To enhance viewing of this year's games....

[jimmykc]

… tape them and use fast forward when necessary to avoid stress. That way the dud games can go by quite pleasantly without using an expensive bottle of Nyquil, and the good ones can provide many replay highlights. With that in mind, I plan to attend a matinee of "1917" this afternoon with two sons and a grandson and watch the game at my leisure. I'll let you know how I like the movie. 

[jimmykc]

To waste a little more time before the day unfolds, I will list my top 5 war movies to see if 1917  measures up: 1. Saving Private Ryan-enough said. 2. Das Boot-best seen with subtitles 3. Apocalypse Now- the horror, the horror...(an applicable phrase for many NU games I have seen) 4. Battleground- this movie about the Battle of the Bulge, King Kong, and Trader Horn were the only three movies my dad ever recommended I see 5. From Here to Eternity- although not a true "war movie" I couldn't leave a movie with Burt Lancaster and Ernie Borgnine off the list. 

[jimmykc]

Looks like I made a good decision. 1917 deserves to make my top 5 and my (fast forward) view of the game makes me feel like I didn't miss much pleasure by attending the movie. Methinks we could title the rest of NU's season " Saving Private Green". 

[Handy Johnson]

Here’s a few others that deserve consideration:

Patton

Breaker Morant

Full Metal Jacket

Glory

 

[Cazzie22]

1 hour ago, Handy Johnson said:

Here’s a few others that deserve consideration:

Patton

Breaker Morant

Full Metal Jacket

Glory

 

Love BreakerMorant and because I am a History geek, I love Tora, Tora, Tora and Gettysburg.   This year’s Midway isn’t bad.

[Norm Peterson]

2 hours ago, Handy Johnson said:

Here’s a few others that deserve consideration:

Patton

Breaker Morant

Full Metal Jacket

Glory

 

 

Excellent choice on Breaker Morant. Excellent. Love that movie.

 

Nobody has mentioned "Midway" yet. "Platoon." "We Were Soldiers." "Hurt Locker." "American Sniper." "Heartbreak Ridge."

 

Back when I was in the Army, we loved quoting "Heartbreak Ridge": "This is the AK-47 assault rifle. It's the preferred weapon of our enemy. It makes a distinctive sound when fired at you." Boy wasn't that the truth.

Edited January 12, 2020 by Norm Peterson

[jimmykc]

As a big Brad Pitt fan, "Fury" wasn't too bad either.

[Cazzie22]

11 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

Excellent choice on Breaker Morant. Excellent. Love that movie.

 

Nobody has mentioned "Midway" yet. "Platoon." "We Were Soldiers." "Hurt Locker." "American Sniper." "Heartbreak Ridge."

 

Back when I was in the Army, we loved quoting "Heartbreak Ridge": "This is the AK-47 assault rifle. It's the preferred weapon of our enemy. It makes a distinctive sound when fired at you." Boy wasn't that the truth.

Thanks for your service.

[hskr4life]

On 1/11/2020 at 10:41 AM, jimmykc said:

… tape them and use fast forward when necessary to avoid stress. That way the dud games can go by quite pleasantly without using an expensive bottle of Nyquil, and the good ones can provide many replay highlights. With that in mind, I plan to attend a matinee of "1917" this afternoon with two sons and a grandson and watch the game at my leisure. I'll let you know how I like the movie. 

Man how I wish I would have taken this advice yesterday.  A wise man once said.....

[Chuck Taylor]

On 1/11/2020 at 10:41 AM, jimmykc said:

… tape them and use fast forward when necessary to avoid stress. That way the dud games can go by quite pleasantly without using an expensive bottle of Nyquil, and the good ones can provide many replay highlights. With that in mind, I plan to attend a matinee of "1917" this afternoon with two sons and a grandson and watch the game at my leisure. I'll let you know how I like the movie. 

I used this strategy during the dark days of last season and highly recommend it. For me, part of stress in watching the game is related to anticipating the negativity that follows a loss. 

 

As for a war movie, I highly recommend They Shall Not Grow Old, Peter Jackson's documentary restoration of WWI films. You've never seen anything like it. Check out the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcgceA64aAI

I think it's currently on Amazon Prime. 

[Norm Peterson]

1 hour ago, Cazzie22 said:

Thanks for your service.

 

You're welcome. I apologize for my occasional inefficient use of government resources. You didn't always get the most bang for your buck when I was on guard duty.

[hal9000]

Black Hawk Down also.  One of the best.  

[Silverbacked1]

Stripes is a hidden gem

[Keenan9595]

Starship Troopers and Mars Attacks are my favorite war films of all time.

[Bugeaters1]

The longest day or a bridge to far are my go to war movies.

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[hskr4life]

For it’s time, Gettysburg and The Patriot were good war films.

[AuroranHusker]

I'd add "13 Hours" as a more recent film. I know one of those dudes from that event.

 

 

[aphilso1]

Braveheart is my favorite movie, hard stop.  So if it counts as a war movie, then that's my tops.

 

Also, South Pacific is a great musical that happens to also be a war movie.  Schindler's List is quite the tearjerker, and one that I can only watch about once per decade but it is so well done.

[Red Don]

Oh,  Where to Start???? (The Genre is so broad; and so many that one hasn't ever seen )

 

OK, Here's one:  the inimitable "Stalag 17."

[Handy Johnson]

“Hearts of Darkness” the making of Apocalypse Now by Coppola’s wife is JUST as good as the film itself... Dennis Hopper, Brando & Sheen we’re completely out of their trees in real time during the production.

[Mr. Red]

12 hours ago, Handy Johnson said:

“Hearts of Darkness” the making of Apocalypse Now by Coppola’s wife is JUST as good as the film itself... Dennis Hopper, Brando & Sheen we’re completely out of their trees in real time during the production.

I had heard about the off-camera antics, but was not aware of a documentary film showing it all.  Will look this up, thank you!

Some of the 50's, 60's, and 70's war movies may be low in special effects and production value, but A Bridge Too Far and The Bridge over River Kwai have always been favorites of mine

[jimmykc]

Ok, since this thread is already way off the rails, here are some others which are worth seeing: Mr. Roberts, MASH, Paths of Glory, and Ken Burns' documentary series on Viet Nam.

[Red Don]

1 hour ago, jimmykc said:

here are some others which are worth seeing:

 

Captain Newman, MD (1963 ver. Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson & Eddie Albert)

[jimmykc]

Captain Newman M.D. was a favorite book for me which tends to ruin most movies because of preexisting perceptions from the book. Also works to a lesser extent in reverse if the movie is seen first. 

[Red Don]

Thanks Jimmy, I'll have to get the book!!!!

 

A good example of this is 'The Guns of Navarone' that I thought was so good I read the book; which was hugely disappointing.