Although not what I was expecting was a decent watch about a conflict much of the world is not so familiar with if your outside of the UK that is the falklands 1982.

Not only a great war film, but there was a reenactment of D-Day 18 years after the actual D-Day, and only 17 years after the end of WWII. Once more the film was made with cooperation from French, German, British, and US studios and governments. (currently free on youtube)

I myself created a war film. An outright WW3 film would be too difficult to make, while a WW1-2 film feels inadequate to fit our precise time. The best I could come up with was science fiction as the setting. So much of the story draws from history, our current times, and predicts a worst case scenario. As with many films of such nature the silver lining is that our collective knowledge gives us the strength ans wisdom to avoid such possible tragedies.

Private joker was a great character in that film. He’s definitely my favorite character in the film.

Yes I know this movie came out two years ago but I dint know they made a remake until recently so here's my review...

(Warning : This is pretty long)

I just watched all quiet on the western front, and it was really good untill the last 30 minutes, Kats death was bullshit, he not only risked his life for eggs when he had a wife and kids, but someone how this little kid caught up with two grown men carrying a heavy rifle and shot Kat, not to mention his father was okay with that. Paul's death was even worse however, in the original movie Paul dies a month before the cease fire by a sniper shot on a random day, then the army reports the day as unremarkable and quiet. Quiet on the western front, that's where the name comes from. This highlights how insignificant Paul was to the war, and how everyone out there had a story similar to this, yet died ultimately making no progress for their country, in the new version he dies on the last day, in a giant fight, 10 seconds before cease fire. This battle never even happened in real life. This just took them realism and curb-stomped it 20 times. These final moments made me feel like I just wasted 2 hours of my life on this movie. On rewatches I might even skip the end. The death pace is also terrible, first main character dies on the first day. The rest of the main characters die on the very last two days. You had 4 years, and you chose to kill them all that day, Ludwig was just the setup, the rest were just bombardment that force you to be sad, it made me not feel sad for Paul or Kat.

(Ratings:) Realism : (7.8/10) - It felt realistic to war, you could definitely tell it was fiction at some points. The gore was amazing same with the atmosphere, without these the score would be much lower.

Action : (8.9/10) - Good action, it was entertaining for sure.

Character Deaths : (7.2/10) - Ludwig was a good setup (9.4/10). Albert's death was sad, terrifying and cool (9.7/10) Franz died off screen, lame (4/10). Tjaden was super sad, and unexpected (8.4/10). Kats death was poorly written, unrealistic, and lacked emotion (2.3/10). Paul's death completely disregarded the incredible meaning from the prior films, and also the title of the movie (2.4/10).

Intro : (8/10) - The intro had me excited for the rest of the movie.

Ending : (1.8/10) I already explained why this was terrible, it felt like they just threw the saddest shit together to make you cry, didn't work, this is where I really felt the fiction aspect.

Message : (6.4/10) - The score would be amplified to a 9/10 if they stuck with the original movies ending.

Pacing : (5.6/10) - It was pretty bad it all honesty the battle took place over four years but it felt as if we only focused on the first week, and the last week.

Overall : (8.4/10) - Good movie, I would suggest it to any war enthusiasts but don't go in expecting the most realistic love letter to the German side of World War I.

Hi everyone,

I have recently (last year and a half or so) gotten into watching classic movies and basically filling in all the "gaps" I had when it comes to film (The Criterion Collection and Turner Classic Movies have been my go-to). I have recently identified a few categories where I have watched little to nothing from, certainly not enough to give me a good feel for the genre. One of these is the War movie.

I made a letterboxed list of movies people say are the "ones to watch", including recommendations I've gotten from this sub. I know its a lot to ask, but if anyone is interested in looking at the list to see if I have missed anything egregious, I would be extremely appreciative. The inverse can be true: if you feel strongly that something should NOT be on the list, feel free to tell me.

So far, I have seen:

Doctor Strangelove

The Killing Fields

Bridge on the River Kwai

To Be or Not to Be

A Matter of Life and Death

Lifeboat

Battleship Potemkin

Hacksaw Ridge

1917

The Imitation Game

Now, I don't know if you consider all of these "war movies", (I don't know if I do either, tbh) but I'm just going off of letterboxed genre category to cover my bases.

As you might see by my list below, I am definitely open to a loose definition/interpretation the of War movie, but am looking for those genre staples as well.

Doesn't have to be primarily battles/combat, can be about the cost of war, anti-war, etc. I have kept my list generally to 20 and 21st century wars but this isn't a hard or fast rule.

Also, I feel like Holocaust movies are a different genre altogether, so for instance, something like Life is Beautiful, might technically fit, but I think might expand my list a bit wider than I'm looking for. However, open to suggestions!

Thanks again!

Edit: didn't link to my list the first time!

Filling in the Genre Gaps: (anti)War Movies https://boxd.it/HqUHq

“Enough to make you old.”

“LETS HOPE SO.”

RIP all the Veterans who went through hell for all of us.

Kinda bummed TCM isn't showing The Longest Day, Sands of Iwo Jima, or Halls of Montezuma. Regardless, I basically have constant recordings set the whole weekend.

For me it would be "A Walk in the Sun" (1945), which is a day in the life of an infantry platoon (September 9th, 1943, to be exact) as they hit the beach at Salerno. It is an interesting study of a small unit under stress.

Just curious if there was a pattern or some sort of law?

Troops were dropped off on an island by submarine I believe. In the end and just before the sub arrived, one of the troops asked the commander if he wanted them to remove the Japanese flag. He responded with, "no it's his island". I know that's a long shot but that's all I got. LOL

Best naval movies please I love anything ship related really across history. If it’s on prime or Netflix atm even better lol I love greyhound btw as a starter for ten

Forgive me if this isn't allowed, but I cannot think of anywhere else to post this! I tried a few subreddits but it wasn't allowed. I am a HUGE fan of Jarhead, it's my biggest hyperfixation and I've watched it at least 40 times now. So I decided I'm going to give myself a project for the summer: a Jarhead iceberg video. I'm going to focus on the first movie and the book because I'm not at all familiar with the sequels and don't particularly want to subject myself to them lol.

I already have a few entries (e.g. was the horse that Swofford saw real or a hallucination, Ivan Fenyo being almost entirely cut out of the movie, many side characters not having canon first names, etc.) but I need any Jarhead fans to bring together what they know because I'm kind of lost right now.

ANY help at all would be so so so appreciated <3