Worst War Movies of All Time

[Trigger]

The Thin Red Line gets my vote

[Sir Nob]

Yeah, no kidding. Windtalkers was pretty awfull too.

[Ratamacue]

Wintalkers gets my vote too. Absolutely terrible movie.

[JiJoMacLE45]

For all the pub it gets, Apocalypse Now is nearly impossible to watch.

[Vance]

Windtalkers. The most horrific scene in that movie was at the start, when Cage's Marines make contact with the Japs. One Marine actually ROLLS for two feet to stand right next to a Jap (who was five feet away to begin with) and shoot him point blank. The Jap then reacts by screaming in pain but not even moving an hair, and then falls down two seconds later. If I could ask John Woo anything about that scene, it would be ''Mr. Woo, what the HELL were you thinking?!''

[Ichhabe]

All War movies where John Wayne is in... Man, Do they Stink!
( They are like a beached Whale, the fourth night. Smelly!)

[Ratamacue]

Don't you DARE call Sands of Iwo Jima a bad movie! Sinner!!!

[Silverado]

Saving Private Ryan. Yeah I realise I'll get lyinched for this but really if you disregard the the opening landing scene the rest of the film degenerates into farce.

U571. The less said about this load of tripe the better.

Pearl Harbour. I swear I thought I was going to throw up.

The Green Berets. Should have called this one the green turkey.

First Blood II & III. The original film about a dissaffected Vietnam Veteran struggling to come to terms with civilian life was a noble premise for a film, pity it was ruined by an over the top shoot em up Hollywood climax. Any positive sentiment for this film was destroyed when Hollywood decided to kick some ass in Vietnam and Afghanistan in two truly sickeningly bad sequels.

[StarvingStudent47]

Anything starring Mel Gibson. For premodern war movies, Braveheart and The Patriot are proof of how Hollywood can make movies NOT EVEN VAGUELY RELATED to history. And I haven't seen We Were Soldiers, but I've heard enough about it.

I second the vote for Apocalypse Now, though. What a terrible movie. Overly-artistic surreal tripe that has no historical value and no dramatic value. Never understood why people like it. I've certainly never met a Vietnam Vet who liked it.

[Ratamacue]

We Were Soldiers was a great movie, Starving. Take the action and heroism of Black Hawk Down, add amazing acting, and unbelieveable character development, and you have that movie. It was a LITTLE innaccurate compared to the real event (minor things), but then again, so was Black Hawk Down.

Braveheart was a great movie too. Patriot was too patriotic (how ironic).

Apocalypse Now shouldn't really be considered a war movie. It's more of a fecked-up-beyond-all-belief movie. Vietnam was really just a backdrop to make a movie lacking any sanity whatsoever.

[a. enders]

Ratamuce is correct,as Apocalypse Now is not really about Vietnam,but about insanity/sanity and where that line is.Besides the helicopter attack scenes,even if unrealistic ( I don't know),are badass.
As for the Thin Red Line,read the book,then read up about how much the movie was ****ed over (Malick wanted it 6 hours and it was basically cut down to 3 hours of cameos),and you get a deeper appreciation for it.
And I hated the Patriot.Not really initially,but after being forced to watch it repeatedly (literally about 6 times in one day) I was willing to commit murder.
When Trumpets Fade (Hamburger Hill 2 in Australia),it was more powerful in the first ten minutes than the entirety of Saving Private Ryan,and I liked SPR.

[FallenAngel]

Damn Skippy a. When Trumpets Fade is a hell of a good movie...definately up there with SPR.

[TacoDelRio]

I did'nt really like "A Bridge Too Far". I thought it was too unrealistic, as the German tank commanders drove their recon vehicles etc. over the bridges, unbuttoned the whole time! "HANS! WIR GETTIN SHOT AT!" "NEIN KEEP DEIN HATCH UP!" (I'm using bad German, sorry)

Overall, I did'nt like this movie. Yeah, there were a few good parts, but It is not what I would consider a historical movie. Merely entertainment. (A new insult to bad war movies!)

Ryan out. p-)

[Lobo]

Apocalypse Now is just a version of Joseph Conrad's "Hearth of Darkness" setting the plot in Vietnam. So it isn't a story about Vietnam, but a story that could take place everywhere.

Orson Wells tried to make a film about "Hearth of Darkness" but he couldn't finish it.

[hood]

I just saw saving private ryan again the other day on an 80 inch screen with the full surround sound etc... I think the reason why I like it so much is not because of the bad dialog at times, but the feeling that you're there in the action. My favorite scene is in the middle of the movie where Miller's squad meets up with the others in a small town. It's raining heavily, and the soldiers are moving forward in stages. Really an incredible experience on a big screen. Although BHD was excellent, imagine how much better it would have been if they did some first person shaky cam shots.

[Nachtschleicher]

Well, if you think they're worthy of being called military movies, the Delta Force (with Chuck Norris), and U.S. Navy SEALs movies were pretty bad...

Thin Red Line was pretty bad, as was Apocalypse Now. That's pretty much it for me.

EDIT: Enemy At The Gates wasn't all that grand as well.

Have a good 'un! :D

[hood]

Well, I really like Thin Red Line, but more for the incredible camera work and scenic shots than for the military angles. I agree with the Navy SEALs movies though. It's one of those movies that probably would have been a lot better if Charlie Sheen's character 'accidently' took a bullet in the opening 5 minutes.

[JiJoMacLE45]

Yeah I agree, drop 'Hawkins' from Navy SEALs and you have an OK flick. (Even though they left behind two bodies in the final scene). Delta Force was more a vehicle for Chuck Norris to kick the crap out of some bad guys, although the movie started out alright, then got really Hollywood towards the end.

[GearGod]

Alright, whats up with movies that suck. Movies like navy seals, rangers, delta force etc. You would expect to think that you'd get a quality movie like black hawk down when you see the movie titles like the above but you DONT.. here are some links to these g*y movies:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0792842413/qid=1045246743/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/103-2406663-9185441?v=glance&s=video

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005AAD2/qid=1045246886/sr=1-90/ref=sr_1_90/103-2406663-9185441?v=glance&s=video

Shouldnt DOD(Dept of Defense) PRE-approve such movies before misleading everyone in the world about the US military and its capabilities. These movies make the us miltiary look like a big joke. Personally I'd just watch movies like those for 1)a good laugh and to make fun of them 2)as a lesson to learn and to NOT make such a bad movie if I decide to make one

[Ryan94]

Oh I think, that some films like these are good for america... I don´t that America is stupid or something like that but what i mean is that in some WW2 movies germans are always guys who rum across the battlefield without any plan... I don´t want to say that the germans did good work in this war but they wasn´t stupid, but americans show them so... :|

That´s what i´m thinking...

Bye, David

[hood]

Well, the funniest stereotype of Germans in ww2 films, is that any American can put on a German uniform and he'll be able to sneak behind enemy lines and blend in with their soldiers. It's been done in countless movies... I how much that really happened.

[GearGod]

heh precisely, ever seen "THE PATRIOT" where mel gibson dresses up as a british soldier etc. Yes I know its a civil war movie but it was interesting.. I would NEVER list it as one of my favourite war movies though.. Its just too old, unmodern, outdated, etc.

Anyone here thinking of/or are currently in the film industry? Im considering it... I want ALL MODERN US MILITARY MOVIES though, just like black hawk down.. less dialog, more action.. for 3-4 HOURS! BTW, is there a movie lengh limit? Wasnt sound of music/gone witht the wind like 3-4 hours or something?

[Cpl Stumps]

When I was in the Marines a movie came out called the Walking Dead, my Gunny was all fired up because he thought it was about (I believe) 1/9 or 2/9 who had their colors striped due to some bad actions in Vietnam. It turned out to be some crappy movie where these guys are on a Force Recon team and in one scene, behind enemy lines they light up a fatty and get high laughing and stumbling with the Viet Cong out in the jungle somewhere. Has to be the worse movie equal to Windtalkers.

