Pulbah Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 The Dambusters. It's half documentary and half drama. It's so good a remake is on the cards from the Lord of the Rings organisation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrezesOi Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 (edited) War movies? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_and_See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_Now_Redux Probably 90% of you are familiar with only one of them ... Oh. And one more thing - War. War never changes. Edited March 25, 2015 by PrezesOi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCL Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 (edited) There are so many different historical movies to chose from such as master and commander to Saving Private Ryan and Fury. All of these films show the brutality of war, combat etc. However the film Zulu will and always has been my favourite historical movie. Edited March 26, 2015 by SCL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thonar Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Stalingrad (1993, the German Version, not the crappy Russian 3D-version): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalingrad_(1993_film) Downfall: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downfall_(2004_film) Letters from Iwo Jima: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_from_Iwo_Jima Black Hawk Down (honestly,... not even mentioned so far) Charlie Wilson’s War Intimate Enemies I also enjoyed "Behind Enemy Lines" with Owen Wilson. For a bit crazier receptions there are some good Asian movies, but the style is quite different: The Front Line (South Korean) Prisoners of War (don't expect much in the realism department, but a pretty good story based on a true story) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shifty Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Speaking of Asian movies I enjoyed very much the Assembly (Ji jie hao) 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waitepaul Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 'A Bridge too far' WWII Gettysburg ACW Master and Commander, obviously reason They were Expendable WWII (John Wayne) 'Memphis Belle' Yangtze Incident I could go on but these will do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devante del Nero Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Do historical fictions count? If so Master and Commander is one of my favorite films of all time. For films based on historical events, I liked The Bounty with Mel Gibson I haven't seen the older versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balck Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Well since we've got some WW2 stuff... Das Boot Stalingrad Not a movie but a three part series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEiwR5HGMkk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Fury. The tank battle scenes are as real as it gets... kidding, it's total crap of course. I guess Das Boot get's my vote as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Cloudsley-Shovell Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Some real good Russian war films out there,9Th Company(a russian FMJ set in Soviet Occupied Afghanistan),The Fortress,for instance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeceptingDecoy Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 (edited) Band of Brothers The Pacific Downfall Zulu Letters from Iwo Jima Saving Private Ryan Edited April 3, 2015 by DeceptingDecoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Freedom Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Will look for The Cruel Sea for sure. Seems quite a good evening choice. Has anyone seen Field of Lost Shoes ? Any opinions ? It was enjoyable. But it's more about drama than actual historical accuracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Freedom Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 3 part series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeceptingDecoy Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Forgot to add this, Generation Kill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Cloudsley-Shovell Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 3 part series That is an EXCELLENT mini Series! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMS ZULU Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Shall try put things in uncommon or not already covered The Cruel Sea: the story of WW2 Flower Class Corvette HMS Compass Rose and her successor In Which We Serve: a little stiff, an account told in reflection in a lifeboat of a Royal Navy destroyer. Fictional but said to be based on Mountbattens ship HMS Kelly lost in the Battle of Crete. Coward earned an Acedemy Award Ice Cold in Alex An ambulance crew making their escape from advancing Africa Corp in the North African desert. Starred John Mills, and probably one of his best performances as a drunk army Captain Master & Commander, The Far Side of the World: Meant to be the basis of other films that never eventuated. I had the pleasure of videoing a quartet playing 'Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid at The Prince of Wales Lodge; In the Year of Our Grace 2012', that was featured in the film, I cant play music worth a damn, so this was just facinating Stalingrad: German film of their experiences in Russia, said to be more of an anti-war film becuase it is so persuasively gruesome to watch Valkyrie Well only for the organisation of the Tomahawk (P40) air attack at the beginning, Im really not that fond of Cruise and can happily sleep through the rest Dark Blue World Czech film about Czechoslovakian pilots and the experiences in the RAF fighting in England in WW2. If your into Spitfires its got some great scenes, it is as the best of war films are funny at times and yet incredibly sad War Horse I guess commonly known, but I knew ppl like that, and my grandparents used to breed clydesdales at that time Passchendale Canadian war film, pretty powerful combat and some real whoa moments Beneath Hill 60 Prelude to the the Battle of Messines gigantic mines are dug beneath the opposing German garrisons to predictable effect Kokoda, 39th Battalion IMO more important an engagement that the entire Galipoli campaign, and tells the story of an army now prepared to go it alone against the tallest odds Dunkirk Television series that goes pretty much all the way with it and available on youtube. your into tanks? check out The Beast: an interpretation of the Soviet experiences in Afghanistan from the point of view of a tank crew Fury: seems like a lot of folks arent happy with this film, myself I quite liked it. On my inf it took 4-5 Shermans to knock a Tiger, so ok maybe theyre rarer that I thought. But it was good to see a real Tiger on the move instead of the modified T34 in Saving Private Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thonar Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Fury: seems like a lot of folks arent happy with this film, myself I quite liked it. On my inf it took 4-5 Shermans to knock a Tiger, so ok maybe theyre rarer that I thought. But it was good to see a real Tiger on the move instead of the modified T34 in Saving Private Ryan Honestly: Fury was a really good idea for a movie... probably destroyed by Hollywood. Nearly every fighting scene, except the one with the kids with panzerfaust killing the platoon officer, was crap but with a good idea behind it... but on the other hand it wasn't the worst movie ever (except maybe the last combat scene which was so much over the top that it doesn't even fit to the movie in itself). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah O'Brien Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Finally watched Master and Commander for the first time last night. So many references on the forums make sense now I wish they had continued and made more movies. It could have been a great series, unlike other movies that simply try to capitalize off of the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodeux Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Finally watched Master and Commander for the first time last night. So many references on the forums make sense now I wish they had continued and made more movies. It could have been a great series, unlike other movies that simply try to capitalize off of the original. If you enjoyed the movies the books are absolutely fantastic and really delve into the relationship between Maturin (who is in fact one of the top secret agents in the British Empire) and Aubrey who later becomes Maturin's brother in law. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah O'Brien Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 I will certainly look into them. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMS ZULU Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Honestly: Fury was a really good idea for a movie... probably destroyed by Hollywood. Nearly every fighting scene, except the one with the kids with panzerfaust killing the platoon officer, was crap but with a good idea behind it... but on the other hand it wasn't the worst movie ever (except maybe the last combat scene which was so much over the top that it doesn't even fit to the movie in itself). seemed to me to cover a given list of points instructions to writers felt a little like, make sure you mention this, this, this and this, report back at 20.00 in that way they got to deal with (for instance) enemy camo skills and the issues of visibility of targets selecting rounds within the tank, things of that nature no it wasnt suble, but descriptive but I guess I was just pleased to see a bunch of tanks rockin around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tief N Tote Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 hands down best historically accurate movie is monti python and the holy grail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Cloudsley-Shovell Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I watched The Liberator yesterday.its about Simon Bolivar and his fight for an Independent South America.A VERY good film.I knew very little about this man before i saw the film.A good story of how the Heavy hand of Spain set itself to lose its South American Colonies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tief N Tote Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 ok so based on what i have read hear i'm getting my hands on war horse and band o brothers now which to watch first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMS ZULU Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Band of Brothers takes awhile get War Horse out of your system first, then you can fully engage BoB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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