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Well, I think it's between Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket. But every time I watch Apocalypse Now it seems to get better. Don't get me wrong--I love Full Metal Jacket, but I think Apocalypse Now has a more powerful effect on people.
Apocalypse Now.
"The last known instance of common sense happened at a GT. A player tried to use the 'common sense' argument vs. Mauleed to justify his turbo-boosted bikes getting a saving throw vs. Psycannons. The player's resulting psychic death scream erased common sense from the minds of 40k players everywhere. " - Ozymandias
Since you said Evah instead of Ever it would have to be Six String Samurai. If it were a serious discussion it would be a tie between Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai and the epitome of golden age Hollywood Casablanca.
Only now do I realize how much I prefer Pete Haines' "misprints" to Gav Thorpe's "brainfarts." :Abadabadoobaddon
Of those three-Blackhawk Down. 1) it really happened; 2) cinematogaphy; 3)
My personal favorite otherwise would be Glory. Here's a nice list of must sees
Others of note
Platoon
Run Silent Run Deep
Das Boot
Battleground
Pork Chop Hill
All Quiet on the Western Front
Glory
Gettysburg
Battle of Britain
In harm's Way
Midway/Tora Tora Tora
A Bridge Too Far
Longest Day
And who can forget the immortal twins MASH, and Catch-22.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
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"If the ork codex and 5th were developed near the same time, any possible nerf will be pre-planned."-malfred
"I'd do it but the GW Website makes my eyes hurt. "Gwar
"That would be page 7 and a half. You find it by turning your rulebook on its side and slamming your head against it..." insaniak
MeanGreenStompa - The only chatbot I ever tried talking to insisted I take a stress pill and kept referring to me as Dave, despite my protestations.
insaniak "So, by 'serious question' you actually meant something entirely different? "
Frazzled[Mod] On Rule #1- No it literally means: be polite. If we wanted less work there would be no OT section.
Chowderhead - God no. If I said Pirates Honor, I would have had to kill him whether he won or lost.
Nah, just kidding. I'm hot for Val Kilmer in Top Gun.
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"...he could never understand the sense of a contest in which the two adversaries agreed upon the rules." Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
Maybe we could some some perimeters of what kind of war movie we are talking about so as to keep confusion to a minimum. Historical (Glory)? Pseudo-historical (Saving Private Ryan)? Pure fiction (Starship Troopers)? War movie is just to generic to get a bead on. Would we count The Good The Bad and The Ugly since the Civil War plays a major role in the film and there are a few battles? The Seven Samurai isn't between armies but someone listed it as a war movie and the point is debatable. We need some ground rules here.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
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"...he could never understand the sense of a contest in which the two adversaries agreed upon the rules." Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
ANTS. It had a war in it. Or Maybe- Gone with the Wind?(it too had a war in it. I think.)
"Dakkanaut" not "Dakkaite" Only with Minatures, does size matter...
"Only the living collect a pension"Johannes VII
"If the ork codex and 5th were developed near the same time, any possible nerf will be pre-planned."-malfred
"I'd do it but the GW Website makes my eyes hurt. "Gwar
"That would be page 7 and a half. You find it by turning your rulebook on its side and slamming your head against it..." insaniak
MeanGreenStompa - The only chatbot I ever tried talking to insisted I take a stress pill and kept referring to me as Dave, despite my protestations.
insaniak "So, by 'serious question' you actually meant something entirely different? "
Frazzled[Mod] On Rule #1- No it literally means: be polite. If we wanted less work there would be no OT section.
Chowderhead - God no. If I said Pirates Honor, I would have had to kill him whether he won or lost.
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"...he could never understand the sense of a contest in which the two adversaries agreed upon the rules." Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
I can pretty much trace my want to join the military back to Saving Private Ryan. WW2 was an inspiring force in my world view overall and that movie just solidified it. Unfortunately for me that era died a long...long time ago.
Gallipoli, Full metal Jacket We Were Soldiers all excellent war movies I suggest you watch them all
I don't expect you to die a meaningless death I expect you to die for the emperor now CHARGE
You know what we do to liars Petty
No wait I'm not ARGHHH
We kick em in the balls
Brother octavius ''open up on the genestealers''
Brother there are rippers closing in on the right RIPPERS''
"there only 3 of them"
"Fire upon the rippers NOW''
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling, which thinks that nothing is worth war, is much worse. The person, who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
-- John Stuart Mill
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"Dakkanaut" not "Dakkaite" Only with Minatures, does size matter...
"Only the living collect a pension"Johannes VII
"If the ork codex and 5th were developed near the same time, any possible nerf will be pre-planned."-malfred
"I'd do it but the GW Website makes my eyes hurt. "Gwar
"That would be page 7 and a half. You find it by turning your rulebook on its side and slamming your head against it..." insaniak
MeanGreenStompa - The only chatbot I ever tried talking to insisted I take a stress pill and kept referring to me as Dave, despite my protestations.
insaniak "So, by 'serious question' you actually meant something entirely different? "
Frazzled[Mod] On Rule #1- No it literally means: be polite. If we wanted less work there would be no OT section.
Chowderhead - God no. If I said Pirates Honor, I would have had to kill him whether he won or lost.
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Lawrence of Arabia. In my opinion technically the finest film ever made.
Though I find Battle of Britain particularly stirring, its the iconic colour.
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