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wulfstan
10-20-2003, 09:04 AM
Post here your favourite sequences from your favourite war films;
Some of mine would have to be;
Saving Private Ryan;
Where the SS unit bring in the 40mm AA gun to bear on the Americans in the fight for the town towards the end. The sound and power of it is awesome, watch it on DVD with a big screen and the volume up loud!
Band Of Brothers;
Where Lte Spiers runs across the field of fire in the attack on Foy, links up with the other team, then runs right back, and doesn't get hit!
There are loads more to come, no doubt. Give me some of yours...
perdurabo
10-20-2003, 09:17 AM
Elvish charge in Two Towers when Haldir dies :) Tolkien rządzi (=r00lz) ;-)
mocking_loudly_died
10-20-2003, 09:32 AM
"war is like mash potatoes.....yummy"
That will be in my new sentimental war epic titled "give pre-emptive strikes a chance".
woot
Bluelight
10-20-2003, 09:39 AM
Saving Private Ryan
pvt. Jackson neutralizing the german sniper in the tower. p-) trough the eye.
and
The scene in We Where Soldiers, where the light flashes up, and the agressor's are seen, sneaking up on the american's.
Seoulstriker
10-20-2003, 10:09 AM
BHD:
1) SFOD-D using NVGs to sneak up behind a .50 cal machine gun technical.
2) Busch defending the UH-60 by himself and subsequent CSAR.
3) SFOD-D medics being dropped into downed UH-60 and taking care of skinnies with RPGs.
4) Shughart and Gordon defending the downed UH-60.
5) Initial CQB action sequence at beginning showing SFOD-D at their best.
Gringo
10-20-2003, 10:19 AM
The Deer Hunter when the US POW are forced to play russian roulette by the VC.
Seoulstriker
10-20-2003, 10:27 AM
The Deer Hunter when the US POW are forced to play russian roulette by the VC.
Didimao! Didimao!
NcDeuce
10-20-2003, 10:33 AM
2) Busch defending the UH-60 by himself and subsequent CSAR.
3) SFOD-D medics being dropped into downed UH-60 and taking care of skinnies with RPGs.
4) Shughart and Gordon defending the downed UH-60.
Ahhhhh, MH-60s
But yes those scenes were awesome.
Seoulstriker
10-20-2003, 10:35 AM
2) Busch defending the UH-60 by himself and subsequent CSAR.
3) SFOD-D medics being dropped into downed UH-60 and taking care of skinnies with RPGs.
4) Shughart and Gordon defending the downed UH-60.
Ahhhhh, MH-60s
But yes those scenes were awesome.
i know that UH is utility helo, so MH is military helo?
yeah, i should have put in MH-60. :hug:
non-zero possibility
10-20-2003, 10:47 AM
EVERY SECOND OF THE COOLEST MOVIE EVER- TEARS OF THE SUN!
Rambo- roughly six million vc and nva charge rambo while he waits for the helo to come get him, but when the pilot betrays him; Rambo goes beserk and slaughters about 30000 nva befor being captured
Just kidding rofl
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Saving Private Ryan- Befor the major fight breaks out at the end, the audio is amazing, it isnt any bull**** it is exactly how it would sound, very good job.
Hamburger hill- not a battle but when the com of bravo comp chews out the reporter. Also when the vc are hiding inside during the airstrike
Bhd- Everything
specifically helo crashing scenes were well done,
and- night battle where they us nvg against the rebels with the cannon, really shows how much those nvg's make a difference.
Platoon, when they come to the town and round up the people ect, I think it showed well the effect the war had on people and soilders.
ps this icon is funny :petting:
Gringo
10-20-2003, 11:19 AM
Also in The Thin Red Line when the US r charging into the Japanese held village, complete madness and chaos (of war!).
wulfstan
10-20-2003, 01:34 PM
Ok, got another one, Band of Brothers, the one where the soldier has that thousand yard stare thing (around episode three i think) and the unit come under attack, and he suddenly finds his steel and starts firing at the retreating German infantry. Later he finds the German he shot and he has Eidelweiss in his lapel (Wehrmacht para i think). But the way that they slow down the firing sequence, the shells spin out of the M1 Garand and whine as they fall, with that metallic ping of the clip finishing. Fantastic, but later he gets shot in the neck and dies of his wounds in 1948!!!
You know most of the actors/extras are British, capt Winters and the guy that i was describing above are regular British TV stars...
Operation Ivy
10-20-2003, 02:47 PM
Post here your favourite sequences from your favourite war films;
Some of mine would have to be;
Saving Private Ryan;
Where the SS unit bring in the 40mm AA gun to bear on the Americans in the fight for the town towards the end. The sound and power of it is awesome, watch it on DVD with a big screen and the volume up loud!
Band Of Brothers;
Where Lte Spiers runs across the field of fire in the attack on Foy, links up with the other team, then runs right back, and doesn't get hit!
There are loads more to come, no doubt. Give me some of yours...
I agree with u :D .....but i think it was a 20mm ;)
NcDeuce
10-20-2003, 02:55 PM
Nah, the MH-60s are just the special operations version of the Blackhawk UH-60.
Anonymous
10-20-2003, 03:09 PM
"In the Army Now" with Pauly Shore..
the scene where he puts the flashllight back together blindfolded.
heres' one im suprised no one mentioned: how about braveheart? the scene when the irish/scotts come together, start shaking hands. i loved that
JiJoMacLE45
10-20-2003, 03:17 PM
Come on kids, let's broaden our horizons. How about 'Last of the Mohicans' where Daniel Day Lewis is running along the edge of the ravine messing up mo-fos as he catches up to the captured daughters of the British general.
Or 'Fort Apache' where the SGM gives his revolver to the Colonel(Henry Fonda) right before they are over run by injuns.
The attack on the firebase in 'The Green Berets'.
While I was not a huge fan of the movie itself, the helo assault by the Air Cav in 'Apocolypse Now' is a great scene.
And of course, any scene from 'Top Gun', but that goes w/o saying.
ibstolidude
10-20-2003, 03:29 PM
"Operation: Dumbo Drop"
http://movieweb.com/movie/dumbodrop/odd.jpg
Picture feeling that MF on your packtray. :roll:
yes yes don't get all hyper we can all see he is in freefall.
Trigger
10-20-2003, 03:36 PM
Hands down, the bank robbery shootout from 'Heat' is the best even if it's not a war movie.
The sniper sequence from 'Full Metal Jacket' was pretty horrifying and I liked the rescue scene at the end of 'Proof of Life'.
ChuckThunder
10-20-2003, 03:48 PM
Post here your favourite sequences from your favourite war films;
Some of mine would have to be;
Saving Private Ryan;
Where the SS unit bring in the 40mm AA gun to bear on the Americans in the fight for the town towards the end. The sound and power of it is awesome, watch it on DVD with a big screen and the volume up loud!
Band Of Brothers;
Where Lte Spiers runs across the field of fire in the attack on Foy, links up with the other team, then runs right back, and doesn't get hit!
There are loads more to come, no doubt. Give me some of yours...
Wasn't actually a war movie... but the end of Proof of Life with the "Uptown 1 moving to Downtown 2" that was too cool and very well done. :D
ChuckThunder
10-20-2003, 03:49 PM
I liked the rescue scene at the end of 'Proof of Life'.
Cool. Thought I'd be in the minority with my choice. :D
Gringo
10-20-2003, 04:37 PM
Hands down, the bank robbery shootout from 'Heat' is the best even if it's not a war movie.
