List good war movies...

OpenFreeNet said:
The only missing part of "Paths of Glory" are the political decisions, and in these regards I liked very much "Darkest Hour" of Joe Wright, also if it is not strictly in the war gender.
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Along the same lines: Dunkirk. And it's also interesting to binge-watch the scenes from "The Crown" that deal with the interaction between king or queen and prime minister or other senior officials.
 
ralphbsz said:
Along the same lines: Dunkirk. And it's also interesting to binge-watch the scenes from "The Crown" that deal with the interaction between king or queen and prime minister or other senior officials.
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For some reason I hate Cristopher Nolan. "Inception" at a certain point seem the parody of Inception. There is more suspense in 5 seconds of an Hitchcock film, than in his entire Batman. After "Interstellar", I promise to myself: this is the last time, dear Nolan, you screw me. So, no, I will never see Dunkirk! :-)
 
Maturin said:
I have it similar with Nicolas Cage.
I have no actual reason I could point out why, 'cause there for sure is none, but I simply cannot stand to watch movies with him, don't know why.
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My guess is, it's his acting style. He uses the same behavior and style of speech in many of his movies. It's not typical behavior, but it works out in movies. Kind of like, he's acting as himself in terms of personality, but acting as a different type of person for the character.
 
sidetone said:
He uses the same behavior and style of speech in many of his movies.
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Nah, I'm not quite sure.
Because that's something many actors do. (see acting schools Stella Adler vs. Lee Strasberg)

But we don't need to solve that.
I can live without his movies.
He for sure can live without having me as a fan.
And none of you should be talked out of watching Nicolas Cage movies, just because I have some silly spleen. :cool:
 
Maturin said:
I have it similar with Nicolas Cage.
I have no actual reason I could point out why, 'cause there for sure is none, but I simply cannot stand to watch movies with him, don't know why.
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To be honest, I know the main reason why I hate Cristopher Nolan: I don't believe he is sincere in what he want to transmit. I feel that he inserts many elements according a recipe. I cannot concede him the suspension of disbelief. I see a lot of form but a lack of real substance. To be honest, "Memento" was acceptable to me, but the rest, I felt to lost my time. But the marketing around Nolan is so strong, that I saw too many of his films!

I hate the social media because there are too much haters, but in case of Cristopher Nolan, I'm one of them :-) Everyone need something to hate :-)

One funny thing: I saw "Pi", "Requeiem for a Dream" and "The Whale". I liked them very much, and only later I discovered that they are from the same director Darren Aronofsky.
 
I'll add a few more..

300 - Prepare for glory - 2006
Patton - 1970
Fury - (WW2 Tank battle) - 2014
A bridge too far - 1977
Casablanca (Black and White) - 1942 - Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman - (Edit: Oops! - someone else got than one!)
The big red One - 1980
The Train - 1964 - This is an old one, Black and White.
 
I don't like Nicolas Cage either, it's not hate, it's more of a feeling of discomfort. I read Philip K. Dick's "The Golden Man" and personally I wouldn't have chosen him as the lead in the film "Next". He seems too "humble" in his acting. He never really gets angry.

However, about the topic, war movies are not my genre. I like The Railway Man. Then my genre is most Edge of Tomorrow
 
Apropos classics. One day I saw "Seven Samurai" of Akira Kurosawa - 1954 (it is the year of the film, not of the story :-) I expected the worst, i.e. an annoying film. Instead, the characters were very well done and the story was rather entertaining.
 
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