War movies

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Originally Posted by zwoti

from imdb




"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."

Very interesting. I must get this one.

Originally Posted by Elvis_Christ

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?

It looks way cool, too. But now with Elvis recommending, it is a surefire must-see. :D

Casualties of War was good. I wasnt impressed much though. I thought they overdid it a bit.

Havent seen Saigon yet.

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Any idea about this...



It lies on the shelf of a downtown store I visited yesterday. Looks tempting too...and is priced at about 14 bucks.

Anyone else got it? And if so, how are the movies in it?

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i've got the horror and sci-fi ones ... but i think i'd hesitate before getting the war one.

bad horror and sci-fi is passable because they have atheir charms ..

i cant think of anything more tedious than a bad war film.

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Not to mention the movies listed are some which I have never heard of, except some such as the Iwo Jima one, Battle of Britain etc...

I ll give it a skip till I get a favorable report.

Gotta admit, some of these 50 movie packs were so tempting that I used to get very impulsive while buying em. Only when I realised that the transfers and pic/audio quality are very shoddy on some, which put me off from buying these for awhile now.

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