Battle of the Bulge is kind of fun, but the historian in me screams in pain every time it's on. WHERE IS THE DAMNED SNOW? WHERE IS THE FOREST? The battle DID NOT TAKE PLACE IN A DESERT!!!! (Sorry, the historian is very excitable....) If it weren't for the wonderful use of the Panzerlied as the musical base for the soundtrack, I wouldn't be able to stand it again. The scene where the young recruits sing the song is stirring, and still one of my favorite renditions of the song (am I a bad man cause I have lots of German war music on my computer?).
I think one of my favorites of all time was A Bridge Too Far. There's so much good stuff in that movie.
I love Guns of Navarone and Magnificent Seven. Those are two of the over-the-top fictional war flicks I enjoy again and again.
Favorite boatie flick has to be Enemy Below (the movie that turned me on to the piece of music der Alte Dessaur).
The best Vietnam flick, hands down, was We Were Soldiers. Hella flick. Get the disc (or Netflix it) and watch the deleted scenes -- especially the one that tells about the hardass MoH winner who was terrified of THEIR sergeant.
Oh, hey. How about The Big Red One? Lotta great stuff in that flick.
Love Patton. Ditto Tora Tora Tora. Ditto The Longest Day (except for the Red Buttons nonsense).
This is a fun thread...I wondered how long it was going to take to see The Dirty Dozen. Bridge on the River Kwai is one of my favorites.
