You've seen this game before, so you should know the rules. Vote for one +2 and two -2s per day. If you would like, you can use your +2 to add a movie to the list, but dead movies cannot be revived.
10 Glory 10 Troy 10 The Longest Day 10 Midway 10 Gettysburg 10 Enemy at the Gates 10 Saving Private Ryan 10 Spartacus 10 Gladiator 10 M*A*S*H 10 Braveheart 10 Blackhawk Down 10 Platoon 10 The Great Raid 10 Full Metal Jacket 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 10 Master and Commander 10 Patton 10 Hotel Rwanda 10 Tears of the Sun
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
I am not seeing Apocalypse Now on your list....
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Using my +2 for the day to nominate "The Great Escape."
Its a travesty that its not already up there.
-2 to Tears of the Sun
and -2 to Hotel Rwanda.
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
+2 to Add Bridge on the River Kwai (Though perhaps this is more of a prison movie?)
-2 for Troy -2 for Gladiator
-Bok
Posted by Mig (Member # 9284) on :
Ditto on Apocalypse Now and I don't hink that Gladiator should count as a war movie.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Here is the problem. While I like Apocalypse Now, I like Platoon better, but I like Gallipoli the most. So, I guess I'm going to have to burn points
Now that I think about it, Three Kings did not suck. Oh, well
+2 Gallipoli -2 Saving Private Ryan -2 M*A*S*H
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
+2 for Glory (agree with adding Great Escape and Bridge on the River Kwai) -2 for Gladiator -2 for Master and Commander
Current List: 12 Glory 12 Great Escape 12 Bridge on the River Kwai 10 The Longest Day 10 Midway 10 Gettysburg 10 Enemy at the Gates 10 Saving Private Ryan 10 Spartacus 10 M*A*S*H 10 Braveheart 10 Blackhawk Down 10 Platoon 10 The Great Raid 10 Full Metal Jacket 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 10 Master and Commander 10 Patton 8 Hotel Rwanda 8 Tears of the Sun 8 Troy 6 Gladiator
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
- 2 Gladiator - 2 Master and Commander
+ 2 Braveheart
12 Braveheart 12 Glory 12 Great Escape 12 Bridge on the River Kwai 10 The Longest Day 10 Midway 10 Gettysburg 10 Enemy at the Gates 10 Saving Private Ryan 10 Spartacus 10 M*A*S*H 10 Blackhawk Down 10 Platoon 10 The Great Raid 10 Full Metal Jacket 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 10 Patton 8 Master and Commander 8 Hotel Rwanda 8 Tears of the Sun 8 Troy 4 Gladiator
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Reading this thread makes me realize how few "war movies" I've seen and how little I've enjoyed the ones I have seen. Hrm.
Is Casablanca a war movie? Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
M*A*S*H -2 Add Zulu
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
12 Glory 12 Apocalypse Now 10 Three Kings 10 Zulu 10 Gallipoli 10 The Great Escape 10 Bridge on the River Kwai 10 The Longest Day 10 Midway 10 Gettysburg 10 Enemy at the Gates 10 Spartacus 10 Blackhawk Down 10 Platoon 10 The Great Raid 10 Full Metal Jacket 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 10 Patton 8 Braveheart 8 Hotel Rwanda 8 Tears of the Sun 8 Saving Private Ryan 8 Master and Commander 8 Troy 6 Gladiator 4 M*A*S*H
Alright, updated list. Added movies start at 10, and can be voted up from there. Apologies for good movies that have been left out. To be honest, I've never seen Apocalypse Now, which is probably a crime, especially since I love Heart of Darkness so much, and I honestly forgot about Great Escape, and haven't see Gallipoli either.
As far as what counts as a war movie, I'm using a broad definition. Movies like The Great Raid, or Andersonville depict prisons, escapes, that sort of thing, but are still war movies. There's some great war movies that have comparatively little fighting in them, which is why I count films like Gladiator, and I'd probably be willing to add something like The Pianist too, even though it isn't about the war.
[Updated to 4:45pm: I had Three Kings on the list originally, but took it off because the list was already pretty big, silly reason now I guess.]
[ February 05, 2007, 04:45 PM: Message edited by: Lyrhawn ]
Posted by Ethics Gradient (Member # 878) on :
Apocalypse Now +2 Mash -2 Braveheart -2
Posted by Puppy (Member # 6721) on :
Nominate Three Kings. No minuses.
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
-2 Braveheart -2 Master and Commander
+2 Sgt. York (great Gary Cooper WWI flick)
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
12 Glory 12 Apocalypse Now 10 Three Kings 10 Zulu 10 Gallipoli 10 The Great Escape 10 Bridge on the River Kwai 10 The Longest Day 10 Midway 10 Gettysburg 12 Enemy at the Gates 10 Spartacus 10 Blackhawk Down 10 Platoon 10 The Great Raid 10 Full Metal Jacket 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 10 Patton 8 Braveheart 8 Hotel Rwanda 8 Tears of the Sun 8 Saving Private Ryan 8 Master and Commander 4 Troy 6 Gladiator 4 M*A*S*H
+2 Eneemy at the gates, -4 to troy.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
(Too soon to add Ender's Game?)
Posted by Mig (Member # 9284) on :
Nominate Jarhead
Gladiator -2
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Megan: Reading this thread makes me realize how few "war movies" I've seen and how little I've enjoyed the ones I have seen. Hrm.
Is Casablanca a war movie?
Ditto. Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Dag - Perhaps a bit premature . You know technically any of the Star Wars films would qualify as war movies, especially if we're allowing fictional wars.
Blayne your list is off. It should be:
12 Glory 12 Enemy at the Gates 12 Apocalypse Now 10 The Thin Red Line 10 Jarhead 10 Three Kings 10 Zulu 10 Gallipoli 10 The Great Escape 10 Bridge on the River Kwai 10 The Longest Day 10 Midway 10 Gettysburg 10 Spartacus 10 Blackhawk Down 10 The Great Raid 10 Full Metal Jacket 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 10 Patton 8 Platoon 8 Hotel Rwanda 8 Saving Private Ryan 6 Tears of the Sun 6 Master and Commander 6 Braveheart 4 Gladiator 4 M*A*S*H 4 Troy
Not sure how I feel about using two -2s on the same movie, but if you hate it that much, I suppose it's all fair.
Updated to 5:12
[ February 05, 2007, 05:15 PM: Message edited by: Lyrhawn ]
Posted by SoaPiNuReYe (Member # 9144) on :
Enemy at the Gates is way overrated. +2 to The Thin Red Line which for some reason is not on there.
-2 to Platoon and Tears of the Sun.
Posted by TheGrimace (Member # 9178) on :
+2 Blackhawk Down -2 Thin Red Line (though I need to watch it again and see if my opinion has changed) -2 Gladiator
note: I'm personally just judging on value as an accurate/valuable depiction of war (not necessarily saying negatives are for bad movies, just movies that I don't think do a good job representing war)
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
Lyr, you missed my nomination of Sgt. York, btw.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Enemy at the Gates is way overrated. +2 to The Thin Red Line which for some reason is not on there.
See at first I thought, "No way, Enemy At The Gates is quite decent!" And then I thought, "Thin Red Line? Are you kidding me?!"
If we ever watch a war movie together SoaPiNuReYe we might have trouble selecting one we can both enjoy Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
+2 Full Metal Jacket -2 Platoon -2 Troy
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
+2 Platoon -2 Black Hawk Down -2 Thin Red Line
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
12 Glory 12 Enemy at the Gates 12 Apocalypse Now 12 Full Metal Jacket 10 Blackhawk Down 10 Sgt. York 10 Jarhead 10 Three Kings 10 Zulu 10 Gallipoli 10 The Great Escape 10 Bridge on the River Kwai 10 The Longest Day 10 Midway 10 Gettysburg 10 Spartacus 10 The Great Raid 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 10 Patton 8 Hotel Rwanda 8 Saving Private Ryan 8 Platoon 6 Tears of the Sun 6 Master and Commander 6 Braveheart 6 The Thin Red Line 4 M*A*S*H 2 Troy 2 Gladiator
Updated to 6:28 Sgt. York added, apologies to FC, I did miss it.
Posted by SoaPiNuReYe (Member # 9144) on :
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade:
quote:Enemy at the Gates is way overrated. +2 to The Thin Red Line which for some reason is not on there.
See at first I thought, "No way, Enemy At The Gates is quite decent!" And then I thought, "Thin Red Line? Are you kidding me?!"
If we ever watch a war movie together SoaPiNuReYe we might have trouble selecting one we can both enjoy
How about 'We Were Soldiers'? Again it is not up there but oh well Posted by Baron Samedi (Member # 9175) on :
There are a lot on here that I haven't seen, but of the ones I have, none can touch Grave of the Fireflies. Can we add that one?
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by SoaPiNuReYe:
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade:
quote:Enemy at the Gates is way overrated. +2 to The Thin Red Line which for some reason is not on there.
See at first I thought, "No way, Enemy At The Gates is quite decent!" And then I thought, "Thin Red Line? Are you kidding me?!"
If we ever watch a war movie together SoaPiNuReYe we might have trouble selecting one we can both enjoy
How about 'We Were Soldiers'? Again it is not up there but oh well
Oh hey I own THAT one, yes we can watch that Posted by dantesparadigm (Member # 8756) on :
How on Earth did Lawrence of Arabia not make the list? It's IMHO the best movie, period, of all time.
