Whats the best WW2 movie?

[Navy Vet]

That's the same in the fleet, a "salty" Sailor or Marine does not look the same at one who has not been out to sea.

[Trackhead M2]

That's the same in the fleet, a "salty" Sailor or Marine does not look the same at one who has not been out to sea.

Dear NV,
I wonder if that opinion was kept up for those who were at Ford Island Naval Air Station or at Subic Bay on 12-7-1941?
Strike Swiftly,
TH-M2

[Navy Vet]

I don't think the tag "salty" would apply but "combat" certainly would then.

[ambrus]

Come and See of Elem Klimov is one of the best i've ever seen.
Then, surely, in other style, Judgment At Nuremberg.

[Navy Vet]

Today I watched Everyman's War which has bad reviews but I thought it was okay and worth a see.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1209319/

[Trackhead M2]

Today I watched Everyman's War which has bad reviews but I thought it was okay and worth a see.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1209319/

Dear NV,
I checked it out on IMDb, looks good. Have you tried Saints and Soldiers? It's a Malmedy related story of a Mormon GI who has issues over accidentally killing women and children shortly before the Battle of the Bulge and is able to overcome his guilt to save his buddies.
Strike Swiftly.
TH-M2

[Navy Vet]

Hi, yes I've seen that one a time back but it seemed too "spiritual" for me, since I'm not on that level I really didn't hold an understanding of it.

[Navy Vet]

Mutiny In Port Chicago was a good movie but is only available from Germany in region 2, it does have an English sound track.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181769/

[Navy Vet]

What is a good submarine movie, excluding "Das Boot" and "Enemy Below"?

[Joe Toye]

What is a good submarine movie, excluding "Das Boot" and "Enemy Below"?

Run Silent ,Run Deep.
Destination Tokyo.
Operation Pacific.

They are movies mind you , not documentaries.

[Trackhead M2]

What is a good submarine movie, excluding "Das Boot" and "Enemy Below"?

Run Silent ,Run Deep.
Destination Tokyo.
Operation Pacific.

They are movies mind you , not documentaries.

Dear JT,
You forgot Operation Petticoat and its 1990's homage Down Periscope( I know it's not WW2 specific. but a WW 2 submarine is used)
Strike Swiftly,
TH-M2

[Navy Vet]

Down Periscope is a very funny movie.

[peter2010]

Schindler's List, hands down. It's in a league of its own. Number two, Saving Private Ryan. SPR elevated war movies to a new and so far unsurpassed level of realism. Before SPR you couldn't show disemboweled bodies on the big screen. Afterwards, you could. In fact, guts hanging out like Christmas decorations have been de rigueur ever since. 90 percent of all war movies after SPR have been simple rip-offs. Maybe they should just stop making war flicks and refer to Spielberg's two masterpieces.

[Navy Vet]

Saving Private Ryan. SPR elevated war movies to a new and so far unsurpassed level of realism.

Yeah, except for the bogus plot.

[Navy Vet]

Before SPR you couldn't show disemboweled bodies on the big screen. Afterwards, you could. In fact, guts hanging out like Christmas decorations have been de rigueur ever since.

I had to come back and make another comment after thinking about this, I must say you're mistaken. The comedy "Summer School" from 1987 had just that, a disemboweled body.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094072/