If u could make a war movie, what would you do?

[Gringo]

As a well known topic as been resurected (favourite war films), I was wondering; if u could make a war movie what war would you do it on? What battle would it be based on? Which actors or actresses would you have in it? etc etc

[Haiw]

War of the ****s. With all major female **** actresses fighting for the one **** in the entire movie: mine.

What?

[Maverick77]

Movie that follows troops from the 173rd Airborne around in Feb- Dec 1967


in nam

[Guttorm]

Anything with the modern French Foreign Legion.

Oh, and What haiw said, only starring me as the male lead. :D

[volfram]

Huge epic movie about Ardennes battle something like "bridge to far" but more focused on germans.

[mustamato]

Something following german SS-soldiers. Like Band of Brothers but with Hans,
Helmut, Jörg, Rüdi and so forth, and not on the eastern front.

http://members.shaw.ca/deutschesoldaten/book.gif
Like filming this mans life during the
war. Guy Sajer

http://members.shaw.ca/deutschesoldaten/sajer.htm

[MolliG]

Something about a Crusader or Thunderchief pilot during the Vietnam War. Maybe even following the pilot during E&E after loosing the aircraft during a sortie.

:)

[gaz]

The First Marine Division (USMC) and 41 Independent Commando (Royal Marines during the Chosin Reservoir Campaign, Korea, 1950.

The Chosin few.

[Operation Ivy]

Battle of Kursk :D
with Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon :lol:

Id have lots of tanks blowing each other up and the 4 guys above come to the resuce :D

[wulfstan]

Mustamo; Forgotten Soldier is great.

Some of the stuff he experiences out in Russia is insane, i truly thought he'd get captured by the Soviets.

A film entirely about the Germans would be great, along the same lines as Stalingrad, but this time showing the Russians to be animals (which a lot of them were).

[hank]

Battle of Kursk :D
with Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon :lol:

Id have lots of tanks blowing each other up and the 4 guys above come to the resuce :D

Ivy - are you sure we weren't separated at birth? They have enough of the real things at Kubinka to make a bang up movie. I volunteer to be an extra right now.

Also, I'd like to see new movie about the Pacific WWII theatre along the line of Private Ryan. That theatre has less quality movies IMHO - although I loved Thin Red Line. Something that showed what those invasions looked like would be cool - IMHO.

Same for North Africa - Britain v. Germany. Not a lot of good and really accurate movies from that theatre IMHO.

hank

[Hullebullen]

Yeah, battle of Kursk would be cool. Old tanks rule! With x millions of Hollywood dollars it would great. Or a movie about Michael Wittmann (with Denzel Washington as the lead character :lol: ). Hmm, seriously, I prefer actors that aren't that famous. I could barely watch the first episode of "brothers" without going: Where's Joey, where's Chandler and Phoebe, Monica and well... you know...

[Haiw]

Mustamo; Forgotten Soldier is great.

Some of the stuff he experiences out in Russia is insane, i truly thought he'd get captured by the Soviets.

A film entirely about the Germans would be great, along the same lines as Stalingrad, but this time showing the Russians to be animals (which a lot of them were).
*building nuclear shelter*
Let's hope the Russians don't find this thread. :roll:

[wulfstan]

Haiw, good point, hopefully the Russians on this board will read this disclaimer before hunting me down;

The war in the East was brutal for all those involved, i just mean that the Germans get reviled for their actions (not surprisingly) but the Soviets get off Scott-free when it comes to historical blame.
Some examples; Soviet POWs sent to gulags in Siberia as they were deemed as traiters for surrendering.
Mass rape of Berlin womenfolk.
Soviet army armed liberated slave labourers and set them loose on the German population.
Stalin moving the Jewish population to suit his needs etc.

To recap, war is bad.