Posted by Baron Samedi (Member # 9175) on :
Would Richard III count as a war movie? Or what about The Sound of Music? Or Gandhi? Or The Last Emperor? Or Birth of a Nation? Or Das Boot?
Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on :
Lord of the Rings could be considered a war movie, ableit a fantasy war based on experiences in WW1.
As for me: Patton +2 Full Metal Jacket +2
Haven't seen most of these anyhoo...
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
It was a starter list Dante, I fully expected people to add movies to it as we go along.
And I think I make the cutoff at Sound of Music. Too much singing, not enough Nazis.
Earndil, choose one of those for your +2. One +2 per day, and two -2s. As for LOTR, I'm curious as to what other think on including fantasy/scifi/anime movies on the list.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
If y'all want a movie up there, y'all gotta burn a vote on it like I did.
Posted by Baron Samedi (Member # 9175) on :
Okay, fine.
+2: Grave of the Fireflies -2: Enemy at the Gates -2: Tears of the Sun
Posted by SoaPiNuReYe (Member # 9144) on :
quote:Originally posted by Baron Samedi: Would Richard III count as a war movie? Or what about The Sound of Music? Or Gandhi? Or The Last Emperor? Or Birth of a Nation? Or Das Boot?
Only if you're from Switzerland.
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
+2 Apocalypse Now -2 Troy (seriously, I'm glad to be able to annihlate it) -2 The Thin Red Line
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
14 Apocalypse Now 12 Glory 12 Full Metal Jacket 10 Enemy at the Gates 10 Blackhawk Down 10 Grave of the Fireflies 10 Sgt. York 10 Jarhead 10 Three Kings 10 Zulu 10 Gallipoli 10 The Great Escape 10 Bridge on the River Kwai 10 The Longest Day 10 Midway 10 Gettysburg 10 Spartacus 10 The Great Raid 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 10 Patton 8 Hotel Rwanda 8 Saving Private Ryan 8 Platoon 6 Master and Commander 6 Braveheart 4 The Thin Red Line 4 M*A*S*H 4 Tears of the Sun 2 Gladiator
Eliminated: Troy
(Alright, anime, fantasy, sci fi, it's all fair game, so long as you nominate it fairly by burning a vote (as Storm puts it ). People will decide with their negatives and positives whether or not the genre really matters when choosing the greatest war movie ever.)
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
/Porter
I foresee there being a problem of people voting down a movie because they haven't seen it. I understand that that may just be how the ball bounces in this particular format, but I wonder if it's fair to say that a movie is 'better' than another that no one's seen, because in that case, it's not 'better', it's just been seen more.
/Porter
(I love ya, mph. I just have to tease. )
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
If it's all fair game if it's circumstantially related to war, then shouldn't Schindler's List be on there?
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I considered it, along with The Pianist when I was first making the list, but I hadn't decided how close to war it needed to be in order to count. I think those are both fair game though.
Feel free to add it tomorrow .
I think in order for it to be considered a war movie, the main thrust of the movie has to be directly related to the war, rather than the backdrop, thus, Sound of Music doesn't count because it's really more about the Von Trapp family and some darn good Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer acting than it is about the Nazis, who are at best a subplot.
Schindler's List and The Pianist count because the war is the cause of every ill that takes place in the movies, and both feature elements of the war itself in them.
Posted by SoaPiNuReYe (Member # 9144) on :
Could something like Band Of Brothers be nominated?
Posted by Adam_S (Member # 9695) on :
Can we count Band of Brothers? Other countries take their miniseries and call them movies in the US (Das Boot, The Decalogue, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Scenes from a Marraige, Fanny and Alexander) so there's precedent for calling tv productions movies when people want to forget they came from tv . So +2 to Band of Brothers if it counts (I think of it as a film, not as tv) otherwise I'd say +2 to Empire of the Sun -2 to MASH -2 to Troy
Posted by Tstorm (Member # 1871) on :
-2 for Apocalypse Now +2 for Gettysburg
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Alright, Band of Brothers we can include, since it's a miniseries, but I'm drawing the line at television shows.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
12 Apocalypse Now 12 Glory 12 Full Metal Jacket 10 Gettysburg 10 Der Untergang (Downfall) 10 Enemy at the Gates 10 Band of Brothers 10 Blackhawk Down 10 Grave of the Fireflies 10 Sgt. York 10 Three Kings 10 Zulu 10 Gallipoli 10 The Great Escape 10 Bridge on the River Kwai 10 The Longest Day 10 Midway 10 Spartacus 10 The Great Raid 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 10 Patton 8 Hotel Rwanda 8 Saving Private Ryan 8 Platoon 8 Jarhead 6 Master and Commander 6 Braveheart 4 Tears of the Sun 2 Gladiator 2 The Thin Red Line 2 M*A*S*H
Eliminated: Troy
Adam_S - Troy has already been eliminated, it can't get any deader Feel free to amend your vote.
[ February 05, 2007, 07:43 PM: Message edited by: Lyrhawn ]
Posted by Adam_S (Member # 9695) on :
edit: lol we're posting at the same time -2 to Gettysburg, puts me to sleep everytime, but I own the extended score, go figure.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Gonna have to toss out your -2 for Gettysburg. I just finished watching it, and I love it
My own votes are going to be +2 to add Der Untergang (Downfall), which I stupidly left off my own list. -2 Thin Red Line -2 Jarhead
Posted by Will B (Member # 7931) on :
+2 Band of Brothers
Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
+2 (add) Das Boot -2 Thin Red Line -2 Full Metal Jacket
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
While I'd love to vote +2 for Band of Brothers, I can see that Tears of the Sun is taking a whalloping, so...
+2 Tears of the Sun -2 Blackhawk Down -2 Three Kings Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
I would plug Thin Red Line, but it's likely to get buried anyway, so;
+2 Der Untergang (Downfall)
-2 Tears of the Sun -2 The Great Raid
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
12 Apocalypse Now 12 Glory 12 Der Untergang (Downfall) 12 Band of Brothers 10 Full Metal Jacket 10 Gettysburg 10 Enemy at the Gates 10 Grave of the Fireflies 10 Sgt. York 10 Zulu 10 Gallipoli 10 The Great Escape 10 Das Boot 10 Bridge on the River Kwai 10 The Longest Day 10 Midway 10 Spartacus 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 10 Patton 10 Blackhawk Down 8 The Great Raid 8 Three Kings 8 Hotel Rwanda 8 Saving Private Ryan 8 Platoon 8 Jarhead 6 Master and Commander 6 Braveheart 4 Tears of the Sun
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H (sadly, ironically, a casualty of war )
Updated to 10:35
[ February 05, 2007, 11:06 PM: Message edited by: Lyrhawn ]
Posted by SoaPiNuReYe (Member # 9144) on :
I think The Thin Red Line lasted about 30 minutes. Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
Terrence Malick is not for everyone. I love his work, but I have to admit; his films are very slow and long.
Posted by Chord (Member # 10122) on :
-2 M*A*S*H -2 Gladiator +2 Black Hawk Down
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
quote:Originally posted by Euripides: Terrence Malick is not for everyone. I love his work, but I have to admit; his films are very slow and long.
Thin Red Line was a pretty good nature documentary.
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
I'm going to pump Ryan since it doesn't belong in the falling-behind category
+2 Saving Private Ryan -2 Jarhead -2 Troy, posthumously
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
I found this too late. RIP, Troy, you moronic bastardization of a movie with far too much prettiness.
+2 Saving Ryan's Privates -2 Midway -2 Blackhawk Down
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Dude, Samp, it's DEAD. Much like the actual city, the movie's been sacked. Carrie, you're dissing Midway? For shame!
12 Apocalypse Now 12 Glory 12 Saving Private Ryan 12 Der Untergang (Downfall) 12 Band of Brothers 10 Full Metal Jacket 10 Gettysburg 10 Enemy at the Gates 10 Grave of the Fireflies 10 Sgt. York 10 Zulu 10 Gallipoli 10 The Great Escape 10 Das Boot 10 Bridge on the River Kwai 10 Spartacus 10 Platoon 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 8 The Longest Day 8 Patton 8 Midway 8 Blackhawk Down 8 The Great Raid 8 Three Kings 8 Hotel Rwanda 6 Jarhead 6 Master and Commander 6 Braveheart 4 Tears of the Sun
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H
Updated to 2:54
[ February 06, 2007, 02:54 AM: Message edited by: Lyrhawn ]
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
Platoon +2 Patton, The Longest Day -2
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
quote:Originally posted by Samprimary: Thin Red Line was a pretty good nature documentary.
Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on :
+2 Grave of the Fireflies -2 Saving Private Ryan -2 Saving Private Ryan
(yes, I meant to put it twice.)
Posted by Mig (Member # 9284) on :
-2 Three Kings -2 Hotel Rwanda
+2 The Longest Day
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
It's past midnight, so I get to post again:
+2 Saving Private Ryan
-2 Zulu -2 Tears of the Sun
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
I just realized we're missing the greatest 80s, Cold War era, Patrick Swayze starring movie of all time:
+2 Red Dawn -2 Enemy at the Gates -2 Saving Private Ryan Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
Dang! Quit hatin' on Tears of the Sun, dangit.
