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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:17 PM Original message |
it's veterans day weekend. what's your favorite war/veteran movie(s)? |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Dr. Strangelove |
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Ekirh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Good choice, I |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Full Metal Jacket |
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moonlady0623 (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Kelly's Heroes |
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BklynChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. Coming Home |
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HardWorkingDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. For me.... |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. The Thin Red Line was brilliant. Terrence Malick is amazing. |
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BeatleBoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. For Whom the Bell Tolls |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. Saving Private Ryan, The Great Escape, Rescue Dawn |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. The Fighting Sullivans and |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. "Empire of the Sun" n/t |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. I forgot to mention Glory. Great Civil War epic. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. Grande Illusion, All Quiet On the Western Front, Paths of Glory |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
14. My short list |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. Jarhead, Glory, Mongol |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
16. Stalag 17. |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. Buck Privates - Abbott and Costello nt |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
18. I forgot PATTON ! |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. Band of Brothers (OK, not a movie, but a mini-series) |
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adadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
20. Band of Brothers |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
21. Band of Brothers (yeah, I know, not a "movie") |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. Paths of Glory |
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alcina (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. Breaker Morant |
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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. hi alcina! |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
24. Seriously, has nobody mentioned Blackhawk Down yet? NT |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
25. Great Escape, Bridge Over the River Kwai, Dr. Strangelove, Apocalypse Now, Gallipoli. |
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CitizenLeft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. oh two of mine I didn't list, I was thinking from the American perspective |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I read yours and can't believe I forgot the Deer Hunter! What an amazing movie that is. |
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CitizenLeft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I'll never forget seeing it, I was 18 - cried like a baby! |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Most of the ones on my list make me cry -- including, oddly enough, the Great Escape. |
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CitizenLeft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. speaking of Donald Pleasance... I just thought of one... |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
26. The Dirty Dozen |
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CitizenLeft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
28. some of my faves |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. The Killing Fields -- not necessarily a favorite, but a very, very powerful movie. |
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Undercurrent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
35. . |
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CitizenLeft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. the Shaka Zulu series... |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I have that on tape and recently rewatched it last year |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
37. Apocalypse Now, Glory, M*A*S*H |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
38. Private Ryan is the most accurete depiction of WWII ever committed to film. |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
39. Paths of Glory, Saving Private Ryan and Glory |
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progressivemom (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
41. The Longest Day |
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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
42. wow! great movies being listed in this thread! |
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Not the Only One (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
43. Using a broad definition of a war movie, Life Is Beautiful. |
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