What is the best war movie ever created?
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Full Metal Jacket. Funny and not full of propaganda bull shit (from either side). It just portrayed what the soldiers felt (like Hamburger Hill). and it was real realistic too. especially the first half, since R Lee Ermey was a real drill sergeant. Hamburger Hill was also great. Flags of our Fathers had the best directing of war scenes along with Letters from Iwo Jima, IMO. Once again, a movie about the soldiers and not just about the War. Saving Private Ryan was another great one. Apocalypse Now was kind of slow at some points, but otherwise had a really good storyline. All in all, it was a fun movie and very realistic as well. Anyone who likes a good war movie has to see Full Metal Jacket. now for shitty war movies: We Were Soldiers: too many dramatic entrances and just boring as fuck. Miracle at Saint Anna: Focused too much on trying to make it like Saving Private Ryan. Just a bunch of closeups of dismemberment and not actual originality in the battle scenes. The movie was all style, no substance. I was disappointed since Spike Lee is usually awesome. Platoon: Extremely overrated. I fell asleep half way through it. Which was sad because it started off promising, but it just got so repetitive and boring near the end that i wanted to claw my eyes out. And the movie that i can't wait to see is the Inglorious Basterds. that should be fuckin' awesome. Side: Full Metal Jacket
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Well I think many war movies portray war in a glorified Hollywood manner. This is why I really liked Apocalypse Now. I think it was a realistic and chilling portrayal of the Vietnam War. I also enjoyed that the movie was about more than the Vietnam War, while at the same time really transporting you there emotionally. Side: Apocalypse Now
I think most war movies created are meant to be dark. There are a couple that are more like action movies like Wind Talkers, but even that one created this very dark story line about a guy having to kill his own man. Apocalypse Now was a good movie as for story line wise, though. Side: Full Metal Jacket
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Right, I wasn't saying war movies shouldn't be dark, I was kind of saying the opposite. I was saying most war movies portray war as glorious and melodramatic. The reason I like Apocalypse Now is that is shows how war is not a perfectly orchestrated and choreographed event. And Apocalypse Now was definitely very dark; it was based on a book called Heart of Darkness. Side: Apocalypse Now
there is literally know battle scenes. I liked it because it was interesting, but if you want to see an actual WAR movie, Jarhead ain't a good example. better movie about the First Gulf War is Three Kings. I never saw all of it, but from what i did see it was pretty amazing. Side: Full Metal Jacket
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As a movie, it's really good. I loved it. But my dad (a major history buff) gave me the full scope on how it's historically inaccurate. seriously, i think the reason why he doesn't know how to use the internet is because he has all the knowledge it could offer him. good movie to watch though. Side: Full Metal Jacket
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This may be stretching the definition of 'movie' a bit, but for my money, the best war epic ever put on film was Band of Brothers. There's nothing else that even comes close to matching the realism, superb storyline, and character development that Spielberg put together with this... Side: Band of Brothers
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Anyone see Threads? It's a BBC docudrama, available on Google video, about the real projections of nuclear war on Britain. I believe Kuklapolitan suggested it, and it's affected me as much as any movie I've seen. If we want to get along better when my generation is running the planet, we need to be sickened by atrocities, and this is a great way to ensure it. Side: Full Metal Jacket
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