Best war movie ever?
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Hi all
"DAS BOOT"
"300"
"Blue Max"
"The Beast"
"DAS BOOT"
"300"
"Blue Max"
"The Beast"
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Hi all:
Somebody sent me this link: http://www.coastcomp.com/av/fltline2/avmovie.htm
It is a list of military aviation movies, with some details on the stuff used. Look for Battle of Britain, is really amazing.
Somebody sent me this link: http://www.coastcomp.com/av/fltline2/avmovie.htm
It is a list of military aviation movies, with some details on the stuff used. Look for Battle of Britain, is really amazing.
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The Heinkels He-111 used in the Battle of Britain film were Spanish built CASA 2111 of the Spanish Air Force.marcelo_malara wrote:Look for Battle of Britain, is really amazing.
I visited the Air Museum here in Madrid a few months ago and they had one of them on display as well as another veteran of the Spanish Civil War.
http://www.feelmadrid.com/photo176.html
http://www.feelmadrid.com/photo173.html
If I remember correctly there are also at least two Hispano HA 1112M-1L Buchon; the Spanish version of the Bf-109.
Museo del Aire, Madrid
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Best movie
Private Ryan is as close as it gets to real combat from what I've seen and from what WW2 vets who were there have said about it, U-577 for the depth charge scenes.
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I agree about "Saving Private Ryan", particularly the D-Day invasion part.redalb2253 wrote:Private Ryan is as close as it gets to real combat from what I've seen and from what WW2 vets who were there have said about it, U-577 for the depth charge scenes.
The Das Boot depth charge scenes were better, and U-577 was a terrible movie in general. A lot of it was ridiculous.
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I agree that the scenes of D-Day for Saving Private Ryan were good. But the best Spielberg´s combat can be seen in Band of Brothers Chapter 4: Replacements. It´s when Easy Company is about to occupy a town in Holand during Operation Market Garden and find it already occupied by Germans. The small unit combat there is, simple, superb and you can actually see how the infantry tactics are potrayed. Very good, much better than Saving Private Ryan.
About Das Boot is a very good movie, very depressing and we don´t actually see a sub combat (as you can see in The Enemy Below or the Bongo Strait).
U-whatever is just stupidity as can only be seen in a Hollywood contemporary movie (with Pearl Harbor in close competition).
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About Das Boot is a very good movie, very depressing and we don´t actually see a sub combat (as you can see in The Enemy Below or the Bongo Strait).
U-whatever is just stupidity as can only be seen in a Hollywood contemporary movie (with Pearl Harbor in close competition).
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redalb2253:
Not being a Cameron fan myself I have to say that Titanic was far more superior, as a movie and historical document, than Pearl Harbor which is one of the greater trash film ever filmed...My son called Pear harbour "Titanic with bombs".
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Marcelo:
100% right Marcelo. Pearl Harbor and U-57whatever are true trash.Agreed, Titanic is flawless in its technical details, while in Pearl you have to suffer the Japanese carriers with theirs angled decks and the modern USN CG moored alongside the old ironsides...
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