Finally finished watching BoB and Gen Kill

Scrumhalf · Dec 29, 2010

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?

genmei888 · Dec 29, 2010

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!

Neo_Version 7 · Dec 29, 2010

Y'all should check out Windtalkers.

Saul Silver · Dec 29, 2010

I thought The Hurt Locker was a really good movie, notwithstanding the questionable realism.

Harold falcon · Dec 29, 2010

Devils on the Doorstep
Downfall
Waltz with Bashir
Tigerland
Jarhead
Defiance
The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Pat Tillman story

Duff_Man · Dec 30, 2010

Armadillo Restrepo Both docs with enough action and drama to keep you very engaged

Originally Posted by Saul Silver

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.

Scrumhalf · Dec 30, 2010

Cool... thanks for all the recommendations. I did see Downfall and Hurt Locker - just forgot to mention them.

Redwoood · Dec 30, 2010

Lebanon - probably one of the most realistic war movies.

Blackfyre · Dec 30, 2010

+1 on restrepo, very good movie.

TRINI · Dec 30, 2010

Skip the Pacific. Started watching it after finishing BoB and it can't match up.

Rambo · Dec 30, 2010

Originally Posted by TRINI

Skip the Pacific. Started watching it after finishing BoB and it can't match up.
Damn. I just downloaded this. What were your criticisms?

Hombre Secreto · Dec 31, 2010

Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
The Beast of War

The Thin Red Line isn't for everyone. You might find it boring.

limping_decorum · Dec 31, 2010

Originally Posted by Rambo

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 **** about the other people.

Nananine · Dec 31, 2010

I liked The Pacific more than BoB, but that's mostly because I'm weird

dune · Dec 31, 2010

Originally Posted by Duff_Man

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.

Finally finished watching BoB and Gen Kill

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