Cpl Stumps

[Alleycat]

All I have to say is "Damn you Joe Enders, damn you" hahahaa lousy movie.

[Merik]

Why you guys cracking on John Wayne movies??????For the time period they were made in they are actually very good.

Saving Private Ryan??????What are you guys nuts?????That was a awesome movie.

I thought U-571 and Apocalypse Now was good so I dont know where that one came from.

Pearl Harbor, The Patriot, Braveheart, SEALS, Thin Red Line, etc. I agree with.

[snake6264]

Charlie Sheen - Navy SEALs


Nuf Said
Snake

[a. enders]

Star Wars-Episode 1-THe Phantom Menace

Heh....you knew it was coming.....

:cantbeli:

[suppah]

we were soldiers and windtalkers

[BurnInHellOsama]

Seal team 6 was a terrible movie, and i mean terrible. Look up the trailer on youtube. Complete rubbish they used a ****ty computer animation for the gun firing effects. Just realized this thread is from 2003 holy ****

[Toddy1]

Jesus H Christ on a Pogo Stick, you do realise that most of the people on thie thread have died from old age :)

[Cstafford]

How did you even find this thread.

Ill contribute though, No Dead Heroes has to be the worst war film ever made. EVer

[Sheikh Al Stranghi]

Enemy at the gates is one of the worst movies that I know. There is literally NOTHING historical about it. The Last Drop is **** too..

[twinblade]

Obviously no one ever checked out stuff outside hollywood :p:

This pawns every single one of them in terms of crappy production value.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjxhnco4J5A

[TimeClone]

Rambo, all of them, worst **** out ther... most unrealistic overblown one man show movies ever made

the last one were the scenario is in myanmar is much better, have to admit that one

[JCR]

This is so....
..indian :)
It gets even more indian due to do the persistent bug on the left side of the screen

Btw, my favorites are the countless dirty dozen ripoffs made in 1970s Italy.

[Profevil]

I would have to say "Battle of the Bulge", some parts good, but wht really takes the price is the "German"advance thru the dessert...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxxmj--xkqY

[Slenke]

Green Berets (1968) and Battle Los Angeles....

[Foxx308]

Under Siege with Steven Seagal. SEAL turned cook, fighting mercenary Gary Busey!?

[Elbs]

Rambo, all of them, worst **** out ther... most unrealistic overblown one man show movies ever made


What? Didn't he shoot down a Soviet gunship with a bow and arrow? That **** was awesome.

[Fargin]

Das Boot kind of was too beardy for me.

[Sootan]

Rambo, all of them, worst **** out ther... most unrealistic overblown one man show movies ever made

the last one were the scenario is in myanmar is much better, have to admit that one
Dude, that's the idea. Like in The Expendables. You watch that movie for the actions and explosions, not for some artistic hidden meaning. You watch a Tarantino movie for that :lol:

[Wahnsinn]

Dude, that's the idea. Like in The Expendables. You watch that movie for the actions and explosions, not for some artistic hidden meaning. You watch a Tarantino movie for that :lol:

I don't know, the first one definitely had a message behind it.

[NathS]

Das Boot kind of was too beardy for me.

You're lucky to be on the other side of the internet

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[JCR]

I wouldn't rate Rambo or those Chuck Norris/Dudikoff/whoever movies as "war" movies.
To me, a war movie must be set in a historical or at least believably good fictional war.
Commando operations "somewhere in the middle east" (actually Haifa, mostly) don't mean war movies.
These are action movies with military backround and I loved them as a kid :D

[JoaMei]

I dont know what you dont like about U-571, it shows historically correct how the americans captured that enigma in ww2. ;)

[Redox]

I dont know what you dont like about U-571, it shows historically correct how the americans captured that enigma in ww2. ;)
I wanted to choke someone to death after seeing that movie.
Same with Pearl Harbor. Just awful.

I cant believe the OP named Thin Red Line as worst movie though. That one is briliant in some aspects. And it is not a classic war movie, but the fighting was more realistic than Saving Private Ryan for example.

[picanha the second]

Rambo, all of them, worst **** out ther... most unrealistic overblown one man show movies ever made

the last one were the scenario is in myanmar is much better, have to admit that one

I like Rambo I. Somehow it has a cinematographic style I like. Going to watch it again this evening :)

[JCR]

I never liked the Dukes Green Berets, but not so much for political reasons but simply because the first half is classical John Wayne with Charlie replacing the Injuns and Hueys replacing horses, it is pretty cool, but then they start stumbling through the jungle on some pretty nonsensical mission and get themselves killed.

[sohaminator]

We were soldiers and
Pearl Harbour (really should be classified as a namby pamby love story rather than a war movie)

[Russianlynxy]

no red dawn?

also Enemy at the gates- circus of a movie, no historical knowledge just stereotypes.

[twinblade]

5 days of war (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1486193/) a blatant anti russian propaganda on 2008 war, shows russians as clumsy tattooed militia and georgians a rambo like warriors.

[picanha the second]

haha rofl never knew about this film. They even have val kilmer and andy garcia starring in it! Will take a look at it next time..hehe

OT but yesterday I had NCIS just running on TV while I was doing household stuff...what a ****! I couldn't even stand hearing the bull**** in the background and had to change channels.......

[Hisroyalhighness]

We were soldiers and
Pearl Harbour (really should be classified as a namby pamby love story rather than a war movie)

Pearl Harbor, yes but we were solders? it did show Vietnam in a positive image but it was gritty and interesting, specially the bayonet charge. The hunt for eagle one was pretty awful.

[GB_FXST]

Dude, that's the idea. Like in The Expendables. You watch that movie for the actions and explosions, not for some artistic hidden meaning. You watch a Tarantino movie for that :lol:


Sorry, but I just cannot resist:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kCBh3CRgDI

:)

And, no Inglourious Bastards does not get my personal vote as one of the worst war movies.

[Hisroyalhighness]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j7UioHgcd8&feature=related
Navy Seals

[Grzegorz973]

I cant believe the OP named Thin Red Line as worst movie though. That one is briliant in some aspects. I agree. And it catches the spirit of the book quite well in my opinion... so it can't be bad as book is just amazing. ;)

Worst movies:
-Hurt Locker (ridiculously overhyped)
-Over There (yeah, I know it's TV Series)
-Windtalkers

[Mousepad]

Das Boot kind of was too beardy for me.

You can't be serious...

[Hisroyalhighness]

G.I. Jane...mockery of Navy Seals everywhere.

[Arnie100]

Pearl Harbor.

[Rilence]

Das Boot kind of was too beardy for me.
Do you wax your entire body and wear lycra everywhere you go?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/delta110/Bv5tE.jpg

[The Left Hand of God]

Who dug this one up from the grave?

[Quakecry]

How somone can say we where soldiers is a bad movie i cannot understand..

[khalifah]

almost a Decade old thread, with some good posts and some idiotic ones. (C'mon, Rambo 1 is not bad, nor is it like its later ColdWar driven, AmericaRAHRAHRAH! movies)

After 5 pages of thread, still nobody bothered to mention Platoon, wtf? my face was sore from the amount of times my hand met it. Not to mention Iron Eagle(minus the soundtrack) i didnt know Falcons can even lift off with so many ordnance. Lets not forget either the **** that was Spike Lee's Miracle at St. Anne...

[Shadowstorm]

I don't know, the first one definitely had a message behind it.

Yep, the first one definitely had a message, but how the Vietnam Vets were treated when they came home from the Vietnam War. The latest Rambo also had a meaning what was going on in Myanmar and the treatment of the Karen people. However, the movie was banned by Myanmarese government because it showed a negative image of their country.:roll::cantbeli:

[JCR]

How somone can say we where soldiers is a bad movie i cannot understand..

