Red Mosquito

cutuphalfdead wrote:The intrigue in Strangelove wasn't taking place during a period of peace that led up to an act of war, it was taking place during a war that led up to a drastic escalation of that war.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:The Cold War is the Canada of wars. Hardly counts.

durdencommatyler wrote:It's because it's a comedy, chud. War is serious business, don't you know.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:It's because it's a comedy, chud. War is serious business, don't you know.

Not my argument at all.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:It's because it's a comedy, chud. War is serious business, don't you know.

Not my argument at all.

cutuphalfdead wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:It's because it's a comedy, chud. War is serious business, don't you know.

Not my argument at all.

That argument might be better than the one you have.

War is going on all throughout Strangelove, just like in The Great Escape.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:The Cold War is the Canada of wars. Hardly counts.

cutuphalfdead wrote:Just admit that you were wrong and we can move on.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:Just admit that you were wrong and we can move on.

I count it under the same category as "espionage-y" stuff. Lots of intrigue that's set during war, but for the sake of this list, I'm not counting that as a "war movie."

durdencommatyler wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:Just admit that you were wrong and we can move on.

I count it under the same category as "espionage-y" stuff. Lots of intrigue that's set during war, but for the sake of this list, I'm not counting that as a "war movie."

So, then, and I swear I'm not being difficult, I just want an understood lexicon, can you define a "war movie"?

LoathedVermin72 wrote:This was insanely difficult to narrow down to ten. Not in order, and not counting espionage-y stuff, pre-gun wars, or sci-fi:

49th Parallel
Band of Brothers
Castle Keep
The Deer Hunter
Gone with the Wind
Hell in the Pacific
The Heroes of Telemark
Paths of Glory
The Thin Red Line
Where Eagles Dare

Long list of honorable mentions:
Apocalypse Now
Ashes and Diamonds
Battle of the Bulge
Battleground
Beach Red
Between Heaven and Hell
The Big Red One
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Force 10 from Navarone
Full Metal Jacket
Fury
A Generation
Grand Illusion
The Great Escape
The Green Berets
Hope and Glory
Lawrence of Arabia
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Lions for Lambs
Men Behind the Sun
Men in War
Patton
The Pianist
Raintree County
Rambo
Tora! Tora! Tora!

McParadigm wrote:

@SkitchP wrote:

McParadigm wrote:I like Gettysburg and Catch-22.

Glory #BecauseBraugher

Of the two, I think Gettysburg impacted me more because it was gripping without deviating from accuracy. Aside from the core problem every Civil War movie has ("we don't want it to be a gorefest, so we'll have people just fall down when they die and thus thoroughly understate the human significance and personal impact of every single moment"), the detail to which Gettysburg captured what actually happened is astounding...and it did so without losing the powerful emotional core that a historical drama movie needs to have. It was pretty much one shot of Lee having diarrhea away from perfect historical accuracy, and yet it has an almost Shakespearean tragic core to it.

Glory was a good movie, admittedly with a few aspects that haven't aged well, but it bent and adjusted too much of what was already an engaging story that had no reason to be adjusted.

Both have great soundtracks. Both have hilarious fake facial hair. One has purple and green explosions, though.

@SkitchP wrote:

McParadigm wrote:

@SkitchP wrote:

McParadigm wrote:I like Gettysburg and Catch-22.

Glory #BecauseBraugher

Of the two, I think Gettysburg impacted me more because it was gripping without deviating from accuracy. Aside from the core problem every Civil War movie has ("we don't want it to be a gorefest, so we'll have people just fall down when they die and thus thoroughly understate the human significance and personal impact of every single moment"), the detail to which Gettysburg captured what actually happened is astounding...and it did so without losing the powerful emotional core that a historical drama movie needs to have. It was pretty much one shot of Lee having diarrhea away from perfect historical accuracy, and yet it has an almost Shakespearean tragic core to it.

Glory was a good movie, admittedly with a few aspects that haven't aged well, but it bent and adjusted too much of what was already an engaging story that had no reason to be adjusted.

Both have great soundtracks. Both have hilarious fake facial hair. One has purple and green explosions, though.

Guys. Do you realize with this post we actually got to watch McP gush? Seriously. It's really weird.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:Just admit that you were wrong and we can move on.

I count it under the same category as "espionage-y" stuff. Lots of intrigue that's set during war, but for the sake of this list, I'm not counting that as a "war movie."

So, then, and I swear I'm not being difficult, I just want an understood lexicon, can you define a "war movie"?

LoathedVermin72 wrote:This was insanely difficult to narrow down to ten. Not in order, and not counting espionage-y stuff, pre-gun wars, or sci-fi:

49th Parallel
Band of Brothers
Castle Keep
The Deer Hunter
Gone with the Wind
Hell in the Pacific
The Heroes of Telemark
Paths of Glory
The Thin Red Line
Where Eagles Dare

Long list of honorable mentions:
Apocalypse Now
Ashes and Diamonds
Battle of the Bulge
Battleground
Beach Red
Between Heaven and Hell
The Big Red One
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Force 10 from Navarone
Full Metal Jacket
Fury
A Generation
Grand Illusion
The Great Escape
The Green Berets
Hope and Glory
Lawrence of Arabia
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Lions for Lambs
Men Behind the Sun
Men in War
Patton
The Pianist
Raintree County
Rambo
Tora! Tora! Tora!

@SkitchP wrote:Does Inglorius Basterds count? Cause that's on my list, even if it doesn't count.