Topic: Re: Greatest war films... ever! (Read 17883 times)

wee speug · « **Reply #75 on:** April 13, 2014, 02:38:24 pm »

Quote from: BarryM on April 13, 2014, 09:02:46 am

..... and I bet you think they are real too!

Barry M

you,d better believe it....come winter when the field moosies come intae oor hoose..and oor cat.disnae ken wit tae dae wi them....the run rings roon her...jist like a Tom & Jerry....

warspite · « **Reply #76 on:** April 13, 2014, 03:00:07 pm »

I can't understand this welsh speak

BarryM · « **Reply #77 on:** April 13, 2014, 04:55:45 pm »

It's nae tae dae wi' his spik, like. It's a'thing tae dae wi' thon cyano he's been sniffin'. He's fair glaekit wi' it a'.

barry M

wee speug · « **Reply #78 on:** April 13, 2014, 05:10:14 pm »

eh,ll glaekit ya,..eh,ll hae ya ken that eh,kin coont tae ten ..nae bather,and as fir sniffin cyano....na..that disnae dae it fir me...i,m partial tae a wee dram..o, Malt....mixed in wi ma Tramadol....before a gang tae ma bed.....

BarryM · « **Reply #79 on:** April 13, 2014, 05:14:58 pm »

Coont tae teen? Een, twa, sax, fower, se'en, neenteen, teen! Aye, ye're richt.

Barry M

wee speug · « **Reply #80 on:** April 13, 2014, 05:16:36 pm »

Mmm!!....West Lothian....maybe, eh,ll bump intae ya at the pond....thats if yer a member o, Edinburgh MBC...like me...

wee speug · « **Reply #81 on:** April 13, 2014, 05:21:16 pm »

Eh,ve goat a braw joke book here...twa in fact..Weegies vs Edinbuggers...an Edinbuggers Vs Weegies...eh,always wondered why Edinbuggers were kald Gadgies....ane half o, this book tells ya....

..and before ye say it, its ane book split intae twa...ye jist turn it upside doon......eh better get back on topic afore...the blue meanies, start pilin in....now...where was i,..
Spartacus....that was a sort of a war movie...

BarryM · « **Reply #82 on:** April 13, 2014, 05:27:40 pm »

Quote from: wee speug on April 13, 2014, 05:16:36 pm

Mmm!!....West Lothian....maybe, eh,ll bump intae ya at the pond....thats if yer a member o, Edinburgh MBC...like me...

Mebbe ahm already watching ye..................

wee speug · « **Reply #83 on:** April 13, 2014, 05:40:33 pm »

you,ll hae a hard joab then..eh, only jined last week,...when eh,was visitin the club secretary,wha lives in W linton.....an eh,ve only seen the pond fae lookin at picters....

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #84 on:** April 13, 2014, 05:52:37 pm »

OK, ok......

wee speug · « **Reply #85 on:** April 13, 2014, 06:02:57 pm »

ah well..is wis guid while it lasted....movies...let me think.....ah!!...300 Spartans....wi Burt Lancaster....

J.beazley · « **Reply #86 on:** April 13, 2014, 07:02:05 pm »

Tears of the sun

wee speug · « **Reply #87 on:** April 13, 2014, 07:04:44 pm »

Red Cliff!!

cjcj121 · « **Reply #88 on:** April 13, 2014, 07:41:33 pm »

Maybe not the best movies but my fav is
The cockleshell heroes
But I like these too
Battle of the river plate
Ice cold in Alex
Kellys heroes
Ice station zebra ( cold war era does it count )
And if I need cheering up there's always dirty dozen or operation petticoat

Bob K · « **Reply #89 on:** April 13, 2014, 08:38:50 pm »

Empire Of The Sun was on telly again the other night. Really moving.
Love the Welsh Lullaby theme 'Suo Gan', haunting melody.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs_T8ssB_28#aid=P5RsyIwxWEA

jimini35 · « **Reply #90 on:** April 13, 2014, 09:18:46 pm »

Burt Lancaster? 300 Spartans????

wee speug · « **Reply #91 on:** April 13, 2014, 11:23:26 pm »

Quote from: jimini35 on April 13, 2014, 09:18:46 pm

Burt Lancaster? 300 Spartans????

oops!...i nearly got it right....I should have said ....Go Tell it to the Spartans....which was a tribute film to Leonidas...300 Spartans....

pugwash · « **Reply #92 on:** April 13, 2014, 11:31:33 pm »

Besides Zulu I have seen The Yangtze Incident nearly as many times and enjoyed it just as much.
All the Chinese field gunners were trainees at HMS Ganges and it was filmed on the river nearby.

Geoff

oldiron · « **Reply #93 on:** April 14, 2014, 03:10:04 am »

I'll go Cockleshell heroes too, Also don't forget bridge on the River Kwai.
The Sandpebbles is good for the boat scenes

John

derekwarner · « **Reply #94 on:** April 14, 2014, 04:05:06 am »

Must agree with oldiron.......the steam engine & machinery scenes in the Sandpebbles were true to life

....no mockups....just real machinery........Derek

pugwash · « **Reply #95 on:** April 14, 2014, 08:08:56 am »

I'm not sure Sandpebbles was a good war film but it was my favourite Steve Mcqueen film even
better than Great Escape

Geoff

gingyer · « **Reply #96 on:** April 14, 2014, 08:15:34 am »

Given it's the 100th anniversary of ww1 this year
Has anyone seen the films
Beneath hill60 and the light horse
Both good films

If anyone has an incline to watch passchenndaele
Get a sharp stick and poke your eyes out....

oldiron · « **Reply #97 on:** April 14, 2014, 11:08:03 am »

Quote from: gingyer on April 14, 2014, 08:15:34 am

Given it's the 100th anniversary of ww1 this year
Has anyone seen the films
Beneath hill60 and the light horse
Both good films

If anyone has an incline to watch passchenndaele
Get a sharp stick and poke your eyes out....

What don't you like about Paschendale?

John

gingyer · « **Reply #98 on:** April 14, 2014, 11:55:22 am »

John,
Have you seen it?? it is the film written, directed and staring Paul Gross? (the Mountie for the TV series Due south)

I can't describe it, there are no words to describe the horrendousness of this film, it lasts for about 2hours and only the first and last 10/15minutes are bearable, the rest is a dire love story.
In fact my mother, who hates war films and loves her mills and boon books thought it was really good

not an endorsement of a war film is it

warspite · « **Reply #99 on:** April 14, 2014, 12:57:21 pm »

So in a nutshell, if there had to be a clear winner - it is looking like ............?

Seems kelly heros gets a good mention, but not the winner, for a clear war film - with realism and acuracy i nominate Saving private ryan with cruel sea second or the other similar film with noel coward, before kellys.

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