Mel Gibson catholicism, american Banzai charge at the end....
But he deserves to be blown anyway

[Ghostrider_NL]

saving private ryan and a bridge to far bad movies??? your nuts

windtalkers sucked, pearl harbor sucked and Heartbreak Ridge sucked pretty hard

[Mike Keenan]

saving private ryan and a bridge to far bad movies??? your nuts

windtalkers sucked, pearl harbor sucked and Heartbreak Ridge sucked pretty hard

Heartbreak Ridge, are you mad?

[harryc]

....
First Blood II & III. The original film about a dissaffected Vietnam Veteran struggling to come to terms with civilian life was a noble premise for a film, pity it was ruined by an over the top shoot em up Hollywood climax. Any positive sentiment for this film was destroyed when Hollywood decided to kick some ass in Vietnam and Afghanistan in two truly sickeningly bad sequels.

thought I had rented the first one for my boys, couldn't watch more than 10min of whatever it was we got (Burma??).

[Somalimafia]

The Pacific

Weak storytelling, lousy directing, very awkward acting, subpar CGI. They tried so hard.

[Hisroyalhighness]

I think the thread title should be changed to: "Worst War Movies of All Time in My Opinion"

The Pacific? Really? Granted its no Band of Brothers but still...

[JCR]

The Pacific

Weak storytelling, lousy directing, very awkward acting, subpar CGI. They tried so hard.

There were good episodes and bad ones. The Peleliu part was great.

[Astaran]

Actually I found "Flags of our fathers" rather weak, while "Letter from Iwo Jima" was rather good.

I hated the permanent shift of the setting in Flags of our fathers. In the one scene they are stateside, the next few minutes are a short flashback to Iwo Jima. Next scene is stateside again.

[Wahnsinn]

Actually I found "Flags of our fathers" rather weak, while "Letter from Iwo Jima" was rather good.

I hated the permanent shift of the setting in Flags of our fathers. In the one scene they are stateside, the next few minutes are a short flashback to Iwo Jima. Next scene is stateside again.

I found that spoilt it a little as well. The bits that were stateside were also quite boring in places, Letters from Iwo Jima was far better.

[Rahlgd]

Windtalkers was terrible and seemed like a made for TV movie for TNT or USA network. Pearl Harbor was plain awful.

[T-5 Killer]

Mel Gibson catholicism, american Banzai charge at the end....
But he deserves to be blown anyway

Hmmmm that is one of my favorites.

[Astaran]

Oh I forgot, the worst war movie I have ever seen was the remake of "Die Brücke".

Inaccurate ranks, weapons and vehicles, an added "love story" between one of the boy soldiers and his female teacher and ridiculous scenes. One example: Boy and teacher riding on bicycle and getting chased by an allied fighter. (lol, as if any Allied fighter pilot would have chased civilians on ****ing bicycles) Of course they find shelter in a wooden barn...and have ***.

Btw. found the trailer on youtube. Enjoy the T-xx playing a US tank, MG 08/15 in World War 2 and other BS :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/v/ctND0aEGWP4

[BloodyTalon]

We Were Soldiers? Apocalypse Now? Seriously?

For hilariously bad movies about the military American Ninja and pretty much every Michael Dudikoff movies are the gold standard. They exist in a bizarro world where everyone in the military (and i mean EVERYONE) is a jacked up, mouth breathing coward while Dudikoff and his ethnic best friend are the only ones that are remotely squared away. Better yet the brass take every opportunity to chew out Dudikoff for acting like a soldier instead of a jackass in olive drab. Its so ass backwards that i borderlines on surreal.

As for bad war movies about an actual war damn near everything about Iraq or Afghanistan that arent documentaries suck. Hurt Locker was decent, but everything else is an extra pretentious ripoff of Vietnam war movies with the jungle replaced with desert. The worst is Redacted, which a straight ripoff of Casualties of War (which was bad already) down to the plot and characters. The fact that both movies were made by Brian De Palma makes it even lazier. Valley of the Wolves - Iraq is unintentionally hilarious though.

[Atlantic Friend]

Windtalkers was terrible. Pearl Harbor was plain awful.

Got me rooting for the Japanese for the whole show. At least the Japanese managed to kill Josh Harnett, but come on, Tojo, couldn't you get Affleck and cage as well?!

[JCR]

Oh I forgot, the worst war movie I have ever seen was the remake of "Die Brücke".

Inaccurate ranks, weapons and vehicles, an added "love story" between one of the boy soldiers and his female teacher and ridiculous scenes. One example: Boy and teacher riding on bicycle and getting chased by an allied fighter. (lol, as if any Allied fighter pilot would have chased civilians on ****ing bicycles) Of course they find shelter in a wooden barn...and have ***.

Btw. found the trailer on youtube. Enjoy the T-xx playing a US tank, MG 08/15 in World War 2 and other BS :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/v/ctND0aEGWP4

Didn't see the movie but the bicycle chase things did happen late in the war.
Fighter pilots want to shoot someone and if there's nothing else to shoot at...

[IMTT]

1 "The hurt locker" Total bullshxt, Fvcking liberal view of the world of the warrior and the stupidest crap ever...self stroking predetermined prejudice validated on film from low life morons.
2 "Platoon" bullshxt! Anti-American, anti-Veteran canned crap for consumption of the naive masses. The producer should have had his faced caved in with a baseball bat for this one. Jane Fonda fan, you piece of garbage.
3. "Boys in company C" made me want to puke, another liberals canned view of the military at large. This was rock bottom!

"Back to Bataan" looks like a Shakespeare classic compared to the above pieces of garbage.

Best of recent times;
"Restrepo" gut wrenching, emotional and no candy coating. Hard to watch...

[Pete031]

saving private ryan and a bridge to far bad movies??? your nuts

windtalkers sucked, pearl harbor sucked and Heartbreak Ridge sucked pretty hard
Heartbreak ridge was awesome! Sure it was cheesy and sh1t, but I would take that over the abortion that is the hurtlocker anyday.

[LineDoggie]

Oh I forgot, the worst war movie I have ever seen was the remake of "Die Brücke". the Original sucked as well. Shermans with visible auto wheels under the Hull?

Oh And Many 08/15's were used in WWII in 2nd line units.

1945 US Soldier with Maxim 08
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h222/linedoggie/MP%20Net/IMG_0139.jpg

1939 German Landser with 08/15
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h222/linedoggie/MP%20Net/IMG_0140.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h222/linedoggie/MP%20Net/lkm_wz_08-15.jpg

[Laworkerbee]

The Oddball character in Kellys Hero's really bugged the hell out of me. Some 60's stoner as a WWII tank commander? Get real!

[Pete031]

Are you sure thats just not Ordie getting to ya?

[LineDoggie]

Got me rooting for the Japanese for the whole show. At least the Japanese managed to kill Josh Harnett, but come on, Tojo, couldn't you get Affleck and cage as well?!
and Baldwin with his hair playing a Shorter much balder Jimmy Doolittle surprised they didnt have Snoop dog play FDR

[Astaran]

Cool, thanks LD. Didn't know that about the 08/15s in WW2

[Atlantic Friend]

and Baldwin with his hair playing a Shorter much balder Jimmy Doolittle surprised they didnt have Snoop dog play FDR

I can almost picture the scene: he rises from the wheelchair and breakdances to put shame on the generals.

[T-5 Killer]

Got me rooting for the Japanese for the whole show. At least the Japanese managed to kill Josh Harnett, but come on, Tojo, couldn't you get Affleck and cage as well?!
bahahahahahahahaha

[Laworkerbee]

Are you sure thats just not Ordie getting to ya?

I don't think Ordie would replace the HE in shells with paint.

[LineDoggie]

Rambo 1 wasnt a War Movie so really doesnt belong.

