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Brutus

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What are your favorite WWII movies?
« on: November 17, 2010, 03:03:49 am »
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1: downfall
2: das boot
3: the pianist
4: stalingrad
5: letters from iwo jima
6: grave of the fireflies
7: saving private ryan
8: flags of our fathers
9: enemy at the gates
10: the last emperor

Other good but not great movies: patton, tora tora tora, a bridge too far,
the thin red line, the guns of navarone (very cheesy), schindler's list, the longest day



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Mamoruanime

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Re: What are your favorite WWII movies?
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2010, 04:30:15 am »
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Re: What are your favorite WWII movies?
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you're 13 and have some movies in the list which are in my country for 16 year old =/
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Re: What are your favorite WWII movies?
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you're 13 and have some movies in the list which are in my country for 16 year old =/
So?
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Brutus

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Re: What are your favorite WWII movies?
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#9 proves you're trollin'.
Why does everyone say that?  :-\
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Mamoruanime

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Re: What are your favorite WWII movies?
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2010, 11:49:00 pm »
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#9 proves you're trollin'.
Why does everyone say that?  :-\

Well you were the first to mention it :P

Wait a minute.. you think that I might be a little kid trolling this site!!!??????

But anyway; Schindlers List is one of my favorite movies in general, but it's not really a "war" movie either; at least I wouldn't consider it to be. When I think "WWII Movies" I think war, not the side stuff.
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« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2010, 12:29:27 am »
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Hey y'all, I just thought I'd mention that if you are going to discuss a list of WWII movie favorites it would be helpful to give reasons as to why you like the movies you do. When there have been topics related to things like which video games there was either such content given without a need to ask that it be provided or the topic was so general and known by everyone that the common favorites were stuff that everyone knew about and didn't really need much of an explanation for. WWII movies is kind of a vague subject to a lot of users here though.

As for my favorites, I don't have much. I am more into alternative history themes rather than actual history, and these tend to be either animated or in books. If I had to pick a movie though I would say I liked Letters from Iwo Jima. Not too much though, I didn't see all of it and parts seemed a little boring but certain scenes had a gritty realism that I could appreciate.
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« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2010, 12:47:32 am »
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Call of Duty.
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Brutus

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Re: What are your favorite WWII movies?
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#9 proves you're trollin'.
Why does everyone say that?  :-\
Well you were the first to mention it :P
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#9 proves you're trollin'.
Why does everyone say that?  :-\
Well you were the first to mention it :P
I asked two of my teachers and they both said in the exact same words that they "didn't care for it"

I've been to learn about World War 2 in general, so I even watch home-front movies/videos
e.g. "The Best Years of Our Lives", "Mrs. Minniver", "Why we Fight", "Triumph Des Willens", "Hitler's Eduction For Death" (made by disney), etc.
So do you guys know of any good movies about the war in the pacific? I've seen The Pacific, but had a hard time finding other movies.
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Re: What are your favorite WWII movies?
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2010, 12:21:35 pm »
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Well technically everything Pearl Harbor related is sort of Pacific War...but yeah come to think of it I don't really know many movies about those battles...
I really just seen stuff from it n CoD World at War and The Pacific.
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« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2010, 05:14:52 pm »
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I recommend watching Enemy at the Gates (seeing as how nobody mentioned it yet). Not perfect, but it is my 2nd favourite.
It's about russian soldiers/caddle fighting the "glorious" fight for Stalingrad and the motherland. Has a really unique atmosphere I find hard to describe. The welcome to Stalingrad for instance made more of an impact to me then the landing in Saving Private Ryan even, simply because of how surreal it is. It's like: "Are you freaking kidding me? This happened?!".
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« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2010, 05:55:49 pm »
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If you want the Asian side of the Pacific then I recommend "Empire of the Rising Sun". I haven't seen the movie yet, but I have read the original book.
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Brutus

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Re: What are your favorite WWII movies?
« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2010, 11:29:35 pm »
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Thanks,  I (coincedentally) rented enemy at the gates yesterday and it was great (now #9 on my list).
edit: I also rented empire of the rising sun but it wasn't very good for three reasons-
1- It was completely unrealistic, with a 12 year old kid thriving in a prisoner of war camp
2- The Japanese would've killed him and his friends multiple times throughout the movie
3- It just screamed "Spielberg"  if you know what I mean
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Mamoruanime

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Re: What are your favorite WWII movies?
« Reply #14 on: November 19, 2010, 12:03:28 am »
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3- It just screamed "Spielberg"  if you know what I mean

Schindlers List? :P

I dunno; I mean 99% of these movies are unrealistic in that they're made for entertainment, not as a documentary.

Most of them bug me though. Some are good :P
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« Reply #15 on: November 19, 2010, 12:55:39 am »
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The Pacific is pretty awesome.
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« Reply #16 on: November 19, 2010, 03:44:50 pm »
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I kind of liked Band of Brothers better in general. But The Pacific was still epic.
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