Military Films

[harry hackedoff]

Harry does

[Rotary Booty]

Not one of my favourite military films, but it was in the Telegraph today that Col Johnny Bourne has died aged 84. He commanded the Canadian/American soldiers of the First Special Service Force during WWII. They were nicknamed the 'Black Devils', and, back on thread, they were the subject of the 1968 film, 'The Devil's Brigade'. I don't think anyone has declared that to be a favourite, and Col Johnny Bourne didn't like it either!!

[jonboy]

There are loads of WW2 films and loads of films on the americans loseing in vietnarm, but why are there no films on the falklands!? Surly some director out there should think about this, and make the film without the holywood bullsh*t, to show the courage of the best soldiers in the world when they responeded to the falklans invasion. This will also give knowledge to those who know little about it, and to tosspots like me who sometimes get their facts wrong.

To the woodbury rash reply below: Get off your high horse arsehole

[TheCount]

Funnily enough this film has just been made in secret but is not quite what you are looking for.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/904583.stm

[woodbury rash]

Can you get real,its 1730hrs,theres a rather large military conflict occuring at this exact moment,if you dont watch this one and absorb some info then in 20 years time you will still be as ill imformed as are today and asking flipping stupid questions and making pathetic statements like you did the other day,get yourself in to the real world boy

[Cdt Cooper]

5.Cant remember the name but its about a B-17?

Mephis belle u meen?


My favs:
The Great Escape 1 & 2
Enemy at the gates
Dambusters
Black Hawk Down
Bravo Two Zero
Pearl Harbour
Dad's Army the film
Guns of Navarone
And of course:
Captain Correli's Madarin (mandalin sorry!)

[Peds]

okay, things have gotten a little too expressive here. theres a place for poorly placed bad language like that, and its called a private message.

rash, jonboy was talking about films, and its a subject i have often wondered about, and im gessing many others have too. if you are referring to the question about what the royals did in falklands, cut him a little slack. the falklands is seen as "the paras war" by just about every member of the public, so you cant blame anyone for thinking otherwise. jonboys question about the lack of falklands films is just, i mean they made films bout iraq 1 and somalia and that was only 10 years ago, not 20.

jonboy, theres no need for Northernism. if you look hard enough through all the threads you will find a decent post slagging off any area of the UK, so you can join in there. i no rash was a little rash (get it?!) in his response to you, but there is no need for that kind of language in an open forum.

[jonboy]

peds, advice taken, i have nothing against people in the north, in fact i have friends up north. I only got personal because i felt he was havin a go for no reason, what he said anoyed me a great deal.

[TheCount]

bloody Welsh

[TheCount]

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[jonboy]

edit

[woodbury rash]

Peds,amended the script,hope this is more suitable?

Jonboy I ain"t a Northener(came from down in Warwickshire ,next village to Peds)moved up here when I came outside.

On the subject of films on the SA Campaign as mentioned earlier the Commandos tale is very factual,has been out since about late 80s and may be hard to come by and it aint a film it is factual. :fadein:

[Peds]

never! which village?! leek wootton? stoneleigh, i bet your from stoneleigh.

[gash-hand]

633 squadron
The immortal sergeant
The Hill
The Great Escape
The CockleShell Heroes
Heroes of Telemark
Dads Army
Mr Roberts

[gash-hand]

I've seen it. Its good, well written and entirely believable (unlike most of the sh*te that comes out of hollywood). If I remember rightly doesn't it bring up the subject of PTSD - for the first time in a film if I remember rightly.