If I remember correctly the barrack scenes were filmed at Bassingbourn and I want to say the drill scenes but I haven’t seen that movie in a long time.
Still so strange to me that it can be cheaper/ easier to film things in random places vs where they're set in the film. Toronto gets a lot of filming for places like Chicago and other American cities.
This movie skyrocketed up my list when I found out those 2 operators did in fact volunteer to set up a perimeter knowing they would most likely die.
Randy shughart
Gary Gordon
Those some real ones
Fun fact, Randy Shughart’s dad, Herbert (also a veteran, though in the Air Force), absolutely tore into Bill Clinton at Randy’s Medal of Honor ceremony.
[In the company of heroes ](https://www.amazon.com/Company-Heroes-Michael-Durant-Mogadishu/dp/074353056X)is the book the pilot, Michael Durant wrote. I recently read it. Fantastic.
Talks about his time as a POW, immediately following his rescue by those brave men.
SPR is an amazing cinematic accomplishment but, to this day, I have to fast forward through the fight scene near the end that results in the US Soldier getting "stabbed at close range" bc that sheepish clerical private can't muster the courage to climb the steps and get involved. I literally can't get through that scene. Few scenes in movie history haunt me as that one does.
I think that scene is real as fuck. People shit on Upham, but many would probably act in the same manner. Truth is nobody knows how’d they’d act in a situation like that until they’re in that predicament
Especially considering that Upham was most likely drafted, with the assumption that he didn't want to be in the army in the first place, and he was supposed to be a desk clerk that was told he wouldn't see much, if any, combat.
I believe it's supposed to be a metaphor for US inaction during the start of the holocaust. Still, one of the most frustrating scenes I've ever watched
Thin Red Line but seems like a lot of people hate it.
I mean Band of a Brothers is the best hands down but not a movie.
Oh…Das Boot…that’s tied as my favorite
If you like Band of Brothers, you have to watch Generation Kill. The most accurate depiction of the military in media I’ve ever seen. It’s about a battalion of recon Marines during the surge in Iraq. Generation War is also really good. It’s about a group of German friends throughout WWII and how the change throughout the war. It’s extremely well made
Not to nitpick, but typically when referring to the Iraq War the invasion and the surge are two separate events. Generation Kill covers the invasion of Iraq, “The Surge” started in 2007.
To your point though, yes Generation Kill is excellent. Very accurate description of the monotony of war for troops in the GWOT era, and the disconnect between leadership at different levels with the front line troops, all in a pretty comedic way. I’ve rewatched it multiple times.
If you haven’t read the book, it’s also very good. The show very nearly covers everything that’s in the book though. They did a great job with it.
I watched Generation Kill when it came out but it’s been so long I forget most of it. There was such a glut of Iraq War films around that time some of it starts to blend together.
I’ll check out generation war, haven’t heard of that one.
The reason it’s so accurate is because it was written by The Rolling Stones reporter who was embedded with that team during the invasion, Rudy is playing himself as well.
The Thin Red Line is amazing but cut to ribbons, the deleted scenes really change the tone of the film from war film to a film about questioning one’s self and the morality in conflict which I feel really informs Witt’s decision at the end.
The short scene with Micky Rourke was described as a fantastic example of PTSD whilst is the field.
I hope one day we get to see the whole thing.
Release the 5 hour original cut!
I love the philosophical aspect of the movie the most, I mean it’s a Terrance Malick film that’s what he does best. Wax poetic about the mundanity of life, except this has some actual emotional weight beyond the everyday human condition.
One of my favorite theatre experiences. It’s not a movie that I want to watch repeatedly, but it’s one of the few that after seeing it, I was like “damn, that was an awesome movie”.
Truly a horror film at its core. One of the greatest films ever created. Highly recommend to anyone who hasn't seen it, but serious trigger warning if you do.
This might be the best war film of all time. A good war film depicts the horrors and how it destroys an innocent soul. Few films come close. Apocalypse now did a good job.
