War movies

[The_Return]

I'm VERY green when it comes to this genre...I could count the war movies I've seen on one hand. Its strange too, because I've enjoyed all the ones that I've seen, just never got around to watching more.

My favourites of what I've seen:

- Full Metal Jacket
- Kelly's Heroes
- Platoon

[Amalthea_unicorn]

Underground

[_____V_____]

I went and bought some interesting-looking titles and want to know if any of you have seen these :-

- Midway

- Heaven & Earth

- Coming Home

- Captain Corelli's Mandolin

- Charlotte Gray

- Flight of the Intruder


Having a peek at my LONG list of must-watchs, any of these good enough to pop into the player sometime in the near future?

[zwoti]

[_____V_____]

Originally Posted by zwoti

Looks interesting, and it's Peckinpah. Whats it about, Z?

[zwoti]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

Looks interesting, and it's Peckinpah. Whats it about, Z?

you have got to be kidding me

[_____V_____]

Originally Posted by zwoti

you have got to be kidding me

lmao...

I havent seen it yet. :o

[urgeok2]

might have something to do with world war II :)

like Das Boot - another great film - it is from the germans point of view

[zwoti]

from imdb

The film opens with a squad of seasoned German soldiers, led by a disillusioned but skilled sergeant, on a patrol on the Russian front in WWII. They return to base to find a new commander, a traditional Prussian officer who wants only one thing from his command - An Iron Cross to maintain his family honor. The scene is set for a graphic portrayal of the horrors of war and of the conflict between two men of differing backgrounds. Written by Michael Lawn

"Set in 1943 on the Eastern Front of World War II, Cross of Iron is the story of the class conflict between a newly-arrived, aristocratic officer who covets the Iron Cross and a cynical, hardened infantry platoon leader in a Wehrmacht regiment during the German retreat from the Taman Peninsula on the Black Sea coast of the Soviet Union. Cross of Iron is based upon the novel The Willing Flesh, by Willi Heinrich, published in 1956; it might be loosely based on the true story of Johann Schwerdfeger. As typical of Sam Peckinpah's action films, much of this war movie's action is in slow motion, iterating the anti-war message."

[Elvis_Christ]

Cross Of Iron is a great flick.

Originally Posted by _____V_____

Flight of the Intruder

I really dug this when it first came out but haven't seen it since. I remember it being a lot better than I thought it would be.

Anyone mentioned Saigon or Casualties Of War yet?