Recommend (preferably non-WWII/Nam) war films

[sim667]

Has anyone mentioned Hot shots and hot shots part deux yet?

 

[DaveCinzano]

Has anyone mentioned Hot shots and hot shots part deux yet?

Which war are they about then?

 

[lobster]

• Talvisota - about the Finno-Soviet Winter War

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  I recommend Tuntematon sotilas (1955) aka The Unknown Soldier, its shown on Finnish tv every independence day (6th December)

 

[DaveCinzano]

Thanks - I shall look out for that

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Not strictly a war film, but you might want to try Bullet in the Head.

 

[DaveCinzano]

I recommend Tuntematon sotilas (1955) aka The Unknown Soldier, its shown on Finnish tv every independence day (6th December)

Can I assume that you have Finnish connections? If so can you point me in the direction of any films about the Finno-German Lapland War?

 

[DaveCinzano]

Not strictly a war film, but you might want to try Bullet in the Head.

I don't know, the Wikipedia page makes it sound bang on the money.

Woo has described this project as his equivalent of Apocalypse Now

Made I larf

 

[Swan]

Hedd Wyn is a first world war film. I saw it years ago and found it really moving.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedd_Wyn_(film)

 

[lobster]

Can I assume that you have Finnish connections? If so can you point me in the direction of any films about the Finno-German Lapland War?

I don't know of any family Finnish connections ... and i don't know of any Finnish Lapland War films

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I don't know, the Wikipedia page makes it sound bang on the money.



Made I larf

Yes, but it's memorable more for the characters and what they go through than the war itself IYSWIM

 

[DaveCinzano]

Red Cliff is an awesome war movie. But make sure you get the original and not edited two-parter. Don't understand why they allowed the edited version - killed the story imo.

Sorry, don't think I saw this recommendation first time round. It looks worth a gander though - thanks

 

[DaveCinzano]

I don't know of any family Finnish connections ... and i don't know of any Finnish Lapland War films

Ah well, worth asking anyway.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Hedd Wyn is a first world war film. I saw it years ago and found it really moving.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedd_Wyn_(film)

Another interesting recommendation, thanks

 

[ernestolynch]

Troy - Rose Byrne is hot.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Well, this threads certainly helping me find some new films to watch...

So far cued up:

• Bure Baruta (post-FRY wars, pre-Nato bombing)
• Rukajärven tie (Finno-Soviet Continuation War)
• Flandres (unnamed war in Middle East)
• Jeux Interfits (French child refugees in WWII)
• Nobi (Japanese soldier on the Philippines towards end of WWII)
• El Laberinto Del Fauno (post-Civil War Spain)
• Kavkazskiy Plennik (First Chechen War)

...And tracking down:

• (Argentine junta/death squads background)
• L'Armée Des Ombres (French resistance in WWII)
• Gettysburg (American Civil War)
• Iluminados Por El Fuego (Malvinas/Falklands)
• Indigènes (French North Africans in WWII)
• JSA (Korean DMZ)
• Roma, Città Aperta (post-capitulation WWII Italy)
• Lepa Sela Lepo Gore (Serbian perspective on the Bosnian War)
• Libertarias (Spanish Civil War)
• Matewan (organised labour versus scabs and strikebreakers in 1920s America)
• Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (WWII POWs)
• Mi Mejor Enemigo (1978 Argentine/Chile Beagle Conflict)
• Mihai Viteazul (Romanian prince Michael the Brave)
• Das Leben Der Anderen (Stasi in East Berlin)
• L'Armée Du Crime (French resistance in WWII)
• Tuntematon Sotilas (Finno-Soviet Continuation War)
• Uomini Contro (Italians - well, Sardinians - in WWI)
• Voina (Second Chechen War)
• Zvezda (Operation Bagration in WWII)

Thanks everyone, and keep those suggestions rolling in

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Well, this threads certainly helping me find some new films to watch...

