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2013/03/26 04:09:54
Subject: great war movies
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The Dread Evil Lord Varlak
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 Bromsy wrote:You put the 'inaccurate' in there, not me. I just asked why, and said I'd frag the dude for acting like he did.
You wrote this "Why in god's name would you put Hurt Locker down as a good, let alone great war movie?" and went on to complain about the accuracy. When questioned on that, you stated that you were more sensitive to matters of accuracy due to personal experience.
Now, from that one of two things is possible;
1) You believe that all movies should be judged by your personal opinion of them
2) You're backtracking, but not doing a very good job of it
Meanwhile, I don't get why this has to be a thing. Someone said they liked a movie, you questioned that. I even agree with you that it isn't a very good movie, I just said that maybe there was more to it than accuracy. And now you're doing I don't know what.
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Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something. |
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2013/03/26 15:59:35
Subject: great war movies
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Posts with Authority
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 sebster wrote: Bromsy wrote:You put the 'inaccurate' in there, not me. I just asked why, and said I'd frag the dude for acting like he did.
You wrote this "Why in god's name would you put Hurt Locker down as a good, let alone great war movie?" and went on to complain about the accuracy. When questioned on that, you stated that you were more sensitive to matters of accuracy due to personal experience.
Now, from that one of two things is possible;
1) You believe that all movies should be judged by your personal opinion of them
2) You're backtracking, but not doing a very good job of it
Meanwhile, I don't get why this has to be a thing. Someone said they liked a movie, you questioned that. I even agree with you that it isn't a very good movie, I just said that maybe there was more to it than accuracy. And now you're doing I don't know what.
Well, mostly it's an issue of you deciding what my response meant and then calling me shallow based on that. Came off a bit like a dick. Got the ol' hackles up.
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2013/03/26 16:17:19
Subject: great war movies
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Renegade Inquisitor de Marche
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 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:None of these films can hold a candle up to Zulu.
Does escape to victory count as a great war movie?
Zulu is a good one...
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2013/03/27 07:35:57
Subject: Re:great war movies
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Emboldened Warlock
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Have most of the ones already listed. Can't believe that the following were left out.
The Gallant Hours(1968-featuring James Cagney as Adm. Halsey)
The Boys From Company C(1978)
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The Deer Hunter(1978)
Also must have missed
The Green Berets(1968-John Wayne) rare pro-Vietnam war movie.
Edit = OOOPS, Can't believe that I left out the following:
The Dirty Dozen(Could loose my man card for leaving this out) 
Mosquito Squadron
The Guns of Navarone
Force 10 from Navarone
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2013/03/27 08:52:47
Subject: great war movies
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The Dread Evil Lord Varlak
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Bromsy wrote:Well, mostly it's an issue of you deciding what my response meant and then calling me shallow based on that. Came off a bit like a dick. Got the ol' hackles up.
I think my reading was pretty straight forward. You told someone that a movie shouldn't belong in a list of great movies, that sounds a lot like you giving an opinion on a film's objective quality, and not just your personal opinion.
And I didn't call you shallow. I said the way you were looking at a movie was shallow. There's a massive difference.
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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something. |
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2013/03/27 08:59:40
Subject: great war movies
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Kelly's Heroes (NUMBA 1)
taegukgi:The Brotherhood of War (Korean War)
Gettysburg (FOR VIRGINIA)
we were soldiers
Platoon
Full Metal jacket
Band of Brothers, Every Episode except for Bastogne... I hate that episode so much, it has nothing to do with the actual episodes, its just that WHENEVER there was a Spike TV Band of Brothers marathon I Would turn it on and BAM Bastogne... EVERY GAWD DAM TIME.
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2013/03/29 05:39:18
Subject: great war movies
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Tilter at Windmills
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Most of the classics have already been mentioned. How about A Midnight Clear?
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2013/03/29 12:11:41
Subject: great war movies
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Someone just started a thread about my favorite war TV show....
Combat!
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/517141.page
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