+2 Tears of the Sun -2 Blackhawk Down -2 Gettysburg Posted by Ecthalion (Member # 8825) on :
+2 Apocalypse now -4 jarhead
Posted by Raventhief (Member # 9002) on :
+2 (add) Guns of Navarone -2 Enemy at the Gates -2 Master and Commander
*edit, didn't notice Thin Red Line was gone
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
*Gives Bokonon a look*
Red Dawn?!?
I want to renominate Gallipoli, but I'm pretty sure it's doomed due to few people having seen it. So, is it even worth the bother of renomination, or not? Bother.
+2 Platoon -4 Saving Private Ryan
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
What is up with the extreme hatred for Saving Private Ryan?
+2 Saving Private Ryan -2 Tears of the Sun -2 Apocalypse Now
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
What's up with all the hatin' on Tears of the Sun ? Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
There should be a time limit of allowable adding of new movies. otherwise you can just wait till a bunch of movies have been eliminated and than just add a new one that gets to start at 10.
Though Red Dawn WAS the best war movie ever made. Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
Nominate Kelly's Heroes because not every war movie has to make the audience cry.
-2 Spartacus (Say NO to any Douglas in a leather speedo) -2 Braveheart (If just because my brother subjected me to it far too many times after the VHS came out)
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
Storm, note my exact wording.
Oh, and Gallipoli gets a +2 from me tomorrow. It is a good war movie.
Strider: Exactly
-Bok
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Posted by Adam_S (Member # 9695) on :
yikes, I was gonna nominate All Quiet on the Western Front, but now SPR is getting a beat down (I thought maybe supporting Braveheart instead, but more negative points seem directed at SPR)
+2 Saving Private Ryan -2 Platoon -2 Enemy at the Gates
Posted by Will B (Member # 7931) on :
-2 Apocalypse Now (wishing I could vote against M*A*S*H. I'm watching it right now for the first time, and it's appalling.)
Posted by -Xan- (Member # 10091) on :
+2 Red dawn -2 Saving Private Ryan -2 Tears of the sun -2 the Patriot
I know the partiot isn't up thier but i want it dead.
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
You only get two -2s, -Xan-.
Posted by arevoj (Member # 7347) on :
+2 (add) The Big Red One -2 Master and Commander -2 Three Kings
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
14 Band of Brothers 12 Platoon 12 Der Untergang (Downfall) 12 Glory 12 Grave of the Fireflies 10 Full Metal Jacket 10 Red Dawn 10 Sgt. York 10 Gallipoli 10 The Great Escape 10 Kelly’s Heroes 10 Das Boot 10 Bridge on the River Kwai 10 Apocalypse Now 10 Guns of Navarone 10 The Big Red One 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 10 Gettysburg 8 Spartacus 8 The Longest Day 8 Midway 8 The Great Raid 6 Patton 6 Zulu 6 Blackhawk Down 6 Hotel Rwanda 6 Saving Private Ryan 4 Three Kings 4 Braveheart 4 Enemy at the Gates
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H Jarhead Tears of the Sun (Sorry Rakeesh) Master & Commander
My own vote: +2 Gettysburg -2 Jarhead -2 Red Dawn (there's some pretty bad acting in there)
And no time limit on adding movies. If people add good movies that people have seen, they'll stay, if they nominate bad movies that people dislike or any movie that no one has seen, it'll be eliminated. But every movie should get their shot I think. Agreed?
Updated to 5:51
[ February 06, 2007, 05:51 PM: Message edited by: Lyrhawn ]
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
+2 Band of Brothers -2 Master and Commander (Just to knock it off the list) -2 Zulu
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Just to be clear, how many times do we get to vote for a movie?
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Once a day you get two -2s and one +2. You can't vote for an eliminated movie, you can't vote more than once a day, you CAN use both your negative votes on the same movie.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
No, I mean, can we keep voting +2 for the same movie day after day?
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Oh. Sure, if you think it's the best, more power to you.
Edit to add: Do you think there should be a limit? It hadn't occurred to me, I just figured if it's your favorite movie, you should be able to support it however much you want.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
No, just curious.
At the very least, this thread will give a lot of people ideas for movies to watch. I know I probably haven't seen half of these movies.
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
+2 Saving Private Ryan -4 Braveheart
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
+2 Great Escape -2 Apocalypse Now -2 Red Dawn
Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :
+2 Band of Brothers -2 Three Kings -2 Enemy at the Gates
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
+2 Gallipoli -2 Red Dawn (I know, I know ) -2 Enemy at the Gates
-Bok
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
+2 Full Metal Jacket -2 Black Hawk Down -2 Band of Brothers
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
12 Apocalypse Now 12 Glory 14 Full Metal Jacket 8 Gettysburg 12 Downfall 10 Der Untergang (Downfall) 12 Enemy at the Gates 12 Band of Brothers 12 Das Boot 10 Blackhawk Down 10 Grave of the Fireflies 10 Sgt. York 10 Three Kings 10 Zulu 10 Gallipoli 10 The Great Escape 10 Bridge on the River Kwai 10 The Longest Day 10 Midway 10 Spartacus 10 The Great Raid 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 10 Patton 8 Hotel Rwanda 8 Saving Private Ryan 8 Platoon 6 Jarhead 6 Master and Commander 6 Braveheart 2 Tears of the Sun 2 M*A*S*H
Eliminated: Troy Thin Red Line Gladiator
+2 Enemy at the Gates -2 Gladiator -2 Tears of the Sun
Posted by Mig (Member # 9284) on :
-2 Tears of the Sun -2 Three Kings
+2 The Longest Day
Posted by Adam_S (Member # 9695) on :
+2 to Bridge on the River Kwai -2 Enemy at the Gates -2 Guns of Navarone
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
Blayne, what list are you working off of? Your numbers don't add up.
Posted by Will B (Member # 7931) on :
MASH was previously eliminated.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
lythurns previously listed list, but i gave up trying toupdate more then a cpl of people.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
If you guys (Blayne) want to wait, I'll keep updating the list a couple times a day like I have been doing, to eliminate confusion.
14 Band of Brothers 12 Platoon 12 Der Untergang (Downfall) 12 Glory 12 Grave of the Fireflies 12 Full Metal Jacket 12 Gallipoli 12 The Great Escape 12 Bridge on the River Kwai 10 Sgt. York 10 Kelly’s Heroes 10 Das Boot 10 The Longest Day 10 The Big Red One 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 10 Gettysburg 8 Spartacus 8 Apocalypse Now 8 Guns of Navarone 8 Midway 8 The Great Raid 8 Saving Private Ryan 6 Patton 6 Zulu 6 Red Dawn 6 Hotel Rwanda 4 Blackhawk Down
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H Jarhead Tears of the Sun Master & Commander Three Kings Braveheart Enemy at the Gates
Blayne, (seriously? LYTHURN?) none of your votes counted because they are all for movies that have already been eliminated.
Mig Adam_S
You can each revote one -2 if you want, as two of your movies were also already eliminated.
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
+2 to Patton (One of my favorite movies of all time)
-2 Spartacus (I don't consider it a "war" movie) -2 Red Dawn (I'm thinking about a REALISTIC war movie)
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: lythurns previously listed list, but i gave up trying toupdate more then a cpl of people.
Then don't, Boy Genius.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
shush.
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
Hey, if you want to spend the rest of your life as one of the drooling masses, feel free.
Posted by SoaPiNuReYe (Member # 9144) on :
Did anyone see Flags of Our Fathers??
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
+2 Gallipoli -2 Red Dawn -2 Saving Private Ryan
Posted by RunningBear (Member # 8477) on :
16 Band of Brothers 14 Gallipoli 12 Platoon 12 Der Untergang (Downfall) 12 Glory 12 Grave of the Fireflies 12 Full Metal Jacket 12 The Great Escape 12 Bridge on the River Kwai 10 Sgt. York 10 Kelly’s Heroes 10 Das Boot 10 The Longest Day 10 The Big Red One 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 10 Gettysburg 8 Apocalypse Now 8 Guns of Navarone 8 Midway 8 The Great Raid 8 Patton 6 Spartacus 6 Saving Private Ryan 6 Zulu 4 Hotel Rwanda 2 Blackhawk Down 2 Red Dawn
-2 Hotel Rwanda -2 Blackhawk Down +2 Band Of Brothers
Posted by charles_martel (Member # 10172) on :
+2 Patton, +2 The Great Escape
-2 The Red Dawn
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Charles -
Only one plus two vote is allowed per day, so pick either Patton or Great Escape.
Then you're free to pick another minus two.
My vote:
+2 Midway -2 The Big Red One -2 Sgt. York
[ February 08, 2007, 03:11 AM: Message edited by: Lyrhawn ]
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
+2 Spartacus
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
+2 zulu (Darn philistines!) -2 Platoon
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
+2 Apocalypse Now -2 Platoon -2 Grave of the Fireflies
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
+2 Band of Brothers -4 Zulu
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
-4 Band of Brothers
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
+2 Enemy at the Gates -2 red dawn -2 hotel rwadna (not a war movie imho)
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
I'd say Hotel Rwanda is a war movie; specifically, a civil war movie.
Not to say that you shouldn't vote it down. There's sense in voting up films that represent the genre more aptly.
Posted by Will B (Member # 7931) on :
Nominate Crimson Tide.