So far cued up:

• Bure Baruta (post-FRY wars, pre-Nato bombing)
• Rukajärven tie (Finno-Soviet Continuation War)
• Flandres (unnamed war in Middle East)
• Jeux Interfits (French child refugees in WWII)
• Nobi (Japanese soldier on the Philippines towards end of WWII)
• El Laberinto Del Fauno (post-Civil War Spain)
• Kavkazskiy Plennik (First Chechen War)

...And tracking down:

• (Argentine junta/death squads background)
• L'Armée Des Ombres (French resistance in WWII)
• Gettysburg (American Civil War)
• Iluminados Por El Fuego (Malvinas/Falklands)
• Indigènes (French North Africans in WWII)
• JSA (Korean DMZ)
• Roma, Città Aperta (post-capitulation WWII Italy)
• Lepa Sela Lepo Gore (Serbian perspective on the Bosnian War)
• Libertarias (Spanish Civil War)
• Matewan (organised labour versus scabs and strikebreakers in 1920s America)
• Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (WWII POWs)
• Mi Mejor Enemigo (1978 Argentine/Chile Beagle Conflict)
• Mihai Viteazul (Romanian prince Michael the Brave)
• Das Leben Der Anderen (Stasi in East Berlin)
• L'Armée Du Crime (French resistance in WWII)
• Tuntematon Sotilas (Finno-Soviet Continuation War)
• Uomini Contro (Italians - well, Sardinians - in WWI)
• Voina (Second Chechen War)
• Zvezda (Operation Bagration in WWII)

Thanks everyone, and keep those suggestions rolling in

No Brotherhood or Come and See?

 

[DaveCinzano]

I've seen both of those (and most of the other suggestions not mentioned in the post above).

 

[DaveCinzano]

• Iluminados Por El Fuego (Malvinas/Falklands)

99.39%

• Tuntematon Sotilas (Finno-Soviet Continuation War)

Watching the 1955 original - it's pretty decent - and have the 1985 version ready for comparison purposes too. Rukajärven Tie was worth a spin, but didn't really grab me.

Any more Finnish flicks anyone would care to recommend?

 

[Dr. Furface]

Don't think I've seen that, Wikipedia makes it sound worth catching, cheers

See it AND read it. It's one of those rare examples of a great film from a great book.

 

[Captain Hurrah]

9th Company - Another Afghan War story

Good call, top film.

Bit goofy with John Woo style action, with the insurgents disappearing down holes in rocks, in slow motion.

Spoiler: 9 Rota spoiler

Also, before the last , where the Russian soldier is sketching a landscape of the Afghan mountains, and the baddies (led by a man wearing shades) creep up and shoot him in the head, his blood dripping on his picture.

 

[DaveCinzano]

You might want to edit that into spoiler tags!

 

[Captain Hurrah]

Ah, shit. Don't know how to do them. Sorry.

 

[Captain Hurrah]

When it came to war films, the USSR really shone. 'Tis a pity a few of the really good ones aren't not about WWII.

 

[DaveCinzano]

If you stick {SPOILER=9 Rota spoiler} and {/SPOILER} around the bit that says what happened, only with the { & } swapped with [ and ], all will be at peace in the world

 

[Captain Hurrah]

Excellent, the whole of The Ascent by Larisa Shepitko is on YouTube. With English subs. First part .

Oh, and her film Wings. Found .

Good to catch them before they get sussed and removed.

 

[STFC]

I watched Brotherhood last night. I thought it was pretty good, if a bit over-the-top at times.

 

[Fedayn]

and Roma, Città Aperta (might work well in a double bill with Paris Brûle-T-Il?), and L'Armée Des Ombres...

That would be a great Sunday of films.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I watched Brotherhood last night. I thought it was pretty good, if a bit over-the-top at times.

Yeah, but still better than Saving Private Ryan

 

[DaveCinzano]

Excellent, the whole of The Ascent by Larisa Shepitko is on YouTube. With English subs. First part .

I now have that ready to watch, cheers

I went on a bit of a hunt for Finnish war movies. As well as Talvisota, both versions of Tuntematon Sotilas and Rukajärven Tie, I've also watched Framom Främsta Linjen (Beyond Enemy Lines), which looks at the Continuation War from the perspective of a Swedish-speaking regiment. It's got some good elements, but overall it's too full of war film clichés.

Raja 1918, about the Civil War between Reds and Whites following independence, looks like it could be rather good, though.

 

[DaveCinzano]

blessed by fire is about the falklands conflict but it's from the argentinian perspective

I finally managed to watch this today. I thought it was rather good in some parts, rather less so in others (a bit on the mawkish, clichéd side at times). But definitely worth catching, cheers