S/D: WWII Movies

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There's at least 60 years worth of WWII flicks, so lets start sorting.

― kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Thursday, 31 August 2006 14:58 (seventeen years ago) link

Escape to Victory.

― M Grout (Mark Grout), Thursday, 31 August 2006 15:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Also, what about the Clint Eastwood movies? Is Where Eagles Dare actually any good?

― kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Thursday, 31 August 2006 15:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Off the top of my head, the best ones are:

Kelly's Heroes, for the wacked-out, "of its time" humour and cynicism, especially the bit where they bribe the commander of the tiger tank into joining them.

Cross of Iron, for its intensity & fatalistic outlook.

There was another one that really impressed me, but I'm damned if I can think of the title.

― Norman Phay (Pashmina), Thursday, 31 August 2006 15:29 (seventeen years ago) link

the thin red line is fevery goodness

― jhoshea (jhoshea), Thursday, 31 August 2006 15:53 (seventeen years ago) link

"Come and See" is an eye-opener to say the least

― ., Thursday, 31 August 2006 15:56 (seventeen years ago) link

http://imdb.com/title/tt0078723/

― nklshs (nklshs), Thursday, 31 August 2006 16:28 (seventeen years ago) link

That's a search, btw.

― nklshs (nklshs), Thursday, 31 August 2006 16:28 (seventeen years ago) link

somebody get slocki in here

― kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Thursday, 31 August 2006 17:41 (seventeen years ago) link

maybe we should do an Only Pick Ten or something

― kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Thursday, 31 August 2006 17:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Where Eagles Dare is OK, but there's a WTFness about seeing Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood in a film together.

The bit at the end on the gondola is pretty classic.

― patita (patita), Thursday, 31 August 2006 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link

The Battle Of The Bulge could have been good except that it was filmed in Spain. SPAIN! Not exactly the Ardennes in winter. Robert Shaw's performance as a german colonel tank dude made it somewhat bearable.

Midway was very good. I appreciate films that used actual combat footage and pretty much stuck to the facts. Plus in this one you get to see Pat Morita get blown up!

Hmmm. Two with Henry Fonda!

― Wench (jim wentworth), Thursday, 31 August 2006 22:51 (seventeen years ago) link

'where eagles dare' fucking owns.

― Danny Boy, Friday, 1 September 2006 11:48 (seventeen years ago) link

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