[mustamato]

Yeah, battle of Kursk would be cool. Old tanks rule! With x millions of Hollywood dollars it would great. Or a movie about Michael Wittmann (with Denzel Washington as the lead character :lol: ). Hmm, seriously, I prefer actors that aren't that famous. I could barely watch the first episode of "brothers" without going: Where's Joey, where's Chandler and Phoebe, Monica and well... you know...

Or Will Smith as Muhammed Ali. :cantbeli:

And if you like old tanks you should watch this http://www.framomframstalinjen.com/
Will be shown in swedish cinemas as well. Atleast in the trailer there are two Stug´s.

[perdurabo]

hmm lots of:) almoust all from Polish history :)
from battle of Cedynia to OIF :P

[WARPIG]

Good topic.

I think there will be a rash of OIF and Enduring Freedom movies inbound. I think a movie along the lines of "Three Kings" would be a good change. Seeing the controversial subjects of either Op told from the soldiers views might be a challenging role. Lot's of money was seized in Bahgdad... could make for some good conflict. Also the fratracide incidents.. noncombatants being killed. None are particularly subjects that Americans would like to focus on but that I think are necessary to Americans. Movies like "Casualties of War" and even "Black Hawk Down" seem to remind us that war carries a great price and not always with any sense of closure. Sometimes that price is not the physical harm or hardship but the grim reality of conflict and human suffering. These are things that Veterans have had to live and deal with. I think Hollywood has been doing more and more to show those aspects.

I have it on good authority that the story of the USS Indianapolis is being made into a movie. I have met and spoken to several survivors and recieved an autographed copy of their book. It is an account by many of the survivor's and thier family about what they experienced. Many of the stories are heart rending. I have yet to be able to read more than a few stories at a time.

Some of the people that I have seen in cinema that would make good "movie" soldiers are: Tom Sizemore, Ewan McGregor (Obiwan and Grimes), Jason Issacs (Steele), Will Fichtner(Sanderson the delta operator), Orlando Bloom (Blackburn and Legolas), (all from BHD) ... Ice Cube was pretty believable, so was Mark Wahlberg. Sean Astin(Sam), Sean William Scott (Stiffler), Vigo Mortensen(Aragorn), Scott Caan(Tweeder), John Leguizamo (Violator).. all have or could make great "movie" soldiers.
I can appreciate the need for unknowns for some movies but Shwimmer played that role well. Donnie Wahlberg was good in Band of Brothers too.

Come to think of it Will Smith really brought a lot to the role of "Ali." I didn't really have any problem with any of their past roles bleeding into the movie roles. If I saw a trailer to a war movie with Sean Scott.. I might go "Stiffler"? really? But depending on the actor and where the character fits.. I think some depth and diversity is great. Look at Ewan McGregor playing Grimesy in BHD. I didn't really sit there and expect him to use the force against the skinnys in battle.

[Gringo]

I wouldn't have Ewen McGregor playing an american, he does a pretty shiity accent. Michael Caine's American accent is that bad in The Cider House Rules.

[Russian Texan]

Haiw, good point, hopefully the Russians on this board will read this disclaimer before hunting me down;

The war in the East was brutal for all those involved, i just mean that the Germans get reviled for their actions (not surprisingly) but the Soviets get off Scott-free when it comes to historical blame.
Some examples; Soviet POWs sent to gulags in Siberia as they were deemed as traiters for surrendering.
Mass rape of Berlin womenfolk.
Soviet army armed liberated slave labourers and set them loose on the German population.
Stalin moving the Jewish population to suit his needs etc.

To recap, war is bad.

So to stay fair and balanced, why don't you list German artrocities now, you know the thing that started Russians...

[Cacman]

I would like to see one around the Battle of Monte Casino.

Also one about the Tuskegee Airmen, who served in North Africa.....

[mustamato]

Haiw, good point, hopefully the Russians on this board will read this disclaimer before hunting me down;

The war in the East was brutal for all those involved, i just mean that the Germans get reviled for their actions (not surprisingly) but the Soviets get off Scott-free when it comes to historical blame.
Some examples; Soviet POWs sent to gulags in Siberia as they were deemed as traiters for surrendering.
Mass rape of Berlin womenfolk.
Soviet army armed liberated slave labourers and set them loose on the German population.
Stalin moving the Jewish population to suit his needs etc.