That was very good. But I think the robbers fired to many rounds for a 30 round magazine, though they did reload after 50 or so rounds :roll:
Trigger
10-20-2003, 04:43 PM
nah uh, I was counting shots....OK not really, but it was by far the best 'ammo management' I've ever seen in a movie.
Gringo
10-20-2003, 04:48 PM
nah uh, I was counting shots....OK not really, but it was by far the best 'ammo management' I've ever seen in a movie.
my mistake, but to me it seemed there was a lot of rounds fired.
JiJoMacLE45
10-20-2003, 05:35 PM
Almost forgot, the scene in 'Kelly's Heroes' where Donald Sutherland and the stoner tankers are tooling around w/ their music blaring, blasting the German tank yard.
California Joe
10-20-2003, 06:16 PM
The sniper chick in FMJ should have had a Mosin Nagant 91/30 to have been able to pick apart the guys she left alive to draw the others in. That always bothered me.
In Mohicans "We are at war, how is it you are heading west?" Heh.
Fargin
10-20-2003, 06:43 PM
Everything with Barnes in Platoon.
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10-20-2003, 06:50 PM
platoon was great especially the end battle were the zips get threw the wire..definately thankfull not to be apart of that one.
Bunny in platoon (at least thats what i think his name was ..)
really showed how war can get to some people.
We were soldiers was a great movie...but the funniest was in black hawk down when the rpg was shot at the dude while running away...him being blown off his feet and saying "**** this" is classic
FallenAngel
10-20-2003, 07:08 PM
In Glory when the 54th Mass. volunteers to lead the assault on the Confederate Fort.
Seeing those guys fight up those sand embankments and the music...boy!
Same goes for Pickett's Chrage in *****sburg. You just have to sit there and wonder what the hell those brave men were thinking when they had to march over a mile in formation under constand shelling.
Anonymous
10-20-2003, 08:07 PM
Hey, I'm not exactly a member but I've been trying to be one. Stupid computer.... Anyway, I have to agree that the Air Cav assualt in Apacalypse Now is the most exciting scene in any war movie. When they are flying in over the surf playing "The Ride of the Valkyries" my heart jumps into my throat. Other than that, the movie was WAY too weird.
JiJoMacLE45
10-20-2003, 08:32 PM
Almost forgot about 'Glory' when Broderick charges up the embankment by himself only to be killed and then Denzel grabs the flag and leads the charge. Makes me proud to be a damn Yankee.
The opening battle sequence in 'Gladiator', gotta love that big bad ass barbarian horde leader jumping up on the stump in his animal skins tossing the head of the Roman messenger into the mud and then standing there as the Roman archers "unleash hell" on their line.
Not a war movie, but if you've ever seen the '13th Warrior' with the battle sequence where the wendol are approaching the village at night and the fire and smoke shadows cast the orange glow over the hill before they come over the crest and attack. Then as they retreat after the battle, the smoke and fire follow them back over the hill. I'm not a cinematographer or anything, but that is a great shot.
Seoulstriker
10-20-2003, 08:35 PM
The opening battle sequence in 'Gladiator', gotta love that big bad ass barbarian horde leader jumping up on the stump in his animal skins tossing the head of the Roman messenger into the mud and then standing there as the Roman archers "unleash hell" on their line.
i spent 2 years of my high school life translating Julius Caesar's account of the Gallic wars... wow.
I thought i would never read the end of the Pilla, Glaudii, bella, milites, imperatores...
mocking_loudly_died
10-20-2003, 08:55 PM
And look in the credits of Heat.....you will find Andy McNab.
He pretty much came up with all the firefight scenarios and Michael Mann laid down the question "How would the SAS rob a bank?".
Guns....lots of guns.
The movie simply is the only decent account I have witnessed of firearms doing the talking with out some craptastic sound track ruining the action.
BHD would have rocked with out the music ruining it! - I don't need emotional scores.
Seoulstriker
10-20-2003, 09:00 PM
And look in the credits of Heat.....you will find Andy McNab.
He pretty much came up with all the firefight scenarios and Michael Mann laid down the question "How would the SAS rob a bank?".
Guns....lots of guns.
The movie simply is the only decent account I have witnessed of firearms doing the talking with out some craptastic sound track ruining the action.
BHD would have rocked with out the music ruining it! - I don't need emotional scores.
which emotional scores? elvis was perfect for most of the scenes...
are you talking about the scene where the convoy was ambushed by RPGs and a Delta operator lost most of his body? the drums on that were incredible... :(
mocking_loudly_died
10-20-2003, 09:10 PM
Actually the music by itself is quite nice but through out the entire movie there seems to be a non-stop emphasis on musical ambiance.
I think that some scenes could have benefited with nothing but the reality of the situation....big explosions and rounds coming down.
Okay, I’m a movie arm chair critic and my opinion means jack crap to Ridly Scott - by the way I do own BHD :D
JiJoMacLE45
10-20-2003, 09:10 PM
I gotta disagree w/ you on the score note MLD. I think the best part of BHD was after the movie was over and the film fades to black as the ramp on the aircraft is closing w/ the caskets inside and then the names of those killed are rolling and the letter from the soldier to his wife is being read. The music in that part just makes it that much more emphatic.
You can convey so much more emotion through music that you do see on the faces of the actors.
Oh damn it, I'm getting all emotional now. :oops: I gotta go drink a beer and watch lesbian **** with wrestling or NASCAR in picture in picture.
"*****sburg" was quite possibly the best war movie ever made. if you ever get a chance to visit the place, it's something. ok this is totally silly but i think it's just plain funny. hot shots part 2, saddam and the old crazy admiral(or whatever he was) fighting with lightsabers, then somehow going through the gauntlet from "american gladiators". that was just plain hilarious
oh and to whoever mentioned kelly's heroes, that part was hilarious.
Gringo
10-21-2003, 04:35 AM
We were soldiers was a great movie...
You've got to be s***ing me!
Oh that reminds me the first 10 minutes in Full Metal Jacket
aktarian
10-21-2003, 04:47 AM
Platoon:
-Last fight, including preparations
-When Barnes (?) is left behind and sees he missed the helicopter
Das Boot
-When they are lying at the bottom of Gibraltar
-End scene when they come to port
Hunt for Red October
-Fight between RO and Alfa
Bluelight
10-21-2003, 06:24 AM
Men of Honor
Actually the whole movie!
When he has to walk with the diving suit in court.
wulfstan
10-21-2003, 08:56 AM
As for musical scores in war films, Platoon has one of the best, when the camera is with the 'dust off' evac choppers and you see Barnes left behind (someone mentioned this already), the music for that sequence is great, it's a piece of classical music but i am too ignorant of classical music to identify it!!
Also, the Melanesian folk songs in Thin Red Line is pretty evocative too.
Spielberg knows how to create atmoshpere with Edith Piaff's 'Je Regret Rien' just before the battle for the town in Saving Private Ryan.
C'mon someone, watch the town sequence in SPR and tell me what the calib. of the AA gun the SS used was. I reckon it was 40mm, but someone else reckons it was 20mm. First to answer gets....to be smug!
mocking_loudly_died
10-21-2003, 09:14 AM
As for musical scores in war films, Platoon has one of the best, when the camera is with the 'dust off' evac choppers and you see Barnes left behind (someone mentioned this already), the music for that sequence is great, it's a piece of classical music but i am too ignorant of classical music to identify it!!
