What's the Best War Movie?

[OnePercenter]

War of the Roses.

 

[Unkotare]

Go For Broke

 

[Roadrunner]

Fury
Saving Private Ryan
Enemy at the Gates
All Quiet on the Western Front
Gettysburg (the Turner 4 hour marathon)
The Last Valley
Band of Brothers (mini series)

Enemy at the Gates was good, but for the fuck scene.

 

[NoNukes]

Apocalypse Now, one of the best movies of any genre ever made.

 

[Sunni Man]

Apocalypse Now, one of the best movies of any genre ever made.

It should be listed in the Sci-fi category. ......

.

 

[NoNukes]

Just finished watching Lost Battalion again.



My orders to Nam were cancelled two weeks before I was supposed to ship out from A School, had a lot of friends who went, some didn't come back. Grew up military and knew a lot of people (many still living) that did one or more tours and as for Apocalypse Now, every Vietnam Vet I ever talked to, including my dad said the movie was absolute bull shit and in no way represented reality in Nam..

I spoke to guys who were there who said that it was not ridiculous enough.
It is an adaptation of Heart of Darkness set in Vietnam, rather than a movie about the Vietnam War.

 

[NoNukes]

Apocalypse Now, one of the best movies of any genre ever made.

It should be listed in the Sci-fi category. ......

.

Guess you did not get it. Too bad.

 

[Sunni Man]

Guess you did not get it. Too bad.

Great movie for people who still drop acid and have a fully loaded bong. ......

.

 

[NoNukes]

Guess you did not get it. Too bad.

Great movie for people who still drop acid and have a fully loaded bong. ......

.

I would not know about that, but I will take your word for it. Any movie could be great on acid.

 

[Sunni Man]

Any movie could be great on acid.

I would not know about that, but I will take your word for it. .......

.

 

[rightwinger]

HBOs Band of Brothers and The Pacific were outstanding

 

[Ringel05]

Just finished watching Lost Battalion again.



My orders to Nam were cancelled two weeks before I was supposed to ship out from A School, had a lot of friends who went, some didn't come back. Grew up military and knew a lot of people (many still living) that did one or more tours and as for Apocalypse Now, every Vietnam Vet I ever talked to, including my dad said the movie was absolute bull shit and in no way represented reality in Nam..

I spoke to guys who were there who said that it was not ridiculous enough.
It is an adaptation of Heart of Darkness set in Vietnam, rather than a movie about the Vietnam War.

Yet it's viewed as the quintessential Vietnam War movie by quite a few who are completely unaware of its true origin. I know/knew hundreds of Vietnam vets, not one of them would agree that is wasn't ridiculous enough and to a person (men and women) either walked out of the movie or panned it as a weird flight of fantasy which obviously it was.
Now as a character study it's a great piece of work but as a historically accurate picture of the Vietnam War, it suffers in the extreme.

 

[NoNukes]

Just finished watching Lost Battalion again.



My orders to Nam were cancelled two weeks before I was supposed to ship out from A School, had a lot of friends who went, some didn't come back. Grew up military and knew a lot of people (many still living) that did one or more tours and as for Apocalypse Now, every Vietnam Vet I ever talked to, including my dad said the movie was absolute bull shit and in no way represented reality in Nam..

I spoke to guys who were there who said that it was not ridiculous enough.
It is an adaptation of Heart of Darkness set in Vietnam, rather than a movie about the Vietnam War.

Yet it's viewed as the quintessential Vietnam War movie by quite a few who are completely unaware of its true origin. I know/knew hundreds of Vietnam vets, not one of them would agree that is wasn't ridiculous enough and to a person (men and women) either walked out of the movie or panned it as a weird flight of fantasy which obviously it was.
Now as a character study it's a great piece of work but as a historically accurate picture of the Vietnam War, it suffers in the extreme.

As I said, it was not about the War in Vietnam, it was an adaptation of a novel set in Vietnam. It was not intended to be historically accurate.

 

[Ringel05]

Just finished watching Lost Battalion again.



My orders to Nam were cancelled two weeks before I was supposed to ship out from A School, had a lot of friends who went, some didn't come back. Grew up military and knew a lot of people (many still living) that did one or more tours and as for Apocalypse Now, every Vietnam Vet I ever talked to, including my dad said the movie was absolute bull shit and in no way represented reality in Nam..

I spoke to guys who were there who said that it was not ridiculous enough.
It is an adaptation of Heart of Darkness set in Vietnam, rather than a movie about the Vietnam War.