Posted by RunningBear (Member # 8477) on :
14 Band of Brothers 14 Gallipoli 12 Der Untergang (Downfall) 12 Glory 12 Full Metal Jacket 12 The Great Escape 12 Bridge on the River Kwai 10 Grave of the Fireflies 10 Sgt. York 10 Crimson Tide 10 Kelly’s Heroes 10 Das Boot 10 The Longest Day 10 The Big Red One 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 10 Gettysburg 10 Apocalypse Now 8 Platoon 8 Guns of Navarone 8 Midway 8 The Great Raid 8 Patton 8 Spartacus 6 Saving Private Ryan 4 Zulu 4 Hotel Rwanda 2 Blackhawk Down
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
+2 Full Metal Jacket -2 Platoon -2 Spartacus
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
RunningBear, your list is off just slightly, but mine should be up to date, including Launchywiggin's votes today, feel free to double check the math on it. Only one of Dag’s -2 votes for Band of Brothers counts, as he already voted -2 on Platoon. Blayne, once again most of your votes didn’t count, as they were for movies that have already been eliminated (Enemy at the Gates is gone, get over it )
14 Der Untergang (Downfall) 14 Bridge on the River Kwai 12 Full Metal Jacket 12 Gallipoli 12 Glory 12 The Great Escape 12 Das Boot 10 Band of Brothers 10 Kelly’s Heroes 10 The Longest Day 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 10 Gettysburg 10 Midway 10 Lawrence of Arabia 10 Apocalypse Now 10 Grave of the Fireflies 10 Platoon 10 Sgt. York 8 Guns of Navarone 8 The Great Raid 8 Patton 8 Crimson Tide 6 The Big Red One 6 Saving Private Ryan 4 Spartacus 2 Hotel Rwanda
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H Jarhead Tears of the Sun Master & Commander Three Kings Braveheart Enemy at the Gates Red Dawn Blackhawk Down Zulu (Sorry Dag)
Updated to 10:45am
[ February 08, 2007, 10:45 AM: Message edited by: Lyrhawn ]
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
+2 Full Metal Jacket -4 Band of Brothers
Posted by St. Yogi (Member # 5974) on :
+2 Lawrence of Arabia (add it to the list) -2 Full Metal Jacket -2 Blackhawk Down
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
+2 Der Untergang (Downfall) -4 Zulu
Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
+2 Das Boot (more people should see this, since nobody's voting. Excellent movie) -2 Crimson Tide -2 Spartacus As much as I like the last two, they're more movies with fighting, rather than war movies, in my opinion.
Posted by libertygirl (Member # 8761) on :
+2 Sgt. York -2 Full Metal Jacket -2 Gallipoli
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
I vote that people who can't spell 'Florida' correctly in their profile can't have a vote, especially if they're voting down Gallipoli. Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
+2 Bridge on the River Kwai -2 The Big Red One -2 Band of Brothers
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
+2 Gallipoli (What are your legs? : Springs. Steel springs. : What are they going to do? : Hurl me down the track. : How fast can you run? : As fast as a leopard. : How fast are you going to run? : As fast as a leopard. : Then lets see you do it.) -2 Bridge on the River Kwai (Madness! Madness! *ack* *overwrought* *ack*) -2 Kelly's Heroes ----- I agree there should be a moratorium on adding new movies; it's not fair.
As such, I'm refraining from adding "Mister Roberts" which is undeniably the greatest war movie ever.
Also, I think the final episode of "Blackadder Goes Forth" is the most affecting "war movie" I've ever seen.
Posted by libertygirl (Member # 8761) on :
quote:Originally posted by Storm Saxon: I vote that people who can't spell 'Florida' correctly in their profile can't have a vote, especially if they're voting down Gallipoli.
heehee well there could be such a place as Flordia who knows? and actually I've never seen Gallipoli or the Metal Jacket movie or any other movie on the list but Sgt. York. I just love Sgt. York and want it to win Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
+2 The Great Escape -2 Hotel Rwanda -2 Apocalypse Now
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
+2 Platoon -2 SPR -2 Spartacus
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
+2 Downfall
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
+2 apocalypse now -2 downfall -2 glory (but no offense to either, really)
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
14 Gallipoli 14 The Great Escape 14 Band of Brothers 12 Der Untergang (Downfall) 12 Bridge on the River Kwai 12 Full Metal Jacket 12 Platoon 12 Gettysburg 10 Das Boot 10 Glory 10 The Longest Day 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 10 Midway 10 Lawrence of Arabia 10 Apocalypse Now 10 Grave of the Fireflies 10 Sgt. York 8 Kelly’s Heroes 8 Guns of Navarone 8 Patton 6 Crimson Tide 6 The Great Raid 4 Saving Private Ryan 2 The Big Red One
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H Jarhead Tears of the Sun Master & Commander Three Kings Braveheart Enemy at the Gates Red Dawn Blackhawk Down Zulu Hotel Rwanda Spartacus
+2 Gettysburg -2 The Big Red One -2 Spartacus
Here's what I propose for adding new movies: No more new movies until a winner is declared for what is already up there (or maybe the top three). After a winner is declared, for two days, I'll take as many nominations as you all have for new, good war movies. The next round will be more aggressive, with three mandatory -2s if you want to vote a +2 and have it count. At the end of that round (or maybe the top three), whatever is left from both groups will face off in a final confrontation to decide the best war movie ever.
Updated to 9:45pm
[ February 08, 2007, 09:48 PM: Message edited by: Lyrhawn ]
Posted by Adam_S (Member # 9695) on :
+2 to Band of Brothers -2Great Raid -2Crimson Tide
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn:
Here's what I propose for adding new movies: No more new movies until a winner is declared for what is already up there (or maybe the top three). After a winner is declared, for two days, I'll take as many nominations as you all have for new, good war movies. The next round will be more aggressive, with three mandatory -2s if you want to vote a +2 and have it count. At the end of that round (or maybe the top three), whatever is left from both groups will face off in a final confrontation to decide the best war movie ever.
Sounds good. I'm game.
Posted by RunningBear (Member # 8477) on :
+2 Band Of Brothers -2 Das Boot -2 Big Red One
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
quote:Originally posted by libertygirl: ...and actually I've never seen Gallipoli or the Metal Jacket movie or any other movie on the list but Sgt. York. I just love Sgt. York and want it to win [/QB]
And just like in real life, people are allowed an equal vote when they have zero knowledge of what they're voting about edit: (I'm just sore because the two you voted down were my favs). Not that I don't like Sgt. York...
And just because it's piqued my interest, I'll list my top 5 war movies along with my votes for today:
Full Metal Jacket +2 Gallipoli Sgt. York Braveheart Saving Private Ryan
and some of my least favorites...
Platoon -2 Gettysburg -2
Posted by libertygirl (Member # 8761) on :
Heh. Sorry about that... I just voted those down because they were winning... I would much rather not vote any down and just vote Sgt. York up but I don't think that's allowed.
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
+2 Lawrence of Arabia -2 FMJ -2 Crimson Tide
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
+2 Glory -2 SPR -2 Crimson Tide
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
+2 Glory -4 Band of Brothers
-Bok
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
+2 SPR -4 The Great Raid
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
Well, libertygirl, it looks as though your +2 for Sgt. York didn't show up in the tally yet, so I'll add mine, too.
+2 Sgt. York -2 Crimson Tide -2 Bridge on the River Kwai
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
14 Gallipoli 14 Glory 14 The Great Escape 14 Full Metal Jacket 12 Band of Brothers 12 Der Untergang (Downfall) 12 Midway 10 Lawrence of Arabia 10 Bridge on the River Kwai 10 Gettysburg 10 Das Boot 10 The Longest Day 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 10 Grave of the Fireflies 10 Sgt. York 8 Platoon 8 Apocalypse Now 8 Kelly’s Heroes 8 Guns of Navarone 8 Patton 2 Saving Private Ryan
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H Jarhead Tears of the Sun Master & Commander Three Kings Braveheart Enemy at the Gates Red Dawn Blackhawk Down Zulu Hotel Rwanda Spartacus The Great Raid The Big Red One Crimson Tide
Updated to 3:40am
-2 The Big Red One -2 Sgt. York +2 Midway
[ February 10, 2007, 03:41 AM: Message edited by: Lyrhawn ]
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Sheesh this is hard when you refuse to vote -2 for movies you have not yet seen.
+2 Band of Brothers. -2 Apocalypse Now. -2 Crimson Tide.
^^ CT is a good movie, but definitely not "greatest" material.
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
+2 Full Metal Jacket -2 Platoon -2 Lawrence of Arabia
Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
+2 We were soldiers -2 Saving Private Ryan -2 blackhawk down
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Lupus -
Read back a few posts. Nominations of new movies has been temporarily suspended, pending the start of the second round of voting. (Sound official enough?). You're free to revote your +2 for the day.
And incidentally, Blackhawk Down was eliminated two days ago I believe, so you can feel free to revote one of your -2s as well.
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
+2 Der Untergang (Downfall) -4 Guns of Navarone
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
+2 Sgt York -2 Great Escape -2 Bridge on River Kwai
Posted by libertygirl (Member # 8761) on :
+2 Sgt. York -2 Gallipoli -2 Glory
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I would like to nominate Mean Girls. Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
+2 Lawrence of Arabia -2 Crimson Tide
Posted by Adam_S (Member # 9695) on :
+2 to Apocalypse Now -2 to Kelly's HEroes -2 to Platoon
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
When we get to nominate new movies again, I'm going for the Seven Samurai.
