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| 24 NOV 2006 at 11:24pm |
CivilizationCenturion
Posts : 521
Joined: 8 NOV 2003
Status : Offline | OK, at least now the movies that are winning to vote for I've actually seen. So, I cast my votes as I could actually do that this time. Were getting down to some really good movies. Will be interesting to see which one comes out on top.
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| 29 NOV 2006 at 12:12am |
William AmosCenturion
Posts : 848
Joined: 22 APR 2004
Status : Online | After running this a while is time to move to the final 4.
They are
Saving Private Ryan
[image]http://www.gonemovies.com/www/XsFilms/SnelPlaatjes/ActSpielbergSaving.jpg[/image]
vs
Longest Day
[image]http://www.wvip.co.uk/images/dvd/LongestDay/LongestDay60thR2.jpg[/image]
vote here
http://billbobruce.freepolls.com/cgi-bin/polls/123/poll_center.htm
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Zulu
[image]http://media.bestprices.com/content/dvd/70/218875.jpg[/image]
vs
Black Hawk Down
[image]http://www.follow-me-now.de/assets/images/Black_Hawk_Down-2.jpg[/image]
vote here
http://billbobruce.freepolls.com/cgi-bin/polls/124/poll_center.htm
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| 6 DEC 2006 at 12:01am |
William AmosCenturion
Posts : 848
Joined: 22 APR 2004
Status : Online | Sorry been busy
Current standings
Saving Private Ryan (14) 67%
Longest Day (7) 33%
Zulu (12) 52%
Black Hawk Down (11) 48%
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| 9 DEC 2006 at 4:39am |
William AmosCenturion
Posts : 848
Joined: 22 APR 2004
Status : Online | OK after running this a while we are down to our last match up.
Here are the two movies competing for the title of the best war movie
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
[image]http://www.gonemovies.com/www/XsFilms/SnelPlaatjes/ActSpielbergSaving.jpg[/image]
vs
ZULU
[image]http://media.bestprices.com/content/dvd/70/218875.jpg[/image]
Vote here
http://billbobruce.freepolls.com/cgi-bin/polls/125/poll_center.htm
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| 9 DEC 2006 at 4:58am |
William AmosCenturion
Posts : 848
Joined: 22 APR 2004
Status : Online | Here is the total votes for each movie in Round 1. You can get a general idea about how good the movie is. though matchups were also important.
Saving Private Ryan (127)
Das Boot (117)
Bridge too Far (114)
Longest Day (107)
Patton (9
Bridge on the River Kwai (93)
Cross of Iron (92)
Black hawk down (90)
Battle of Britain (90)
Kelly's Heroes (89)
Tora Tora Tora (8
Zulu (83)
Braveheart (83)
Platoon (79)
Enemy at the gates (7
Lawrence of Arabia (7
Dirty Dozen (77)
Stalingrad (71)
Apocalypse now (67)
Gettysburg (66)
Gladiator (61)
Full Metal Jacket (5
12 O'Clock High (57)
Master and Commander (57)
Gallipoli (57)
Sink the Bismarck (55)
Midway (54)
All Quiet on the western front (54)
Run Silent Run Deep (54)
We were soldiers (50)
300 Spartans (49)
Stalag 17 (4
Horatio Hornblower (4
The Patriot (4
Excalibur (4
Spartacus (47)
Winter War (46)
Waterloo (46)
Battle of the Bulge (45)
Glory (40)
To Hell and Back (3
Dr Strangelove (36)
Paths of Glory (35)
Where Eagles dare (31)
In Harms way (31)
Sgt York (31)
Green Berets (2
Sahara (27)
Devils Brigade (23)
Hell in the Pacific (21)
None but the Brave (21)
Troy (21)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1
Guns of Navarone (17)
Hell is for Heroes (16)
The Bridge (16)
Dawn Patrol (15)
Red Badge of Courage (13)
On the beach (10)
U 571 (9)
5 Graves to Cairo (5)
Too Late the Hero (5)
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| 11 DEC 2006 at 8:16am |
yossarianCommander
Posts : 1119
Joined: 14 OCT 2004
Status : Offline | Can't see The "Thin Red Line" on there, which is a rival for Ryan.
or "The Big Red One"
couple of big and pretty obvious oversights there guys!
Looking forward to Flags of Our Fathers... anyone know when it's due out?
