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.
Posts from MichaelHarrison in thread „What Are Your Favourite Non-Duke War Movies?“
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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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What?!
The film was intended as anti-war, as Francis Ford Coppola and others confirmed.
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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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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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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.
