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Top 5 best war movies ever made?

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  1. Buck Turgidson

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    Casualties of War is a solid movie.

    Has Last of the Mohicans been mentioned?
     
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    I can't do just five:

    "Platoon"
    "Saving Private Ryan"
    "Full Metal Jacket"
    "Apocalypse Now"
    "The Big Red One"
    "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
    "The Thin Red Line"
    "We Were Soldiers"
    "Attack Force Z" ( I have a soft spot for this film since it was from 1982 and had Uzi machine guns/Australians in it (one of Mel GIbson's/Sam Neill's earliest films))
    There's another one or two I know I'm missing.

    On a side note, I did not like "The Great Escape" at all. I only saw it a few years back. Hated it!
     
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    From the producers of
    Shaving Ryan’s Privates
     
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    Yall know that those 2 plus Avatar are all the same movie, right?
     
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    That movie needed a warning on it for "Gratuitous Drama"
     
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    He couldn't go 1 klick without a golf cart, much less carry that gun and needed gear.
     
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    No mention of the epic Starship Troopers?
     
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    top 3 saddest movie death of all times. ALL TIMES.

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    oh yeah. ive made that argument many times.

    dances with wolves seems to be overlooked in the pantheon of "greatest westerns". i think it should be up there.

    if there is ever a blood meridian movie/HBO mini-series i wouldnt mind costner directing. mel gibson would be my pick if he wasnt a bat-s*** crazy anti-semite.
     
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    I always thought that younger John Goodman would be a good Judge, there's not a whole lot of people who can play that role.
     
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    i imagine yul brynner.
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    Too skinny
     
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    There were some parts with Heath Ledger that were unnecessary but I cant not watch it if it is on.
     
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    Dirty Dozen
    Great Escape
    Apocalypse Now
    Dr. Strangelove
    Saving Private Ryan
    JoJo Rabbit
    Bridge Over the River Kwai
     
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    Jason Isaacs was *so* over the top as the villain, it was actually pretty funny
     
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    Band of Brothers
    Black Hawk Down
    Master and Commander
     
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    Good choice. I like to think of Marlon Brando playing the role kind of like Kurtz from Apocalypse Now.
     
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    Yes, that would have been perfect!
     
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    Full Metal Jacket
    Apocalypse Now
    Platoon
    Saving Private Ryan
    Paths of Glory

    Ridiculous that I am the first person to mention Paths of Glory - what’s wrong with you people
     
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