To recap, war is bad.

So to stay fair and balanced, why don't you list German artrocities now, you know the thing that started Russians...

Katyn forest before Op Barbarossa.

[Russian Texan]

Katyn forest before Op Barbarossa.
And what does this have to do with what Russians done to Germans?

Btw, would you please post your picture.

[WARPIG]

What the hell does any of that have to do with the topic of this thread?

Create a seperate post and take your rant there. Maybe here is good.... "Russia Faces EU Sanctions Over 'Bullying' In Eastern Europe"

[Herrmannek]

Movies about wars in with we kicked Russian asses :)...
Now more serious
-I would like to see movie about Polish submission to Battle of England...
-historicaly correct movie about Battle of Lenino...
-Maybe some super realsitic movie about Warsaw Uprising...
-Battle of Monte Cassino
-Some navy movie, maybe remake of "ORP Orzeł" history without all that false heroism, cowardness is also good story...
-Yup some movie about soviet atrocities would be good

[wholagun]

I wanna see more epic battle with medevil knights and stuff. Maybe moive on the biggest battle in medevil times battle of Grunwald. that would be kick as sweet ****

Or a fake movie about how the cold war would've looked like had it happened with tank divisions going throught Poland and Germany and huge battles with lots of gun fire and smoke and.......drowling.

[wholagun]

there are lots of war movies on a small scale, I want BIG scale, huge war moives ont he scale of LOTR yeah,, that would be nice.

[Dennis79]

About SAS in North Africa during WWII.
Grenada.

[OnTheRocks]

The Battle of Poltava

or a film that followed SS division Wiking thoughout the war

[Herrmannek]

there are lots of war movies on a small scale, I want BIG scale, huge war moives ont he scale of LOTR yeah,, that would be nice.
Grunwald battle is made already :)

[Dalleer]

In my opinion, war movies about the Yugoslavian civil war have always been very interesting, especially if they include various peacekeepers trying to do their job despite odds.

Hey, maybe a movie about the Swedish peacekeepers that the various members in this board once told about?

[OnTheRocks]

There's one about the Yogoslavian war ,called No mans land..its about the peacekeepers there

[Trigger]

I would like to see a movie about modern U.S. Special Forces in Afganistan. It doesn't neccessarily have to be 'fact based' as far as characters or story goes.

I would like it to have relatively unknown actors to keep it more real, and it has to have gritty, realistic action. Realistic shoot-outs like those in the movie 'Heat' would be a must.

Oh, and at some point when one of the good guys smokes a bad guy he has to quip: "Slap! I'm Rick James Beeyatch!"

[Dalleer]

There's one about the Yogoslavian war ,called No mans land..its about the peacekeepers there

Yes, I've seen almost all of the other Yugoslavian civilwar-related movies besides No man's land

[OnTheRocks]

Dalleer do you know of any winter war movies?

[Dalleer]

Dalleer do you know of any winter war movies?

Well, there's of course "Talvisota" and "Tuntematon sotilas" (The unknown soldier) that features a few winter-battle scenes, although these scenes do not happen during the actual 1939-1940 winter war...

But, I'd say that "Talvisota" (Winter war) is the best film you can show any non-Finn aside from telling him some gruesome stories over a shot of Koskenkorva that you've heard from your grandfather.

[perdurabo]

maybe film about 1920 war? it would be good :)
or about Kosciuszko upraising

[Ratamacue]

Tarawa Atoll, November 1943
Iwo Jima, February-March 1945

[volfram]

Battle of camerone made by Luc Besson would be nice.

[James]

Tarawa Atoll, November 1943
Iwo Jima, February-March 1945

The Sands of Iwo Jima.

[James]

Something about the USMC in WWI.