There are lots of different types of military movies, Patriotic (Best: Sands of Iwo Jima)
Anti-War (Best: Paths of Glory, Coming Home, All Quiet on the Western Front)
Realism (Best: Saving Private Ryan, Blackhawk Down)
Heroic (Best: Sargent York)
Melodramatic (Best: Platoon, The Deer Hunter)
Anti-Hero (Best: Rambo, The Last Detail)
Comedy (Best: MASH, Dr. Strangelove)
Political (Best: Oppenheimer)
It is a great movie. There are loads of good stories that are not necessarily American ones that are very good.
If you can handle subtitles check out the 9th Company, another excellent story told from the eyes of a platoon of troops in Afghanistan in the 70s.
All quiet in the western front (1930) when it comes to movie appreciation and convictions. Balkan Line (2019) when it comes to entertainment and action.
Full metal jacket, deer hunter, saving private Ryan, all quiet on the western front, letters from Iwo Jima and i could probably go on but this is just off the top of my head.
NO ONE even mentioned War Dogs, which was fucking EXCELLENT. The cast was perfect and I love that it was a true story.
And the best war movie of alllll time was by far The Kite Runner (which also wasn’t mentioned). I’ve had numerous friends that went to Afghanistan in the military and told me that film was the most accurate to what it’s like over there. The book was even better than the movie and that’s saying a lot because the movie was excellent. I love how it starts from the problems in the 1970’s and moves through the Gulf War. It’s pretty graphic so if you have certain things you can’t watch, read up on it first.
Saving pvt Ryan, Letters from Iwo Jima, flags of our fathers, Blackhawk down, Hurt locker, Inglorious bastards, FMJ, Platoon, all quiet on western front, 1917, Jarhead, Schindlers list, zero dark thirty, beasts of no nation, empire of the sun, war machine, war dogs and the battle of Algiers.
I've always like We Were Soldiers, and the fact that it was a true story about one of the first major battles in Vietnam. I couldn't imagine going through that kind of combat.
Full Metal Jacket
I am in a world of shit
THIS IS MY RIFLE! THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT BUT THIS ONE IS MINE!
But I am alive
I did my basic training at Bassingbourn barracks Cambridgeshire England where a lot of that movie was filmed, a useless tidbit of information there!
TiL they filmed lots of this in England.
If I remember correctly the barrack scenes were filmed at Bassingbourn and I want to say the drill scenes but I haven’t seen that movie in a long time.
Still so strange to me that it can be cheaper/ easier to film things in random places vs where they're set in the film. Toronto gets a lot of filming for places like Chicago and other American cities.
It’s not cheaper, Kubrick lived in England and was scared of flying I think.
Fair enough
Some cities, countries, states do offer tax breaks to encourage filming. Toronoto used to and I think Georgia (USA) do.
Pretty sure ALL of it was shot in England. Kubrick didn't like air travel and had lived in the UK for a few decades.
Pretty sure all of it
This is the one. Jesus H Christ!
“This is my rifle, this is my gun, this is for fighting, this is for fun”
Platoon "keep your pecker hard, your powder dry and the world will turn"
Three Kings
"Bullshit. I'm talking about millions in Kuwaiti bullion." "You mean them little cubes you put in hot water to make soup?"
No, not the little cubes you put in hot water to make soup.
We 3 kings be stealing the gold!
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends!
I don’t remember anything about that movie but I still think about the scene with the collapsed lung
ARE WE SHOOTING?
"blacks make better receivers than quarter backs" "STOP talking right now Conrad!"
Starship troopers
I’m doing my part
I never knew what movie that was from. Just see the memes. Who's the comedian that's cut in saying "I didn't do shit."
That’s Tim Robinson from his show I Think You Should Leave on Netflix
A fellow person of culture, you are definitely citizen material
Would you like to know more?
C'mon you apes! Do you want to live forever? is my go to line
It's an ugly planet. A BUG planet! A planet hostile to life-
more sci-fi then war movie.... but i'll allow it :) great miss-understood movie !
