Best post WWII Military Films

[IronDuke99]

'Full Metal Jacket' (1987) Excellent film. Real USMC Gunnery Sgt. Some fairly good skirmishing/fire and movement. Only thing that annoyed me was they made some big deal about killing the female enemy soldier at the end. Why? Especially after she shot their mate to bits a round in the head was rather kind.

[shahadi]

Originally Posted by IronDuke99

'Full Metal Jacket' (1987) Excellent film. Real USMC Gunnery Sgt. Some fairly good skirmishing/fire and movement. Only thing that annoyed me was they made some big deal about killing the female enemy soldier at the end. Why? Especially after she shot their mate to bits a round in the head was rather kind.

I think it was not so much that the female sniper was killed (or even that she was female), actually I think she was in extreme pain from her wounds, did she asked to be killed? Anyway, the big deal was not the kill, but the praise he got for shooting her from his team, and in a deeper sense how death, up close and personal, changes a man forever. This scene and a number of others, especially the first part of the film in boot camp, have lead many to say the film is an anti-war statement.

Yeah, FMJ is a classic.

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[IronDuke99]

Originally Posted by shahadi

I think it was not so much that the female sniper was killed (or even that she was female), actually I think she was in extreme pain from her wounds, did she asked to be killed? Anyway, the big deal was not the kill, but the praise he got for shooting her from his team, and in a deeper sense how death, up close and personal, changes a man forever. This scene and a number of others, especially the first part of the film in boot camp, have lead many to say the film is an anti-war statement.

Yeah, FMJ is a classic.

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I don't know anyone who is pro war, as a general rule, and I have only met a handful of people who actually liked it most of the time. Making an anti war statement makes about as much difference as making a anti flu statement, but it is a good film.

'Johnny Got His Gun' (1971) is a film that is entirely anti war, and the only actually scary horror film I've ever seen. Don't think it, or any other film, has any actual effect on the real politic that, along with religious fanaticism, drives real human wars.

[shahadi]

Lone Survivor 2013

Is a must see on anyone's list of Afghan war movies. Riveting battle scenes.

In the photo is Muhammad Gulab, the Afghan villager, the so-called "savior" of Marcus Luttrell, who guarded him according to Pashtunwali, the honor code requiring Gulab to protect Luttrell, until Luttrell was eventually rescued.


Check out this trailer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xxa5eS31Hk, for the real deal portrayal of the running battle according to Luttrell's account in his memoirs.

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[IronDuke99]

'The Beast' (1988) about a Soviet Tank and crew in Afghanistan...

[IronDuke99]

A Documentary 'How to make a Royal Marines Officer' (1989)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4POpHJmwSYI

This is part 1 and the rest is on there too...

[Wdll]

Originally Posted by IronDuke99

'The Beast' (1988) about a Soviet Tank and crew in Afghanistan...

It's not a movie, it's an experience.
I watched it when it was released and fell in love with it as a boy.

[wulfir]

Siege of Jadotville

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_JHsiQTTmg

[RecruitMonty]

Originally Posted by IronDuke99

'The Beast' (1988) about a Soviet Tank and crew in Afghanistan...

Very good film. Not shown too often though. If I remember rightly, I think I watched it on YouTube once. That is before the inevitable "copyright infringement" flag went up.