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  1. Camstock Camstock is offline

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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:03pm)

    These are my favourite types of movies and I have been tried to pick up as many as I can over the years, some great, some not so great, but either way..whenever I see one in a discount bin I tend to pick it up. Anyway, here is the list of what I have (off of the top of my head), what I am looking for, and any suggestions of good ones I may not have seen would be appreciated.

    MOVIES I OWN:
    -Glory
    -Alexander
    -Troy
    -First Knight
    -Hamburger Hill
    -The Black Brigade
    -Band of Brothers Box Set
    -The Last Samurai
    -Kingdom of Heaven
    -Casualties of War
    -A Knights Tale (blah I know but fits in with the genre)
    -Lord of The Rings set
    -Gettysburg
    -Apocalypse Now
    -Apocalypse Now Redux
    -Enemy At The Gates
    -The Four Feathers
    -We Were Soldiers
    -The 13th Warrior
    Movies I need to buy: Gladiator, Braveheart, The Thin Red Line, Windtalkers, 10000 BC, The Great Escape, 300, King Arthur, The Lost Battalion, The Last Legion, The Patriot.

    Any other good war/history movies out there that maybe I forgot, haven't seen or simply omitted?
  2. moscow01 moscow01 is offline

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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:06pm) in reply to Camstock

    I've said it before and I'll say it again - Band of brothers is the greatest thing ever made.
    Solid list. Not sure you wanna bother with 300 though. Very gay.
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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:07pm) in reply to Camstock

    Saving Private Ryan???
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  4. Hateflops Hateflops is offline 7 over par. ship it!

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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:08pm) in reply to -BlackFours-

     
    Originally Posted by -BlackFours- View Post

    Saving Private Ryan???

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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:09pm) in reply to Camstock

    Band of Bros was/is defiantely a great one.

    You need:
    Hunt for Red October
    Fucking Platoon!
    Tuskeegee airman

    Men of Honor
    saving Private Ryan
    BlackHawk Down??
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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:10pm) in reply to Camstock

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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:10pm) in reply to Hateflops

     
    Originally Posted by Hateflops View Post

     
    Originally Posted by -BlackFours- View Post

    Saving Private Ryan???

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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:13pm) in reply to Hateflops

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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:13pm) in reply to Hateflops

    Schindler's List, Deer Hunter
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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:15pm) in reply to uncpeej

    Gangs of NY clearly
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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:16pm) in reply to Camstock

    Band of brothers for sure and full metal jacket...
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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:17pm) in reply to Camstock

    Platoon and Full Metal Jacket are my fav war movies...
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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:18pm) in reply to s1nnr

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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:21pm) in reply to moscow01

    Ya..wasn't a huge fan of 300 from a historical standpoint. As entertainment it was pretty good though I thought.

    Also Deer Hunter, and Saving Private Ryan are two I left off by accident (trying to remember every movie I own or want without being in front of my movie case is tough). Definetly great movies though. Most every movie listed so far is a great movie so thank you..got alot of bargain bin hunting to do soon I am thinking.
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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:21pm) in reply to Camstock

    Gotta get the HBO Rome series. Sex, lust, greed, murder, politics, war, rape... and I whenever I watch it I think how great of a poker player some of these guys would be, lol.
     
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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:22pm) in reply to Randomizer

    Is it that good? I saw advertisements for it but have never watched it (don't get HBO).
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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:22pm) in reply to ltquick

    It is not in English, but No Man's Land is a great movie about the war in Bosnia. I think it won the Oscar for best foreign film, although I am too lazy to check Wikipedia to verify.
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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:24pm) in reply to Randomizer

    ^^^^ 2nd the Rome series. However, the second season not nearly as good as first b/c they skipped wayyyyyyyy too much.
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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:27pm) in reply to Camstock

    Full Metal Jacket

    Patton
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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:32pm) in reply to soonerdel

    I'm shocked you love war/history movies and don't own Gladiator/Braveheart. My 2 personal faves fwiw.

    Also recommend Black Hawk Down. Awesome movie.
     
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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:33pm) in reply to Camstock

    i thought JARHEAD was a really sick movie..
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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:34pm) in reply to AnonymousX

     
    Originally Posted by tsxxx04 View Post

    i thought JARHEAD was a really sick movie..

    Only movie I've ever walked out of the theater on. One of the worst I've ever seen.
     
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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:37pm) in reply to IBGrindin

     
    Originally Posted by tsxxx04 View Post


    i thought JARHEAD was a really sick movie..

    jarhead was so terrible, do not watch that movie

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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:37pm) in reply to IBGrindin

    wtf...how do you figure?
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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:44pm) in reply to Camstock

    Apocalypto would fit your collection
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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:46pm) in reply to Camstock

    Make Gladiator, The Patriot, and The Lost Battalion priorities. Windtalkers is fun if not the greatest movie ever, same goes for Three Kings. Do not waste one second of time or one dime of your hard-earned money on The Thin Red Line. Trust me on this one.

    Not listed: you should def get Patton, Saving Private Ryan, The Longest Day, Tora! Tora! Tora!, and my strongest recommendation is to get All Quiet on the Western Front, 1930 version is amazing but the 1979 one is excellent as well.
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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:47pm) in reply to nickjames23

    jarhead was like a behind the scenes look at a marine corps platoon that never saw any action, if you understand that, the movie is really not that bad. i've watched it a few times now including once in the theatre.

    worst movie ever on OP's list is Alexander, Colin Ferrell plays a horrible whiney homo bitch in this movie, this is close to the worst disappointment in movies that i have ever seen.
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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 2:55pm) in reply to acp

    i thought jarhead was a really good movie..and very realistic...i never heard much hype about it, and put it on when it was on tv one day and was couldn't believe how intense it was.
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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 3:00pm) in reply to IBGrindin

    It's one of those things where you always see them for sale, but then you see something a little more obscure or harder to find beside so you alwys buy that one first and then never get back to buy the original ones.
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    Jun 24th, 2008 (6/24/2008 3:00pm) in reply to AnonymousX

    Das Boot
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