Greatest War Movie of all Time - Championship

[samjjones]

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Wow, what results. How could anyone watch these two movies and come to the conclusion that Full Metal Jacket is the better movie?

I'm really curious.

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Maybe because a lot of people can't make it past the first hour of AN?

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These same people are somehow able to make it through the second half of FMJ?

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Yeah, its only another hour of FMJ, while AN is another 3 and a half.

[imported_The Vibesman]

So FMJ is better because it's shorter?

[swede123]

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So FMJ is better because it's shorter?

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I think he's trying to say that FMJ has more minutes of good movie per minutes of bad than Apocalypse Now has. The running time does play a part in me watching FMJ more frequently.

Swede

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The Deer Hunter is not better than Full Metal Jacket. Come on, now.

[MonkeeMan]

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The Deer Hunter is not better than Full Metal Jacket. Come on, now.

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It wasn't even a war movie, it was a love story.

Winners are Das Boot, Schindler's List, and Deer Hunter. Killing Fields and AN are runners up.

[dsm]

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das boot is the best movie. if it had some macho lines (like FMJ) or some Doors music, then you stoners would have voted for it.

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Well put.

I was lucky enough to see Das Boot in an old theater that no longer exists (one aisle, with just four rows of seats on each side). That long and narrow theater really intensified the movie's claustrophobic setting.

Unfortunately most people see this film for the first time without subtitles; the overdubbed version, which absolutely destroys this film. The characters are completely stripped of their personalities (it's like watching a Godzilla movie in that respect).

dsm

P.S. A movie that I would have liked to have seen in the first round of voting: The Red Badge of Courage (1951) Directed by: John Huston, and staring Audie Murphy as the main character.

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The poll is over as soon as Das Boot gets kicked off the list.

[Oski]

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I'm saddened to see a movie that isn't even a war movie winning the "greatest war movie of all time" honor.

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Come on now, what would you classify these movies as if not war? If you had the following classification options and you could only choose one: comedy, horror, action, drama, war, sci-fi, squirrel porn.

Personally I'd pick the war category for both of our finalists, as well every other movie in this entire poll.

Swede

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The movie is about internal struggle, set to a war(ish) backdrop.

It isn't about war itself. But whatever, I don't really care. Kuddos for doing this poll series though.

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Yes. It is a retelling of Conrad's "The Heart of Darkness." The WAR is incidental to the story, but not THE FILM. A.N. is/was able to work dual purposes. Therefore, it IS a war movie, and a damn good one.

However, I am impartial to THE LONGEST DAY ... especially after reading Steven Abrose's "D-Day." He backs up a lot of the athenticity of THE LONGEST DAY. The part where the marine private is playing craps is a true story. The guy won something like $5,500.

Anyway, THE LONGEST DAY also had many historical tidbits that were interesting as well as some awesome action scenes. Imagine if that movie were made today with modern special effects.

As far as war films go ... its BAND of BROTHERS. No contest.

FULL METAL JACKET. Can't take this poll seriously. The first part is an all time classic, however, the story ... loses a story once it goes to Vietnam. Just a mixed bag of observations.

[theben]

FMJ. boot camp