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+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)
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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
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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.
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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
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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)
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+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.
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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. Posts: 13123 | Registered: Feb 2002
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+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.
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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 Posts: 143 | Registered: Oct 2005
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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.
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.
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
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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.
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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
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.
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