The music is: Adagio For Strings by Barber.
It is simply awesome.
Was played at JFK's and Nixons funerals.
20mm.... there werent any 40mms of that size that fired at such a high rate of fire at that time, and everyone who knows a little bit of german weaponry can see it's a 20mm
http://www.stormpages.com/garyjkennedy/Weapons/lightantiaircraft/light_anti_aircraft_weapons.htm
scroll all the way down
Gringo
10-21-2003, 12:10 PM
Platoon:
-Last fight, including preparations
-When Barnes (?) is left behind and sees he missed the helicopter
Wrong, Barnes wasn't the one left behind, it was Sgt. Elias.
Saranof
10-21-2003, 12:19 PM
And look in the credits of Heat.....you will find Andy McNab.
He pretty much came up with all the firefight scenarios and Michael Mann laid down the question "How would the SAS rob a bank?".
Guns....lots of guns.
The movie simply is the only decent account I have witnessed of firearms doing the talking with out some craptastic sound track ruining the action.
BHD would have rocked with out the music ruining it! - I don't need emotional scores.
which emotional scores? elvis was perfect for most of the scenes...
are you talking about the scene where the convoy was ambushed by RPGs and a Delta operator lost most of his body? the drums on that were incredible... :(
Think there is some cd out there...
Hans Zimmer rocks :D
Anyway, the ambush scene in Platton is great..shows you what he felt
Seoulstriker
10-21-2003, 12:20 PM
And look in the credits of Heat.....you will find Andy McNab.
He pretty much came up with all the firefight scenarios and Michael Mann laid down the question "How would the SAS rob a bank?".
Guns....lots of guns.
The movie simply is the only decent account I have witnessed of firearms doing the talking with out some craptastic sound track ruining the action.
BHD would have rocked with out the music ruining it! - I don't need emotional scores.
which emotional scores? elvis was perfect for most of the scenes...
are you talking about the scene where the convoy was ambushed by RPGs and a Delta operator lost most of his body? the drums on that were incredible... :(
Think there is some cd out there...
Hans Zimmer rocks :D
Anyway, the ambush scene in Platton is great..shows you what he felt
is Platoon the movie where one guy kills a friendly on purpose? was Sheen at the end totally beaten up and has an AK? i think i saw bits of it on TV.
Nawlins
10-21-2003, 12:22 PM
Think there is some cd out there...
Hans Zimmer rocks
Yeah, I have it. It's pretty good.
aktarian
10-21-2003, 01:03 PM
Wrong, Barnes wasn't the one left behind, it was Sgt. Elias.
I wasn't sure that's why i put ? after his name. :)
is Platoon the movie where one guy kills a friendly on purpose? was Sheen at the end totally beaten up and has an AK? i think i saw bits of it on TV.
Yes, but you have to see the movie to understand why that happens.
Among my favorites would be the Spec Ops scenes in Clear and Present Danger. They really need to do a Tom Clancy movie that focuses more around these guys instead of the desk jockey Jack Ryan.
Seoulstriker
10-21-2003, 01:24 PM
Among my favorites would be the Spec Ops scenes in Clear and Present Danger. They really need to do a Tom Clancy movie that focuses more around these guys instead of the desk jockey Jack Ryan.
yeah, i really like the interactions of Ding Chavez and John Clark. my favorite scenes were when the sniper plants the bomb on the aircraft and when they take care of a cocaine production facility underground.
"The chicken is in the pot." "Cook it."
Trigger
10-21-2003, 01:42 PM
I agree with Hood.
How about the scene from Clear and Present Danger where they're selecting the troops to go to south America and Chavez is plinking away and while being hunted...
"Move forward!...Sniper at your feet!"
Trooper holds up a burger wrapper
"He had lunch here sir...a Quarter Pounder...with cheese."
Seoulstriker
10-21-2003, 01:57 PM
I agree with Hood.
How about the scene from Clear and Present Danger where they're selecting the troops to go to south America and Chavez is plinking away and while being hunted...
"Move forward!...Sniper at your feet!"
Trooper holds up a burger wrapper
"He had lunch here sir...a Quarter Pounder...with cheese."
"SNIPER! approach the instructor, for being a stinkin' bastard, Sergeant Major!"
classic.
Sean85
10-21-2003, 05:15 PM
Hmmm....Band of Brothers...cant figure out which scene was best in here, maybe someone else could through in their opinion.......
wulfstan
10-21-2003, 06:23 PM
Sean85,
check out my previous posts, the one where Spiers runs across the town under fire, and where the M1 Garand is slowed down while firing. But there are lpads of great moments in that sequence, like the drop into Normandy, the one where the Panzer tanks rip the **** out of those puny looking Churchill tanks, and Easy company have to retreat...take your pick...
Also, that sequence in Forrest Gump where they get ambushed, the tracer fire cutting thru the grass is great, and the guys on the M60 get blown to pieces, in the cinema that shocked me, looked really horrific.
Skaman
10-21-2003, 07:52 PM
fav war scene--hmmm, so many. The final battle in last of the mohicans between the Huron Magua and the Mohican Father. Great scene complemented with a great musical score.
EVERYONE SHOULD SEE THIS MOVIE
redhawk_six
10-22-2003, 01:53 AM
BHD would have rocked with out the music ruining it! - I don't need emotional scores.
which emotional scores? elvis was perfect for most of the scenes...
are you talking about the scene where the convoy was ambushed by RPGs and a Delta operator lost most of his body? the drums on that were incredible... :(
Elvis... I only heard one Elvis song...
I like BHD, but it could have been better. The music was great, enhanced the film quite a bit.
There was one large mistake they made in filming and editing it though. Did anyone else notice that in the scene where the one injured D-Boy is deffending the first downed bird alone, that one second, his goggles are on his helmet, the next, they are no where to be seen, then the next, they're there again? This happened a few times in that scene. Can't believe that the editors missed this, and that we, the people watching it, did too!
Among my favorites would be the Spec Ops scenes in Clear and Present Danger. They really need to do a Tom Clancy movie that focuses more around these guys instead of the desk jockey Jack Ryan.
I would love to see a movie version of Rainbow Six. That would be excellent! :D
Sirpad
10-22-2003, 05:42 AM
Among my favorites would be the Spec Ops scenes in Clear and Present Danger. They really need to do a Tom Clancy movie that focuses more around these guys instead of the desk jockey Jack Ryan.
I think we are ready for the movie "Rainbow six"...
my picks:
Navy seals - a very bad movie, but the initial CQB assault scene in beirut is actually good.
The rock - navy seals get creamed in the shower room. BTW, other than 3-4 actors, all the rest are real deal navy SEALs out of coronado. the guys that gets shot while trying to climb the wall was one of the head instructors.
and yes - although bloody gruesome - saving private ryan's D-DAY assault is, IMHO, the best reenactment in cinematic history ever!
lucifer
10-22-2003, 07:14 AM
84 Charlie Mopic!
:fork: :fork: March or DIE
wulfstan
10-22-2003, 08:25 AM
84 Charlie MoPic is a great film, might try and get it from somewhere. Low budget but still achieves a great feel, unlike so many high budget films...
