Great Antiwar Films

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Patton (both the film and the man) was against war...

And being A REALIST not living in fantasyland, it/he showed that the only way to end war is to kill the bastards who aren't (against it).

It's not all that hard of a concept to grasp IMO.
 
Why not ? There is nothing in A.N. that supports the idea of Pro-War..What is a real Antiwar film ?
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Well, i tried to explain already, and any further attemp would be repeating myself... Plus, we dont have to convince one another, just enjoying throwin ideas...
it/he showed that the only way to end war is to kill the bastards who aren't (against it)
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Rather bold statement Callaghan... So, do you know which bastards arent against it? :)
 
Alexis,
Yup, I agree with those 2...I think Catch 22 is a way under appreciated movie...
Watched the iron Cross few weeks ago...
 
sorry to disappoint...alas sometimes the answer isn't as deep-reaching or sagacious as we try to make...

Sometime simplicity does rule the day
 
A great anti-war film is Tae Guk Gi : The Brotherhood Of War.
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You feel for the characters and what they they do for one another and against another to survive.

One scene I remeber is when South Korea soilders were waiting weeks for new rations ammo, and first aid... one kid who was 15 is got maggots all over him and and open wounded. he freaks out because he things that no help is coming and puts a rifle to his chin and pulls the trigger. i was like No way when i saw it.

great film and it deals with brothers... very powerful.
 
one of my favoirte films though you see no war is about warring states and it also a mystery which could lead to war if not figure out at the boarder of both korean. Chan Wook Park first commerical film and man he's been great since.

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I cared so much for these people I didnt want anything bad to happen to them.

Both sides can be friends...
 
GREAT LIST VOLCANO!! You are just about the only person here who actually offers anything worth reading to this thread. I have been meaning to check out Hiroshima Mon Amour for a while now and I'm gonna look for Come and See for sure.

Also, it's not worth your time to discuss films with anyone who is not at least somewhat well exposed to films made around the globe...

And you are absolutely correct about Apocalypse Now...
 
Here's an off the wall choice for favorite anti-war movie.

Pink Floyd The Wall.

In most war themed movies, there are heroes and redemption. In The Wall, there is only the destruction of war, and its effects felt long after the fightings over.
 
A great anti-war film is Tae Guk Gi : The Brotherhood Of War
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Spidey, to be honest when i saw that DVD case at the rental shelf my first thought was 'it must be a big budget propoganda movie.." like Black Hawk Down.. Very prejudiced of course, and now I am gonna watch it upon your commentary... I havent seen many Korean films, an area to explore...
I have been meaning to check out Hiroshima Mon Amour for a while now and I'm gonna look for Come and See for sure.
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Chromeboy you wont regret... Resnais is another genius filmmaker, and Hiroshima is one of those films that talk to your feelings and mind in the same time...
As for your comment about discussing films, just 10 years ago i wouldnt have known any of the titles i am talknig about now. So it is a progress, it happens if it happens...
A good conversation benefits everybody...
 
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