[Argyll]

Something following german SS-soldiers. Like Band of Brothers but with Hans,
Helmut, Jörg, Rüdi and so forth, and not on the eastern front.

http://members.shaw.ca/deutschesoldaten/book.gif
Like filming this mans life during the
war. Guy Sajer

http://members.shaw.ca/deutschesoldaten/sajer.htm

Good choice was he not in the Panzer Grenadier Regiment GrossDeutchland?

[wholagun]

there are lots of war movies on a small scale, I want BIG scale, huge war moives ont he scale of LOTR yeah,, that would be nice.
Grunwald battle is made already :)

yeah thats how old though.. its an old moive i want a remake new hollywood versionl.

[Rantanplan]

A Movie about the "Sekigahara" battle would be great (or an other battle of the "Sengoku" Period). Hundred thousands of samurai mangle each other. That would be cool. :D

http://hkuhist2.hku.hk/nakasendo/images/2-14-2.jpg

[Ngati Tumatauenga]

Apparently Peter Jackson is extremely interested in World War one. He owns a couple of replica aircraft, a Sopwith camel and a Fokker. He also had Weta Workshops build a working full scale replica of a british Mk II tank. So after he's finished making the monkey movie hopefully he will turn his talent in that direction.

[California Joe]

Something following german SS-soldiers. Like Band of Brothers but with Hans,
Helmut, Jörg, Rüdi and so forth, and not on the eastern front.

http://members.shaw.ca/deutschesoldaten/book.gif
Like filming this mans life during the
war. Guy Sajer

http://members.shaw.ca/deutschesoldaten/sajer.htm

It is a GREAT book. Weiner is a stud.

[Hullebullen]

Guy Sajer was indeed part of the Grossdeutchland.

Yeah, a samurai movie with scenes like the Romans fighting the "barbarians" in the first part of gladiator would be great. I have always found the hole bushido thing really cool. Maybe the new Tom Cruise movie can fill a little hole here. Haven't seen it yet though.

USMC in Korea would be cool as well. Can't remember any film besides MASH about that war.

[Long Trang]

Easy a movie that goes off the Carlos Hathcock books Silent Warrior and Marine Sniper.

This guy was amazing.

[Sixgun Symphony]

As a well known topic as been resurected (favourite war films), I was wondering; if u could make a war movie what war would you do it on? What battle would it be based on? Which actors or actresses would you have in it? etc etc

I would like to see them do a film about the battle for Malta. It was an incredible feat where three Gloster Gladiators, nicknamed Faith, Hope and Charity, fought against the Regia Aeronautica for three weeks before the RAF could send in the more modern Hawker Hurricane fighters as reinforcements.

Actors? I think it would be best to only use new and unknown British actors because this film should not be focused on movie stars. It should be focused on the determination of the men who persevered through some very desperate times.

[Sixgun Symphony]

Something following german SS-soldiers. Like Band of Brothers but with Hans,
Helmut, Jörg, Rüdi and so forth, and not on the eastern front.

http://members.shaw.ca/deutschesoldaten/book.gif
Like filming this mans life during the
war. Guy Sajer

http://members.shaw.ca/deutschesoldaten/sajer.htm

If it shows German SS men shooting up American soldiers, then it is sure to be very popular in Europe.

[Sixgun Symphony]

I wanna see more epic battle with medevil knights and stuff. Maybe moive on the biggest battle in medevil times battle of Grunwald. that would be kick as sweet ****


Now that would be good.