MolliG
10-22-2003, 08:49 AM
Fav' 'Real' War Film Sequence- The scene from Saving Private Ryan near the end, where you see the detonator lying on the floor near some cases (a bullet then hits the floor and one of the cases flings off screen) and Capt. Miller (Hanks) is walking towards it (the rest of the guys are yelling at him to get back). The picture then shifts to the German soldier, who they let go earlier near the radar place, cycling his Kar98k, he takes aim and hits one of the 101st guys (who then falls off of the bridge), he then once again cycles the bolt on the Kar and gets Miller in his sights... Bang! Miller drops while the German cycles the bolt. The picture then shifts to... ****! I've forgotten his name... The translator guy, who notices who just hit Miller. You then see a Tiger roll pass. Then it's back to Miller who is gripping onto a motorbike and then sits on the floor, all pale with blood on his chest, he pulls out his 1911, slowly he takes of the safety, and using all his last bit of strength aims at the Tiger (bullets are hitting it and the floor)... Bang! He fires like he has no hope left... Bang! He fires again. You see the Tiger churning up dust as it comes to the bridge. Bang! He fires again. And again, and again then... BOOM! On his last shot the Tiger blows up. Miller looks in sheer amazement then looks up... A P-51 Mustang whizzes past...
F*cking excellent piece of cinema.
:D
wulfstan
10-22-2003, 08:58 AM
yep, that is a great piece of film, and well remembered. What makes it realistic is that when soldiers are shot dead they fall really awkwardly, in a way that suggests that the actors/extras would probably hurt themselves. For an example, check out the sequence where the sniper is in the bell tower, and he's shooting the first few SS guys. To fall so convincingly is an artform in itself, especially when it's onto a pile of bricks and rubble.
The one gripe about SPR over here (In Britian) is that there is no mention of the British, let alone any Brit soldiers/characters. It's a story about the US landings, sure, but in all likelihood, the plane would have been an RAF Typhoon, not a Mustang. In using an RAF plane they could have at least got round the 'lack of other allies' issue. But still, great film. Tom Hanks again shows his enthusiasm on the WW2 issue in Band of Brothers.
Gringo
10-22-2003, 09:34 AM
"Hey Captain, how come we haven't seen any British soldiers so far?"
"Don't you know that the second world war was fought entirely by american actors"
Not so much for Band of Brothers though.
MolliG
10-22-2003, 09:48 AM
Got more :lol:...
Fav' TV/Film Scene Evolving a Firearm ;)- When Kim (mmm... Elisha Cuthbert) shoots Gary Matheson in 24 (Season 2). "Shoot him." "No! I can't" "Shoot him! Put the gun in his chest and pull the trigger! Shoot him now Kim!" :D
Fav' TV/Film 'Fantasy' War Scene- Beginning of The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, where the Elves fire their arrows, then one by one down the row, cut up the Orcs as they charge into them.
:)
Bluelight
10-22-2003, 10:38 AM
Rules Of Engagement
In the end, when the vietnamnese colonel salutes samuel L. jackson.
I thought that scene in 24 was a horrible thing for the character. Making the decision to shoot someone while they're unconcious is as hard as it gets.
lunatic2T2
12-29-2004, 01:26 AM
BHD:
1) SFOD-D using NVGs to sneak up behind a .50 cal machine gun technical.
2) Busch defending the UH-60 by himself and subsequent CSAR.
3) SFOD-D medics being dropped into downed UH-60 and taking care of skinnies with RPGs.
4) Shughart and Gordon defending the downed UH-60.
5) Initial CQB action sequence at beginning showing SFOD-D at their best.
I know this thread is over a year old but I have to clarify. Those were not Delta medics, they were Air Force PJ's, Tim Wilkinson and Scott Fales.
Also, I dont think they killed anyone with RPGs, correct me if I am wrong.
Howie Kaluha
12-29-2004, 01:52 AM
Troy
1) When Achilles stabs that huge guy through the top of the shoulder--that was serious ownage woot
2) The fight between Achilles and Hector
BHD
When Randy Shughart and Gary Gordon defended Durant's crash site by themselves......
Andyman
12-29-2004, 02:06 AM
what about the club scene in collateral when tom cruise (vincent) ****s **** up royally and kills enough people.
brave heart scene when (mel gibson) realizes his woman is dead and him and the other scots **** up the english by storming their base.
fight scene in the holy grail when the black nigiht fights the green nnight and throws his sword though the greenn knights visor.
Howie Kaluha
12-29-2004, 02:21 AM
what about the club scene in collateral when tom cruise (vincent) f*** **** up royally and kills enough people.
brave heart scene when (mel gibson) realizes his woman is dead and him and the other scots f*** up the english by storming their base.
fight scene in the holy grail when the black nigiht fights the green nnight and throws his sword though the greenn knights visor.
All three rock!!
Bombtrack
12-29-2004, 02:25 AM
I'll never forget the scene in Saving Private Ryan (when they are defending the town) when the tanks are on their way to the town, and all you can hear is them coming slowly, with the ground shaking.
My heart was in my throat the whole time. I knew it was the climax of the film, and everything previous to it already amazed me. I'm kind of.. tired of the movie now, because i've watched it way more than any other film (probably upwards of 30 times). But I havent forgotten how I felt when i first saw it.
I was probably 12 when I saw it (1998 right), and it absolutely blew me away. I'll never forget the opening scenes when they landed on the beach, how i felt sick for a second and looked over my shoulder being all WTF looking at my dad.
I'm pretty sure that was responsible for my respect for the military after that, and I joined the local cadet corps soon after, eventually joining the reserves when I became old enough. Well, SPR and GI Joes... :)
Now on a completely different note,
The tank scene in Buffalo Soldiers when the crew is doing smack, smoking pot, and drinking beer inside the vehicle, while on a clueless rampage through the small german town, is f-ing hilarious
Gringo
12-29-2004, 07:04 AM
The Thin Red Line when they storm the Japanese held village in a mad charge.
ROY H
12-29-2004, 07:14 AM
Das boot the whole entire movie!
Caesar
12-29-2004, 09:47 AM
I also liked the bridge part in Apocalyps Now. That, my friends, is Hell!
James
12-29-2004, 10:42 AM
Band of Brothers - the last episode, where "Winters" says what everyone did with their lives after the war.
Scottie
12-29-2004, 10:59 AM
Troy
1) When Achilles stabs that huge guy through the top of the shoulder--that was serious ownage woot
2) The fight between Achilles and Hector
BHD
When Randy Shughart and Gary Gordon defended Durant's crash site by themselves......
Thats an amazing seen!
Cross of Iron:
The attack on the russian factories
Saving Private Ryan:
D-Day invasion
BHD:
The Helicopters storming Mogadishu
Johnny_H02
12-29-2004, 11:04 AM
WoW barely any classic mentions My favorite war movie scenes are as follows, In no particular order
All of the Ariel Combat in Both "The Battle of Britain" and "The Blue Max" there has yet to be a equal or better air war movie then these two.
One such scene is in battle of britian where a Polish training squadron spots some Hienkel 111's and hes telling his CO and the other polish pilots, but the NCO ( who is english ) is sooo aggrivated they constantly chatter in Polish that he isnt listening and hes telling them to "Steer two-three-zero" and the Polish pilots bank off to engage the germans and he is left alone to look down and say "Oh gods truth" and join the fray.
Another scene is when one of these Polish pilots gets shot down, he lands in a English farm. The farmers think hes german, and he thinks hes in the clear so he says "Goot Afterrnon " and the Englishmen says "Good Afta Noon my asss Put ure hands up" and escorts him away with a pitchfork.