Yet it's viewed as the quintessential Vietnam War movie by quite a few who are completely unaware of its true origin. I know/knew hundreds of Vietnam vets, not one of them would agree that is wasn't ridiculous enough and to a person (men and women) either walked out of the movie or panned it as a weird flight of fantasy which obviously it was.
Now as a character study it's a great piece of work but as a historically accurate picture of the Vietnam War, it suffers in the extreme.

As I said, it was not about the War in Vietnam, it was an adaptation of a novel set in Vietnam. It was not intended to be historically accurate.

I know that, it's not my point. Talk to people who were never there and never knew anyone that was and their take is that the movie reflected what happened in Nam on a daily basis, especially those who were involved with the anti-Vietnam war movement, they believed it to be a true representation.
It's not Sci-Fi but it is fiction.

 

[NoNukes]

Just finished watching Lost Battalion again.



My orders to Nam were cancelled two weeks before I was supposed to ship out from A School, had a lot of friends who went, some didn't come back. Grew up military and knew a lot of people (many still living) that did one or more tours and as for Apocalypse Now, every Vietnam Vet I ever talked to, including my dad said the movie was absolute bull shit and in no way represented reality in Nam..

I spoke to guys who were there who said that it was not ridiculous enough.
It is an adaptation of Heart of Darkness set in Vietnam, rather than a movie about the Vietnam War.

Yet it's viewed as the quintessential Vietnam War movie by quite a few who are completely unaware of its true origin. I know/knew hundreds of Vietnam vets, not one of them would agree that is wasn't ridiculous enough and to a person (men and women) either walked out of the movie or panned it as a weird flight of fantasy which obviously it was.
Now as a character study it's a great piece of work but as a historically accurate picture of the Vietnam War, it suffers in the extreme.

As I said, it was not about the War in Vietnam, it was an adaptation of a novel set in Vietnam. It was not intended to be historically accurate.

I know that, it's not my point. Talk to people who were never there and never knew anyone that was and their take is that the movie reflected what happened in Nam on a daily basis, especially those who were involved with the anti-Vietnam war movement, they believed it to be a true representation.
It's not Sci-Fi but it is fiction.

I was involved in the anti war movement and I did not think that. Try speaking for yourself and not for others.

 

[Ringel05]

Just finished watching Lost Battalion again.



My orders to Nam were cancelled two weeks before I was supposed to ship out from A School, had a lot of friends who went, some didn't come back. Grew up military and knew a lot of people (many still living) that did one or more tours and as for Apocalypse Now, every Vietnam Vet I ever talked to, including my dad said the movie was absolute bull shit and in no way represented reality in Nam..

I spoke to guys who were there who said that it was not ridiculous enough.
It is an adaptation of Heart of Darkness set in Vietnam, rather than a movie about the Vietnam War.

Yet it's viewed as the quintessential Vietnam War movie by quite a few who are completely unaware of its true origin. I know/knew hundreds of Vietnam vets, not one of them would agree that is wasn't ridiculous enough and to a person (men and women) either walked out of the movie or panned it as a weird flight of fantasy which obviously it was.
Now as a character study it's a great piece of work but as a historically accurate picture of the Vietnam War, it suffers in the extreme.

As I said, it was not about the War in Vietnam, it was an adaptation of a novel set in Vietnam. It was not intended to be historically accurate.

I know that, it's not my point. Talk to people who were never there and never knew anyone that was and their take is that the movie reflected what happened in Nam on a daily basis, especially those who were involved with the anti-Vietnam war movement, they believed it to be a true representation.
It's not Sci-Fi but it is fiction.

I was involved in the anti war movement and I did not think that. Try speaking for yourself and not for others.

Then why do so many perceive it to be a real depiction of the war? I wasn't speaking for you specifically, you are one of the few who actually know the origin of the movie. So I'll toss it back in your court, Try speaking for yourself and not for others.............

 

[Ringel05]

Coppolas own words;
“My film is not a movie. It is not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.”

 

[rightwinger]

Coppolas own words;
“My film is not a movie. It is not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.”

First half was a good war movie, the second half was just plain silly

 

[JakeStarkey]

^That^

 

[Ringel05]

Coppolas own words;
“My film is not a movie. It is not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.”

First half was a good war movie, the second half was just plain silly

I don't remember, I saw it 30 years ago and quickly forgot about it. Like you when it hit a certain point in the movie my reaction was, "what the f**k?"