Best War Movie EVER: Boardsies Decide - Voting Thread

tusk

TheValeyard wrote: »

We shall see

Well...

Either that or BTTF2

J Mysterio

Forest Gump.

But it's not a war film.

Necro

Another 5 movie clash for ye next


Pan's Labryinth






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Letters From Iwo Jima






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The Warriors





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Lawrence of Arabia







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A Very Long Engagement

J Mysterio

Half of these aren't ever war films (as I would consider them).

Green&Red

Letters from Iwo

Cause I’ve seen it

Electric Nitwit

Ignoring all the fantasy elements of Pan's Labyrinth I have to vote for Pan's Labyrinth!

The guerilla fighting scenes are fantastic, the evil displayed when they're captured, how people lose themselves in war, it's awesome

Necro

J Mysterio wrote: »

Half of these aren't ever war films (as I would consider them).

Probably my fault. I left the nominations open to entrant's interpretation. Sparks some healthy debate imo

Krombopulos Michael

Pan's Labryinth simply as I'm a fan of Doug Jones

Spook_ie

Going to go for "Letters from Iwo Jima" such a classic follow up to Clints Flags of our fathers

banie01

Letters from Iwo is great, but my vote has to be for Lawrence!

So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people--greedy, barborous and cruel

scotchy

Lawrence of Arabia,

David Leans masterpiece.

You need to watch the full opening sequence. Class.

Necro

Lawrence of Arabia - 2

Pan's Labryinth - 2

Letters from Iwo Jima - 2

Tight fight this

Dom84

Warriors is a great film but I'd vote Letters from Iwo.
The view from the Japanese side adds a different perspective

Banjo

Warriors
Because I have come out and I'm playing

Edit : this is not me telling you I'm gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that, sure them lads are only great, but it would be wrong for me to lie and say I was just so you'd think I was cool and wore these awful clothes ironically.

I regret not going with "Because I can dig it" now. Ironically I'm still digging.

Necro

Dom84 wrote: »

Warriors is a great film but I'd vote Letters from Iwo

Just need a reason for Iwo to accept your vote Dom

Electric Nitwit

I mean, is a turf war a real war?!

Krombopulos Michael

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I mean, is a turf war a real war?!

The thread is best War Movie and Warriors was a gang war.

sKeith

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I mean, is a turf war a real war?!

is a cold war a real war?

duffman13

Necro wrote: »

Krombopulous and his vote allow Mc Queen and co to make The Great Escape. 5-4 that tidy battle finished up

Did forest gump not win 5-4, god damn I'm missing too much of this, I need me a new job.

Banjo

Couldn't you nominate all the Carry-Ons on that basis?
Waaaaaaaaaaaaoooooooooor!

(this is the noise you make upon the sight of - or implication of the existence of - "Norks")

J Mysterio

Krombopulos Michael wrote: »

The thread is best War Movie and Warriors was a gang war.

Wrong genre. Not a war film.

duffman13

Letters from Iwo Jima for me, it's different class to a lot of the others listed, I still haven't seen pans labyrinth and I think that was one that came up in the greatest movies one. I'll need to watch soon

Electric Nitwit

Krombopulos Michael wrote: »

The thread is best War Movie and Warriors was a gang war.

Gang war, turf war...
Sure, I argued with a mate about where to go for lunch yesterday, let's include that

scotchy

this isnt in the 100? is it?

J Mysterio

duffman13 wrote: »

Letters from Iwo Jima for me, it's different class to a lot of the others listed, I still haven't seen pans labyrinth and I think that was one that came up in the greatest movies one. I'll need to watch soon

I've only ever walked out of two films in my life. The first was Spider-man, the second was Pan's Labyrinth.

Dom84

Necro wrote: »

Just need a reason for Iwo to accept your vote Dom

Updated now

YNWA27

13 hours: The Secret soldiers of Benghazi...

Necro

duffman13 wrote: »

Did forest gump not win 5-4, god damn I'm missing too much of this, I need me a new job.

Nah just rechecked. fixxxer actually put TGE 6-4 up before Forrest passed the post.

Remouad

J Mysterio wrote: »

The first was Spider-man

Apt username

Banjo

J Mysterio wrote: »

I've only ever walked out of two films in my life. The first was Spider-man, the second was Pan's Labyrinth.