U-571

5th day of Peace with Franco Nero
tied for worst ever

[Atlantic Friend]

Another ho-hum movie IMHo: Battle of Midway. Not Pearl Harbor bad, not Windtalkers bad, but well... Erik Estrada as a credible pilot was asking a little too much of me, and the father/son story really felt artificial PC stuff.

[Wahnsinn]

Tears of the Sun was so, so bad. Couple of cool scenes but I just wanted Bruce Willis to tread on a land mine.

[Atlantic Friend]

OMG U-571! "Hold your breath", as the posters said. Well yeah, hold your breath, 'cuz that one is a stinker!

[Atlantic Friend]

Walkyrie...Meh. Except the arrests scenes maybe, and the initial bomb plot with Hitler's plane.

[Johnny_H02]

That Indian flick had me in stitches.

[PEMM]

The Last Samurai was bad.

Worst was maybe the Alexander.

[Atlantic Friend]

The Last Samurai was bad.

Well, not only did they change the story to make the guy an American officer, they picked Tom Cruise to play the guy. Double meh.

[Laworkerbee]

The Last Samurai was bad.

Go find an ice hole used for fishing and dunk your head into it cause you're absolutely crazy.


Well, not only did they change the story to make the guy an American officer, they picked Tom Cruise to play the guy. Double meh.

Quiet Frenchy!

[NathS]

The Oddball character in Kellys Hero's really bugged the hell out of me. Some 60's stoner as a WWII tank commander? Get real!

Them negative waves :|

[PEMM]

Go find an ice hole used for fishing and dunk your head into it cause you're absolutely crazy.

I just hate these "historical" movies.

[Atlantic Friend]

Quiet Frenchy!

You know we can't do that, it's in our genes.

[Bruisercruiser]

Windtalkers blew.....Cage is a joke nowadays.

Recently saw The Eagle Has Landed...Good stuff.

[Atlantic Friend]

Nicolas Cage's career best summed up here :


http://youtu.be/eExfV_xKaiM

[Rattfink]

Bad war movies: Apocalypse Now, Windtalkers, Heartbreak Ridge

[JCR]

Re "die Brücke", the original might be a classic, but the battle scene was awkwardly done.
Trucks dressed up as tanks...
At least the remake had real tanks.

[FrankBooth0]

Miracle at St. Anna

Spike Lee should of been kicked in the throat.

[LineDoggie]

You guys keep forgetting the Thin Red Line.....

right in the middle of a firefight 3 minutes of some dudes wife hiding behind curtains while he speaks about the joys of pushing her on a swing. Totally disjointed plotline with lame cameos like Travolta with a mustache as a general and all 12 seconds of George Clooney.

[Elbs]

^ But.... but... it's ART!


Miracle at St. Anna

Spike Lee should of been kicked in the throat.

That one was horrid. Maybe he should have spent more time on his movie than calling Eastwood a racist.

[Johnny_H02]

Saints and Soldiers was pretty ****in awful with loads of "turn the other cheek" **** and Malemedy was all just a big misunderstanding. I don't rate war or historical films on "Accuracy" its impossible. When Sir John Keegan was asked "what his favourite war movie was" on CSPAN, he replied that as a historian he "doesn't like war movies" and left it at that.

Other War movies which are complete stinkers (which haven't been mentioned in this thread) are listed in no particular order.

- The Patriot (Mel Gibson hates the English, only later do we find out the Redcoats must have actually been the Juice in disguise)
- The Battle of the Last panzer (linked below) - Italian WWII flick that is by far the worst war movie I've ever watched.
- Black Hawk Down (oooh yeah!!! I WENT THERE B*TCHES, BRING IT!) - read the book, things made actual sense... movie not so much its just "BOOOM ... WOOOSH... AFRICANS WITH GUNS ...... BOOOM WOOSH LIGHTS SHINEY...cliche'd "its for the man next to ya" dialogue...) I liked it in 01, I can't watch more than 10 mins of it now. BHD isn't as bad as the two above mentioned movies, so its not one of the "worst of all time" but I do consider it somewhat of a "stinker".
- What ever that ****in Apache Helicopter movie with Nicholas Cage was back in the 90's
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Nicholas Cage "Ooooooh mama mia dat was a spicy meatball" accent - kiss of death to a movie.
- I haven't seen Spike Lee's "Miracle at St.Anna" but it looked like a piece of ****, hence why I haven't seen it.
Thats all I have for now.

Battle of the Last Panzer takes the ****in cake though
http://youtu.be/40IMflTPHTw

[Atlantic Friend]

Ah well, I'll confess I did like Thin Red Line. The assault scene in particular, with the bayonet charge. And I did like we were spared the usual "GIs chat over the fire about what they'll do/who'll they marry when the war's over" cliché scene.

[Bruisercruiser]

I think the wife was the best part of Thin Red Line. What's her name? She was in the Lord of The Ring flicks.

[Laworkerbee]

I didn't care for the Thin Red Line when I saw it in the theater but after revisiting it a few years later on I now think it's brilliant.


I just hate these "historical" movies.

I didn't say I hated the movie just the Oddball character.

[Johnny_H02]

I really liked Thin Red Line, I think peoples main aversion to it is the fact it followed Saving Private Ryan so closely in terms of a release date (less than a year iirc). It couldn't have been more different than SPR. The category of "worst war movie" is totally subjective, look at me? I took a shot at BHD.. thats sacrilegious on this board. If that kid with the "Little Birds" in his avatar (Ravage I think?) was around, his head would explode at the sight of my post.

[Pete031]

I don't think Ordie would replace the HE in shells with paint.

His avatar would.

[cuirassier]

a serie from Pakistan...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yuy5VRzosZw

Windtalkers is realy bad: soldiers resurrects, other are invincibles, japaneses killed by shot in foot and I identifyed a camera above japanese trench during the landing scene...

Private Ryan is only realist for its violence.

[Hadamar]

The Promise (2011) isn't really a war movie in the way that the Rambo films aren't really war movies. If Rambo is considered a male power fantasy than The Promise can be considered a young progressive woman's fantasy. While visiting her friend Eliza in Israel, Erin Matthews (Claire Foy) researches her grandfather's past as a soldier in British occupied Palestine. Her grandfather, Len, had been kidnapped by the Stern Gang and imprisoned in a cellar, the trauma of which triggers an epileptic fit while he is recovering after being freed. After making out with both an Israeli and a Palestinian, Erin winds up in Gaza trying to stop the demolition of a house. Heartless Israeli soldiers drag her away and use her and a little girl as human shields as they move from house to house in the neighborhood. As she is babbling about how unfair all this is Erin has a seizure, demonstrating that once again Jews cause epilepsy.

[Atlantic Friend]

Not exactly war movies, but... Green Zone and Redacted were bleh.

[Johnny_H02]

I didn't care for the Thin Red Line when I saw it in the theater but after revisiting it a few years later on I now think it's brilliant.



I didn't say I hated the movie just the Oddball character.
Bee, I had the same reaction initially. I went to Thin Red Line expecting SPR but set on Guadalcanal, I didn't get what I wanted so the movie "sucked". After revisiting it years later, my mind changed.

[Astaran]

The helicopter movie with Nicolas Cage was called "Fire birds" or "Wings of the Apache" if I remember correctly. Was cool when i was like 12 years old, but yep, now it sucks donkey balls

[Johnny_H02]

FIRE BIRDS! That's the one, that movie sucked and not in the Iron Eagle way where IE was so bad it was good... Fire Birds just sucked.

[JCR]

a serie from Pakistan...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yuy5VRzosZw.

I wonder why both indian and pakistan soldiers talk a mixture of urdu and heavily accented english all the time.
"Engeeging widda cannonn"

[Atlantic Friend]

Nicolas Cage. Enough said.

[Laworkerbee]

Bee, I had the same reaction initially. I went to Thin Red Line expecting SPR but set on Guadalcanal, I didn't get what I wanted so the movie "sucked". After revisiting it years later, my mind changed.

