Comments on these Films

[_Mark_]

I'm looking at getting these, so if you have seen any of these, what did you make of them? If any are sh1te please let me know.

Beaufort
Days of Glory
Men of Honour
Overlord
Redacted
Saints and Soldiers
Tears of the Sun
The Fallen
The Killing Fields
The Longest Day
Tour of Duty
When the Trumpets Fade
Windtalkers

[OrganDonor]

I seriously wouldn't bother with redacted- mine went in the bin.

[hoot]

Same goes for Saints and Soldiers buddy don't waste the time and money

[sportbilly42]

Do you work in house clearance? Has someone died in your street and you're buying up house contents? Are you a bailiff?

Or are you thinking of turning over a charity shop.....?

Life's too short to waste time watching nearly ALL of those films..... No 'Classics' there mate..... VERDICT - Crap!



(For a more considered response, look the films up on Amazon as they all have lengthy reviews written about them by people who have actually sat down and watched them.............. Unlike me who is more likely to provide a less than useful response )

[gpw2009]

What about 'A Bridge Too Far'.... thats a classic!

[MSI64]

Guy Ritchie is re doing The Wild Geese apparently
I have a feeling this is going to get very very messy, and not in a good way.

[Wholley]

I think,
and you will have to excuse the American in me,
"Saving Private Ryan"Is probably the best WW11 movie I have seen.
The opening scene on Omaha Beach still makes me flinch.
"Where's your SAW?"
"Bitch tried to drown me"
Browning Automatic Rifle(BAR)Neat weapon but heavy as hell.

[druadan]

That said, if you're just after entertainment, Men of Honor (Yank (sorry Wholley, American ) spelling) is a good feel-good film, race equality story, Remember the Titans but military. Windtalkers is a good film but don't read anything into it, it's loosely based on fact but no more than a good watch really.

[tom163]

Three Kings I find is a good film.

[JamesR]

Tears of the sun is decent, based in Nigeria when it's civil war, America send in some elite force to export the American people from Nigeria.
Has Bruce Willis in it.
Must see film well at least once.

All so windtalkers is a good film with Nicolas Cage based in Japan.
A little corny though.

[_Mark_]

Has someone died in your street and you're buying up house contents

What have you heard? I didn't do anything! You cant prove it! Leave me alone......

No, just got time to kill waiting for my application to process to churn out an adsc date, i think it got constipated.

(knowing my luck, someone will die in my street and that comment will come back and kick me in the tits)

[gpw2009]

Don't bother with the films mucker, read some good books! There is a few good one's about the Para's in Afganistan and blokes who have served then went on to the SAS.

At least they are real life and not some yank s*** about how amazing they are!

And apparently reading is good or you.......

[_Mark_]

Don't bother with the films mucker, read some good books! There is a few good one's about the Para's in Afganistan and blokes who have served then went on to the SAS.

At least they are real life and not some yank s*** about how amazing they are!

And apparently reading is good or you.......

Yeah Just been on a reading mish recently,

Read:
Bravo Two Zero twice,
Seven troop
3 Para
Brute Force (fiction)
Just Finishing Eight Lives Down,

Waiting for Sniper one to arrive

Started to read Baptism of fire by Frank Collins - not the best book in the world, but interesting.

[JamesR]

I've had a read of "Sniper 1" I thought it was very good. It's about PWRR snipers in Iraq.

[just_me]

Pick up 'Blood Clot' by Jake Scott. He was in 3 Para Patrols Platoon in 2006, same time that the book '3 Para' was written about, except that this is his views on the events. Very good book as is 'Spearhead Assault' by John Geddes, former 3 Para who writes about his experiences at Goose Green in the Falklands War.