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Gru said:
Personally I didnt like the departed a lot, but that's just me
Technically it was good. FX was great on those headshots. Looked almost real but it left me with the "Uhm, ok" feeling I get from average movies
Not something i'd like to watch again like apocalypto or even Blood diamond
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You liked apocalypto? It was really not for me...

Blood diamond was great i thought.

Have you seen The Prestige?
 
No, Still [-]downloading[/-] waiting for it to be released on dvd :D
 
There was a time when I really liked Steven "woodface" Segal movies
Not for his acting abilities but for the martial arts. He really is very good in that dept, cant argue that
Last night watched Flight of Fury... what a kuk movie
 
RompelStompel said:
Haven't seen Stalingrad yet.
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Actually not a bad movie, life and times of a platoon of German soldiers.

For those who enjoy their War Movies:
Windtalkers, --about the code talkers, Navajo Indians and the Marines in the Pacific Theatre
Empire of the Sun,-- oldish, but very good movie about civilians in Japanese camps in China -- Christian Bale (very young) and John Malkovitch
Thin Red Line -- American troops in the Pacific, all star cast. Deals with the personalities quite well.
Gardens of Stone -- About the guys who do honour gaurd duty at Arlington Memorial Cemetry, the place of burial for most American soldiers, set during the Vietnam war.
Navy Seals -- Set in the time of Beirut, Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn
Who Dares Wins --Lewis Collins (British movie) about the S.A.S. based loosely on the Embassy hostage drama in London
Dogs of War --Mercenary activity in Africa --Tom Berenger, Christopher Walken
The Final Countdown --Sci fi orientated about a Nuclear Aircraft Carrier that gets transported back in time to 1941 just prior to Pearl Harbour --Martin Sheen , Kirk Douglas
Flight of the Intruder --Vietnam war Air warfare --Danny Glover
By Dawns Early Light --About the Nuclear Bombers that were tasked to fly over the USSR during the Cold War --Powers Booth
The Fourth Protocol --Spy thriller about the KGB trying to set of a nuclear device on British soil --Pierce Brosnan

Then we come to the classics:
Kelly's Heroes --Clint Eastwood , Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas
Zulu --Battle of Rokes Drift, INTRODUCING --Michael Caine
Patton --George C.Scott , about General Patton WW2
A Bridge to Far -- Battle of Arnheim -Full Cast
Battle of Britain -- Some excelent air footage, and every German plane used , was authentic, loaned from the Spanish airforce after WW2.
The Longest Day --Black & White -- but very good story about the build up and the actual D-Day landings, portays both Allied and German side.
The Wild Geese -- Mercenaries in Africa --Richard Burton , Roger Moore
Tora Tora Tora --Attack on Pearl Harbour, shows both sides.
Midway --Battle of Midway, Spot a young Tom Selleck manning a machine gun nest.
The Dirty Dozen --Prisoners form a special unit
Guns of Navarone --Set in the Aegean during WW2 --Gregory Peck, David Niven
Boys From Brazil --Post war movie, about the "bred" children of Nazi Germany --Gregory Peck
Bridge on the River Kwai --Prisoners on the infamous Burma Railroad
The Eagle has Landed --Based loosely on the German plot to kidnap Churchill
The Light Horsemen --WW1 story about an Australian Battalion, who cross the Arabian desert to capture a port held by the Turks.
Gallipoli --WW1 story about that battle --Mel Gibson
Waterloo --About the battle, very good Portrayal of Napoleon, the actors name escapes me now
The Cruel Sea --Black & White (very rare) excellent story of the Battle of the Atlantic, and convoy duty.
M.A.S.H. --Light hearted look at the life of a field hospital in the Korean War.
 
Picked up a book at paperweight called "Brasseys guide to War Films" isbn1 85753 355 0
Listings for over 2000 War films up to and including Saving Private Ryan, has a very nice index at the back of the book listing the periods/wars that each movie focuses on from Ancient Greece to modern times like the war in Bosnia.
For any fan of War movies, i would highly recommend trying to get a copy.
Covers foreign films as well as the usual American and British made movies.
 
Gru said:
Personally I didnt like the departed a lot, but that's just me
Technically it was good. FX was great on those headshots. Looked almost real but it left me with the "Uhm, ok" feeling I get from average movies
Not something i'd like to watch again like apocalypto or even Blood diamond
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Departed was a western remake of it's original trilogy 'Eternal affairs' from HongKong....EA's much better than Departed....:D
 
Nanfeishen said:
Picked up a book at paperweight called "Brasseys guide to War Films" isbn1 85753 355 0
Listings for over 2000 War films up to and including Saving Private Ryan, has a very nice index at the back of the book listing the periods/wars that each movie focuses on from Ancient Greece to modern times like the war in Bosnia.
For any fan of War movies, i would highly recommend trying to get a copy.
Covers foreign films as well as the usual American and British made movies.
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Very intresting.

