Greatest War Movie of All Time - Round One

[Dynasty]

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Maybe I should see Casualties of War again. I saw it in the theater and thought it was a waste of time piece of crap... then.

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It was good. I think IMDB's ratings are usually reliable and it has a 6.8/10 there.

[TheCroShow]

i've only seen a handful of these movies, kill me, i'm not 1209320197 years old =P jk jk i'll watch what i can when visiting with my dad.

[private joker]

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Maybe I should see Casualties of War again. I saw it in the theater and thought it was a waste of time piece of crap... then.

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It was good. I think IMDB's ratings are usually reliable and it has a 6.8/10 there.

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It holds up really well, unlike a lot of these dated war flicks. It also helps if you like Brian De Palma -- the guy is probably the best living visual storyteller in the world, with the possible exception of Zhang Yimou. Just as he did in Scarface, The Untouchables, and Mission: Impossible, there are sequences that place you perfectly in a space and time, orienting you to surroundings and then infusing that space with intense drama.

I think of the Miami hotel + the final shootout in Scarface, the baby carriage/train station in Untouchables (echoed by DePalma again in the awesome Carlito's Way), and the CIA break-in in M:I. Just as memorable is the elevated train tracks in Casualties of War (and also the grenade in the bathroom).

Absolutely flawless filmmaking. DePalma is a god.

[dutchbrodymoss]

The Thin Red Line should at least be like a 2-4 seed, if not a one seed.

But The Thin Red Line as an 11 seed? Horrible. I disagree.

But asides from that, pretty solid seeding.

I think it would've been cooler if we could determine the seedings too haha.

Other comments with regards to seeding:

Saving Private Ryan: too high. too hollywood. this should be like a 3, 4 seed.

hamburger hill at 15 is somewhat low. I think it should be like a 10, 11 seed.

Tae Guk Gi as a 3 seed, nice.

We Were Soldiers at 12? That was too jingoistic, too... American. haha.

Battle of the bulge at 14? perhaps as an 11, 12 seed?

BLACK HAWK DOWN AT SIX?! A BRIDGE TOO FAR AT 11?!

that should be reversed.

One movie that's missing, that I would add, would be "stalingrad."

Probably the 2nd best German war movie flick after Das Boot.

Stalingrad could be an easy 14-16 seed I feel.

And tigerland... Great movie, but I wouldn't consider it a "war movie" per-se, cause it's set mainly in training camp.

But regardless. mad props for setting up this poll man.

[swede123]

Bumping in case anyone missed round 1.

Swede

[rohjoh]

When does round 2 start?

[chuddo]

people shouldn't have voted unless they had seen both of the movies in question. at least i didn't.

would make for a cleaner tourney.

[Blarg]

Das Boot vs. Flight of the Intruder?

I think my brain resents me for trying that one on and is sulking now. I hope it doesn't give me the silent treatment.

[flatline]

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Zulu is a great movie. Much, much better than Enemy At The Gates. I am sad to see it losing this early in the poll. Don't just vote for Enemy at The Gates (with arguably the WORST sex scene ever) because you have seen it and not Zulu.

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I agree, I haven't seen Zulu, but I just assumed it couldn't be worse than Enemy. Did anyone really like that movie?

[whiskeytown]

worst part of this poll is knowing I'm gonna see Tae Guk Gi lose probably to some halfassed p.o.s. and the people that vote aren't even gonna know what the movie is - I refrained from voting for categories where I hadn't seen either movie -

RB