ZULU how could no one mention ZULU, the scene when the 24th are singing men of Harlech and the Zulus are charging towards them , or the scenes where they creat a squad to fill the holes in the line and they move forward repelling the oncoming Zulus in two ranks by moving forward with interchanging volly's from thier martini Henry rifles.
Stalingrad
"Now i can get that Iron Cross Ive always wanted "
Fritz "Good they can pin it to your coffin"
The longest day when the German Radio operator is trying to tell HQ there is a Massive invasion and he isnt being believed, or when the German pilot and his 2 planes are ordered to stop the invasion lol.
A Bridge Too Far \
Dietrichs Attache officer walks across the burning wrecks of german armour and dead on Arnhem bridge and says to the German paras "My general Says there is no point in conintuing this fighting, he wishes to discuss a surrender" To which Anthony Hopkins ( Playing Colonel John Froth ) says to his 2IC "Tell them to go to hell" so the 2IC says "We havent the proper facilities to take you all prisoner, " and the german is like "WHAAAAT???" and the same paratrooper says " We'd Like to but we cant except your surrender... was there anything else?" and the german dude just shrugs and walks back to his side of the bridge where you see fresh reinforcements of Armour and Panzergrenadiers..
These are the great warmovies IMO
Band of Brothers and SPR suffer from HUGE BIAS, they are great but they are extremely biased. For Ex: The end battle in SPR in the city the Waffen SS are portrayed as complete Peons at warfare, they do not behave as Seasoned Vets from the Eastern front would have, and the skin head on the German troops was a little far fetched.
BHD movie wise isnt that great, its good if you want to see a realistic modern urban combat situation in a movie, but the plot is almost non existant to those unfamiliar with the incident and even those who read the book get confused as they have mixed, and mashed characters, changed thier positions and situations etc. It was good but I dont watch it anymore.
I Like Hans Zimmer music lol but we have to face the fact that it sounds all the same lol you hear one you essentially hear them all.
Howie Kaluha
12-29-2004, 11:08 AM
BHD movie wise isnt that great, its good if you want to see a realistic modern urban combat situation in a movie, but the plot is almost non existant to those unfamiliar with the incident and even those who read the book get confused as they have mixed, and mashed characters, changed thier positions and situations etc. It was good but I dont watch it anymore.
Well, I think all in all, the movie was a good representation of the book (which was pretty much on par with the real story). I read the book, and of course the movie didn't have the detail of the book, but did a good job of conveying what happened in the book as well.....
Johnny_H02
12-29-2004, 11:13 AM
But alot of the actors just fell short IMO.
Josh Hearttnet wasnt convincing enough
Black Burn lol Orlando bloom "cant act his way out of a nutsack" to quote Eric Cartmen
I liked the guy who played
The Ranger CO
Danny Mcknight
and "hoote" other then that the actors were not aloude to introduce thier characters in a way that benefits the film.
Over all its not a bad representation of the book but as a Film i don't entirely buy it... something is missing.
One thing I noticed about it though, is that there wasn't any scenes where you were over the shoulder of anyone firing. It was only cuts between one guy firing, then another guy firing etc. It kind of made it look like a guy sitting in front of a camera with nobody else on the set at the time. With private ryan, there was a lot more of this type of thing, so it put you more 'into the action'.
Johnny_H02
12-29-2004, 11:18 AM
agreed but I would still have to re-iterate that "The Longest Day" is still the best DDAY movie ever made, its not as flashy as SPR but the stories in the the film are all Based off fact, and the plot is as free of Bias towards one side or another as is possible.
Gringo
12-29-2004, 11:19 AM
Another scene is when one of these Polish pilots gets shot down, he lands in a English farm. The farmers think hes german, and he thinks hes in the clear so he says "Goot Afterrnon " and the Englishmen says "Good Afta Noon my asss Put ure hands up" and escorts him away with a pitchfork.
I thought it was a German Bomber crewman that got shot down, not a Pol.
ZULU how could no one mention ZULU, the scene when the 24th are singing men of Harlech and the Zulus are charging towards them , or the scenes where they creat a squad to fill the holes in the line and they move forward repelling the oncoming Zulus in two ranks by moving forward with interchanging volly's from thier martini Henry rifles.
A Bridge Too Far \
Dietrichs Attache officer walks across the burning wrecks of german armour and dead on Arnhem bridge and says to the German paras "My general Says there is no point in conintuing this fighting, he wishes to discuss a surrender" To which Anthony Hopkins ( Playing Colonel John Froth ) says to his 2IC "Tell them to go to hell" so the 2IC says "We havent the proper facilities to take you all prisoner, " and the german is like "WHAAAAT???" and the same paratrooper says " We'd Like to but we cant except your surrender... was there anything else?" and the german dude just shrugs and walks back to his side of the bridge where you see fresh reinforcements of Armour and Panzergrenadiers..
Ah yes, very good sequences there. How could I forget the Zulu one, I only just watched that the other day.
And the Bridge too far one is funny as hell.
Johnny_H02
12-29-2004, 11:23 AM
[quote=Johnny_H]
Another scene is when one of these Polish pilots gets shot down, he lands in a English farm. The farmers think hes german, and he thinks hes in the clear so he says "Goot Afterrnon " and the Englishmen says "Good Afta Noon my asss Put ure hands up" and escorts him away with a pitchfork.
I thought it was a German Bomber crewman that got shot down, not a Pol.
^^^ Well I was under the impression it was the Pol, cause the CO is like Hawkes behind you behind you!!!! and you see him safely eject from his plane ( by eject i mean slide the cockpit back and fall out lol ) and his chute opens, that field scene co-incides with him getting out of his plane.
So naturally I assumed it was the Pol. I havent watched the movie in some time, but it looks like he's wearing a RAF issue Flotation device.
So ill have to take a second look to be sure.
big_les
12-29-2004, 11:28 AM
Another scene is when one of these Polish pilots gets shot down, he lands in a English farm. The farmers think hes german, and he thinks hes in the clear so he says "Goot Afterrnon " and the Englishmen says "Good Afta Noon my asss Put ure hands up" and escorts him away with a pitchfork.
I thought it was a German Bomber crewman that got shot down, not a Pol.
Nope, that's the point of the scene; the misunderstanding. Fantastic film, hope this new Tom Cruise effort can come close.
Someone mentioned Gladiator (opening battle)? Wonderful scene, but could and should have been much more historically accurate (re tactics more than anything - where were the thrown pilae?)
Inspired by Zulu; Dog Soldiers, the bit with Pte Spoon being all gung-ho as they're surrounded by werewolves, knocking out the window glass with his MP5 and referring to Rorke's Drift, and the other soldier saying 'you're f*cking loving this, aren't you?'
Gringo
12-29-2004, 11:28 AM
agreed but I would still have to re-iterate that "The Longest Day" is still the best DDAY movie ever made, its not as flashy as SPR but the stories in the the film are all Based off fact, and the plot is as free of Bias towards one side or another as is possible.
Longest Day is definatly THE D Day move. The assault on the Benouville Bridge (later Pegasus Bridge) with the Gliders is a top notch sequence aswell. The actor who played the Major commanding the company assaulting the bridge was there in 1944 as a soldier in the actual assault.
Digital Marine
12-29-2004, 11:31 AM
BHD, i liked it all... but on the end you hear a letter... that was very moving... anyone know if thats a real letter from '93?
foxtrot023
12-29-2004, 11:36 AM
agreed but I would still have to re-iterate that "The Longest Day" is still the best DDAY movie ever made, its not as flashy as SPR but the stories in the the film are all Based off fact, and the plot is as free of Bias towards one side or another as is possible.