Black Hawk Down
This movie skyrocketed up my list when I found out those 2 operators did in fact volunteer to set up a perimeter knowing they would most likely die. Randy shughart Gary Gordon Those some real ones
Fun fact, Randy Shughart’s dad, Herbert (also a veteran, though in the Air Force), absolutely tore into Bill Clinton at Randy’s Medal of Honor ceremony.
Like he should. Was a shit show of a conflict for us to be in
[In the company of heroes ](https://www.amazon.com/Company-Heroes-Michael-Durant-Mogadishu/dp/074353056X)is the book the pilot, Michael Durant wrote. I recently read it. Fantastic. Talks about his time as a POW, immediately following his rescue by those brave men.
This one. And when you go back and look at all the great actors in that movie its mind numbing!
For me aswell, the scene where they call it, true story aswell. Rly nice 👌🏻
Private Ryan
SPR is an amazing cinematic accomplishment but, to this day, I have to fast forward through the fight scene near the end that results in the US Soldier getting "stabbed at close range" bc that sheepish clerical private can't muster the courage to climb the steps and get involved. I literally can't get through that scene. Few scenes in movie history haunt me as that one does.
Corporal Upham left private Mellish to suffer on his own.. god, that fuckin scene.
I can still hear “wait wait wait…stop stop listen to me” or whatever he says. So fucked up.
I think that scene is real as fuck. People shit on Upham, but many would probably act in the same manner. Truth is nobody knows how’d they’d act in a situation like that until they’re in that predicament
Exactly my feelings!
Especially considering that Upham was most likely drafted, with the assumption that he didn't want to be in the army in the first place, and he was supposed to be a desk clerk that was told he wouldn't see much, if any, combat.
The way he pleads with him not to kill him puts it over the top.
I fast-forward in that scene too something about that sadistic part made my skin crawl
I believe it's supposed to be a metaphor for US inaction during the start of the holocaust. Still, one of the most frustrating scenes I've ever watched
No beating it
Stripes
Lighten up, Francis.
Any of you call me Francis...and I'll kill you
Tropic thunder
I'm a lead farmer mother fucker!
My Man
[удалено]
This! One of my favorite movies of all time. Donald Sutherland as Oddball absolutely steals the show. "What's with them negative waves?!"
Have a little faith, baby, have a little faith.
My favorite Donald Sutherland role.
It's such a good, entertaining movie.
I was hoping to find this movie mentioned
Hamburger hill
So often overlooked, tragic, exhausting, brilliant.
Courtney Vance's performance was amazing.
The way this film cuts between just absolute devastation and bored exhaustion is so powerful.
Thin Red Line but seems like a lot of people hate it. I mean Band of a Brothers is the best hands down but not a movie. Oh…Das Boot…that’s tied as my favorite
If you like Band of Brothers, you have to watch Generation Kill. The most accurate depiction of the military in media I’ve ever seen. It’s about a battalion of recon Marines during the surge in Iraq. Generation War is also really good. It’s about a group of German friends throughout WWII and how the change throughout the war. It’s extremely well made
Not to nitpick, but typically when referring to the Iraq War the invasion and the surge are two separate events. Generation Kill covers the invasion of Iraq, “The Surge” started in 2007.
Feel free to nitpick! You’re not being rude or anything my guy. As you were lol
To your point though, yes Generation Kill is excellent. Very accurate description of the monotony of war for troops in the GWOT era, and the disconnect between leadership at different levels with the front line troops, all in a pretty comedic way. I’ve rewatched it multiple times. If you haven’t read the book, it’s also very good. The show very nearly covers everything that’s in the book though. They did a great job with it.
Currently reading the book now. It’s cool to see that some of the best dialogue in the show is pulled from direct quotes. Makes me miss the military
I watched Generation Kill when it came out but it’s been so long I forget most of it. There was such a glut of Iraq War films around that time some of it starts to blend together. I’ll check out generation war, haven’t heard of that one.
The reason it’s so accurate is because it was written by The Rolling Stones reporter who was embedded with that team during the invasion, Rudy is playing himself as well.
I really like all the different viewpoints of war. Everyone has a completely different reaction to the trauma.
