Re: Combat films

In a message dated 3/17/00 7:52:48 AM Eastern Standard Time,
los@cris.com 
writes, about Stalingrad the movie:

> 
>  I don't believe I read the book in question (have read a lot about 
> Stalingrad
>  though) however there's not much about the end of the movie that
leaves you
>  uplifted, though it is a good ending.
>  
>  Los
>  
>  

An excellent (and appropriate) ending.

To join the fray:  My favorite War movies, in no particular order-

Saving Private Ryan
Kelly's Heroes (okay, not THAT realistic, but fun--and at least the US
tanks 
were Shermans and the Tigers weren't too bad)
The Warlord (Chuck Heston as a Norman--cool)
Zulu
Zulu Dawn
A Bridge Too Far
Heartbreak Ridge (hey, again not that realistic, but it's the Marines
and 
supposed to be CLNC--even though it obviously wasn't filmed there)
The Longest Day (not realistic for the most part, but I always get a
kick out 
of the fact that the Pegasus Bridge Ox and Bucks commander was played by
a 
man that was actually there)
The Iron Cross (even though the ending sucked donkey parts--very '70's)
Stalingrad (even though they used the wrong kind of T-34)
and, not quite qualifying as a movie--the entire Richard Sharpe
collection.

There's a few more tickling around the back of my mind, but they won't
come 
out right now.	The sad thing is that there's not one Sci-fi flick among

them!  Why?  Because there hasn't been a really good scif-fi war movie 
made--well, The Empire Strikes Back was close (to a war movie, that is).

Rob

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