Shadow Conception
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Originally posted by: Schfifty Five
How many of the above posters posted without realizing that this thread is over 1 year old?
Originally posted by: fatpat268
Originally posted by: maddogchen
jarhead was incredibly boring.
QFT
Jarhead builds and builds, and then nothing happens in the movie. Worthless movie.
Originally posted by: FallenHero
Originally posted by: Citrix
oh yea, Tora, Tora Tora. the romance scenes were really really bad. nothing like making a naval aviator look like a whiny little bitch.
Are you and I thinking of the same movie with Tora Tora Tora? Perhaps you are thinking of Pearl Harbor. Tora Tora Tora is a classic.
Originally posted by: Molondo
I don't know if Tear of the sun counts. But that was one terrible movie. All it needed at the end was a "God bless america!" at the end.
Originally posted by: Shadow Conception
Forrest Gump
Exactly. For what it is I think it is a great movie.Originally posted by: destrekor
What is with all the hate for Jarhead?
Originally posted by: fatpat268
Originally posted by: maddogchen
jarhead was incredibly boring.
QFT
Jarhead builds and builds, and then nothing happens in the movie. Worthless movie.
Seems most people went into it not realizing what the movie was about, eh?
It wasn't a war movie, not one meant to be filled with big explosions and lots of blood.
It was more of an analysis of what the idea of war will do to someone, even people who never see actual battle. If you look at it like that, it's an awesome movie. It's not tense of gripping, sure, but it's a great movie ABOUT war, especially with the Gulf War, where many units never saw much action during Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
Originally posted by: pontifex
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Originally posted by: clamum
Band of Brothers.</blockquote>
you actually think BoB is the worst war movie? have you not seen any other ones or are you just trying to stir up ******?
Originally posted by: Accipiter22
Saving Private Ryan
Originally posted by: Flyback
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Originally posted by: TallBill
We were soldiers was amazingly accurate to the book and real accounts. So if you had any issues with the "story" you are a moron.
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Can you comprehend that accuracy is not criterion for making something such as art "good"?
If I take a steaming sh!t and write an accurate story based on the event, later made into a movie, it is still a steaming pile of sh!t (much like We Were Soldiers).
Haha I was joking. It's my favorite war movie (mini-series, whatever).Originally posted by: RyanSengara
Originally posted by: pontifex
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Originally posted by: clamum
Band of Brothers.</blockquote>
you actually think BoB is the worst war movie? have you not seen any other ones or are you just trying to stir up ******?
Acting aside, the cinematography in BoB makes it one of the best shot shows/films of all time alone.
Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
We Were Soldiers is not an inaccurate movie - I'd like to emphasize that. I like a lot of aspects of it. But while the portrayal of the battle and combat in general was accurate, the characters were totally unbelievable. Mel Gibson was too much of a boy scout. Seeing some guy say "I'm glad I could die for my country" as his last words was one of the campiest things I've seen in any movie. The whole thing was like a caricature of war. It was both an accurate portrayal and a cliche.