+2 Apocalypse Now -2 Platoon -2 Band of Brothers
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Yeah, I'm not voting down movies I haven't seen, either.
+2 Gallipoli -2 Saving Private Ryan
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
14 Gallipoli 14 Full Metal Jacket 14 Der Untergang (Downfall) 12 Sgt. York 12 Glory 12 The Great Escape 12 Midway 12 Apocalypse Now 12 Lawrence of Arabia 12 Gettysburg 10 Das Boot 10 Band of Brothers 10 The Longest Day 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 10 Grave of the Fireflies 8 Bridge on the River Kwai 8 Patton 4 Kelly’s Heroes 4 Guns of Navarone 4 Platoon
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H Jarhead Tears of the Sun Master & Commander Three Kings Braveheart Enemy at the Gates Red Dawn Blackhawk Down Zulu Hotel Rwanda Spartacus The Great Raid The Big Red One Crimson Tide Saving Private Ryan
+2 Gettysburg -2 Sgt. York -2 Kelly’s Heroes
Posted by MaGlick (Member # 9648) on :
+2 Platoon -2 Glory
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
What's wrong with Glory?
Or Gettysburg for that matter?
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
+2 Full Metal Jacket -2 Glory -2 Gettysburg
I had my reasons for both movies. Historical inaccuracies and I had problems with both scripts.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
+2 Full Metal Jacket -4 Band of Brothers
Posted by Adam_S (Member # 9695) on :
+2 Band of Brothers -2 Full Metal Jacket -2 Kelly's Heroes
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
+2 Grave of the Fireflies -4 Guns of Navarone
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
+2 Band of Brothers -2 Gallipoli -2 Der Untergang
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
+2 Sgt York -2 Bridge on the River Kwai -2 Great Escape
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
16 Sgt. York 12 Full Metal Jacket 12 Der Untergang (Downfall) 12 Gallipoli 12 Grave of the Fireflies 12 Midway 12 Apocalypse Now 12 Glory 10 Lawrence of Arabia 10 The Great Escape 10 Gettysburg 10 Das Boot 10 Band of Brothers 10 The Longest Day 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 8 Patton 6 Bridge on the River Kwai 6 Platoon 2 Kelly’s Heroes
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H Jarhead Tears of the Sun Master & Commander Three Kings Braveheart Enemy at the Gates Red Dawn Blackhawk Down Zulu Hotel Rwanda Spartacus The Great Raid The Big Red One Crimson Tide Saving Private Ryan Guns of Navarone
+2 Glory -4 FMJ
Glory and Gettysburg's historical inaccuracies bother you over the rest of this list? Hoo boy. The speechifying in Gettysburg can be a bit much for some people, and maybe I wouldn't have minded it being 45 minutes shorter and lacking them, but what they got right (which is a lot) is still fantastic. Same thing with Glory, so far as inaccuracies and fantasticness.
Updated to 7:12pm
[ February 11, 2007, 07:13 PM: Message edited by: Lyrhawn ]
Posted by Liz B (Member # 8238) on :
+2 Glory -2 Lawrence of Arabia
Posted by libertygirl (Member # 8761) on :
+2 Sgt. York
Posted by libertygirl (Member # 8761) on :
+2 Sgt. York
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
+2 Apocalypse Now -2 Platoon -2 Patton
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
Boy, oh boy, so many truly excellent war movies removed while others not so excellent remain (I'm just complainin' cuz mine didn't make it, guys, no one get upset)
+2 Patton (fie, CT! ) -2 Gettysburg -2 Midway
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
(I have an emotional bias against the movie, and I freely admit it. Would've like to have stuck him with itchy briar thorns, that pompous strutting loon. )
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
(Oh, well if it's a personal dispute with General Patton, then I withdraw my Fie-age. He was definitely a very controversial character...and probably not someone I'd want to be around for a big length of time. He was certainly crazy, and rude, and sometimes crazy like a fox.)
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
(It shouldn't really affect my judgment of the movie as a movie, though. This is one of those places where I am less than I would wish to be.)
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
(Dude-and I find myself saying that more lately, I need to restrict that damn word!-don't be ridiculous! In a film like Patton, seperating the film from the portrayl of the man is like trying to unscramble your morning eggs)
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
This judement system is creating some very odd results!
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
+2 Full Metal Jacket -2 Glory -2 Gettysburg
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
14 Sgt. York 12 Full Metal Jacket 12 Der Untergang (Downfall) 12 Gallipoli 12 Grave of the Fireflies 10 Midway 10 Apocalypse Now 10 Glory 10 Lawrence of Arabia 10 The Great Escape 10 Das Boot 10 Band of Brothers 10 The Longest Day 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 8 Gettysburg 8 Patton 6 Bridge on the River Kwai 4 Platoon 2 Kelly’s Heroes
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H Jarhead Tears of the Sun Master & Commander Three Kings Braveheart Enemy at the Gates Red Dawn Blackhawk Down Zulu Hotel Rwanda Spartacus The Great Raid The Big Red One Crimson Tide Saving Private Ryan Guns of Navarone
+2 Gettysburg -2 FMJ -2 Sgt. York
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
+2 Der Untergang (Downfall) -2 Lawrence of Arabia -2 The Great Escape
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
+2 Der Untergang (Downfall) -2 Lawrence of Arabia -2 The Great Escape
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
?
I'm afraid to vote again!
Feb 11, updated to 7:12pm, Lyrhawn's post has Apocalypse Now at 12. I give it +2, nobody else touches it, and it's down to 10.
I'm not voting for Obama! No Obama! Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
+2 Glory -2 Platoon -2 Great Escape
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
+2 Band of Brothers -4 Sgt. York
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
Wow, BlackBlade, what didn't you like about Sgt. York so much?
Posted by Adam_S (Member # 9695) on :
+2 Bridge on the River Kwai -2 Tora Tora Tora -2 Longest Day
Posted by tarantella (Member # 9943) on :
+2 Glory -2 Bridge on the River Kwai -2 The Great Escape
I like those films, but both are primarily POW movies that don't show the full spectrum of war.
I'm not adding All's Quiet on the Western Front, but that was my first war-what-is-it-good-for-movie experience.
(say it again)
-edit to remove inaccurate listing (I assumed votes in post after list were tallied after list-oops)
[ February 12, 2007, 03:47 PM: Message edited by: tarantella ]
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
+2 Gallipoli -4 Sgt. York, because the idea of Gary Cooper in a war movie kind of annoys me.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
tatantella, your list is off, everyone please follow the list below. CT, I updated it to fix the Apocalypse Now error I made, and apologies for that.
14 Apocalypse Now 14 Der Untergang (Downfall) 14 Glory 14 Gallipoli 14 Grave of the Fireflies 12 Full Metal Jacket 12 Band of Brothers 10 Das Boot 10 Midway 8 Lawrence of Arabia 8 The Longest Day 8 Tora! Tora! Tora! 8 Gettysburg 6 Sgt. York 6 Bridge on the River Kwai 4 Patton 4 The Great Escape 2 Kelly’s Heroes
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H Jarhead Tears of the Sun Master & Commander Three Kings Braveheart Enemy at the Gates Red Dawn Blackhawk Down Zulu Hotel Rwanda Spartacus The Great Raid The Big Red One Crimson Tide Saving Private Ryan Guns of Navarone Platoon
Updated to 4:00pm
[ February 12, 2007, 04:05 PM: Message edited by: Lyrhawn ]
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
Gary Cooper in a war movie annoys you, but you voted for Charlie Sheen in one? o.O
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: tatantella, your list is off, everyone please follow the list below. CT, I updated it to fix the Apocalypse Now error I made, and apologies for that.
No worries! I have done much worse myself, more times than I care to count. Thanks for the work of keeping an updated list.
+2 Grave of the Fireflies -2 Patton -2 Platoon
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by FlyingCow: Wow, BlackBlade, what didn't you like about Sgt. York so much?
Its more people are voting -4 to two movies I thought were amazing. So I took the one I thought was overated on the list and did a BlackBlade reality check on it.
I don't think Sgt. York is bad per se. But the fact The Great Escape has 4 points and within elimination from a single post disturbs me especially with Apocalypse Now currently in the lead, I really think its overrated, while Band of Brothers is initially took a huge pounding.
Similarly, I think Glory is a great movie, but certainly not greater then Saving Private Ryan which for some reason is not as "great" as Tora! Tora! Tora!
Also what was bad about Charlie Sheens performance in Platoon? I actually think Platoon was a well executed movie, though I disagree with some of its conclusions. Yet it too is beaten out by The Longest Day.
Obviously the list is not going to remotely reflect BlackBlade's perception of reality but I'll do what I can do make it do so as much as possible. Expect future hostility to be directed towards one of the top 3 movies in the list, but I'll admit Glory is OK where it is for now.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
This whole thread is just a YMMV, Blackblade.
quote: Gary Cooper in a war movie annoys you, but you voted for Charlie Sheen in one? o.O
See, I thought he worked really well in Platoon. Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Storm Saxon: This whole thread is just a YMMV, Blackblade.
quote: Gary Cooper in a war movie annoys you, but you voted for Charlie Sheen in one? o.O
See, I thought he worked really well in Platoon.
"Obviously the list is not going to remotely reflect BlackBlade's perception of reality but I'll do what I can to make it do so as much as possible. "
Part of my "mileage" is that I am going to crush other's movies that I they may like but I do not and promote the ones I liked alot.