Longest Day is definatly THE D Day move. The assault on the Benouville Bridge (later Pegasus Bridge) with the Gliders is a top notch sequence aswell. The actor who played the Major commanding the company assaulting the bridge was there in 1944 as a soldier in the actual assault.
Agreed. Longest day is to D Day what Tora Tora Tora is to the PH attacks.
On Gladiator: Awesome legionnaire customs but since when roman legions:
1. Don´t throw pila before attacking?
2. When did roman legions broke ranks to attack one on one?
3. When did any self-respecting roman general lead a calvary charge? they were usually with the legions, whereas some legate would take care of the calvary (usually auxiliaries or allies)
I hope hollywood does one day a remake of El Cid (and a good scene was when El Cid, already dead, was placed on a horse to lead a charge that sent the moors packing- so afraid they were of him, and historically correct too) and a good movie on Julius Caesar.
Heinzi
12-29-2004, 11:46 AM
Band of brothers, when the german officer speaks to his soldiers
The big lebowski, all scenes with the vietnam veteran :lol:
Heat, when the shooting starts
Dirty Harry, bank robbery scene
Payback, when Mel drops his cigarette into the gasoline
SPR, last battle scene when the waves of nazi skinhead zombies attack the few American heroes p-)
Johnny_H02
12-29-2004, 11:51 AM
SPR, last battle scene when the waves of nazi skinhead zombies attack the few American heroes p-)
Nice to see a sense of humor, cause im not even german and i was like WTF?
Howitz
12-29-2004, 12:04 PM
Patton: When he runs into the middle of the street and fires his pistol at the german bombers. Classic.
Three Kings: The Slow motion scene in the town where a series of people get shot.
BHD has a lot of great sequences but what really pisses me off is the historical innacuracy of the movie, like the Deltas capturing the rocket launcher - that never happened. Having said that, the sequence where two Deltas are droped to protect the downed BH against loads of somalis - heroic, just heroic.
Apocalypse Now Redux: not just the Ride of the Valkyries scene, the whole movie is amazing.
Saving Private Ryan: the first 20 minutes (the most realistic D-Day landing ever)
Platoon: the village scene - really moving and shows how a great actor Tom Berenger is. Too bad he got stuck doing the stupid Sniper movies.
Gallipoli: the last scene - brings tears to your eyes
Band of Brothers: although it also has a lot of historical innacuracies, Lt. Spears lone sortie, the D-Day drop, Nazi General's speech are some of the best.
Rambo 3: when Rambo becomes both driver and gunner of soviet tank :P
ronin2172
12-29-2004, 04:45 PM
hey...the first sniper wasn't that bad!lol
There were some great sequences mentioned here...I also like the battle scene in All Quiet on the Western Front....where they repulsed the french attack then took the French trenches...just to go back to their own lines...it captured the futility of WW1 perfectly. I also liked some of the sequences ni Tears of The Sun. The climactic battle in Spartacus was cool as well...
Although it wasn't based in reality i liked the Battle of Helms Deep from the Two Towers...the scope of the battle was amazing and it had a lot of memorable shots
Although it wasn't based in reality i liked the Battle of Helms Deep from the Two Towers...the scope of the battle was amazing and it had a lot of memorable shots
A bit of trivia: for that battle, the CGI people used a computer program that made each single "soldier" react realistically based on what was going on with them and around them. When they first played the battle on a computer, the defenders of Helms Deep ran away. p-)
MARINO
12-29-2004, 06:37 PM
Mile of Mogadisciu in BHD
Hulk Hogan crushing Saddam's balls in his early 90's music video. I think there used to be an Iraqi Mukharrabat colonel with a thick moustache and black beret in the WWF back then. Well, of course Saddam had sent him to represent Iraqi genocidical pride against America's finest in the ring. ;)
BHD:
1) SFOD-D using NVGs to sneak up behind a .50 cal machine gun technical.
2) Busch defending the UH-60 by himself and subsequent CSAR.
3) SFOD-D medics being dropped into downed UH-60 and taking care of skinnies with RPGs.
4) Shughart and Gordon defending the downed UH-60.
5) Initial CQB action sequence at beginning showing SFOD-D at their best.
I know this thread is over a year old but I have to clarify. Those were not Delta medics, they were Air Force PJ's, Tim Wilkinson and Scott Fales.
Also, I dont think they killed anyone with RPGs, correct me if I am wrong.
and AFAIR it wasn't a .50 cal but some recoil-less rifle (i was unable to properly identify it)!
el borracho
12-29-2004, 08:00 PM
[quote=Johnny_H]
Another scene is when one of these Polish pilots gets shot down, he lands in a English farm. The farmers think hes german, and he thinks hes in the clear so he says "Goot Afterrnon " and the Englishmen says "Good Afta Noon my asss Put ure hands up" and escorts him away with a pitchfork.
I thought it was a German Bomber crewman that got shot down, not a Pol.
^^^ Well I was under the impression it was the Pol, cause the CO is like Hawkes behind you behind you!!!! and you see him safely eject from his plane ( by eject i mean slide the cockpit back and fall out lol ) and his chute opens, that field scene co-incides with him getting out of his plane.
So naturally I assumed it was the Pol. I havent watched the movie in some time, but it looks like he's wearing a RAF issue Flotation device.
So ill have to take a second look to be sure.
No, it was the Pole. i watched it last weekend (for the bazillionth time). He starts explaining himself in Polish to the farmers, as they are leading him away.
Johnny_H02
12-29-2004, 08:23 PM
yep its a awsome movie.
usa320
12-29-2004, 08:56 PM
Saving private ryan. The part where the halftrack gets bazookaed. thats pretty badass.
The whole ending is great too... The P-51's raping the tanks.
Best part though is when Ryan stands in front of Captain Miller, and Miller tells him "Earn This".
Johnny_H02
12-29-2004, 09:01 PM
I thought the ending was a little bogus to be honest, i mean come one that was at least a battalion of Panzer troops and the way they all picked up and ran when two P-51's came in? I realise air attacks are demoralising and the thought of watching the Tiger you trust your heavy support in getting blown to pieces is disturbing but the way those troops were portrayed in SPR is neglegable.
Ex: The Two rows of panzer Grenadiers marching squatted behind the tank in the bottle necked street? Give me a break lol they would not of done that, That was practiced in open fields orchards etc, but I have read enough books about the Wermacht and the waffen SS to realise they woudl have gone House to house utilizing the cover around them to prevent being cut to pieces as they were in that scene.
---EDIT : Dont get me wrong I love the movie, but I also recognise its flaws---
In BOB, when Lt. Spears takes charge of an assault.
A squad of Rangers manage to find a single Paratrooper in Normandy in only a few days and German tactics is what you find unbelievable?
Johnny_H02
12-29-2004, 09:04 PM
^^^ LOL so you called me on that, yeah it seems a little dumb to get so pickey but really i could'nt help myself.
flipside567
12-29-2004, 09:10 PM
2) Busch defending the UH-60 by himself and subsequent CSAR.
3) SFOD-D medics being dropped into downed UH-60 and taking care of skinnies with RPGs.
4) Shughart and Gordon defending the downed UH-60.