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| 11 DEC 2006 at 10:25am |
sonofsailor44Centurion
Posts : 6
Joined: 11 DEC 2006
Status : Offline | just one question,why not include Band Of Brothers in this poll.It is imo the best of all war movies,with Ryan being second
thanks
Tipo
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| 11 DEC 2006 at 11:48am |
Lee ElmendorfCenturion
Posts : 670
Joined: 24 NOV 2001
Status : Offline | I don't see The Lost Battalion either!? [X(]
Edit - or MASH...
or Starship Troopers. [:'(]
or Blue Max (Ursula Andress FOR THE WIN!)
We don't stop playing games because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing games. Anon
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| 11 DEC 2006 at 1:30pm |
rmielechCenturion
Posts : 470
Joined: 10 FEB 2005
Status : Offline | If there ever was a reason for the saying that there's no acccounting for taste, that movie list is proof positive.
When Kelly's Heroes can appear on a list of best war movies of all time, something is REALLY wrong somewhere.
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| 11 DEC 2006 at 1:51pm |
Lee ElmendorfCenturion
Posts : 670
Joined: 24 NOV 2001
Status : Offline | ORIGINAL: rmielech
If there ever was a reason for the saying that there's no acccounting for taste, that movie list is proof positive.
When Kelly's Heroes can appear on a list of best war movies of all time, something is REALLY wrong somewhere.
Agreed. That makes the list but Breaker Morant doesn't?! [&
Edit - No offense meant to Mr. Amos for the concept.
We don't stop playing games because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing games. Anon
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| 11 DEC 2006 at 3:56pm |
PatroclesCenturion
Posts : 635
Joined: 22 JAN 2004
Location: US
Status : Offline |
ORIGINAL: rmielech
If there ever was a reason for the saying that there's no acccounting for taste, that movie list is proof positive.
When Kelly's Heroes can appear on a list of best war movies of all time, something is REALLY wrong somewhere.
Well, i think this has more to do with the thread being mistitled. Instead of 'the best war movie of all time' it should be titled 'the most popular war movie of all time.'
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| 11 DEC 2006 at 5:30pm |
rmielechCenturion
Posts : 470
Joined: 10 FEB 2005
Status : Offline | ORIGINAL: Patrocles
ORIGINAL: rmielech
If there ever was a reason for the saying that there's no acccounting for taste, that movie list is proof positive.
When Kelly's Heroes can appear on a list of best war movies of all time, something is REALLY wrong somewhere.
Well, i think this has more to do with the thread being mistitled. Instead of 'the best war movie of all time' it should be titled 'the most popular war movie of all time.'
That makes more sense. Kelly's seems to have a devoted fan following and is certainly popular, but even in that respect I just don't get it. To each his own, I suppose. I'd put From Here to Eternity and Bataan on that best list, to be sure. Eternity for its acting, story and focus on the soldier, and Bataan because you can't top the well-executed to the last man standing plotline for cranking up the tension. And the black and white just adds to the grimness and starkness of it all.
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| 11 DEC 2006 at 6:02pm |
sonofsailor44Centurion
Posts : 6
Joined: 11 DEC 2006
Status : Offline | Just an afterthought from my last post how about Battle ground. had James Whitmore and Van Johnson it was an old black and white movie,but maybe im giving away my age
P.S
I like the idea of Best movie not most popular.
thanks
tipo
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| 11 DEC 2006 at 6:21pm |
mhoweCenturion
Posts : 191
Joined: 9 AUG 2006
Status : Online | Polls can be fun, but I don't think this one is going to turn out to be too valid. A lot of people of voting when they haven't even seen both movies in a matchup. How about the guy who said he only saw 5 minutes of 12 O'Clock High so he was voting for the other movie? What the? Come on, people!
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| 11 DEC 2006 at 6:33pm |
mhoweCenturion
Posts : 191
Joined: 9 AUG 2006
Status : Online | Couple of more glaring omissions:
Catch-22
The Enemy Below
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| 12 DEC 2006 at 12:15am |
William AmosCenturion
Posts : 848
Joined: 22 APR 2004
Status : Online | Current results
Saving Private Ryan (12) 57%
Zulu (9) 43%
As for the debate on why some movies are in and some arent are three things I need to state.
One is that almost a year ago I tried to do this movie thing and it fell apart due to the fact I couldnt find a poll site that would let people vote without asking them to register. I finally found one.
At that time a year ago we had a vote on what movies should make the 64. Many of those mentioned that are on here did make the vote list but were outvoted.
