Good war movies?

[Woobie]

That was 5 hours of my life I can't get back. After watching it the first time I thought to myself, what's wrong with me? Why did I hate what is considered to be one of the greatest films of all time? So I watched it again. I still hated hated it.

Is the redux any better?

I think it was critically acclaimed for two reasons: firstly, because it artfully and ironically portrayed anti-war sentiment. Secondly, because Coppola had developed a cult following. But that doesn't make it any good. The characters were ridiculous, poorly developed and unbelievable. The story was not big enough for the time they took to portray it. The epic journey style used to tell the story didn't lend itself to the subject. It really wasn't well done at all.

 

[nighthawk80]

Sargent York. Its an oldie but a good one!

 

[Old Dog]

Just watched Fury last night was pretty good, but I hate the dark-gray scale cinema-photography that was used. Am I a HATER?

 

[indiucky]

Is the redux any better?

I think it was critically acclaimed for two reasons: firstly, because it artfully and ironically portrayed anti-war sentiment. Secondly, because Coppola had developed a cult following. But that doesn't make it any good. The characters were ridiculous, poorly developed and unbelievable. The story was not big enough for the time they took to portray it. The epic journey style used to tell the story didn't lend itself to the subject. It really wasn't well done at all.

I think the redux is what they watched....John Milius told Coppola "Why did you do that redux version? It's too long and made a great movie not so great..."

You could tell Coppola got his feelings hurt when he said that lol...

[video=youtube;i4nY2J1gRzg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4nY2J1gRzg[/video]

 

[Woobie]

Wow, I was talking about the original. The redux sounds even worse.

 

[KittySlayer]

Wow, I was talking about the original. The redux sounds even worse.

If you didn't like the original you would hate the redux. He takes all the bad parts and makes them longer and adds some bonus boring bad scenes too.

 

[Vigilant]

The Hurt Locker, Seige of Jadotville(sp?), Bravo Two Zero, Attack Force Z, Gallipoli

 

[indiucky]

If you didn't like the original you would hate the redux. He takes all the bad parts and makes them longer and adds some bonus boring bad scenes too.

That's what Milius said lol....

 

[indiucky]

Is the redux any better?

I think it was critically acclaimed for two reasons: firstly, because it artfully and ironically portrayed anti-war sentiment. Secondly, because Coppola had developed a cult following. But that doesn't make it any good. The characters were ridiculous, poorly developed and unbelievable. The story was not big enough for the time they took to portray it. The epic journey style used to tell the story didn't lend itself to the subject. It really wasn't well done at all.

You would have liked the original script as John Milius..Patriot, Libertarian, NRA Board member wrote it...If you want to watch a good movie woobie you should check out this documentary...Milius got blackballed after he wrote, directed and produced the original Red Dawn...He committed the ultimate sin in Hollywood...He made commies bad and guns good...Not cool...

[video=youtube;oLuPXfsCkWg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLuPXfsCkWg[/video]

 

[funeralweb]

I really liked Restrepo and its sequel, Korengal. I know Restrepo is not on Netflix anymore though. They are all real footage, more of a documentary than a movie.

Along these lines..... https://g.co/kgs/ZDiyT0

The CSM is a buddy of mine. I watched this at the Indiana War Memorial in December 2013 and now own the DVD. It is powerful.