ok DJ ,
here it is.i love good war movies ,but i could do with out you know who

Well - if "you know who" is to be excluded then I offer up FailSafe and On the Beach.

A couple of excellent movies - done excellently!

Gunnie

Hmmmm,......if "you-know-who" is excluded, does that mean we need to rule out "The Longest Day"??

Tread.

Three of my favorite warfilms are Battle of Britain, A Bridge Too Far, and the German film Stalingrad, none of which have that guy you speak of.

Nic

Sahara with Humphrey Bogart.

Cross of Iron with James Coburn

'Sands of Iwo Jima'....No! Dooh!

What? No Marion Michael Morrison! That's un-American!!!!!!! Just kidding. Go for Broke, A Walk in the Sun, Battleground are good ones for Army, Enemy Below, Sink the Bizmark and The Cruel Sea for Ships, A Guy Named Joe, 12 O'Clock High, and 30 Seconds Over Tokyo for Aviation, Just my 2 cents worth. :-)

I guess Keanu Reeves will fall into the John Wayne category once he is dead too. The Matrix is still a kick but movie though. But then again I never really had a problem watching movies with John Wayne. What is so bad about them exactly?

Also for the record "They Were Expendible" is generally near the top of most Best War Movie critics lists.

Jim

PS: Not that critics know much either as they didn't even like Star Wars.

Gawd - only one can hope - Keanu Reeves can't act his way outta a wet paper bag...

Gunnie

For modern TV movies - I add:

By Dawn's Early Light and The Day After. Good fare for TV cinema in the war movie vein.

Gunnie

"The Day After" was an anti-war flick

Okay - okay - watch the first part of the movie when the Nukes are flyin'!

You guys are terrible...

Gunnie

Ahh...but don't underestimate the power of....charisma (you thought I was going to say "the force" didn't you?). John Wayne had it, Harrison Ford has it, and my sister has it.... lol

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Ah....Ok. At least Rob probably agrees with me because his flick had Bogart in it.

Jim

LOL! More laughs - I've never seen a Bogart flick!

(ducking for cover now)

Gunnie

Duck You Sucker.. A Fist Full Of Dynamite...ORRRRRR, We Were Soldiers Once..
Loud Moans and Groans in the background. Sorry Guys, I Just had to mention it.

DAGGER-1

Ick - Keanu Reeves

Charisma huh?!? Okay - not a "blood & guts" war tome, mind 'ya, but who's got more charisma goin' than General Jimmy Stewart in Strategic Air Command!?!

And YES I'm sayin' that because I'm an Air Force homer...

Gunnie

I "SAY", GOOD SHOW GUNNIE!! Good Ole Jimmy. One of my All Time Favorite Actors also. You know he did some pretty good Western Movies as well.

DAGGER-1

"YEAH" i JUST MADE MAJOR..."BATTING 300. THATS PRETTY COOL"

DAGGER-1

Yeah he did - Jimmy was cool before there was such a thing as "cool"...

Gunnie

Okay - one more comes to mind - but not of the direct "blood & guts" war variety. Who remembers a movie from 1962 called "Panic in the Year Zero" with Ray Milland? Another goodie I remember from growing up watching Saturday Afternoon Sci-Fi Movies...

Gunnie

GUNNIE: Sorry, Not familiar with that one, But Amen to the previous post!!! I.e. Jimmy Being Cool before there was such a thing as cool

DAGGER-1

A very good one, but certainly very different from the rest : "Dr Folamour".

A LITTLE ON THE LIGHTER SIDE, BUT STILL A WAR MOVIE.....AND ONE OF MY FAVORITES..ALSO A CLASSIC....DR STRANGELOVE !!!!!

DAGGER-1

Gallipoli,Aces High,Light Horse,The Trench.All World War1
Arthur.
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