Ahhhhh, MH-60s
But yes those scenes were awesome.
i know that UH is utility helo, so MH is military helo?
yeah, i should have put in MH-60. :hug:
Couldn't it go both ways? U for utility and M for medium. I have seen it written both ways when describing the Blackhawks from BHD. (Does M also stand for Medical?)
Ratamacue
12-29-2004, 09:16 PM
- Shughart/Gordon's defense of Durant's chopper in Black Hawk Down.
- The assault on Brecourt Manor and the taking Carentan in Band of Brothers.
el borracho
12-29-2004, 09:22 PM
I don't know if it was mentioned already, but in "Enemy at the Gates" when the Russian recruits are piled into the boats, and they are getting ripped apart by stukas. Frickin' sweet :P .
Johnny_H02
12-29-2004, 09:50 PM
The whole startin scene In "The Beast" where the Russian tanks storm that Afghan village.
limey
12-29-2004, 09:50 PM
I love the tank sequences in "Kelly's Heroes", and the helicopter scene in Apocalypse now.
I know they're not realistic, but I just love the music.
I hate any shaky camera effect like in "Saving private Ryan" - it just makes me feel sick.
Brozozo
12-29-2004, 10:12 PM
Assault on Brecourt Manor in BoB (Episode 2: Day of Days)
German attack on Easy Coy. (with the tanks etc) from Episode 3: Carentan from BoB.
Entire sequence in the small town near the end of Saving Private Ryan.
More or less everything from BHD, especially the night battle and Little Bird strafing runs.
Various scenes from "Stalingrad" and "Cross of Iron"
Hadamar
12-29-2004, 10:41 PM
A Bridge Too Far \
Dietrichs Attache officer walks across the burning wrecks of german armour and dead on Arnhem bridge and says to the German paras "My general Says there is no point in conintuing this fighting, he wishes to discuss a surrender" To which Anthony Hopkins ( Playing Colonel John Froth ) says to his 2IC "Tell them to go to hell" so the 2IC says "We havent the proper facilities to take you all prisoner, " and the german is like "WHAAAAT???" and the same paratrooper says " We'd Like to but we cant except your surrender... was there anything else?" and the german dude just shrugs and walks back to his side of the bridge where you see fresh reinforcements of Armour and Panzergrenadiers..
The parachute drop was immensely beautiful. I also liked the scenes near the end, after the British had evacuated, leaving behind their wounded. When Frost (Anthony Hopkins) accepts the chocolate from the German officer played by Maximillian Schell, his tired desolate expression captured the moment perfectly.
Johnny_H02
12-29-2004, 10:42 PM
No doubt in my mind Bridge too far is one of the best war movies ever made ....
ronin2172
12-29-2004, 11:35 PM
Although it wasn't based in reality i liked the Battle of Helms Deep from the Two Towers...the scope of the battle was amazing and it had a lot of memorable shots
A bit of trivia: for that battle, the CGI people used a computer program that made each single "soldier" react realistically based on what was going on with them and around them. When they first played the battle on a computer, the defenders of Helms Deep ran away. p-)
lol. can u really blame them?
kuttless
12-30-2004, 02:45 AM
In BHD when they go in for the assualt and go over the beach. And when the D Boys kill the boar and they have a big party at the base. I think Im gonna go wacth that movie now :D
Heinzi
12-30-2004, 04:20 AM
I thought the ending was a little bogus to be honest, i mean come one that was at least a battalion of Panzer troops and the way they all picked up and ran when two P-51's came in? I realise air attacks are demoralising and the thought of watching the Tiger you trust your heavy support in getting blown to pieces is disturbing but the way those troops were portrayed in SPR is neglegable.
Ex: The Two rows of panzer Grenadiers marching squatted behind the tank in the bottle necked street? Give me a break lol they would not of done that, That was practiced in open fields orchards etc, but I have read enough books about the Wermacht and the waffen SS to realise they woudl have gone House to house utilizing the cover around them to prevent being cut to pieces as they were in that scene.
---EDIT : Dont get me wrong I love the movie, but I also recognise its flaws---
The air attack was pretty unrealistic. He drops a bomb from horizontal flightpath right in front of the allied troops. Nice to see that this smartbomb exclusively destroys the tank and not the bridge and the houseblocks surrounding it.
Or maybe he used the 50cal? p-)
The Waffle SS attack needs no further comment. It seems to me that through the movie the military advisors had less and less to say. And at the end it was 110% Hollywood.
Ah and I forgot the great tactical move to storm an mg42 position frontally. :roll:
The beachlanding was impressive. A bit uncorrect, but very well made. Pretty good in dehumanizing the enemy, too. Cant blame the movie makers for that.
At my first day in the german army they showed us this scene to demonstrate how to use the machine guns properly.
I forgot some of the best WW2 scenes
All in Kellys heroes
-all scenes with Oddball
-the great commandos like scene while sneaking into the french village
-Oddball eating cheese and drinking whine, while his Sherman is beeing repaired
-the last salute scenes with the SS guy
-the american general listening to the radio
-Oddbal watching the last remaining bridge :lol:
I love this movie, I watched it gazillion times. The only ww2 movie, which is shown really often in german TV.
Roldwin
12-30-2004, 05:19 AM
I forgot some of the best WW2 scenes
All in Kellys heroes
-all scenes with Oddball
-the great commandos like scene while sneaking into the french village
-Oddball eating cheese and drinking whine, while his Sherman is beeing repaired
-the last salute scenes with the SS guy
-the american general listening to the radio
-Oddbal watching the last remaining bridge :lol:
I love this movie, I watched it gazillion times. The only ww2 movie, which is shown really often in german TV.
Do you remember the western style scene that shows oddball and kelly facing the Tiger??????
Heinzi
12-30-2004, 05:39 AM
Do you remember the western style scene that shows oddball and kelly facing the Tiger??????
Yes woot
How could i forget that :D
When he turn the gun in his holster, and holds the hands beside it rofl
Gringo
12-30-2004, 06:14 AM
"Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?"
Heinzi
12-30-2004, 06:21 AM
:lol:
Roldwin
12-30-2004, 06:37 AM
"Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?"
Oddball rules !!! woot
Roldwin
12-30-2004, 06:42 AM
And what about Patton's speech in "Patton"?
There is one great thing that you men will all be able to say after this war is over and you are home once again. You may be thankful that twenty years from now when you are sitting by the fireplace with your grandson on your knee and he asks you what you did in the great World War II, you WON'T have to cough, shift him to the other knee and say, "Well, your Granddaddy shoveled **** in Louisiana." No, Sir, you can look him straight in the eye and say, "Son, your Granddaddy rode with the Great Third Army and a Son-of-a-Goddamned-Bitch named Georgie Patton!.
Hadamar
12-30-2004, 04:56 PM
Patton actually had a high feminine voice that was a source of embarassment for him. He would occasionally be mistaken for a woman on the phone. That actually makes some of his famour quotes funnier:
"A man who does not screw will not fight."
"You men are not in the world's oldest profession. The women beat you to it."
"Men, you are the first Negro tankers ever to fight in the American army. I would never have asked for you if you weren't good. I have nothing but the best in my army. I don't care what color you are, so long as you go up there and kill those Kraut sonsab*tches!"