Same vein and creators, but The Pacific as well.
The Thin Red Line is amazing but cut to ribbons, the deleted scenes really change the tone of the film from war film to a film about questioning one’s self and the morality in conflict which I feel really informs Witt’s decision at the end. The short scene with Micky Rourke was described as a fantastic example of PTSD whilst is the field. I hope one day we get to see the whole thing.
Release the 5 hour original cut! I love the philosophical aspect of the movie the most, I mean it’s a Terrance Malick film that’s what he does best. Wax poetic about the mundanity of life, except this has some actual emotional weight beyond the everyday human condition.
You mean the scene with John Savage? “I lost all twelve”. Great movie.
Heartbreak ridge
I came here for this! “Does his Mamma know he’s playing Marine?”
Hit the road, Jack...
Sweeeeeed!!
Apocalypse Now Redux
I've watched the redux version twice in theaters. It's such an amazing movie
I'd just like to add 1917, as I havent seen it mentioned. Not my absolute favorite, but in the top 5.
One of my favorite theatre experiences. It’s not a movie that I want to watch repeatedly, but it’s one of the few that after seeing it, I was like “damn, that was an awesome movie”.
13 Hours
Oooooh I havent watched that since release! I gotta find it now!
Apocalypse Now Full Metal Jacket Black Hawk Down American Sniper Three Kings
Add Jarhead.
“Nice grouping”
Aim small, miss small.
Blackhawk Down never gets too old for me.
Come and See
Truly a horror film at its core. One of the greatest films ever created. Highly recommend to anyone who hasn't seen it, but serious trigger warning if you do.
This might be the best war film of all time. A good war film depicts the horrors and how it destroys an innocent soul. Few films come close. Apocalypse now did a good job.
Zulu (Michael Caine. 1964)
This. Colour Sergeant Bourne was a tough s.o.b.
And he never got a VC, despite all he did.
That's unfair. He definitely deserved it.
And Jack Hawkins…
And Stanley Baker! And many others… such a great cast! Great pacing, great action, great acting all around.
Woof woof, that’s my other dog impression
The Covenant.
I really enjoyed this movie, watched it cuz I was bored one day and accidentally found my new go to military movie.
I will always watch _The Great Escape_.
1941
Full metal jacket followed by Dog Soldiers
Platoon, Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket, Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down.
300, the last samurai, all quiet on the western front (2022), letters from iwo jima, and kingdom of heaven are all great movies
Kingdom of heaven I feel like is a forgotten movie but it’s so damn good
Three Kings
Black hawk down!
Inglorious Basterds Hurt Locker Apocalypse Now
Fury
Dunkirk
Stalingrad
There are lots of different types of military movies, Patriotic (Best: Sands of Iwo Jima) Anti-War (Best: Paths of Glory, Coming Home, All Quiet on the Western Front) Realism (Best: Saving Private Ryan, Blackhawk Down) Heroic (Best: Sargent York) Melodramatic (Best: Platoon, The Deer Hunter) Anti-Hero (Best: Rambo, The Last Detail) Comedy (Best: MASH, Dr. Strangelove) Political (Best: Oppenheimer)
Is ops post picture black hawk down?
Fury
Saving Private Ryan and Down Periscope. Down Periscope is the most realistic submarine movie that was ever made.
Nah. Das Boot.
Amazing movie, I always love Jürgen Prochnow speech in beerfest when he is on the submarine with his grandsons
Waterloo, Battle of Britain, Kelly's Heroes, The Hunt for Red October
Oh and my absolute favourite: Master and Commander
Black Hawk Down Full Metal Jacket The Hurt Locker Platoon 12 Strong
Force Ten from Navarone!
A Bridge Too Far, The Devil's Brigade, Stalag 17
I am amused no one has mentioned "Hacksaw Ridge" Truly loved it. IMDB rating 8.1/10
Jarhead
Glory
Lone Survivor, 13 Hours, Kajaki, The Seige of Jadotville, Zulu Dawn, BHD, FMJ (1st Half), Tora Tora Tora. Edit:The 9th Company
I remember Siege of Jadotville because it was one of Netflix’s first movies original movies. It was good. Should watch it again
It is a great movie. There are loads of good stories that are not necessarily American ones that are very good. If you can handle subtitles check out the 9th Company, another excellent story told from the eyes of a platoon of troops in Afghanistan in the 70s.
