War movies

[Jameslaw121 4448]

8 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

I would toss in Greyhound with Tom Hanks.  As I said in the Apple thread, it’s tightly edited, well-cast, well-written, and well-directed, and moves along extremely well.

YES!

 

Watched it twice already.

 

Trying to think of any other movies that have come out since 2019

[MissingInAction 25004]

U-571 is a good one, and of course Hunt for Red October.

[Jameslaw121 4448]

2 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

And we need more naval movies, tbh.

We spent a week watching "navy" movies

Started with:

Master and Commander

Then went with

U-571

Hunt for Red October

Crimson Tide

Greyhound

Seems like there were a couple others

Finished with

Down Periscope

[TwiceHorn 31438]

2 minutes ago, Jameslaw121 said:

We spent a week watching "navy" movies

Started with:

Master and Commander

Then went with

U-571

Hunt for Red October

Crimson Tide

Greyhound

Seems like there were a couple others

Finished with

Down Periscope

Perhaps I should amend to say surface warfare naval movies.

[atomheartbevo 89623]

26 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Perhaps I should amend to say surface warfare naval movies.

I’ve probably watched 30-40 hours of YouTube videos about WWII naval actions.  Some were older documentaries (PBS, BBC, History Channel, etc.)somebody took of their VCRs and uploaded, but a lot were done by historian YouTubers (I hesitate to say “amateur historian” given that they are doing this as a profession) who put in a lot of time and effort with background material and spiffy animations.

There is some stuff on YouTube that is extremely well done and can scratch that itch.

[kingkoopa6 8344]

41 minutes ago, Jameslaw121 said:

We spent a week watching "navy" movies

Started with:

Master and Commander

Then went with

U-571

Hunt for Red October

Crimson Tide

Greyhound

Seems like there were a couple others

Finished with

Down Periscope

No love for 

midway. Pearl Harbor. Annapolis. Battleship ? 

[Jameslaw121 4448]

12 minutes ago, kingkoopa6 said:

No love for 

midway. Pearl Harbor. Annapolis. Battleship ? 

your right. We watched Pearl Harbor, the new Midway Movie and, Men of Honor, and The Guardian. 

Pretty sure there were more

[Bevo&Pevo 5120]

Master and Commander vastly under rated by the industry.  I can watch anytime.

[RPM 26315]

1 hour ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

Master and Commander vastly under rated by the industry.  I can watch anytime.

In what world is Master and Commander underrated? It's an epic.

[LCHorn 2612]

14 minutes ago, RPM said:

In what world is Master and Commander underrated? It's an epic.

He said by the industry.  The fact that 20th Century Fox didn't adapt all of the Aubrey/Maturin novels after absolutely nailing the casting and terrific work by Weir is unfortunate. 

[Gil Bang 25907]

Dunkirk is a steaming pile of shit

[ztejas 43411]

On 9/20/2024 at 6:41 PM, TwiceHorn said:

Perhaps I should amend to say surface warfare naval movies.

Soooo top gun doesn't count?

[Bevo&Pevo 5120]

19 hours ago, RPM said:

In what world is Master and Commander underrated? It's an epic.

IIRC, the prerelease reviews were less than stellar.  RC had won the big O for Gladiator, then followed up win a better than average "Beautiful Mind".  During which time the industry started moving to the superhero genre and CGI was getting better.  If you were going to produce a movie today based on the past it had better be epic.  Somehow, IMO, I think X-men 10, Spiderman 7, or whichever would draw people simply because it is a superhero movie.   I consider M&C to be epic, along with Cleopatra, Ben Hur and Lawerence of Arabia.  But what do I know, dare I say it?  I come from O&G. 

How does Surlyworld feel about Braveheart?  I'd give it a pass.

Edited September 23 by Bevo&Pevo

[Macanudo 12974]

10 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

Dunkirk is a steaming pile of shit

That is your opinion and it is wrong.  

[BabaYaga 15286]

2 hours ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

How does Surlyworld feel about Braveheart?  I'd give it a pass.

Seen it close to 50 times

But not for that reason - back in the 90's it was my main "want to go back to my place and watch a movie" go-to with the ladies.  Love story.  Good action.  Decent story.  Best of all, it took two VCR tapes.  If she's feeling it after the first tape.  Game on.  Some took a little more time, so we had the second tape just in case.

[Elvis 3371]

Hunter Killer is fun and has so much cool military tech.

[Jameslaw121 4448]

7 hours ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

 

How does Surlyworld feel about Braveheart?  I'd give it a pass.

I think it is (maybe was) a fun movie to watch. I think it now falls into the category (like Pearl Harbor, Last Samurai, ect), that people on this site just dismiss it since so historically inaccurate.

That's probably why movies and tv shows like Band of Brothers and We Were Soldiers are popular on this thread because they are as close as possible to historically correct while being entertaining.

 

In other words, we're history snobs

[52-80 19144]

On 9/22/2024 at 4:31 PM, Bevo&Pevo said:

Master and Commander vastly under rated by the industry.  I can watch anytime.

Prove it. 
 

[Bevo&Pevo 5120]

^^ I'd say he went overboard.  Aargh.

[notre dame joe 186]

21 hours ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

How does Surlyworld feel about Braveheart?  I'd give it a pass.

 

13 hours ago, Jameslaw121 said:

In other words, we're history snobs

Braveheart is my favorite movie and I watch it the night before our tilt with Southern Cal.  But I would hesitate to call it a war movie.  It's a hero story that has a war.  

[Braff Zacklin 13552]

Does my heart good to see so much love for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. It is a sublime cinematic experience that does not diminish with age.