes"Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories." Thomas Jefferson
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Originally posted by Albany Rifles View Post"Always with the negative waves Moriarty, always with the negative waves." TSGT Oddball, Tank Commander"Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories." Thomas Jefferson
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