Best War Movie EVER: Boardsies Decide - Voting Thread

rameire

Schindlers List, movie of its day, great scenes,
Comfortable smooth lifts.

Krombopulos Michael

Schindlers List. Everything about it.

sKeith

I know i've seen wind that shakes the barley, possibly more than once, but I can remember almost the whole movie of schindlers list.
For a film thats over 3 hours long, it didn't feel like it.

classic, and gets my vote.

Schlinders list.

Spook_ie

Schindlers List

For the lesson it taught us about not all Germans were bad.

Necro

Schindler's List crushes The Wind That Shakes The Barley 5 -0

Necro

Next Up and we have a multi-movie battle royale, first of a couple in the round. Which one will come through this gruelling showdown?


Barry Lyndon

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Top Gun

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Rambo: First Blood Part II

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Zulu

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Sands of Iwo Jima

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First to 5 and reasons peeps... this one will be interesting.

rameire

Zulu, the suspense the tension.

is it always this fast?

quickbeam

Barry Lyndon. Amazing Kubrick movie. I never thought of it in my nominations but if I had it’d probably have been there.

Necro

No, I can slow it down if you like

FortuneChip

I'll leave this one alone.

Only seen two of them regrettably, and neither deserve to win

Krombopulos Michael

Rambo First Blood Part 2.

Shows the slimy side of a CIA mission when he is betrayed, and he still gets the job done. And shows Rambo in his natural environment...war.

"And one more thing, what you choose to call hell, he calls home."

Spook_ie

Sands of Iwo Jima

Mmmm

Between John Wayne and Michael Caine

Gonna give it to Sands of Iwo Jima and John Wayne. Can never forget my dad's comments of John Wayne always dies at the end.

Kolido

Top gun is a war flick, who knew.

The soundtrack alone wins it for me.

Spook_ie

Gonna have to go shopping with the wife so take it as slow as you like

Otherwise it would be war here.

Green&Red

Top Gun - Cause its not really a war movie and i want to see the world burn after wind that shakes the barley was embarrassed like that.
I see your red coat scene and I raise you the scene where he has to take out the neighbour and shoot him

Green&Red

I also think first to four should be enough here

Ectoplasm

Top Gun for the homoeroticism of it all. And the soundtrack. And the quotes.

Necro

Top Gun has a lead over the other 4 entries - 3 votes to 1 each for the rest.

We'll see how we go G&R, pacing governed by the voting public

scotchy

Barry Lyndon.


Great music.


Leonard Rossiter was great.

Pat mustard from Father Ted good too.

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Tabnabs

Iwo Jima

starring that war dodging starlet Marion Morrison

Necro

Scores:

Top Gun - 3

Barry Lyndon - 2

Iwo Jima - 2

Rambo 2 - 1

Zulu - 1

fixXxer

Top Gun - Coolest movie of its decade, also DANGER ZOOOOONE.

No self respecting person should be voting for imperialist propaganda that is Zulu

Spook_ie

Maybe consider first two past the post going into a KO between themselves as knocking out 4 good movies in one foul swoop seems OTT

TheValeyard

Zulu


Top Gun is a PG gay porno

Necro

Spook_ie wrote: »

Maybe consider first two past the post going into a KO as knocking out 4 good movies in one foul swoop seems OTT

Yeah but I have 78 movies to get through

Green&Red

TheValeyard wrote: »

Zulu


Top Gun is a PG gay porno

You say that like its a bad thing

Necro

Bashing Top Gun as a reason... I'll allow it this once. You're on thin ice Vale :P

TheValeyard

Necro wrote: »

Bashing Top Gun as a reason... I'll allow it this once. You're on thin ice Vale :P

Am I in the Danger Zone

Remouad

Rambo First Blood Part 2.

Explosive Arrows.

And the fact that it spawned Hot Shots Part Duex and
This...

ZV Yoda

Top Gun - for the one-liners alone. It's pun-tastic

Spook_ie

TheValeyard wrote: »

Am I in the Danger Zone

Should be penalised for that pun

Necro

Top Gun advances... I'm gonna consider that an upset of epic proportions.

Necro

After that hectic battle we move straight into another clash. This time two juggernauts collide... let the debate commence

Aliens

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Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

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Banjo

Top Gun is set in peace time you ****ing heathens!

Krombopulos Michael

Necro wrote: »

Top Gun advances... I'm gonna consider that an upset of epic proportions.

Banjo

Aliens! It's the best war movie ever (my reasons are in my nom and too numerous to count)
Empire is supporting terrorists.

Spook_ie

fixxxer wrote: »

Top Gun - Coolest movie of its decade, also DANGER ZOOOOONE.

No self respecting person should be voting for imperialist propaganda that is Zulu

95% of war movies are imperialist or self serving propaganda depending on who won, who wrote the script etc.

Remouad

Ah now that cruel
Neither of those should be knocked out yet.

Spook_ie

Aliens,

Sig has more sex appeal in her T Shirt than Carrie with her ear warmers

Krombopulos Michael

Aliens- Fantastic movie that I go back to over and over again.

"They only come out at night....mostly"

Great cast and seeing paul reiser get his comeuppance was brilliant.

Banjo

Spook_ie wrote: »

Aliens,

Sig has more sex appeal in her T Shirt than Carrie with her ear warmers

Ain't that the truth. It had such a profound effect on me at an early age, I can never look at a casually dressed-down sweaty woman with a strong jawline without it affecting my special purpose. Makes trips to aldi awkward.

TheValeyard

Well,

Empire Strikes Back involves an actual war.

That gets my vote!


I support the Galactic Empire!
For strength and security!!

Spook_ie

Banjo wrote: »

Ain't that the truth. It had such a profound effect on me at an early age, I can never look at a casually dressed-down sweaty woman with a strong jawline without it affecting my special purpose. Makes trips to aldi awkward.

They don't wear earwarmers in Aldi?

Necro

Aliens currently leads 3 - 1.

Only movie entered in all 3 contests so far too... or is it? :P

FortuneChip

Watched all Star Wars movies to date, and never fully in love with them.

Giving this to Aliens. Ripley is so good, and Michael Biehn was my first action hero.

Remouad

I don't like doing this but....

Empire Strikes back

Opening battle with At Ats on Hoth is more traditionally war like than Aliens

Aliens is more survival/horror/Action

ZV Yoda

No contest... with the iconic line "I am your Father", it has to be Empire Strikes Back. Redefines the concept of a "twist" in a movie.

quickbeam

Aliens is a better movie but neither are war movies IMO.

rameire

Empire strikes back,
never liked Alien, so unrealistic.

FortuneChip

rameire wrote: »

Empire strikes back,
never liked Alien, so unrealistic.

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