Pity Take2 doesn't have it :(
 
Nanfeishen said:
For those who enjoy their War Movies:
Windtalkers, --about the code talkers, Navajo Indians and the Marines in the Pacific Theatre
Empire of the Sun,-- oldish, but very good movie about civilians in Japanese camps in China -- Christian Bale (very young) and John Malkovitch
Thin Red Line -- American troops in the Pacific, all star cast. Deals with the personalities quite well.
Gardens of Stone -- About the guys who do honour gaurd duty at Arlington Memorial Cemetry, the place of burial for most American soldiers, set during the Vietnam war.
Navy Seals -- Set in the time of Beirut, Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn
Who Dares Wins --Lewis Collins (British movie) about the S.A.S. based loosely on the Embassy hostage drama in London
Dogs of War --Mercenary activity in Africa --Tom Berenger, Christopher Walken
The Final Countdown --Sci fi orientated about a Nuclear Aircraft Carrier that gets transported back in time to 1941 just prior to Pearl Harbour --Martin Sheen , Kirk Douglas
Flight of the Intruder --Vietnam war Air warfare --Danny Glover
By Dawns Early Light --About the Nuclear Bombers that were tasked to fly over the USSR during the Cold War --Powers Booth
The Fourth Protocol --Spy thriller about the KGB trying to set of a nuclear device on British soil --Pierce Brosnan

Then we come to the classics:
Kelly's Heroes --Clint Eastwood , Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas
Zulu --Battle of Rokes Drift, INTRODUCING --Michael Caine
Patton --George C.Scott , about General Patton WW2
A Bridge to Far -- Battle of Arnheim -Full Cast
Battle of Britain -- Some excelent air footage, and every German plane used , was authentic, loaned from the Spanish airforce after WW2.
The Longest Day --Black & White -- but very good story about the build up and the actual D-Day landings, portays both Allied and German side.
The Wild Geese -- Mercenaries in Africa --Richard Burton , Roger Moore
Tora Tora Tora --Attack on Pearl Harbour, shows both sides.
Midway --Battle of Midway, Spot a young Tom Selleck manning a machine gun nest.
The Dirty Dozen --Prisoners form a special unit
Guns of Navarone --Set in the Aegean during WW2 --Gregory Peck, David Niven
Boys From Brazil --Post war movie, about the "bred" children of Nazi Germany --Gregory Peck
Bridge on the River Kwai --Prisoners on the infamous Burma Railroad
The Eagle has Landed --Based loosely on the German plot to kidnap Churchill
The Light Horsemen --WW1 story about an Australian Battalion, who cross the Arabian desert to capture a port held by the Turks.
Gallipoli --WW1 story about that battle --Mel Gibson
Waterloo --About the battle, very good Portrayal of Napoleon, the actors name escapes me now
The Cruel Sea --Black & White (very rare) excellent story of the Battle of the Atlantic, and convoy duty.
M.A.S.H. --Light hearted look at the life of a field hospital in the Korean War.
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Great list - many a good movie listed :)

Two more to add :

When Trumpets Fade - Movie about the Hurtgen Forest Battle

Seven Days In May - Burt Lancaster , Kirk Douglas. Movie is about elements in the U.S. military plotting a coup. John Frankenheimer masterpiece.
 
Nanfeishen said:
Actually not a bad movie, life and times of a platoon of German soldiers.

For those who enjoy their War Movies:
Windtalkers, --about the code talkers, Navajo Indians and the Marines in the Pacific Theatre
Empire of the Sun,-- oldish, but very good movie about civilians in Japanese camps in China -- Christian Bale (very young) and John Malkovitch
Thin Red Line -- American troops in the Pacific, all star cast. Deals with the personalities quite well.
Gardens of Stone -- About the guys who do honour gaurd duty at Arlington Memorial Cemetry, the place of burial for most American soldiers, set during the Vietnam war.
Navy Seals -- Set in the time of Beirut, Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn
Who Dares Wins --Lewis Collins (British movie) about the S.A.S. based loosely on the Embassy hostage drama in London
Dogs of War --Mercenary activity in Africa --Tom Berenger, Christopher Walken
The Final Countdown --Sci fi orientated about a Nuclear Aircraft Carrier that gets transported back in time to 1941 just prior to Pearl Harbour --Martin Sheen , Kirk Douglas
Flight of the Intruder --Vietnam war Air warfare --Danny Glover
By Dawns Early Light --About the Nuclear Bombers that were tasked to fly over the USSR during the Cold War --Powers Booth
The Fourth Protocol --Spy thriller about the KGB trying to set of a nuclear device on British soil --Pierce Brosnan

Then we come to the classics:
Kelly's Heroes --Clint Eastwood , Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas
Zulu --Battle of Rokes Drift, INTRODUCING --Michael Caine
Patton --George C.Scott , about General Patton WW2
A Bridge to Far -- Battle of Arnheim -Full Cast
Battle of Britain -- Some excelent air footage, and every German plane used , was authentic, loaned from the Spanish airforce after WW2.
The Longest Day --Black & White -- but very good story about the build up and the actual D-Day landings, portays both Allied and German side.
The Wild Geese -- Mercenaries in Africa --Richard Burton , Roger Moore
Tora Tora Tora --Attack on Pearl Harbour, shows both sides.
Midway --Battle of Midway, Spot a young Tom Selleck manning a machine gun nest.
The Dirty Dozen --Prisoners form a special unit
Guns of Navarone --Set in the Aegean during WW2 --Gregory Peck, David Niven
Boys From Brazil --Post war movie, about the "bred" children of Nazi Germany --Gregory Peck
Bridge on the River Kwai --Prisoners on the infamous Burma Railroad
The Eagle has Landed --Based loosely on the German plot to kidnap Churchill
The Light Horsemen --WW1 story about an Australian Battalion, who cross the Arabian desert to capture a port held by the Turks.
Gallipoli --WW1 story about that battle --Mel Gibson
Waterloo --About the battle, very good Portrayal of Napoleon, the actors name escapes me now
The Cruel Sea --Black & White (very rare) excellent story of the Battle of the Atlantic, and convoy duty.
M.A.S.H. --Light hearted look at the life of a field hospital in the Korean War.
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Ooo Kelly's Heroes :cool: My fav movie of all time full stop. I've seen that film dozens of times and know it backwards.

Seen most of those films. I good movie that surprised me is one called JackNife. No real 'war" scenes but the effects of the Vietnam war on these two vets. Old movie staring Ed Harris and Robert De Niro. No Hollywood over the top rubbish and politics really.
 
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