Second I asked at that time if SCI Fi or Fantasy films should be included also in a poll. That was equally defeated.
And thirdly I wanted to have a few obsure films not seen by many on the list. This voting is actually a sort of way for war movie enthusiasts to let others know about a good movie that they might not have seen.
What I would like to do is list about 100 war movies. Then let the voters rate them. Thing I will work on that next. Will enclude all war genres.
Will have to wait and see.
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| 12 DEC 2006 at 12:16am |
William AmosCenturion
Posts : 848
Joined: 22 APR 2004
Status : Online | PS I will keep these 64 movies. So we need about another 36 movies so suggest away.
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| 12 DEC 2006 at 1:02am |
rmielechCenturion
Posts : 470
Joined: 10 FEB 2005
Status : Offline | Others are The Long and the Short and the Tall, Home of the Brave, Hell to Eternity, Best Years of our Lives, The Purple Heart, and some I'm sure I'll recall after I finish. Wing and a Prayer, too.
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| 12 DEC 2006 at 9:44pm |
FallschirmjägerCommander
Posts : 2718
Joined: 31 JUL 2005
Location: NZ
Status : Offline | I dont think i saw the bridge at remagen or breakthrough,there are lots more too,just cant think of them now.
Fallschirmjäger
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| 17 DEC 2006 at 5:37pm |
BeerCatCenturion
Posts : 237
Joined: 14 SEP 2006
Status : Online | Battle Hymm, Bridges at Toko-ri, Pork Chop Hill.
"If we're not willing to use it here against OUR FELLOW CITIZENS,then we should not be willing to use it in a wartime situation" Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne. ( testing non-lethal weapons such as high powered pulse weapons)
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| 19 DEC 2006 at 8:04pm |
William AmosCenturion
Posts : 848
Joined: 22 APR 2004
Status : Online | Came up with the idea of putting some of the lesser know war movies on the net to veiw.
Im working on improving the quality so this first attempt isnt so good. Hope to fix this with a better version of this movie
So go here to watch 1970's "Waterloo" staring Rod Steiger and Christopher Plummer.
http://www.dailymotion.com/Willanon/video/xtuc0_wasserloo
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| 21 DEC 2006 at 9:02am |
yossarianCommander
Posts : 1119
Joined: 14 OCT 2004
Status : Offline | Agree with previous poster on the honourary inclusion of "Band of Brothers". Probably the best and most complete war drama I've ever seen. The fact it's about 99% completely true and accurate based on actual accounts...
I say 99% as the drama uses some license, and somewhat draws a romantic conclusion about Ronald Speirs alleged shooting of prisoners etc.
for the record I love Kellys Heroes, it's actually very accurate in terms of detail, and production unlike Battle of the Bulge which had American tanks from the Korean War as King Tigers and focussed on a miniscule aspect of the battle. I hate that film!
No offence but the poll here seems to be more "name any war film, film with a warlike context or film with a battle scene in it and rate it".
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| 21 DEC 2006 at 9:45am |
fenixCenturion
Posts : 134
Joined: 31 OCT 2004
Status : Online | Stopped voting when i realised that a crappy movie like Black Hawk down had massive support.
Another crappy movie (one of the crappiest) Enemy at The gates has more support than Apocalypse Now, the poll is simply silly.
Or this Forum´s movietaste is atleast.
Horrible.
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| 7 JAN 2007 at 6:16am |
William AmosCenturion
Posts : 848
Joined: 22 APR 2004
Status : Online | Some background on our first movie.
1943's movie Sahara was one of the few Holliwood movies made furing WWII about WWII. So it is rare in that case.
It Stars Humphrey Bogart and Dan Dureya. Will also see an appearence by a young Lloyd Bridges.
[img]http://bogart-tribute.net/images/sahara2.jpg[/img]
It follows an American Tank Crew in the battles of North Africa during Rommels push to Egypt.
This picture got a best supporting actors nomination for the role played by the Italian POW in this movie.
What I want is ratings from people after they download. These rating are...
OVERALL (How do you overall rate the movie on a scale of 1 to 10 ?)
CAST (How good is tthe Cast for the movie)
REALISM (how realistic is the movie in what it portraits ?)
HISTORICAL ACCURACY (how accurate is the movie to actual history ?)
BATTLES (how good is the battles in the movie ?)
MUSIC/SOUND (How good is the Sound or music in the movie ?)
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