My friend and I were most irked at the wife scene replaying over and over again. I think it irked the creators of South Park as well because they made a spoof of that scene....which replayed over and over during the show. It was Nick Nolte's finest performance IMO.

[Pete031]

nicolas cage. Enough said.

qft...........

[Astaran]

Nicolas Cage. Enough said.

Nah, he was great in Lord of War

[Atlantic Friend]

Nah, he was great in Lord of War

A tragic accident in an otherwise perfect storm of ****ty movies.

[JCR]

Nicolas Cage hasn't made a good movie since Citizen Kane
Or maybe even since Casablanca

[Johnny_H02]

Nicholas Cage's best performance in my opinion was in Kick-Ass, anyone who go's into a movie with his best "Adam West" impression, gets mucho's awesome points from me.

[Atlantic Friend]

Nicolas Cage hasn't made a good movie since Citizen Kane
Or maybe even since Casablanca

Or since his birthday party when he was 8.

[Astaran]

A tragic accident in an otherwise perfect storm of ****ty movies.

lol
fair enough

[Laworkerbee]

After I watched Valley Girl I decided then and there I was moving to Los Angeles.

[Johnny_H02]

I have to watch Valley Girl, I feel like I'm missing out.

[IcemanJ]

Nicolas Cage hasn't made a good movie since Citizen Kane
Or maybe even since Casablanca

wait what?

[timetraveller]

Saving Private Ryan. Yeah I realise I'll get lyinched for this but really if you disregard the the opening landing scene the rest of the film degenerates into farce.

U571. The less said about this load of tripe the better.

Pearl Harbour. I swear I thought I was going to throw up.

The Green Berets. Should have called this one the green turkey.

First Blood II & III. The original film about a dissaffected Vietnam Veteran struggling to come to terms with civilian life was a noble premise for a film, pity it was ruined by an over the top shoot em up Hollywood climax. Any positive sentiment for this film was destroyed when Hollywood decided to kick some ass in Vietnam and Afghanistan in two truly sickeningly bad sequels.

Films are meant to entertain .. the purpose and the reason why John wanted to make Green Beret was to drum up support for the boys serving in Vietnam ..if you see that as wrong plus during ww2 there was numerous propaganda film's and Green Beret was no any different ..

would you have been happy if John showed it as US troops getting there baws kicked in the jungle every oppertunity or would you be happier then when consider nearly all other nam based film has shown a negative side instead of getting behind the guys which John films shows ..

Worst film film i've ever seen imo was Jarhead .. utterly depressing over hyped ****e it's on par with Gormorrah thee worst mafia film ever created ..

U571 should never have been made... US have a knack of distoriing the facts they even have a knack of portraying Irish terrorists as heroes ....

[Pete031]

I'll give Nicolas Cage Raising Arizona.... And maybe Leaving Las Vegas, but that is it in my books.

[T-5 Killer]

Films are meant to entertain .. the purpose and the reason why John wanted to make Green Beret was to drum up support for the boys serving in Vietnam ..if you see that as wrong plus during ww2 there was numerous propaganda film's and Green Beret was no any different ..

would you have been happy if John showed it as US troops getting there baws kicked in the jungle every oppertunity or would you be happier then when consider nearly all other nam based film has shown a negative side instead of getting behind the guys which John films shows ..

Worst film film i've ever seen imo was Jarhead .. utterly depressing over hyped ****e it's on par with Gormorrah thee worst mafia film ever created ..

U571 should never have been made... US have a knack of distoriing the facts they even have a knack of portraying Irish terrorists as heroes ....

Jarhead was **** and I liked the Green Berets, I only recently saw it this year.

[Soldat_Américain]

Bee, I had the same reaction initially. I went to Thin Red Line expecting SPR but set on Guadalcanal, I didn't get what I wanted so the movie "sucked". After revisiting it years later, my mind changed.

If anyone thought the movie was strange...they needed to read the book. What a mindfvck. Great book, but kind of a hard read until you get past the first quarter. James Jones wrote a book that took me four years to read...

[Clear_blues]

Anything with Samuel "M-Fking" Jackson, Hurt Locker

[Fargin]

If anyone thought the movie was strange...they needed to read the book. What a mindfvck. Great book, but kind of a hard read until you get past the first quarter. James Jones wrote a book that took me four years to read...
I liked the movie already, but reading the brick of a book, made me like it much better. Thin Red Line takes a psychological approach to the war genere.

[Einhander]

As François Truffaut said - there is no such thing as an anti-war movie, as it will invariably look exciting up on screen. Any movie will get it's share of followers, therefore - no bad movies possible.

[Ghostrider_NL]

Heartbreak ridge was awesome! Sure it was cheesy and sh1t, but I would take that over the abortion that is the hurtlocker anyday.

for me personally, heartbrake ridge was the first movie of which i thought: i can never see a war movie again. Your gonna pay attention to many details and ****. but your right i prefer it over Hurt locker. That movie sucked donkeyballs too

[Ghostrider_NL]

Tears of the Sun was so, so bad. Couple of cool scenes but I just wanted Bruce Willis to tread on a land mine.

your mad bro, the final firefight in which they are rallying back to the LZ is mad son. perfect demonstration on how a retreat is carried out

[Grzegorz973]

your mad bro, the final firefight in which they are rallying back to the LZ is mad son. perfect demonstration on how a retreat is carried out Assaulting enemy positions in fire-fight with Claymore, to kill two of them? ;)


What's her name? She was in the Lord of The Ring flicks. Miranda Otto. :)


Valley of the Wolves - Iraq is unintentionally hilarious though. Yeah, I forgot this one - it's just... bad.

[Ghostrider_NL]

Assaulting enemy positions in fire-fight with Claymore, to kill two of them? ;)

modern warfare for the win p-) no but your right, that was a bad action

[Lugiahua]

I am quite surprise that no one mentions "Behind Enemy Line"...

[UJB]

I know my dad used to go ballistic every time Sands of Iwo Jima came on the Sunday matinee show. I'd be dispatched to run in and change the channel before something tragic happened to the tv.

My dad liked John Wayne -- but Sands really put a damper on his fandom.

[Cstafford]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093637/

You dont even know

[Ratamacue]

Worst film film i've ever seen imo was Jarhead .. utterly depressing over hyped ****e it's on par with Gormorrah thee worst mafia film ever created .. I hated Jarhead (both the book and the film) until I became a Marine and a grunt. Then I understood it, even though it's obvious Swofford was a ****bag. p-)

[Wahnsinn]

I am quite surprise that no one mentions "Behind Enemy Line"...

It had some good parts in it, seen worse. The rescue scene was pretty silly though, it just got ridiculous.

[Quakecry]

I am still a little "shocked" over seeing movies like hurt locker, the pacific, we where soldiers and more on this list. i mean, maybe they can be bad in someways, but worst of all time?

[muck]

Well, not only did they change the story to make the guy an American officer, they picked Tom Cruise to play the guy. Double meh.Can't say I'd agree. Loved the movie, next to Collateral it was the only good perfomance Cruise ever gave.
Also I can't understand the drama about The Hurt Locker? At least Bigelow didn't even try to give the movie a plot and that's her greatest merit. Which particular event in war came along with a hollywood-worthy plot?

There are far worse movies out there which may be depicting war more realistically but suck big time at the plot. Saving Private Ryan is one of them.

Whoever seeks realism or historical accuracy in movies is plainly retarded anyway. If they were historically accurate, nobody would like them because the hero wouldn't be a hero but a whiny jackass or the beautiful princess wouldn't be a beautiful princess but just some ugly slut.

[Atlantic Friend]

Well, there was Ken Watanabe, that sure did help save the whole thing.

[muck]

Yep, probably the best actor they have on Fukushima Island right now...

