Capitaine Vengeur 263 Posted March 14, 2012 Of course, much of these movies are amongst my favourites, with a preference to early post WW2 movies, specially US for the great role playings, 12 o'clock high or objective Burma ...French can do good war movies too, although rare : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAYHarxB13E&feature=related About La 317e Section: Director Pierre Schoendorffer has just died today at 83. A veteran of Dien Bien Phu, among the 1 out of 3 who survived the Viet POW camps, and the Academy Award winner 1967 for Documentary Feature for The Anderson Platoon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RamblingSid 3 Posted March 16, 2012 I don't think Lucas had a copy of LOTR, but he certainly had read The Hero With A Thousand Faces, by Joseph Campbell. All lasting stories share universal themes: Initiation, Trial, Transcendence etc etc War films would share similar tropes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RamblingSid 3 Posted March 16, 2012 I'm far from an expert on Japanese military history, but considering that 1) when the emperor is god, 2) and the Bushido tradition requires unquestioning loyalty to one's daimyo or feudal lord, 3) and the emporer's generals dictate a "Divine Wind" to obliterate the Americans, 4) it was considered an honor to participate.. I wouldn't kill myself for my political leaders...hell, I wouldn't vote for half of them. Hi BirdDogICT, fair points and sorry if my rather off-hand comments caused any offence. I know feelings can run high over Japanese conduct in ww2. My old dad just hated them - and I mean hate, he couldn't forgive and forget. He saw British pows - shared a ship with some of them on the way home in '45. Did you know that here in Oz we have to vote for our lying sobs ? Cheers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pips 5 Posted March 16, 2012 So many good films mentioned. Personally any war film that comes on I watch, enjoy them all. But my favourites? Have to be....... Dawn Patrol Battle Of Britain Dambusters Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lanzfeld 1 Posted March 16, 2012 Das Boot. ALARM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
33LIMA 972 Posted March 16, 2012 Closer to (my) home, not your average war film, but then, it wasn't your average war - AFN Clarke's 'Contact', very loosely based on his second NI tour with 3 Para in the 1980s, as described in his book of the same name. Apart from the fact the multiple patrol has more contacts than many batallions did, their webbing looks like it was filled with expanded polystyrene, and the platoon commander's SLR has a rotating disc rear sight from a Canadian C1, a more authentic portrayal could not, and probably never will, be achieved: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MOQZZ_ULPI&feature=related Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themightysrc 5 Posted May 9, 2012 BTW, did I mention Come and See? Pretty sure to put you off any form of organised violence so long as the world exists. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