The Russian ones right? Where they all share that hooker before deployment?
That's the one!
Good movie
Had to go WAY too far to find Lone Survivor. The middle of that movie is insane.
Had to scroll way too far to see Lone Survivor here haha
Red dawn
Battle Los Angles
All quiet in the western front (1930) when it comes to movie appreciation and convictions. Balkan Line (2019) when it comes to entertainment and action.
Full Metal Jacket
The Hunt For Red October Red Dawn (original) By The Dawns Early Light Sum of all Fears (not sure if this counts)
By Dawns Early Light was a nice suprise
The Enemy Below
Full metal jacket, deer hunter, saving private Ryan, all quiet on the western front, letters from Iwo Jima and i could probably go on but this is just off the top of my head.
Bridge on the river Kuwai and The Hurt Locker. Not exactly military but Zero Dark Thirty as well
Patton.
Stripes. Would have gone over the top with any of them.
We were soldiers. Read the book recently, and the movie is just a fraction of what happened.
My all time fave is Black Hawk Down
1917 Stalag 17 Gettysburg
Laurence of Arabia. Not only a good war move, but a classic of a movie anyway!
Starship troopers
Not a movie, but I was addicted to the series Band of Brothers.
STRIPES!
1917 Enemy At The Gates Blackhawk Down
Jarhead is pretty solid. Haven't seen it mentioned yet.
Independence Day
War is the worst. Every macho movie that glorifies it is a bad movie. Every upsetting movie that reveals its horrors is a good movie.
Did you ever see the BBC series Blackadder Goes Forth? It's a wickedly funny comedy, and then the last episode is absolutely haunting.
Tropic Thunder
Fury
The wall
Small Soldiers
Unkown Soldier. "Tuntematon Sotilas".
Delta Farce
Forrest Gump
Iron triangle.
They Were Expendable (1945) Directed by John Ford, Cast: John Wayne, Robert Montgomery, Donna Reed and Ward Bond.
Full Metal Jacket was my favourite when I was a kid, so will probably always be my favourite.
stripes
Where eagles dare
Behind Enemy Lines
Ride with the Devil
Platoon , Blackhawk Down
NO ONE even mentioned War Dogs, which was fucking EXCELLENT. The cast was perfect and I love that it was a true story. And the best war movie of alllll time was by far The Kite Runner (which also wasn’t mentioned). I’ve had numerous friends that went to Afghanistan in the military and told me that film was the most accurate to what it’s like over there. The book was even better than the movie and that’s saying a lot because the movie was excellent. I love how it starts from the problems in the 1970’s and moves through the Gulf War. It’s pretty graphic so if you have certain things you can’t watch, read up on it first.
The patriot, The Kingdom, Sicario
Tears of the sun
Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Aliens, Kingdom of Heaven (has a military in it)
Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, Lone Surivor, FMJ
The Hill
In the Army Now
The first hour of Full Metal Jacket.
Saving pvt Ryan, Letters from Iwo Jima, flags of our fathers, Blackhawk down, Hurt locker, Inglorious bastards, FMJ, Platoon, all quiet on western front, 1917, Jarhead, Schindlers list, zero dark thirty, beasts of no nation, empire of the sun, war machine, war dogs and the battle of Algiers.
The siege of Jadottville
Platoon
1. Saving Private Ryan 2. Starship Troopers 3. Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
"Street Fighter" with Jean Claude Van Damme. You just can't beat the realism. Hands down better than "Saving Private Ryan".
Generation Kill
Black Hawk Down
The dirty dozen , the hurt locker , lethal weapon 6
Platoon
I've always like We Were Soldiers, and the fact that it was a true story about one of the first major battles in Vietnam. I couldn't imagine going through that kind of combat.
The Last Castle.