[PEMM]

Oh yeah, hurtlocker, that movie didnt make much sense.

9th company was good, until those human wave attacks.


Whoever seeks realism or historical accuracy in movies is plainly retarded anyway. If they were historically accurate, nobody would like them because the hero wouldn't be a hero but a whiny jackass or the beautiful princess wouldn't be a beautiful princess but just some ugly slut.I would like that movie.

[muck]

;) Even if you did, movies are made for a general audience and they tend to think otherwise.

[BAF]

The tin red line was boring as hell. Had to watch it 3times to see the whole movie cause i kept falling asleep.

[Masada]

When Trumpets Fade. God, this movie is just atrocious.

[Legliss]

I gotta say, I never saw The Red Thin Line, now idk if I wanna see it haha. Lets see worst war movies....not in any particular order
1. The Patriot( way too accurate, I think my Civics teacher slaughtered this movie every chance she got)
2. Battle: Los Angeles(makes the Marines look like a bunch people hyped up on steroids with no plot whatsoever. and oh yeah any movie with Michelle Rodriguez is gonna be bad)
3. Battleship in 2012( I mean really? The Navy fighting aliens in the ocean. yeah just like the board game. FAIL)
now how can yall say that The Pacific was bad? Not as good as BoB by any means, but the Pelieu and Okinawa episodes were amazing. Heartbreak Ridge was pretty good I thought

[Masada]

The Thin Red Line the worst war movie? lol!

[Meatwad]

How do you guys vote for the Thin Red Line(which is actually the best IMO) over Pearl Harbor, thats like saying the worst thing you ate was steak and mashed potatoes over Surströmming.

[coltfan111]

I liked Jarhead quite a lot.

What was that film made about the ossetian conflict in 08.08.08? Now that was BAD!

[BearInBunnySuit]

The tin red line was boring as hell. Had to watch it 3times to see the whole movie cause i kept falling asleep.

Yeah, I lasted about 20 mins before snoozing. *high five*

[Hollis]

Yeah, I lasted about 20 mins before snoozing. *high five*


20 mins. that is pretty long.

[BearInBunnySuit]

20 mins. that is pretty long.

Yeah, I held out as long as I could because I heard it was a good movie. *Glares at random posters in this thread."

[Meatwad]

It's a great movie, I guess its not for everyone though. I can accept that.

[johanness]

From 2008 : the remake of "Die Brücke" (1959)

as far as I see it, it's a death sin against the lord himself.

If you know the original, a real anti-war film, you can only puke.

For you with japanase or chinese or whatever undertitles :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlSYXoBWnDM&feature=related

[Bloo]

Captain Corelli's Mandolin.

Oh Nick Cage, why do you keep trying.

Also, even though it hasn't come out yet, the upcoming remake of Red Dawn. First you replace the Soviets with the Chinese and then you replace the Chinese with the North Koreans. It ain't gonna work, MGM.

[BearInBunnySuit]

Captain Corelli's Mandolin.

Oh Nick Cage, why do you keep trying.

Also, even though it hasn't come out yet, the upcoming remake of Red Dawn. First you replace the Soviets with the Chinese and then you replace the Chinese with the North Koreans. It ain't gonna work, MGM.

N. Koreans? Really? This I have to see. LOL.

[Sootan]

This thread here an example of a very successful necromancy.

[Sootan]

Captain Corelli's Mandolin.

Oh Nick Cage, why do you keep trying.

Also, even though it hasn't come out yet, the upcoming remake of Red Dawn. First you replace the Soviets with the Chinese and then you replace the Chinese with the North Koreans. It ain't gonna work, MGM.
Red Dawn is not a war movie. It's a classic documentary. And the remake is a heresy.

[Lugiahua]

Captain Corelli's Mandolin.

Oh Nick Cage, why do you keep trying.

Also, even though it hasn't come out yet, the upcoming remake of Red Dawn. First you replace the Soviets with the Chinese and then you replace the Chinese with the North Koreans. It ain't gonna work, MGM.

Maybe they will replace it again with Somalian pirates. p-)

[kalerab]

Im sure it was mentioned here but - We were soldiers and anything with Chuck Norris.

[Mousepad]

anything with Chuck Norris.

Tread carefully from now on

http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m377/mousepad_2008/14158-221137-df4562118b5f8979853a85291f404077.gif

[LineDoggie]

Im sure it was mentioned here but - We were soldiers.Not enough Drugs and war crimes by Evil Yankees to suit? it was set in 65

[Masada]

We were soldiers isn't a bad movie, but the crying of Mel gibson and the reporter at the end of the movie is too much. It's just over the top.

[LineDoggie]

We were soldiers isn't ab bad movie, but the crying of Mel gibson and the reporter at the end of the movie is too much. It's just over the top.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpUpil4hqm0

[Masada]

So what? :)

[ubermensche]

Full Metal Jacket. 1st half was epic. But no one remembers the 2nd part.

[Masada]

Some scenes are great like the one with prostitute and the black soldier.:D

[Fargin]

Everything with Animal Mother was nice.

[Ghostrider_NL]

Full Metal Jacket. 1st half was epic. But no one remembers the 2nd part.

the second part sucked donkey balls

[kalerab]

Not enough Drugs and war crimes by Evil Yankees to suit? it was set in 65

That and too much of patheity. Just as in Patriot.


Tread carefully from now on


I still remember one movie when he overran some truck with about 100kg of ammo and weapons on his back (two MGs), rolled right under it in full speed, smuggled himself in some military base, rolled up, took both MGs in his manly arms and brought hell down on platoon of bad guys. What I love about his, and Segal movies, is that in every scene they are beeing shot at by dozens, if not hundreds, of enemy soldiers which can´t hit them from 10 meters and always hit harmlessly ground behind them. Classy.

[khalifah]

the "Surfin Bird"scene was alright,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WehoPJtnH30&feature=related

[Masada]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S06nIz4scvI&feature=related

This scene is also great, get some! Don't know why but I always have to laugh at this scene. He is killing all the poor civilians and they're just watching this.

[Sootan]

This scene is also great, get some! Don't know why but I always have to laugh at this scene. He is killing all the poor civilians and they're just watching this.
"How can you kill woman and children?"
"Easy, you don't lead them so much"

Classic :D

[FrankBooth0]

We Were Soldiers was a solid film.

Doesn't matter if you don't like Gibson or what you percieve to be another 'hollywood' war film.

[ebk187]

The whole movie was awesome. What are you twits talking about?

But, no. "We Were Soldiers" was a Hollywood paintball movie

[Sootan]

We Were Soldiers was a solid film.

Doesn't matter if you don't like Gibson or what you percieve to be another 'hollywood' war film.
It WAS another Hollywood war movie, with different cast for the NAZI horde.

[FrankBooth0]

I must of missed the part where the NVA was portrayed as a marauding gang of murderers.

[Soldat_Américain]

The whole movie was awesome. What are you twits talking about?

But, no. "We Were Soldiers" was a Hollywood paintball movie

Filmed on location in the highlands of Vietnam...err Ft Hunter Liggett, CA!

[Arfah]

I cant be bothered to look back through this thread but I am confident that 'Pearl Harbor' has had several mentions.

[ebk187]

Filmed on location in the highlands of Vietnam...err Ft Hunter Liggett, CA!
My dad is a Vietnam War veteran and he laughed at Gibson's film lol

[GayRaccoon7]

The sequels to Behind Enemy Lines,first one was great.

That one movie that took place in Iraq,Deadly Day in Iraq?Looked like a low productive film.

Also that one horror movie where soldiers in Afghanistan were haunted by some ghost or spirit,looked stupid.

[ebk187]

Also that one horror movie where soldiers in Afghanistan were haunted by some ghost or spirit,looked stupid.

The Objective. I thought that movie was interesting at least. I've seen, heard, and felt things in Afghanistan that were depicted in that movie.