Thanks for highlighting the really important war. The never-ending war against IBS!
The struggle is real!

For what it's worth, I hope you made it brother!

Electric Nitwit

J Mysterio wrote: »

I've only ever walked out of two films in my life. The first was Spider-man, the second was Pan's Labyrinth.

Tells me nothing about Pan's Labyrinth but...

Necro

Letters from Iwo Jima - 4

Lawrence of Arabia - 2

Pan's Labryinth - 2

The Warriors - 1

Kolido

The warriors for me. Great fights and tention throughout.

Electric Nitwit

I've only seen Pan's Labyrinth and thought it was slightly overrated.

Necro

Not gonna exercise my own right here, there's 5 movies in the balance. Gonna leave this open till 15.50 then call it if no further votes

Krombopulos Michael

Happy to change from Pan's Labryinth to Letters from Iwo Jima.

I selected PL just as I like the actor Doug Jones. Between the two, LFIJ is far superior and more realistic scenes

sKeith

Can't ya leave it open and just open more up to votes?

MrKingsley

Letters from Iwo Jima for me.

First film I saw depicting the Japanese point of view in the war and loved it

Necro

Letters from Iwo Jima advance

Necro

Another one on one match next, we're sliding nicely through this round.


Hacksaw Ridge






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The Pianist

rameire

Hacksaw Ridge -such a great story in such terrible times.

storker

Necro wrote: »

The Longest Day wins 5-2. I'm gonna say that's a bit of an upset.

I would have gone with The Longest Day too, because it's a good story about a battle, for all its faults...even Red Buttons. :rolleyes:

Krombopulos Michael

Hacksaw Ridge - Interesting story of someone getting the medal of honor while refusing to kill

Spook_ie

Hacksaw ridge, just shows how sometimes non combatants win over a battle

TheValeyard

The Pianist. Such a great film of such horrible times.

sKeith

hacksaw ridge - really enjoyed that film. wonder if its really a true story or like most of those true story films, just all made up.

Spook_ie

sKeith wrote: »

hacksaw ridge - really enjoyed that film. wonder if its really a true story or like most of those true story films, just all made up.

True story within cinematic license AFAIR

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacksaw_Ridge#Casting

Historical accuracy

After the war, Doss turned down many requests for books and film versions of his actions, because he was wary of whether his life, wartime experiences, and Seventh-day Adventist beliefs would be portrayed inaccurately or sensationally. Doss' only child, Desmond Doss Jr., stated: "The reason he declined is that none of them adhered to his one requirement: that it be accurate. And I find it remarkable, the level of accuracy in adhering to the principal of the story in this movie."[49] Producer David Permut stated that the filmmakers took great care in maintaining the integrity of the story, since Doss was very religious.[3]

However, the filmmakers did change some details, notably the backstory of his father being a World War I veteran, the incident with the gun Doss took out of his alcoholic father's hands, and the circumstances of his first marriage.[49][50] The character of Smitty, portrayed by Luke Bracey, is an amalgamation of various soldiers who tormented Doss and was created for narrative reasons.[51] Other changes to the story occur near the end of the movie when Doss is placed on a stretcher. In real life, Doss had another wounded man take his place on the stretcher. After treating the soldier, a sniper shot fractured Doss' arm and he crawled 300 yards (270 m)[52] to safety after being left alone for five hours.[53] Gibson omitted this from the film because he felt that the audience would not find the scene believable.[54] The film also omits his prior combat service in the Battle of Guam and Battle of Leyte (Doss was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for extraordinary bravery in both battles),[52] and leaves the impression that Doss' actions at Okinawa took place over a period of a few days, though his Medal of Honor citation covered his actions over a period of about three weeks (April 29 to May 21).[49][55] The visual blog Information is Beautiful stated that the film was 52.7% accurate when compared to real-life events, summarizing that "most of the main war-related events did take place, although not all in the timeframe of the film...also, much of the pre-war stuff is either invented or distorted."[56]

storker

sKeith wrote: »

hacksaw ridge - really enjoyed that film. wonder if its really a true story or like most of those true story films, just all made up.

Hacksaw Ridge for its unromantic depictions of combat and for showing that even a conscientious objector can be a hero. Just like Pvt Godfrey.

Zaph

Hacksaw Ridge, an epic story from an unusual perspective