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Most are interesting films in the World War Cinematic Universe AFAIK.

Paul Giamatti, who portrayed a minor character in Saving Private Ryan, a paratrooper named Sergeant Hill, had some interesting insight in how Spielburg approached making that film. (5:07 in) "I've done other war things, but that was innovate what [Steven Spielberg] was doing in that movie. I...

Interesting video put out by the channel Smashing UK Productions where they list their Best War Film From Year from 1921 through to 2021. So it starts in the Silent era basically with a Silent Movie called The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, an American Silent War film epic up to the 2021 South...

When a Soviet Typhoon Class Submarine went rogue back in 1984.

Yes when I was watching the video it took a moment for me to process since I never heard of the Mig-28 and by a few seconds in I realized it was an April Fools Joke. But having never seen Top Gun (at least old enough to remember it) it still took a minute or two for me to realize... Oh this must...

Operations Room did a video on a little known Dogfight that occurred in the Indian Ocean back around the same time of the Libyan Incident.

The bayonet charge is Hollywood. But Landing Zone X-Ray was secured after the third morning. The PAVN suffered too many casualties in its attacks that it withdrew from the area. The Americans could've withdrawn then as in fact Hal Moore's battalion did just that. But General Westmoreland...

It feels like a "heist" or "action/adventure" movie or yes, a spy thriller as opposed to a War Film. It's about as War as the James Bond film The Living Daylights or maybe closer to films like Inglorious Basterds or Indiana Jones. Like one step below something like The Dirty Dozen or Kellys...

Critical Drinker and some guy named the History Bro had a great (nearly four hour) podcast obtensibly discussing their Top Five War Movies respectively. And it was a good video, had to watch it in parts. But they don't just talk about those ten films either, thanks to superchat questions and...

Yeah I was kind of surprised from reading the book and listening to the Commentary tracks of the actual participants on the DVD about the differences in the crash sites. Like the first helicopter crash was actually in some sort of alleyway. There were no Spectre Gunships nearby to even be called...

Force 10 from Navarone definitely has its moments though. It's a far more lighthearted film of course. The Nazis in that movie were like prototypical movie Nazis... even with the drawn out execution scenes. Plus Barbara Bach...

Spartacus (1960)

I saw 1917 the other day and yes, it was very good. Much like Dunkirk, if your looking for epic battle scenes, you'll probably be disappointed but if your looking for an epic wartime setting, this film fits it perfectly. Somehow they did manage to beautifully weave the whole film together to...

Has anyone else seen 1917 yet? I'm planning onto when the schedule allows. Looks fantastic. And I'm really curious to see how these Long Takes come to fruition onscrean and if it adds to the film or is noticeable (might be tricky since I'm already aware of it).

I liked Longest Day a lot when I was growing up but I did wish there were more pure battle scenes, like what they had going on with the long cut of the French Commandos storming the German held French village and the nuns showing up in the middle of the battle, or when Red Buttons character was...

I did finally see Midway. It was resoundingly meh. I mean the special effects were the only real high point but... it all looked like it was well done in front of a green screen to me. Like... they made it look really nice and gritty and burny and blazing but it still felt kinda fake like it...

Whelp I guess it's a maybe if only for the battles on a big screen. Damn you Roland Emmerich!!! I guess I'll just read Shattered Sword again in the meantime.

So has anyone seen Midway yet? I didn't realize it was being directed b Roland Emmerich until the other day. The reviews seem kinda lukewarm... with some folks saying it has echoes of 2001's Pearl Harbor. *shudders* Hopefully not that bad, but if it is even average I can at least watch it for...

Yes Gettysburg and Glory are probably my favorite American Civil War films. They might be some of my favorite films in general actually. I can't recommend either more then enough. Gods & Generals is... okay... but for some reason the production values actually seem lower in that film then in...

:cry: Your the man now dog.