Top 10 of the genre: War Movies

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durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:You guys, The Thin Red Line is very obviously the best thing Malick has ever made or ever will make. And by a huge margin.
I would've thought TTRL had too much straight narrative for your tastes.
I think it's the perfect middle ground for Malick. More ethereal and fluid than Badlands, but not as a meandering, repetitive, and generally bullshitty as To the Wonder. I think Malick needs a little narrative grounding so he doesn't get lost in himself.
Ranking Malick:

1. Badlands (A+)
2. Tree of Life (A-)
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3. Days of Heaven (B-)
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4. To the Wonder (C-)
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5. The Thin Red Line (Fart Noise, except the Ben Chaplin reads a letter scene and parts of Penn climbing that hill)
1. The Thin Red Line (A)
2. Badlands (B)
3. The Tree of Life (B-)
4. The New World (B-)
5. Days of Heaven (B-)
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6. To the Wonder (FFFFFFFFUUUUUCCCKKKKKKK YYYYYOOUUUUU)
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durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:You guys, The Thin Red Line is very obviously the best thing Malick has ever made or ever will make. And by a huge margin.
I would've thought TTRL had too much straight narrative for your tastes.
I think it's the perfect middle ground for Malick. More ethereal and fluid than Badlands, but not as a meandering, repetitive, and generally bullshitty as To the Wonder. I think Malick needs a little narrative grounding so he doesn't get lost in himself.
Ranking Malick:

1. Badlands (A+)
2. Tree of Life (A-)
.
3. Days of Heaven (B-)
.
.
.
4. To the Wonder (C-)
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
5. The Thin Red Line (Fart Noise, except the Ben Chaplin reads a letter scene and parts of Penn climbing that hill)
Ugh, Tree of Life
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I thought Tree of Life would be too polarizing a film to ever be given a B-.
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durdencommatyler wrote:Chuck Norris IS a war movie.
Your damn right he is.
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Iprefertheiroldstuff wrote:I thought Tree of Life would be too polarizing a film to ever be given a B-.
I like it, but it has problematic elements that prevent me from loving it.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
Iprefertheiroldstuff wrote:I thought Tree of Life would be too polarizing a film to ever be given a B-.
I like it, but it has problematic elements that prevent me from loving it.
read: Jessica Chastain is in it.
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durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
Iprefertheiroldstuff wrote:I thought Tree of Life would be too polarizing a film to ever be given a B-.
I like it, but it has problematic elements that prevent me from loving it.
read: Jessica Chastain is in it.
Haha, that's part of it. But only a small part.
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:My thread. Strangelove is not, Inglorious Bastards is.
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What about War of the worlds, is that a war movie?
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tommymtcom wrote:What about War of the worlds, is that a war movie?
No
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