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JR · 10-01-2002, 09:41

Simple really. What do you people (experts?) think is the best war film in the world ever? Some sugestions

Goooooooooood Morning Vietnam - Nice soundtrack

Full Metal Jacket - Private Pile *as a name is almost captain pugwashesque in its brilliance

Saving Private Ryan - too long in my oppinion but got a fair bit of critical acclaim

The Dambusters - da da da dadada da (you know the tune)

Star Wars - Return of the Jedi - Maybe there should be a separate section for (Science) fictional wars (although it was in a galaxy far far away so who knows)

**imported_Good CO** · 10-01-2002, 13:19

Stupid question of the board award.

Everyone knows it's Star Wars. *

**Captain_Caveman** · 10-01-2002, 13:45

It's got to be A Bridge Too Far or maybe Zulu

**Gundolph** · 10-01-2002, 17:32

Wild Geese
Bridge on the river kwai
the longest day
the great escape
where eagles dare
platoon
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**ok_yah** · 10-01-2002, 22:32

But what about the worst miltary film ever. Now there is a hotly contested title... Escape to Victory, Carry on up the Khyber, Tumbledown, Kelly's Heroes, Who Dares Wins. So many choices....

**Onya_Backbitch** · 11-01-2002, 00:35

Bestest:-
* * * * * * * Great Escape
* * * * * * * *Battle Of Britain
* * * * * * * * A Bridge too far

Worstest:-
* * * * * * * * *Who Dares Wins (Does that really qualify?)
* * * * * * * * * Wings of the Apache (Even Nic Cage cringes)

Ok Yah, how can you say Kellys Heroes was crap? Have you no sense of rebellion?

**woopert** · 11-01-2002, 01:17

Not exactly a fil, but anyone remember the 2-part mini-series "Warriors"? Damn brilliant.

Agree, Zulu best, FMJ 2nd for the one-liners from the Drill Sgt.

**imported_admin** · 11-01-2002, 01:27

Look you lot; when this board was created it was for entirely serious intellectual debate. *Get a grip, stop talking about films except for their training and development value (the best and most realistic to date is the recce on the birthday party in Toy Story).

Has anyone not seen the latest inf simulator - Operation Flashpoint? *Won't run on Unicom or my issue laptop. *Bloody Army procurement. *Bah!

11-01-2002, 01:38

Operation Flashpoint...... be honest you haven't fully mastered the controls for tetris yet... mind you no-one has ever mastered the oh so simple UNICOM. Yes to reply to email just press the oh-so intuitive shift-ctrl-F5 key followed by alt-* and the insert key together.

**dogmonkey** · 11-01-2002, 19:32

Have you all gone mad?
Of course it is Cross of Iron, for training value alone, quite apart from the weird trippy bit in the middle!
Any film with the (almost) openeing line
*"Good kill"
must be a winner.

Got to go finish my horse-flesh sandwich and to count my toes...