[Haiw]

Something following german SS-soldiers. Like Band of Brothers but with Hans,
Helmut, Jörg, Rüdi and so forth, and not on the eastern front.

http://members.shaw.ca/deutschesoldaten/book.gif
Like filming this mans life during the
war. Guy Sajer

http://members.shaw.ca/deutschesoldaten/sajer.htm

It is a GREAT book. Weiner is a stud.
What's the original language? Because it's from a German soldier, but was first published in France. :|

[Haiw]

Something following german SS-soldiers. Like Band of Brothers but with Hans,
Helmut, Jörg, Rüdi and so forth, and not on the eastern front.

http://members.shaw.ca/deutschesoldaten/book.gif
Like filming this mans life during the
war. Guy Sajer

http://members.shaw.ca/deutschesoldaten/sajer.htm

If it shows German SS men shooting up American soldiers, then it is sure to be very popular in Europe.
:-*$ :fork:

[Herrmannek]

I know what I want.. realy good science-fiction war with some alien enemy, something like starshiptroopers, but with more inteligent non bug foe it can be methapore but I like S-f coctails, and all that future warrior toys must be porteted in very serious way and their existence must be at lest from first look possible and have sense..so no fucckin AT-AT...

[California Joe]

Something following german SS-soldiers. Like Band of Brothers but with Hans,
Helmut, Jörg, Rüdi and so forth, and not on the eastern front.

http://members.shaw.ca/deutschesoldaten/book.gif
Like filming this mans life during the
war. Guy Sajer

http://members.shaw.ca/deutschesoldaten/sajer.htm

If it shows German SS men shooting up American soldiers, then it is sure to be very popular in Europe.

Germans vs. Russians. The author is an Alsatian.

[Haiw]

I know what I want.. realy good science-fiction war with some alien enemy, something like starshiptroopers, but with more inteligent non bug foe it can be methapore but I like S-f coctails, and all that future warrior toys must be porteted in very serious way and their existence must be at lest from first look possible and have sense..so no fucckin AT-AT...
Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Alien Resurrection? ;)

[Herrmannek]

I know what I want.. realy good science-fiction war with some alien enemy, something like starshiptroopers, but with more inteligent non bug foe it can be methapore but I like S-f coctails, and all that future warrior toys must be porteted in very serious way and their existence must be at lest from first look possible and have sense..so no fucckin AT-AT...
Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Alien Resurrection? ;)
Only "Aliens" were good in military sense and even there marines got to much kicks in the ass...Fucckin cocroaches cannot be better than platoon of higly trained marrines equiped in smart 40megawat range plasma miniguns....

[wulfstan]

Russian American wrote
So to stay fair and balanced, why don't you list German artrocities now, you know the thing that started Russians...

We already know what they did, that's my point. We've seen them in films, read about them in books, been taught in school etc, but as for the Stalinist Soviet Union, not much.

[Ratamacue]

Tarawa Atoll, November 1943
Iwo Jima, February-March 1945

The Sands of Iwo Jima.

Aye, I know, but I think that the quality of war movies nowadays has surpassed that of Sands of Iwo Jima just slightly, eh? ;)

[memphiz]

i would like to see a movie based on Canadian Soldiers at Vimy Ridge, Juno beach, or D-day... or like said before a movie based on US/Canadian SF in Afghanistan

[Dennis G]

I would like to see a movie made by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg think they are a great team.


something form Vietnam or North African theater during world War II.

Anyone read AN ARMY AT DAWN by Rick Atkinson

[AK-Lover]

I'd like to do an super graphic depiction about Arkans Tigers in Bosnia! :P
It would be a tale of war,love,hate and of some completely ****ed up **** with guts,eye's brains and legs and **** all over the place! :P
(sorry,couldn't resist! rofl )

[gaz]

Please promise me you'll never reproduce.

[AK-Lover]

WHY? :D Okay! I will! :D :hug: :hug:

[gaz]

Thank you for that, as for the why, well, I honestly believe the world will be a better place if none of your little swimmers ever get with in ten feet of a fertile woman.

[AK-Lover]

Okay, I thought we shared similair views but what the hell! **** it I'd just make a movie with as much gore and violence as possible! :D

[gaz]

We do share views as long as you think you should never spawn any offspring.

