Army films please

bledd. said:
Jar Head
Buffalo Soldiers
(and Predator -best film ever :cool: )
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Jar Head- the boot camp part was brilliant but then it got really boring afterwards.

Buffalo Soldier- got it already, didnt think much of it

Predator- ummm i hope i dont fight one of thoes in the army, btw theres no such thing as them its make believe :p
 
Not an army film but a military/coastguard film:

The Guardian starring Ashton Kutcher is very good, I seen it at the cinema last year, joining the forces myself soon and its pretty inspirational
 
All the movies mentioned are great, bar Jarhead, (personaly thought it sucked harder than a new born).

Hamburger Hill is a fantastic movie, and you will enjoy it if you like Vietnam War films.
 
If you really want to be put off a career in the army i highly suggest you watch any films to do with the falklands. Eg. Tumble down.

Most depressing film ive ever seen. Jar head is an explanation of how boring it can be too. :).
 
Thin Red Line is good I am suprised no one mentioned it. I think it is a Vietnam movie too.
 
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Hamburger Hill is an amazing film!

Also all of the above are worth a watch.

A few WW2 films worth seeing are Windtalkers (didn't get good reviews but I liked it) and When Trumpets Fade - looks at the battle directly before the Bulge and so doesn't get as much recognition but it was more costly in the lives of the American troops who fought it!

Panzer
 
Chrisp7 said:
Thin Red Line is good I am suprised no one mentioned it. I think it is a Vietnam movie too.
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Nope WW2, great film but never got the credit it deserved as Saving Private Ryan came out around the same time.
 
Well ive just finished watching all my films except Full Metal Jacket.
Im a bit disappointed with them all so far they werent that good.

G I Jane- 7 out of 10
Apocalypse now redux 6 out of 10
Tigerland- 7 out of 10
Platoon-6 out of 10
Hamburger Hill- 5 out of 10
Mark Of Cain- 3 out of 10

I have no 100% idea of what actual army life will be like, well until next year. But none of thoes films really felt real life army life.
 
To be fair you are watching mainly Vietnam films and expecting it to be like modern army life (which you admit you don't know about really), I reckon that is a pretty odd way of looking at it. At least you have saved the best until last but there are very few films that will ever show you what the real experience is like, I've done a fair bit of snowboarding and no video comes close to the feeling when I do it, same for mountain biking etc. They can give a rough approximation but you just have to try it mostly to know. :)
 
semi-pro waster said:
To be fair you are watching mainly Vietnam films and expecting it to be like modern army life (which you admit you don't know about really), I reckon that is a pretty odd way of looking at it. At least you have saved the best until last but there are very few films that will ever show you what the real experience is like, I've done a fair bit of snowboarding and no video comes close to the feeling when I do it, same for mountain biking etc. They can give a rough approximation but you just have to try it mostly to know. :)
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i dont need to have my my army broken to know that it hurts ;)

could you recommend any, im possibly better off with any documentrys :)
 
i would say that the first hour of full metal jacket was a very accurate portayal of basic military training .

with the caveat that i completed my basic training some twenty years ago but from talking to people who have passed out much more recently in almost all branches of the services little has changed.
 
bakes0310 said:
i dont need to have my my army broken to know that it hurts ;)

could you recommend any, im possibly better off with any documentrys :)
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Haha, true. Sorry I haven't watched any documentaries on army life that I could recommend but good luck in finding some. :)
 
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