Initially I came into the thread determined to only vote against movies I have actually seen, but that resolve is being weakened daily.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
+2 Full Metal Jacket -4 Band of Brothers
(anyone seeing a pattern here?)
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Yeah, this thread is good for getting ideas for movies, but I'm not sure it represents the best war movie. Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
No kidding. I've noticed that myself, but frankly I can't think of a system that'll work when most people haven't even seen half the movies on here.
I certainly don't think a system is just that lets someone vote -4 for Band of Brothers. Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
The Charlie Sheen comment was as a response to the Gary Cooper comment. It's not that Cooper was considered bad in the role, but that the idea of Cooper in that role was annoying. Struck me as odd... especially since the idea of Charlie Sheen as the central figure in a war film (knowing his other work) is equally or more improbable.
Seemed a strange reason to knock down a good movie - though Storm may have had other reasons, surely.
BlackBlade, your reasoning actually seems more sound in my mind. You're applying relativism, I guess. Vote for movies to move them ahead of others, and vote down movies to move them behind others. I get that.
As for my own reasons, I find Great Escape and Bridge on the River Kwai to be more prisoner movies than war movies. And I just never liked Platoon all that much.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Well thanks Flying Cow
Not that I want to discuss it in any lengthy way, but part of the dynamic of The Great Escape was that they were prisoners in a time of war and thus were OBLIGATED to try and escape. How the German's dealt with that aspect was an ethical dilemma. A big chunk of the movie takes place outside the prison.
But if actual battles or skirmishes are part of the requisite for a war movie Ill concede that, The Great Escape does not deliver in that regard.
erosomniac: Every -4 that you submit for Band of Brothers is a "-4 points of stock you've got in my book" It's proven that negative BlackBlade stock causes misfortune, true story!
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Just ask Turin Turambar.
Posted by RunningBear (Member # 8477) on :
+2 gallipoli
Posted by RunningBear (Member # 8477) on :
+2 gallipoli
-4great escape
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
16 Gallipoli 14 Apocalypse Now 14 Der Untergang (Downfall) 14 Glory 14 Grave of the Fireflies 14 Full Metal Jacket 10 Das Boot 10 Midway 8 Band of Brothers 8 Lawrence of Arabia 8 The Longest Day 8 Tora! Tora! Tora! 8 Gettysburg 6 Sgt. York 6 Bridge on the River Kwai 4 Patton 2 Kelly’s Heroes
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H Jarhead Tears of the Sun Master & Commander Three Kings Braveheart Enemy at the Gates Red Dawn Blackhawk Down Zulu Hotel Rwanda Spartacus The Great Raid The Big Red One Crimson Tide Saving Private Ryan Guns of Navarone Platoon The Great Escape
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: Just ask Turin Turambar.
Job was known to have placed Band of Brothers very low on similarly themed threads.
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
God, why so much Patton hate?
I'm not voting because I can't vote against the remaining ones.
Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
+2 for The Longest Day because the Iron Maiden song of the same name rocked. -4 to Gettysburg
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
I still haven't voted against a movie I haven't seen.
And seriously, I doubt anyone could vote down Band of Brothers if they'd actually seen it.
Though technically, it's a miniseries, not a movie, so it should be disqualified anyway.
+2 Full Metal Jacket -2 Glory -2 Apocalypse Now
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
quote:And seriously, I doubt anyone could vote down Band of Brothers if they'd actually seen it.
I honestly don't get the love for this series. It's not horrible, but it's completely unoriginal, filled with bad performances by bad actors, badly paced and, worst of all, commits the cardinal sin of being boring.
It is, to date, the only war program that I've actually fallen asleep watching. I got through the first four episodes, then gave up.
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
I sit corrected.
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
+2 Sgt York -2 Bridge on the River Kwai -2 Gallipoli (purely based on BlackBlade's relativstic reasoning - I don't see it being legitimately so much better than Midway, Tora Tora Tora, Sgt York, etc.)
Posted by libertygirl (Member # 8761) on :
+2 Sgt York
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
+2 Band of Brothers -4 Tora! Tora! Tora!
Posted by rjzeller (Member # 8536) on :
pah! You've already killed off some good ones and left others off entirely, so:
Nominating: We were soldiers -2 Glory -2 Kelly's Heroes
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
+2 Full Metal Jacket -4 Band of Brothers
I'd use the -4 to knock We Were Soldiers, but I'm pretty sure we're done taking new movies, and I have confidence that We Were Soldiers would be voted off extremely fast anyway.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
To the last I shall fight you erosomniac,
+2 Band of Brothers. -2 Gallipoli -2 Der Untergang (Downfall)
I can see how you might find it boring eros TBH. But I'm a history buff and I loved how I could so easily get immersed in the world of the characters. I felt the actors all did a wonderful job as I cared about just about every single one of them by the end of the series, Buck being the only exception, but that was more because I did not like the character and how he turned out rather then the actors portrayal.
The only war program I ever got bored with was The Thin Red Line because it felt like it expended all its ammunition for 30 minutes and then just groaned until the end of the movie.
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
+2 Der Untergang (Downfall) -4 Lawrence of Arabia
[ February 13, 2007, 08:37 PM: Message edited by: Euripides ]
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
16 Full Metal Jacket 14 Der Untergang (Downfall) 14 Grave of the Fireflies 12 Gallipoli 12 Apocalypse Now 10 Glory 10 Das Boot 10 Midway 10 The Longest Day 10 Sgt. York 8 Band of Brothers 6 Gettysburg 4 Lawrence of Arabia 4 Tora! Tora! Tora! 4 Bridge on the River Kwai 4 Patton
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H Jarhead Tears of the Sun Master & Commander Three Kings Braveheart Enemy at the Gates Red Dawn Blackhawk Down Zulu Hotel Rwanda Spartacus The Great Raid The Big Red One Crimson Tide Saving Private Ryan Guns of Navarone Platoon The Great Escape Kelly’s Heroes
+2 Gettysburg -2 Full Metal Jacket (just to bring it back down to earth)
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
+2 Lawrence
Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :
+2 Band of Brothers
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
+2 Full Metal Jacket -2 Apocalypse Now -2 Gettysburg
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
+2 Sgt. York -2 Bridge on the River Kwai -2 Full Metal Jacket (using BlackBlade's relatively logic again. )
Posted by libertygirl (Member # 8761) on :
+2 Sgt. York
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
+2 Gettysburg (I like Jeff Bridges facial hair) -2 Bridge on the River Kwai (ha! Die, bridge, die) -2 Full Metal Jacket
BTW, for round 2 I nominate Paths of Glory (in addition to Mr. Roberts, which I nominated previously).
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
Edit: Since we've established that I'm one of the only people actively voting against BoB and others are voting against movies purely to "keep things even," I submit that this is no longer interesting enough to keep me participating.
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
+2 Band of Brothers -4 Tore! Tora! Tora!
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
14 Full Metal Jacket 14 Der Untergang (Downfall) 14 Grave of the Fireflies 14 Sgt. York 12 Gallipoli 10 Apocalypse Now 10 Glory 10 Das Boot 10 Midway 10 The Longest Day 10 Band of Brothers 6 Gettysburg 6 Lawrence of Arabia 4 Patton
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H Jarhead Tears of the Sun Master & Commander Three Kings Braveheart Enemy at the Gates Red Dawn Blackhawk Down Zulu Hotel Rwanda Spartacus The Great Raid The Big Red One Crimson Tide Saving Private Ryan Guns of Navarone Platoon The Great Escape Kelly’s Heroes Bridge on the River Kwai Tora! Tora! Tora!
[ February 14, 2007, 03:50 PM: Message edited by: Lyrhawn ]
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
I don't think the voting is to "keep things even". I may think that Full Metal Jacket is a better movie than Lawrence or Arabia, for instance... I just don't think it was four times as good, which is what the previous tally pointed out.
We're down to a list of movies I have trouble voting down, because they're all pretty good. It's down to taking points away from movies I think are rated too highly at this point.
It's sort of like taking box office income away from Titanic, because it really isn't *that* much better than other top grossing movies. Man, though, do I wish I could do that... Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
+2 Glory -2 Apocalypse Now -2 Der Untergang
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Have you seen Der Untergang Blackblade?
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: Have you seen Der Untergang Blackblade?
No. I've read a synopsis of the film, and while I am interested in seeing it very much, it just does not seem to me to be a war movie so much as the story of the final days of a man and his comrades with war in the background. A similar criticism was leveled against The Great Escape.
Yes I acknowledge that my opinion is next to worthless until I've seen it. Also my resolve to only submit votes to movies broke on that last post.
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
+2 Der Untergang (Downfall) -4 Lawrence of Arabia
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
quote: I may think that Full Metal Jacket is a better movie than Lawrence or Arabia, for instance... I just don't think it was four times as good, which is what the previous tally pointed out.
I think your interpretation of the scoring is a little off. Full Metal Jacket is obviously not 4 times better than Lawrence of Arabia, but in my opinion, Full Metal Jacket is slightly better, and if that means that Lawrence of Arabia goes out in 9th place instead of first, it's because all of these movies are separated by like 1/10 of a point. For example, I would give Full Metal Jacket something like a 9.9 out of 10, whereas Lawrence of Arabia would get a 9.2.
Likewise, even the worst of these movies, in my book, ranks over 8.8. They're all great movies...but it's a lot of fun to play the game to find the greatest.