[muck]

We Were Soldiers was a solid film.No, it was not. War movies are always only partially interesting anyway. They have either good production design or a good story but never both at the same time.

[[WDW]Megaraptor]

I heard there's a movie about the Inchon landings made in the 1980s that's supposedly one of the worst-reviewed movies of all time. Has anyone seen it?

Aside from that I echo most of what has been said:
The Patriot
Pearl Harbor
Miracle at St. Anna
I REALLY wanted Miracle at St. Anna to be good, because the 92nd ID is such a fascinating unit. But instead Spike Lee made a movie where four guys wander into a town and get stuck there for like 2 hours, then fight a horde of Germans...such utter silliness. What's worse is that he made every character in the movie to be a negative racist stereotype of black soldiers in WW2 (cowardly, big dumb guy, womanizer who can't keep it in his pants, etc) and that was really inexcusable.

[FrankBooth0]

Megaraptor;5797296']I heard there's a movie about the Inchon landings made in the 1980s that's supposedly one of the worst-reviewed movies of all time. Has anyone seen it?

Aside from that I echo most of what has been said:
The Patriot
Pearl Harbor
Miracle at St. Anna
I REALLY wanted Miracle at St. Anna to be good, because the 92nd ID is such a fascinating unit. But instead Spike Lee made a movie where four guys wander into a town and get stuck there for like 2 hours, then fight a horde of Germans...such utter silliness. What's worse is that he made every character in the movie to be a negative racist stereotype of black soldiers in WW2 (cowardly, big dumb guy, womanizer who can't keep it in his pants, etc) and that was really inexcusable.

Sometimes it is amazing how immensely disrespectful Spike Lee is with the way he handles things. Talented guy but seems to be unable to not have someone overtly racist in every film.

Their is the '82 film Inchon, which is what you might be thinking of.

http://i.imgur.com/SC8EI.jpg

[JCR]

Nobody (except in 1980s South Korea) has ever seen Inchon, so I can't really tell.
But judging from the poster it is about a woman that travelled back in time from the early 1980s to 1951 without changing her hairstyle and fell in love with Nicolas Cage.

[kalerab]

No, it was not. War movies are always only partially interesting anyway. They have either good production design or a good story but never both at the same time.

Try Go and See. Not war movie in hollywood sense (ie grand battle, lot of explosions, artillery, shooting etc.) but one of the best I ever saw.

[Fargin]

Tom Beregner did a really nice job acting, when extending the butt of his CAR-15 dropping the runner on the hillside.

[Hisroyalhighness]

Tom Beregner did a really nice job acting, when extending the butt of his CAR-15 dropping the runner on the hillside.

I think that was cited as one of Platoon's most iconic scenes.

[Moxica]

The bridge over the river kwai. I promised myself I would never own that movie its just awful to see how they simplified the horrific conditions that the prisoners had to endure into something that looked so nice and comfortable. I really wish they had sent the director to prison for it

[khalifah]

Am i the only one that thought Platoon was a crappy ass movie?

[Stormz_STA]

Am i the only one that thought Platoon was a crappy ass movie?

Yes.

Platoon was great.
Charlie Sheen inspired me to become what I am today.

[doll4rs]

Charlie Sheen inspired me to become what I am today.
You are WINNING too?

[Stormz_STA]

You are WINNING too?

Always!

.....................

[LineDoggie]

Sometimes it is amazing how immensely disrespectful Spike Lee is with the way he handles things. Talented guy but seems to be unable to not have someone overtly racist in every film.

Their is the '82 film Inchon, which is what you might be thinking of.

http://i.imgur.com/SC8EI.jpgOh dear god I saw that at a theater in Copperas cove TX. you could see the stripped off nametags on the faded fatigues from the 1970's

[[WDW]Megaraptor]

Try Go and See. Not war movie in hollywood sense (ie grand battle, lot of explosions, artillery, shooting etc.) but one of the best I ever saw.

That movie will mess you up.

That movie plus Letters from a Dead Man made me wonder what is wrong with people who make Russian movies.

[Grzegorz973]

The Objective. I thought that movie was interesting at least. I've seen, heard, and felt things in Afghanistan that were depicted in that movie. Ok, now I HAVE to see this movie. ;)

[T-5 Killer]

Oh dear god I saw that at a theater in Copperas cove TX. you could see the stripped off nametags on the faded fatigues from the 1970's
I have heard its bad. I may have to watch it just for the LOLZ.

[Clear_blues]

The made for TV movies about Jessica Lynch. I don't mean to degrade her or what happened to her, but man were they bad movies.

[kalerab]

Megaraptor;5797804']That movie will mess you up.

That movie plus Letters from a Dead Man made me wonder what is wrong with people who make Russian movies.

Obviously you never saw Eraserhead ;)

[[WDW]Megaraptor]

I got add another one and echo someone a couple pages ago who suggested Alexander.

The events are mostly historically accurate. But the movie missed the big picture. You would have thought that a biopic of Alexander the Great would have focused on his slow descent into megalomania, what drove his ambition, and his massive substance abuse.

Instead, according to Oliver Stone Alexander was driven primarily by fear of his mother and his closeted homo******ity.:roll::roll::roll: Oh, and a great humanitarian desire to unite all the peoples of the world, which he had to pursue over the wishes of his racist generals that were holding him back.

That, and the movie featured horrible acting, especially by Colin Ferrel, plus why did Alexander grow a mullet halfway through the movie?

[Elbs]

The memorable thing about Alexander was Rosario Dawson busting out her impressive rack. **** me that was a boring movie

[Bauer_CTU]

Nobody (except in 1980s South Korea) has ever seen Inchon, so I can't really tell.
But judging from the poster it is about a woman that travelled back in time from the early 1980s to 1951 without changing her hairstyle and fell in love with Nicolas Cage.

JCR, you've been on a roll tonight (or today for) :lol::lol: (eg. your the girl in the middle not paying attention in the China thread, the Team America post and the quip about "unpublished" photos having been published many times before in that colourised Tiger tank photo). Thanks a million for the laughs!!

And, yep, that 80's hairdo (teased/permed fringe) seems so out of place, just like in many 1960's WW2 films where beehives were the go for 'German' women.

[ubermensche]

Everything with Animal Mother was nice.

He was a special one.

Home of the Brave with Samuel L Jackson, Jessica Biel and GANGSTARAPPA50CENT sucked quite a lot too. In fact the sh1ttiness of that movie was multiplied by the fact that a gangstarappa was in it.

[DaveDash]

Alexander, The Hurt Locker, and Arthur are the only three movies I havent been able to finish because they were so bad. Two of them are war movies.

Alexander was particulary horrible, and I'm a classic history fan.

Thin Red Line wasn't a bad movie but not great either. I felt the dialog (all the internal monologues) were just way over the top and didn't fit the characters. Some scenes like the Captian remembering his wife back home just dragged on way too long.

[JCR]

JCR, you've been on a roll tonight (or today for) :lol::lol: (eg. your the girl in the middle not paying attention in the China thread, the Team America post and the quip about "unpublished" photos having been published many times before in that colourised Tiger tank photo). Thanks a million for the laughs!!

And, yep, that 80's hairdo (teased/permed fringe) seems so out of place, just like in many 1960's WW2 films where beehives were the go for 'German' women.

Thx, that's one of the perks of being without a job ;)

[calimero2]

Oh I forgot, the worst war movie I have ever seen was the remake of "Die Brücke".

Enjoy the T-xx playing a US tank

Even worse: a Swiss Panzer 68, including the Swiss markings!!!!

[tluassa]

From 2008 : the remake of "Die Brücke" (1959)

as far as I see it, it's a death sin against the lord himself.

If you know the original, a real anti-war film, you can only puke.

