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Finally finished watching BoB and Gen Kill

post #1 of 23
12/29/10 at 11:11pm
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I have not kept up on watching war movies made in the last 15 years or so - other than Saving Private Ryan, I don't think I have watched a single one. I finally finished watching Band of Brothers and Generation Kill recently (I had read the books a while ago but finally got to watch the DVD versions).

Any other recommendations for interesting and realistic war movies made recently? I was thinking The Pacific, Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima. How about The Thin Red Line? Any others I should look for?
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post #2 of 23
12/29/10 at 11:14pm
Any other recommendations for interesting and realistic war movies made recently? I was thinking The Pacific, Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima. How about The Thin Red Line? Any others I should look for?Tanks!
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post #3 of 23
12/29/10 at 11:27pm
Y'all should check out Windtalkers.
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post #4 of 23
12/29/10 at 11:42pm
I thought The Hurt Locker was a really good movie, notwithstanding the questionable realism.
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post #5 of 23
12/29/10 at 11:49pm
Devils on the Doorstep
Downfall
Waltz with Bashir
Tigerland
Jarhead
Defiance
The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Pat Tillman story
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post #6 of 23
12/30/10 at 12:51am
Armadillo Restrepo Both docs with enough action and drama to keep you very engaged
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I thought The Hurt Locker was a really good movie, notwithstanding the questionable realism.
+1, there are so many factual things wrong with it, but they get the feel of it very right.
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post #7 of 23
12/30/10 at 1:16am
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Cool... thanks for all the recommendations. I did see Downfall and Hurt Locker - just forgot to mention them.
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post #8 of 23
12/30/10 at 1:22am
Lebanon - probably one of the most realistic war movies.
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post #9 of 23
12/30/10 at 1:46am
+1 on restrepo, very good movie.
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post #10 of 23
12/30/10 at 9:48pm
Skip the Pacific. Started watching it after finishing BoB and it can't match up.
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post #11 of 23
12/30/10 at 9:55pm
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Skip the Pacific. Started watching it after finishing BoB and it can't match up.
Damn. I just downloaded this. What were your criticisms?
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post #12 of 23
12/31/10 at 12:18am
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
The Beast of War


The Thin Red Line isn't for everyone. You might find it boring.
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post #13 of 23
12/31/10 at 1:41am
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Damn. I just downloaded this. What were your criticisms?

a story derived from 2-3 different books did not help it any.

other than for "snafu"....i really didn't give a shit about the other people.
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post #14 of 23
12/31/10 at 1:01pm
I liked The Pacific more than BoB, but that's mostly because I'm weird
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post #15 of 23
12/31/10 at 1:23pm
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Armadillo
Restrepo
Both docs with enough action and drama to keep you very engaged



+1, there are so many factual things wrong with it, but they get the feel of it very right.

This, so hard. I've only seen parts of Restrepo, but Armadillo is awesome.
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