‘Ice Cold in Alex’. A remarkable war film which examines loyalty and friendship. Watch it and fall in love with Sylvia Syms. And drink a glass of Carlsberg.
What Are Your Favourite Non-Duke War Movies?
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I don't like most of the old war films because they usually cast middle-aged actors. However "The Cruel Sea" is still quite good after 70 years.
Among more modern war films I would have to say "Platoon" was the best, despite the weak performance by Charlie Sheen in the lead role.
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Though it doesn't technically qualify as a war movie, in that it doesn't contain scenes of armed conflict, one of my favorite military movies from the Fifties is "Sayonara", starring Brando, Red Buttons and James Garner.
It's probably my favorite Brando film, with the possible exception of "Godfather".The director admitted Brando ruined the film by using an inappropriate Southern accent.
What a pity either Rock Hudson or William Holden were not cast, as originally intended.
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Off the top of my head, I've always enjoyed Enemy at the Gates, with Jude Law. Patton is up there, as well. The Tuskegee Airmen, I watch often. I love Gettysburg!! Now, I know it's a mini series, but Band of Brothers tops all!
Mark
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Off the top of my head, I've always enjoyed Enemy at the Gates, with Jude Law. Patton is up there, as well. The Tuskegee Airmen, I watch often. I love Gettysburg!! Now, I know it's a mini series, but Band of Brothers tops all!
Mark
I've often wondered if "Patton" would have been so anti-war if Wayne had played the anti-Semite instead of George C. Scott?
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I've often wondered if "Patton" would have been so anti-war if Wayne had played the anti-Semite instead of George C. Scott?
What?!
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How was the film, "Patton", anti-war? I never picked that up.
Mark
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What?!
The film was intended as anti-war, as Francis Ford Coppola and others confirmed.
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How was the film, "Patton", anti-war? I never picked that up.
Mark
It reflected the anti-war counterculture movement of the late 1960s. Patton's last words before his car crash were anti-war.
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Newer war films that I thought were well done:
Hacksaw Ridge
We Were Soldiers
Older non-Duke film:
Run Silent, Run Deep
The Gallant Hours
Also like The African Queen but never really classified it as a war movie in my mind.
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The Deer Hunter
Kelly's Heroes
Schindler's List
Das Boot
The Hunt for Red October
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The Deer Hunter
Kelly's Heroes
Schindler's List
Das Boot
The Hunt for Red October
I never understood why Spielberg had to change the story so much for "Schindler's List". An accurate version would have still been more than exciting enough.
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The only good WWII movies have Kenneth More or Jack Hawkins in them.
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The only good WWII movies have Kenneth More or Jack Hawkins in them.
Or Richard Todd …
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*nods*
For all its "some things were still classified" difficulties, There's also only one excellent WWII doco:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_at_War
