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SVT Cobra

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Yeah I am a BHD fanatic, I wore out my VHS and had to buy the 3 disc DVD set.


Yeah I am a military fanatic...I own almost all of these. Also I refuse to include Jarhead for overall SUCKINESS. Same with PH, which they made into a love story.

 
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Bumrush99

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Saving Private Ryan. The story may have been cheesy but the battles left me shell shocked for a full day after watching it.
 
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GarfieldtheCat

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Why U571? That was a stupid movie with a plat that was pure nonsense.

And it's hard to rate only one movie as the best, since all the movies are from different eras. Plus some of the listed movies are fictional stories, while others are "historical fiction", and others true stories.

And why not Zulu, that's a great old movie as well.
 
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darkswordsman17

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What, no Pearl Harbor? :D

I'd say for me its probably Saving Private Ryan. There's too many on that list that I haven't really seen, but I can always watch SPR and if its on I end up watching it.
 
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RbSX

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I'm not sure if you should include this but..

The Hunt for Red October?

It's a toss up between..

Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
Enemy at the Gates
We Were Soldiers

I chose saving private Ryan.
 
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Amused

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Originally posted by: Bumrush99
Saving Private Ryan. The story may have been cheesy but the battles left me shell shocked for a full day after watching it.
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The story wasn't cheesy at all. In fact, the message the story gives was the most significant of any war movie ever made.
 
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RbSX

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Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Bumrush99
Saving Private Ryan. The story may have been cheesy but the battles left me shell shocked for a full day after watching it.
Click to expand...

The story wasn't cheesy at all. In fact, the message the story gives was the most significant of any war movie ever made.
Click to expand...

Yeah considering a similar event (4 brothers serving on a single ship that was destroyed), left parents with no kids, enacted one of the most important policies in WW2.
 
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Amused

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Originally posted by: RyanSengara
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Bumrush99
Saving Private Ryan. The story may have been cheesy but the battles left me shell shocked for a full day after watching it.
Click to expand...

The story wasn't cheesy at all. In fact, the message the story gives was the most significant of any war movie ever made.
Click to expand...

Yeah considering a similar event (4 brothers serving on a single ship that was destroyed), left parents with no kids, enacted one of the most important policies in WW2.
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That's not the central message of the film.

It really surprises me that so many people miss it.
 
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DainBramaged

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I take back my response because this thread sucks due to refusing to include Jarhead, one of the only realistic depictions of that war according to those that were there.
 
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RbSX

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Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: RyanSengara
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Bumrush99
Saving Private Ryan. The story may have been cheesy but the battles left me shell shocked for a full day after watching it.
Click to expand...

The story wasn't cheesy at all. In fact, the message the story gives was the most significant of any war movie ever made.
Click to expand...

Yeah considering a similar event (4 brothers serving on a single ship that was destroyed), left parents with no kids, enacted one of the most important policies in WW2.
Click to expand...

That's not the central message of the film.

It really surprises me that so many people miss it.
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Never said it was the central message, I'm just saying thats what the movie was loosely based around..

But what is the central message oh wise one? :roll:

 
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Bumrush99

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Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Bumrush99
Saving Private Ryan. The story may have been cheesy but the battles left me shell shocked for a full day after watching it.
Click to expand...

The story wasn't cheesy at all. In fact, the message the story gives was the most significant of any war movie ever made.
Click to expand...

I've seen the film 4 or 5 times.. Don't get me wrong I still get tears in my eyes every single time I watch it, and still get goosebumps when Private Upham transforms himself from a coward to a soldier, but some parts in the middle where they are looking for Ryan dragged a bit..

Again, this movie probably ranks as one of my all time favorites, but this movie did have some flaws.
 
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Amused

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Originally posted by: RyanSengara
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: RyanSengara
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Bumrush99
Saving Private Ryan. The story may have been cheesy but the battles left me shell shocked for a full day after watching it.
Click to expand...

The story wasn't cheesy at all. In fact, the message the story gives was the most significant of any war movie ever made.
Click to expand...

Yeah considering a similar event (4 brothers serving on a single ship that was destroyed), left parents with no kids, enacted one of the most important policies in WW2.
Click to expand...

That's not the central message of the film.

It really surprises me that so many people miss it.
Click to expand...

Never said it was the central message, I'm just saying thats what the movie was loosely based around..

But what is the central message oh wise one? :roll:
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No need to roll your eyes. I'm not trying to act superior here.

The central message of SPR is that we are all Private Ryan. Ryan was just a euphemism for all of us. We all need to "earn this."

A message my WWII veteran father tried over and over to instill in his children. And it never quite sunk in until I watched this movie decades after he died.
 
Amused

Amused

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Originally posted by: Bumrush99
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Bumrush99
Saving Private Ryan. The story may have been cheesy but the battles left me shell shocked for a full day after watching it.
Click to expand...

The story wasn't cheesy at all. In fact, the message the story gives was the most significant of any war movie ever made.
Click to expand...

I've seen the film 4 or 5 times.. Don't get me wrong I still get tears in my eyes every single time I watch it, and still get goosebumps when Private Upham transforms himself from a coward to a soldier, but some parts in the middle where they are looking for Ryan dragged a bit..

Again, this movie probably ranks as one of my all time favorites, but this movie did have some flaws.
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That "dragging" was some of the best character development in the history of film.
 
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GarfieldtheCat

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What about "Stalingrad" ? It's a movie that shows the experiences of a German squad stuck in Stalingrad. It's the "Das Boot" equivalent of the German army.
 
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