Lyrhawn, an idea: As we get down to a top 10, can we rank them as they get voted out?
+2 Full Metal Jacket -2 Lawrence of Arabia -2 Glory
Posted by graywolfe (Member # 3852) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: 12 Apocalypse Now 12 Glory 12 Der Untergang (Downfall) 12 Band of Brothers 10 Full Metal Jacket 10 Gettysburg 10 Enemy at the Gates 10 Grave of the Fireflies 10 Sgt. York 10 Zulu 10 Gallipoli 10 The Great Escape 10 Das Boot 10 Bridge on the River Kwai 10 The Longest Day 10 Midway 10 Spartacus 10 Tora! Tora! Tora! 10 Patton 10 Blackhawk Down 8 The Great Raid 8 Three Kings 8 Hotel Rwanda 8 Saving Private Ryan 8 Platoon 8 Jarhead 6 Master and Commander 6 Braveheart 4 Tears of the Sun
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H (sadly, ironically, a casualty of war )
Updated to 10:35
Can't believe the thin red line was eliminated. What is this, "The Popular Front for the Muzzling of Terrence Malick"? Badlands, Days of Heaven, Thin Red Line, New World. He has yet to even make a mediocre film, let alone a bad one. Easily my favorite War Movie of all time, alongside Apocalypse Now and the film I'll give +2 too
+2 Dr. Strangelove -2 Jarhead -2 The Longest Day
Btw, are foreign films like "A Very Long Engagement" possible, or semi-obscure stuff like Paths of Glory?
Hopefully Das Boot will rise in the rankings, that is an absolutely extraordinary film.
[ February 14, 2007, 09:07 PM: Message edited by: graywolfe ]
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
<--- Malick fan
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
How about this, launchy, I certainly didn't feel FMJ is the best of the movies, and it had the most points. So, a -2 it got.
Unfortunately, I haven't seen Downfall, Grave of Fireflies, or Gallipoli... so the voting is going to start to get tough. Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
How about that, Cow? :-)
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
+2 apocalypse now -4 grave of the fireflies
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
+2 Gallipolli (I am so happy other hatrackers have seen, and loved this film. One of the best Australian films ever made, and an amazing, heartbreaking war film.)
-2 Braveheart (I liked it, but it's not a great war movie)
-2 Spartacus
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
+2 Apocalypse Now -4 Patton
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
imogen, "Braveheart" and "Spartacus" are already out, so you might want to revote. graywolfe quoted a list from way back, and he also voted on a movie that was already eliminated ("Jarhead") as well as one not on the list anywhere (maybe could be nominated for next time?), "Dr. Strangelove."
graywolfe, you might want to recast your vote from the updated list as well. New nominations have been put on hold until we finish off the current choices, so hold on to that "Dr. Strangelove" thought.
Lyrhawn's most current list (February 14, 2007 12:49 PM ):
quote:Currently available for voting: 14 Full Metal Jacket 14 Der Untergang (Downfall) 14 Grave of the Fireflies 14 Sgt. York 12 Gallipoli 10 Apocalypse Now 10 Glory 10 Das Boot 10 Midway 10 The Longest Day 10 Band of Brothers 6 Gettysburg 6 Lawrence of Arabia 4 Patton
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H Jarhead Tears of the Sun Master & Commander Three Kings Braveheart Enemy at the Gates Red Dawn Blackhawk Down Zulu Hotel Rwanda Spartacus The Great Raid The Big Red One Crimson Tide Saving Private Ryan Guns of Navarone Platoon The Great Escape Kelly’s Heroes Bridge on the River Kwai Tora! Tora! Tora!
----- Since that posting, the following votes have been cast:
BlackBlade +2 Glory -2 Apocalypse Now -2 Der Untergang
Euripides +2 Der Untergang (Downfall) -4 Lawrence of Arabia
Launchywiggin +2 Full Metal Jacket -2 Lawrence of Arabia -2 Glory
graywolfe +2 Dr. Strangelove -2 Jarhead -2 The Longest Day
Samprimary +2 apocalypse now -4 grave of the fireflies
imogen +2 Gallipolli -2 Braveheart -2 Spartacus
ClaudiaTherese +2 Apocalypse Now -4 Patton
[ February 15, 2007, 11:11 AM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
+2 Band of Brothers -4 Lawrence of Arabia
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
+2 Gallipoli
Posted by libertygirl (Member # 8761) on :
+2 Sgt York
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
I think both Patton and Lawrence of Arabia have now reached 0. Does Lyrhawn count things up or down in order of votes cast, or does he just summarize what has happened since the last update he did? (Just curious.)
Posted by Adam_S (Member # 9695) on :
wow, I can't believe Lawrence of Arabia and Kwai have been voted off, since Saving Private Ryan, Great Escpae and Braveheart (how come I didn't realize They Were Expendable and Dirty Dozen weren't ever nominated) are also gone there's only three really great war films left, Band of Brothers, Grave of the Fireflies, and Apocalypse Now, and two almost great ones Downfall and Sgt York.
+2 Band of Brothers -4 Gettysburg
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
+2 Glory -2 FMJ -2 BoB
**** Another nomination for next round: Empire of the Sun.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
+2 Band of Brothers -2 The Longest Day -2 Full Metal Jacket
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
16 Sgt. York 16 Gallipoli 14 Band of Brothers 14 Glory 14 Der Untergang (Downfall) 12 Full Metal Jacket 12 Apocalypse Now 10 Grave of the Fireflies 10 Das Boot 10 Midway 6 The Longest Day
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H Jarhead Tears of the Sun Master & Commander Three Kings Braveheart Enemy at the Gates Red Dawn Blackhawk Down Zulu Hotel Rwanda Spartacus The Great Raid The Big Red One Crimson Tide Saving Private Ryan Guns of Navarone Platoon The Great Escape Kelly’s Heroes Bridge on the River Kwai Tora! Tora! Tora! Lawrence of Arabia Patton Gettysburg
+2 Glory -2 Gettysburg (If anyone is going to kill this movie off, it will be ME. It should die by the hand of a friend and not an enemy)
CT - Usually I copy my most recent update list into Word then I go down all the votes cast since then and add/subtract as votes are cast, then put the updated list in a new post. The eliminations up there are listed chronologically, from first to last eliminated. Sorry to anyone who voted for something that's already been eliminated, I didn't get a chance to update the list again last night. I've decided we'll take the top three survivors from this round to the Final Round, and the top three from Round Two as well. Shouldn't be long now before this round is over at the rate movies are being eliminated.
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
+2 Sgt York. -4 Band of Brothers
Now, I haven't seen Band of Brothers yet. But, this is a list for "greatest war movie", and Band of Brothers is technically not a movie at all, but a miniseries.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by FlyingCow: +2 Sgt York. -4 Band of Brothers
Now, I haven't seen Band of Brothers yet. But, this is a list for "greatest war movie", and Band of Brothers is technically not a movie at all, but a miniseries.
That seems trivial to me. The medium is the same, the presentation is the same. If they took EVERY episode and condensed them into 3-4 movies all under the title Band of Brothers 1/2/3/4 then you would be OK with it? Or would the individual movies have to be considered separately even though its all a retelling of a group of men's experiences in the WW2 European theater, and presented chronologically?
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
As far as I'm concerned, it's a movie, it's just serialized instead of told all at once. If you watch it straight through, it basically reads as a really long movie.
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
Meh. Not a movie. Miniseries. Next thing you'll be calling A Series of Unfortunate Events a single book.
Maybe it can win as Greatest War Serial.
:sticks fingers in ears and goes lalalala:
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
+2 Full Metal Jacket -2 Apocalypse Now -2 Glory
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
+2 Full Metal Jacket -2 Apocalypse Now -2 The Longest Day
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
16 Sgt. York 16 Gallipoli 14 Full Metal Jacket 14 Der Untergang (Downfall) 14 Glory 10 Band of Brothers 10 Grave of the Fireflies 10 Das Boot 10 Midway 8 Apocalypse Now 4 The Longest Day
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H Jarhead Tears of the Sun Master & Commander Three Kings Braveheart Enemy at the Gates Red Dawn Blackhawk Down Zulu Hotel Rwanda Spartacus The Great Raid The Big Red One Crimson Tide Saving Private Ryan Guns of Navarone Platoon The Great Escape Kelly’s Heroes Bridge on the River Kwai Tora! Tora! Tora! Lawrence of Arabia Patton Gettysburg
+2 Glory -2 Full Metal Jacket -2 Sgt. York
Getting down to it now. Seems people have lost interest though. Can't say I blame them, this has turned out both more grueling than I thought, and has made for some very odd votes.
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
+2 Full Metal Jacket -4 Grave of the Fireflies
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
+2 Grave of the Fireflies -4 Das Boot (hate to do it, but something's gotta give)
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
Past midnight:
+2 Grave of the Fireflies -4 Das Boot
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
Hey, great idea. Past midnight, MST
+2 Full Metal Jacket -4 Grave of the Fireflies
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
+2 Sgt. York -4 Band of Brothers
Posted by libertygirl (Member # 8761) on :
+2 Sgt. York
Posted by Will B (Member # 7931) on :
+2 Band of Brothers
Posted by airmanfour (Member # 6111) on :
+2 Sgt York -4 Glory
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
+2 Full Metal Jacket -4 Glory
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
+2 Sgt. York -4 Grave of the Fireflies
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
+2 Sgt York -4 Band of Brothers
Posted by libertygirl (Member # 8761) on :
+2 Sgt. York
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
28 Sgt. York 20 Full Metal Jacket 16 Gallipoli 16 Der Untergang (Downfall) 10 Midway 6 Glory 6 Band of Brothers 4 Apocalypse Now 4 The Longest Day
Samp, I was hesitant to count your second ‘after midnight’ vote, but I did. Even with mountain time, you still made both your votes on the same day, but you hadn’t voted for a couple days, so I let it go.
