LAZY EYE THEATRE: Top 5 Tuesdays (T5T) Goes To War

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Top 5 Tuesdays (T5T) Goes To War

In honor of Veterans Day yesterday, give me your Top 5 war movies. I admit up front that I don't have a vast knowledge of this category but I still have my favorites. What are yours?

1. Saving Private Ryan

2. M*A*S*H

3. Apocalypse Now

4. All Quiet On The Western Front

5. Three Kings

11 comments:

Sheamus the... said...: Oh man...

1) The BIg Red One

2) Where Eagles Dare

3) Saving Private Ryan

4) Braveheart?

5) Apacalypse Now; November 13, 2007 at 7:41:00 AM PST
Anonymous said...: I'll go all WWII old school and in no particular order:

The Guns of Navarone

The Great Escape

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Tora Tora Tora

The Dirty Dozen; November 13, 2007 at 10:19:00 AM PST
Megan said...: This is a tough one and I'm not even sure yet these are my 'top' 5, but off the top of my head:

Battleground
Das Boot
The Deer Hunter
The Longest Day

and for laughs and kinda cheating (does the Cold War count?):

Dr. Strangelove; November 13, 2007 at 11:38:00 AM PST
Anonymous said...: I'll probably get killed for this but:

5. Three Kings

4. Jarhead

3. Starship Troopers

2. Full Metal Jacket

1. The Thin Red Line - I know a lot of people hate this film, but as pretentious and self-indulgent as it might seem, I love it. I rewatched Saving Private Ryan after seeing this one, and all of a sudden Spielberg's film seemed so superficial in comparison. But I know a lot is just my opinion; November 13, 2007 at 2:11:00 PM PST
PIPER said...: Megan,

Dr. Strangelove is good

Pacheco,

You read my mind. I was this close to putting Starship Troopers on my list. A great addition.; November 13, 2007 at 2:46:00 PM PST
Sheamus the... said...: OH DANG...STARSHIP TROOPERS!!! AND THE GREAT ESCAPE!!!! what was i thinking...; November 14, 2007 at 7:50:00 AM PST
Garrett Sorrels said...: RED DAWN!
Wolverines!!; November 15, 2007 at 7:58:00 AM PST
Joe Baker said...: 1. The Thin Red Line
2. Saving Private Ryan (wow, 2 in the same year?)
3. Battle of the Bulge (if only for that miraculously long overhead tracking shot as soldiers rush into a bombed out city)
4. Apocalypse Now
5. The Burmese Harp (recent viewing, but wow did it shoot up the charts); November 15, 2007 at 8:35:00 PM PST
Joe Baker said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; November 15, 2007 at 8:36:00 PM PST
brian said...: Saving Private Ryan

Deer Hunter

Thin Red Line

Apocolypse Now

Full Metal Jacket (first half); November 17, 2007 at 7:48:00 AM PST
12XU said...: Private Ryan was underwhelming in my book. It had stock performances by all involved.

1. The Thin Red Line - man vs. man, man vs. nature
2. Apocolypse Now - the horror
3. Paths of Glory - WWI was so neglected in film
4. Das Boot - the ending says so much about war
5. Starship Troopers - great references to WWII throughout; November 23, 2007 at 2:32:00 PM PST