"We'll win this war, but we'll win it only by fighting and by showing the Germans that we've got more guts than they have; or ever will have. We're not going to just shoot the sons-of-b*tches, we're going to rip out their living Godd*mned guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks. We're going to murder those lousy Hun c*cksuckers by the bushel-f*cking-basket. War is a bloody, killing business. You've got to spill their blood, or they will spill yours. Rip them up the belly. Shoot them in the guts. When shells are hitting all around you and you wipe the dirt off your face and realize that instead of dirt it's the blood and guts of what once was your best friend beside you, you'll know what to do!"
"I will not run if nominated, I will not serve if elected, but I will continue to wear my short coat so everyone can kiss my ass."
This is off-topic but I have to say it: I hate how Hollywood sometimes portrays special forces soldiers as arrogant and undisciplined soldiers. In BHD, for example, a Delta operator walks around the mess hall with an unsafe weapon and jumps the queue to get food. A special forces soldier, probably more than anyone, knows the risks - he would be the first person to make sure that his weapon wouldn't be a danger to anyone. As for jumping the queue: that just shows a lack of respect for other people.
grabie_bis
12-31-2004, 07:15 AM
The Final Countdown;
- when Tomcats manouver around the Zero,s!
great scene and excellent soundtrack! woot
Howie Kaluha
12-31-2004, 12:05 PM
This is off-topic but I have to say it: I hate how Hollywood sometimes portrays special forces soldiers as arrogant and undisciplined soldiers. In BHD, for example, a Delta operator walks around the mess hall with an unsafe weapon and jumps the queue to get food. A special forces soldier, probably more than anyone, knows the risks - he would be the first person to make sure that his weapon wouldn't be a danger to anyone. As for jumping the queue: that just shows a lack of respect for other people.
Although it did show them as really tough, I agree with you.
Andyman
01-19-2005, 09:37 AM
i love the scene in the band of brothers episode "points" when the german colonel asks 2nd lieutenate (Don Wahlberg) to adress his men and then the jewish guy in Easy Company translates it for winters and the speech showed just how close a leader really is to his men. And you can nsee that Winters is thinkin "i couldnnt have said it better myself".
I almost shed a tear at that scene.
excerpt from the speech
"together we have created a bond that exists only in combat"
EffJi
01-19-2005, 09:58 AM
My favorite is in SPR when they are talking in the church.
Wade is talking about his relationship with his mom, and then he dies.
That's the sadest moment in motion picture history.
Also in BHD in the end when the humvee coloumn stops for a father(?) carrying his dead(?) child. The soldiers look at him and you can almost feel how ****ty they must feel.
Band of brothers:
I'll just take two of them otherwise I'll write a friggin book.
In the washing house, when the british woman starts naming dead soldiers.
And in ep.3 when blithe gets shot. Two soldiers are talking about how one of them has gotten 3 purple hearts for nothing.
"He'll only get one" and looks at Blithe.
main_unit
01-19-2005, 10:19 AM
battle of the bulge,the SS panzerdivision march
awesome music,awesome movie
oh and its not an warmovie but a better tomorrow 1 and 2 are also awesome
if you like chinese triad movies that is ;)
wiking
01-19-2005, 01:46 PM
Ok, got another one, Band of Brothers, the one where the soldier has that thousand yard stare thing (around episode three i think) and the unit come under attack, and he suddenly finds his steel and starts firing at the retreating German infantry. Later he finds the German he shot and he has Eidelweiss in his lapel (Wehrmacht para i think). But the way that they slow down the firing sequence, the shells spin out of the M1 Garand and whine as they fall, with that metallic ping of the clip finishing. Fantastic, but later he gets shot in the neck and dies of his wounds in 1948!!!
You know most of the actors/extras are British, capt Winters and the guy that i was describing above are regular British TV stars...
Episode 3, and the story of pvt. Albert Blithe. love that one. great scene when he fires the M1 yeah.
ShakesFIST
01-19-2005, 02:26 PM
I dont know if it counts as a WAR movie but I like the scene where the nukes get stolen in the Peacemaker. It isnt realistic but it looks cool with lasers and red "eyes". :D
walford
01-19-2005, 02:27 PM
Seconding Johnny H:
Movie: Battle of Britain
Scene: When a group Polish pilots are taken on a training mission in British Spifires and spot a formation of Luftwaffe aircraft on a bombing run. The trainer is at first unaware.
Speaking to each other in Polish, they unhestatingly direct each other in to attack w/o being told to do so. They cut the bastards to pieces.
Although I haven't a drop of Polish blood, the most moving part for me is when the camera zooms in on the small square Polish flag that is painted on the cowling as the sounds of engines roaring and guns blazing continues in the background [along with the brilliant http://www.moviegrooves.com/m3u/battlebritain-low-all.m3u] (http://www.moviegrooves.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?musical score[/u]].
It was gratifying to see a depiction of the Poles getting a chance for some payback.
[AFSOC]
01-19-2005, 02:50 PM
The Rock..
when Cage crashes the Ferrari...
Kid- "dude you just f*cked up your Ferrari"
Nick Cage- "Its not mine"
Gringo
01-19-2005, 04:16 PM
]The Rock..
when Cage crashes the Ferrari...
Kid- "dude you just f*cked up your Ferrari"
Nick Cage- "Its not mine"
that's not a war film.
Johnny_H02
01-19-2005, 09:24 PM
Has anyone seen "The Beast"?
I am watchin it now, and the opening scene kicks ass, as well as the movie being shot inside a T-72 tank.
Johnny_H02
01-19-2005, 09:26 PM
Also the scene where the Russians are trapped inside the tank which had a molotov tossed down the hatch is creepy, hearing the muffled screams of them burning inside .... eeery **** right there.
Roldwin
01-20-2005, 01:52 AM
Great movie woot
ogukuo72
01-20-2005, 02:15 AM
Movie Zulu, when the men from the 24th Foot sing "Men of Harlech" just before the final Zulu charge.
wiking
01-20-2005, 04:58 AM
Band of Brothers, the consentration camp scene. That is one of the best made scenes in the whole series.
From the moment you get an idea of what is going on, i get goose bumps and they last all the way through.
The longest Day. Sean Connery's part, allways makes me laugh.
It's a great movie, and for oonce "ze germans" don't speak english with a hollywood german accent.
"the scene when Rommel has just given his wife a present, and the phone rings and he says. "was? WAS! woh? AM DIE NORMANDIE!"
Das Boot, the whole bloody thing is beautifull.
The thumb scene in the Presidio is pretty good.
Steve Andrews
01-20-2005, 05:40 AM
I like the bit where the Chef gets off the boat looking for mangoes in Apocalypse Now - and gets scared by the tiger.
"A ****ing tiger, ****ing tiger... I don't wanna take this goddamn ****
man... I didn't come here for this, I don't ****ing need this. All I wanted
to do is ****ing cook, I just wanted to learn to ****ing cook. Allright, It's
allright, it's gonna be all right... never get outta boat... Hi tiger, hi
tiger..."
This not a war movie but i loved the scene in season 3 of 24 where Jack Bauer finally shot Nina to death.
I loved 2 scenes from Ronin,the ambush they set to steal the case and the scene where they try to buy weapons in France and Sean Bean nearly screws it up.
The bank robbery scene in Heat is one of the best scenes around.
the first 25 mins of SPR and the last 30 mins of SPR
In the eagles has landed,i loved when the village people discovered that those soldiers were not poles but they were Germans.
in BOB,i cant remember the episode but it was a cross river raid to snatch a german prisoner for interogation.
The entire Bridge too far and Tobruk.
The scene in a bridge over river kwai where the bridge is blown.
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