+2 Der Untergang
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H Jarhead Tears of the Sun Master & Commander Three Kings Braveheart Enemy at the Gates Red Dawn Blackhawk Down Zulu Hotel Rwanda Spartacus The Great Raid The Big Red One Crimson Tide Saving Private Ryan Guns of Navarone Platoon The Great Escape Kelly’s Heroes Bridge on the River Kwai Tora! Tora! Tora! Lawrence of Arabia Patton Gettysburg Top Ten Countdown 10. Das Boot/Grave of the Fireflies
Updated to 1:45am
[ February 20, 2007, 12:58 AM: Message edited by: Lyrhawn ]
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
+2 Full Metal Jacket -2 Grave of the Fireflies -2 Das Boot
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
You killed the fireflies!
+2 Band of Brothers -4 Apocalypse Now (again, just not the best)
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
Great movie, just can't expire after Apocalypse Now.
Speaking of ..
+2 Apocalypse Now -2 Band of Brothers -2 Midway
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
+2 Band of Brothers -4 Sgt. York
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
+2 Gallipoli -4 Band of Brothers
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
24 Full Metal Jacket 22 Sgt. York 18 Gallipoli 18 Der Untergang (Downfall) 8 Midway 6 Glory 6 Apocalypse Now 4 The Longest Day 2 Band of Brothers
+2 Der Untergang -2 Sgt. York -2 Full Metal Jacket
(I'm only going to repost the "Eliminated List" now when one is actually eliminated)
[ February 20, 2007, 12:51 AM: Message edited by: Lyrhawn ]
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
+2 Full Metal Jacket -4 Apocalypse Now
Posted by Liz B (Member # 8238) on :
+2 Glory -4 Full Metal Jacket
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
+2 Band of Brothers.
Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :
+2 Band of Brothers
Posted by libertygirl (Member # 8761) on :
+2 Sgt. York
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
20 Sgt. York 20 Gallipoli 18 Full Metal Jacket 18 Der Untergang (Downfall) 8 Midway 8 Glory 6 Band of Brothers 4 The Longest Day 2 Apocalypse Now
Updated to RunningBear's post. I fixed the math error, and caught another one I missed too. Sorry.
[ February 20, 2007, 01:19 AM: Message edited by: Lyrhawn ]
Posted by RunningBear (Member # 8477) on :
+ 2 Gallipoli -4 Sgt. York
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
By my math, Full Metal Jacket should be sitting at 18 right now.
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
+2 Sgt York -4 Band of Brothers
Posted by airmanfour (Member # 6111) on :
+2 Sgt York -4 Glory
Posted by airmanfour (Member # 6111) on :
Was there an add cutoff? Cause if there isn't I think The Audie Murphy Story is going to pop up tomorrow.
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
+2 Full Metal Jacket -2 Band of Brothers -2 Downfall
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Cutoff was made at the request of various participants. There will be a very accelerated round two for new movie additions when this round gets to a final three.
20 Sgt. York 20 Gallipoli 20 Full Metal Jacket 20 Der Untergang (Downfall) 8 Midway 4 Glory 4 The Longest Day 2 Apocalypse Now
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H Jarhead Tears of the Sun Master & Commander Three Kings Braveheart Enemy at the Gates Red Dawn Blackhawk Down Zulu Hotel Rwanda Spartacus The Great Raid The Big Red One Crimson Tide Saving Private Ryan Guns of Navarone Platoon The Great Escape Kelly’s Heroes Bridge on the River Kwai Tora! Tora! Tora! Lawrence of Arabia Patton Gettysburg Top Ten Countdown 10. Das Boot/Grave of the Fireflies 9. Band of Brothers
+2 Der Untergang -4 Sgt. York
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
+2 Apocalypse Now (a vain and foolhardy gesture!)
Posted by libertygirl (Member # 8761) on :
+2 Sgt York
Posted by Liz B (Member # 8238) on :
+2 Glory -4 Full metal jacket
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
22 Sgt. York 20 Gallipoli 20 Der Untergang (Downfall) 16 Full Metal Jacket 8 Midway 6 Glory 6 The Longest Day
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H Jarhead Tears of the Sun Master & Commander Three Kings Braveheart Enemy at the Gates Red Dawn Blackhawk Down Zulu Hotel Rwanda Spartacus The Great Raid The Big Red One Crimson Tide Saving Private Ryan Guns of Navarone Platoon The Great Escape Kelly’s Heroes Bridge on the River Kwai Tora! Tora! Tora! Lawrence of Arabia Patton Gettysburg Top Ten Countdown 10. Das Boot/Grave of the Fireflies 9. Band of Brothers 8. Apocalypse Now
Edited to 11:35.
[ February 20, 2007, 11:36 PM: Message edited by: Lyrhawn ]
Posted by Rotar Mode (Member # 9898) on :
+2 The Longest Day -4 Apocalypse Now
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
+2 Full Metal Jacket -4 Glory
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
+2 Der Untergang (Downfall)
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
+2 Apocalypse Now (tinkling into the wind!) -4 Glory
(I'm not really qualified to vote on the others)
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
+2 Full Metal Jacket -4 Downfall
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
20 Sgt. York 20 Gallipoli 20 Full Metal Jacket 20 Der Untergang (Downfall) 8 Midway 6 The Longest Day
+2 Der Untergang -2 Sgt. York
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H Jarhead Tears of the Sun Master & Commander Three Kings Braveheart Enemy at the Gates Red Dawn Blackhawk Down Zulu Hotel Rwanda Spartacus The Great Raid The Big Red One Crimson Tide Saving Private Ryan Guns of Navarone Platoon The Great Escape Kelly’s Heroes Bridge on the River Kwai Tora! Tora! Tora! Lawrence of Arabia Patton Gettysburg Top Ten Countdown 10. Das Boot/Grave of the Fireflies 9. Band of Brothers 8. Apocalypse Now 7. Glory
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
Doesn't stand a chance against Sgt. Bilko.
Posted by Liz B (Member # 8238) on :
-4 Full Metal Jacket
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
*just watching now
Thanks again for the work, Lyrhawn. One of these days I'll run through the top ten list. (Well, more than one. )
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
22 Sgt. York 20 Gallipoli 20 Der Untergang (Downfall) 18 Full Metal Jacket 8 Midway 2 The Longest Day
Update for the new page. You're most welcome
Updated to 9:50am
[ February 22, 2007, 09:49 AM: Message edited by: Lyrhawn ]
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
+2 Full Metal Jacket -4 The Longest Day
Posted by libertygirl (Member # 8761) on :
+2 Sgt York
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
2 FMJ -2 Downfall -2 Gallipoli
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
22 Der Untergang (Downfall) 22 Full Metal Jacket 20 Sgt. York 18 Gallipoli 4 Midway
+2 Downfall -2 Sgt. York -2 The Longest Day (I love this movie, but it was going to die anyway. Just to put it out of its misery and keep the game moving...)
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H Jarhead Tears of the Sun Master & Commander Three Kings Braveheart Enemy at the Gates Red Dawn Blackhawk Down Zulu Hotel Rwanda Spartacus The Great Raid The Big Red One Crimson Tide Saving Private Ryan Guns of Navarone Platoon The Great Escape Kelly’s Heroes Bridge on the River Kwai Tora! Tora! Tora! Lawrence of Arabia Patton Gettysburg Top Ten Countdown 10. Das Boot/Grave of the Fireflies 9. Band of Brothers 8. Apocalypse Now 7. Glory 6. The Longest Day
Updated to 11:38
[ February 22, 2007, 11:38 PM: Message edited by: Lyrhawn ]
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
+2 Full Metal Jacket -4 Midway
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
+2 Der Untergang (Downfall)
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
24 Der Untergang (Downfall) 22 Full Metal Jacket 20 Sgt. York 18 Gallipoli
+2 Downfall -4 Midway
Eliminated: Troy The Thin Red Line Gladiator M*A*S*H Jarhead Tears of the Sun Master & Commander Three Kings Braveheart Enemy at the Gates Red Dawn Blackhawk Down Zulu Hotel Rwanda Spartacus The Great Raid The Big Red One Crimson Tide Saving Private Ryan Guns of Navarone Platoon The Great Escape Kelly’s Heroes Bridge on the River Kwai Tora! Tora! Tora! Lawrence of Arabia Patton Gettysburg Top Ten Countdown 10. Das Boot/Grave of the Fireflies 9. Band of Brothers 8. Apocalypse Now 7. Glory 6. The Longest Day 5. Midway
If there's no objections, I'm just going to take these four and hold them over to the final round. So, if there's anyone around who isn't bored to death by the trudging slog that is this game, for Saturday and Sunday, you can throw out, say two nominations per person, and we'll tally it up and start super accelerated round two, followed by the hyper accelerated final round. Happy nominating.
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