[Flagg]

Battle of Thermopyle..300 Spartans and a couple of their Greek buddies held off over a quarter million Persians and their minions at the Gates of Fire...up close and personal

or

BRIXMIS related movie.... the closest thing to real life "James Bond" cold war intelligence stuff that REALLY happened that's in the public domain

[Skaman]

The Air Battle for Malta would make a great movie.

[Gringo]

I know what I want.. realy good science-fiction war with some alien enemy, something like starshiptroopers, but with more inteligent non bug foe it can be methapore but I like S-f coctails, and all that future warrior toys must be porteted in very serious way and their existence must be at lest from first look possible and have sense..so no fucckin AT-AT...
Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Alien Resurrection? ;)
Only "Aliens" were good in military sense and even there marines got to much kicks in the ass...Fucckin cocroaches cannot be better than platoon of higly trained marrines equiped in smart 40megawat range plasma miniguns....

.... nukes, knives and sharp sticks!

[Gringo]

Something following german SS-soldiers. Like Band of Brothers but with Hans,
Helmut, Jörg, Rüdi and so forth, and not on the eastern front.

http://members.shaw.ca/deutschesoldaten/book.gif
Like filming this mans life during the
war. Guy Sajer

http://members.shaw.ca/deutschesoldaten/sajer.htm

If it shows German SS men shooting up American soldiers, then it is sure to be very popular in Europe.

what the **** is your problem!?

Right now the only American I want to shoot up, is you!

[Steve Andrews]

The unrealistic firing of weapons spoil war/action films for me.
As the Director I would insist that all shots of men firing weapons were filmed on a range, using LIVE ammunition. We would then see realistic muzzle flash and recoil.
:)

[Gringo]

The unrealistic firing of weapons spoil war/action films for me.
As the Director I would insist that all shots of men firing weapons were filmed on a range, using LIVE ammunition. We would then see realistic muzzle flash and recoil.
:)

Or u could just tag along with the next war and film combat scenes.

[ShotOver]

Australian Army in Vietnam, fighting the North Vietnamese Army in the Battle of Long Tan.

18 Dead Australians
Over 300 killed NVA

We called so much Art on them, they have no idea what their end body count was.

http://svc403.bne025u.server-web.com/vietnam/images/longtan.jpg

[S'13]

The Battle of the Valley of Tears in the Yom Kippur War.

160 Israeli tanks stopping the advancement of over 1,400 attacking Syrian tanks for 48 hours.

That is something I would make a film about...

[Sergei]

A film entirely about the Germans would be great, along the same lines as Stalingrad, but this time showing the Russians to be animals (which a lot of them were).

Why would you need that? Didn't Cold War propaganda played out that role beautifully? Not many times you would be called an animal for defending your land, huh?
Get lost, idiot.

[Sergei]

Mustamo; Forgotten Soldier is great.

Some of the stuff he experiences out in Russia is insane, i truly thought he'd get captured by the Soviets.

A film entirely about the Germans would be great, along the same lines as Stalingrad, but this time showing the Russians to be animals (which a lot of them were).
*building nuclear shelter*
Let's hope the Russians don't find this thread. :roll:

No need to, Haiw, every country has its share of imbeciles like wulfstan. They just keep breeding and breeding and breeding. :D

[Luxembourger]

A remake of Waterloo

A remkae of ZULU with the british troops fighting Zulus in Isadwanda

A remake about EL Alamain

A movie about any of the three punic wars,,,,,concerning GLadiator, the battle at the bigining of the movie was bad and too short.

War movies should contain at least a battle that lasts as long like the battle in the Lord of the rings.

And yes I am really looking forward to watching an OIF movie ...as movies with modern US troops like BLack hawk down really rock.

[Fox2]

Entebbe raid.

A movie focusing on Army medevac pilots.

But I think the best one would be a hypothetical World War 3 scenario in the mid-late 80's. Soviet armored columns seizing Europe, American attack helicopters, all the high-tech weaponry. Loads of special effects, and revolve around a group of men (from all sides), show that they are not just soldiers, but people with family and lives, and then bring their seemingly separated stories together at the climax of the film.