For you with japanase or chinese or whatever undertitles :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlSYXoBWnDM&feature=related

I have to fully agree. Compare the puke above with the original ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTyga7HviTU&feature=channel_video_title

[Helius]

Megaraptor;5797296']

The Patriot



I happen to like that film. Not becuase of the cheese, but I'm a sucker for gentleman's war...

[Sloppy Joe2]

http://i54.tinypic.com/2vujb13.jpg
Didn't see this one mentioned.:roll:

[ubermensche]

On a more interesting note: Audie you changed your name???

[ebk187]

On a more interesting note: Audie you changed your name???
How would I go about changing my username?

[khalifah]

Sniper, with Tom Berenger was dumb some...

[Legliss]

The Objective. I thought that movie was interesting at least. I've seen, heard, and felt things in Afghanistan that were depicted in that movie.

I actually enjoyed that movie very much

[SuchIsLife]

Not war: but I saw S.W.A.T last night my lord how cheesy

[trunk_munkey28]

How would I go about changing my username?
PM Macs. He'll issue you an authorization code. Which then gets PM'd to a Mod.

[Sootan]

Not war: but I saw S.W.A.T last night my lord how cheesy
That's not a war movie.:roll:

[SuchIsLife]

That's not a war movie.:roll:

No **** read my comment again

[Masada]

Swat isn't a masterpiece but an avarage movie you can watch once

[Sloppy Joe2]

On a more interesting note: Audie you changed your name??? Yep :) The AudieM username was something I picked when I was 15, thought a new one would do me good.

[Seek]

sloppy joe sounds like some **** flick *** move...

[Sloppy Joe2]

sloppy joe sounds like some **** flick *** move... Haha, it was one of my nicknames in the Army.

[Bringer of Greater Things]

Windtalkers was pretty bad. And I had high hopes for it too.
But Gods and Generals takes the cake. Great battle scenes, but far too long, too many melodramatic monologues, and too boring.

[Sloppy Joe2]

Windtalkers was pretty bad. And I had high hopes for it too.
But Gods and Generals takes the cake. Great battle scenes, but far too long, too many melodramatic monologues, and too boring.one of the few movies I have fallen asleep watching while sober.

[Nasams]

Russian movie "star", its about 4 russians who take out an entire german battalion. Ze germanz did not ztand eine chanz

[JCR]

Windtalkers was pretty bad. And I had high hopes for it too.
But Gods and Generals takes the cake. Great battle scenes, but far too long, too many melodramatic monologues, and too boring.

Sharaa is like a guy who fell out of a hole from the late 19th century to the 1960s.
The books were a real disappointment as well.

[LineDoggie]

one of the few movies I have fallen asleep watching while sober.I've had a copy since 2003 and still havent watched it all the way through

Ponderous is how i describe it

[[WDW]Megaraptor]

All of you who hate Gods and Generals can go take a flying leap off a cliff. Greatest American historical movie of all time.

The 5 hour long special edition just came out, now I have to wait until I have enough money to buy a copy.

[Soldat_Américain]

Wait...wtf, why did they take so long for that...what a bunch of assholes.

[mr. kurien]

i'm choosing My Lai 4 as a worst combat movie.

[shadowsrider]

I believe that you guys haven't seen any of the wonderful productions from behind Iron Curtain.
Especially I "love" Yugoslavian war movies and Soviet.

[ubermensche]

Yep :) The AudieM username was something I picked when I was 15, thought a new one would do me good.

so i suppose you had an m249 fetish when you were 15. I think that I'll keep on calling you audie.

[V.I.D.]

I believe that you guys haven't seen any of the wonderful productions from behind Iron Curtain.
Especially I "love" Yugoslavian war movies and Soviet.

You're just jealous because in 1950-1960s Partisan Spaghetti war westerns, you only needed one of Tito's brave fighters, two dozen hand grenades, good location somewhere in the hills and several Waffen-SS regiments are instantaneously decimated on the screen. Later, in early 1970s they started employing Richard Burton, Franko Nero, Telly Savalas, Orson Welles, Yul Brynner and the like, but then the **** got all too Hollywoody for a refined WWII-movie buff and it lead to a downfall of once fine movement in ex-Yugoslav cinema.

Now, on the more serious note, some of the comments in this thread had revived some of the lost faith in humanity. It's nice that several people identified some true gems of crappola:

Hurt Locker - my head was hurting from the sheer amount of stupidity involved, not the least for the fact that there was such a hype about this "great movie" at the time. Yuck.
Platoon - hilariously ridiculous with all that preaching and moralizing. Oh yes, and the cliches about a "jaded guy who hates the war but fights and dies for his buddies" (Willem Dafoe). His overly cheesy dance in the hail of bullets will forever haunt me. The best part - Johnny Depp's famous 2 seconds on screen. Worth watching for that moment alone....no, not really.
Apocalypse Now - I don't care about Joseph Conrad and I certainly don't care about Martin Sheen stripping and losing his mind. Pure BS under the pretense of an "artsy film".
Pearl Harbor, Behind Enemy Lines, anything with Nicholas Cage that is war-related - Not even worth discussing.
SPR - Excellent opening and the first 45 minutes, nice watching Barry Pepper shoot some Nazis from the bell tower and seeing Vin Diesel posing as an Italian, however too much ridiculous stuff to be taken too seriously. I mean, f-ckin' Paul Giamatti and the 50-something dude from Cheers are suppose to play those young, fit, and ready-to-kick-some-ass paratroopers? Really? Tom Sizemore was great too, but could have certainly afford to lose some weight prior to filming as well.
*****sburg - Sheer disappointment. Once again, I am starting to see the pattern here with obese statists posing for emaciated Pickett's Virginians and Martin Sheen in one the main roles. As disappointing as Gods and Generals was in certain segments, I liked Duvall's portrayal of Robert E. Lee ten times better. I did like Tom Berenger as General Longstreet, perhaps because Longstreet has always been my favorite character in the entire Confederate Army.

One positive note - The Pacific is not like Band of Brothers and thank good heavens for that. It was an entirely different kind of conflict and it was done just as good as it could have been, all with the three different stories weaved throughout. While BoB is still THE series on WWII, The Pacific was just as good and even better in quite a few segments, not the least for the realistic and brutal portrayal of the war with Japan. BoB = 10/10, The Pacific = 9/10.

[muck]

I don't want to turn this thread into a ****storm but could somebody point out to me what was so bad and greatly unrealistic about The Hurt Locker? Keeping in mind it's a fictional movie, I mean?

[[WDW]Megaraptor]

I don't want to turn this thread into a ****storm but could somebody point out to me what was so bad and greatly unrealistic about The Hurt Locker? Keeping in mind it's a fictional movie, I mean?

It decided storytelling was more important that showing all the fine technical details of how EOD operates. That was too much for some people.

[muck]

The only highly fictional scenes in terms of storytelling I can remember were a) that EOD bloke de facto going AWOL to track down a vendor he took for a hostile and b) the EOD team sometimes being shown as the only American forces in Iraq just wandering about as pleases their leader. What was shown was highly entertaining though, including things you usually don't see in war movies: People reloading guns, people missing shots, people not firing full-auto... :D

[gaijinsamurai]

Sniper, with Tom Berenger was dumb some...

x2.

I had to chuckle during the part where all the other Marines gave the snipers cold stares, and Berenger explains that they're hated because of their MOS.

[[WDW]Megaraptor]

The only highly fictional scenes in terms of storytelling I can remember were a) that EOD bloke de facto going AWOL to track down a vendor he took for a hostile and b) the EOD team sometimes being shown as the only American forces in Iraq just wandering about as pleases their leader. What was shown was highly entertaining though, including things you usually don't see in war movies: People reloading guns, people missing shots, people not firing full-auto... :D

People who said "that's not how EOD operates" were missing the entire point of the movie, which was that what Sgt. James was doing was not how normal EOD operates.

I mean, really people, that was pretty fundamental to the plot, how did you miss it?