Yes Tall Paul; I agree. Except when that Yankee Brad Putt blows it up!
I will be sad.
Worst WW II film ever.
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DITTIO! I have a copy and I could not bring myself to watch it again to maybe give it another chance. After all at my age there are only so many hours left
I think maybe the only purpose of the Thin Red Line DVD, is so that you can smash it, and use the shards, to
cut your own throat. :DI kind of felt that way after spending good money to buy that DVD.
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I would rather watch a W.W.2 musical than these movies
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After seeing today’s posts ,I thought that I should add another movie to the list.
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Worst WW2 Movie EVER.
I nominate:
Red Tails
And I’m supremely confident it will WIN(lose?) this category by a large margin!
“Tall Paul”
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Everyone,
I strongly believe that if the “polling” were to be re-started after Red Tails was an option, that in would garner at least 90% of the “worst” vote, if not all 100% of it. Red Tails was THAT BAD!!!
And IMHO “Inglorious Bastards” is not a war movie. For that matter neither is Red Tails, but it advertised itself as one although it failed miserably in the effort.
“Tall Paul”
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Ok, I reset the poll. Lets see if everyone is willing to vote again. I have not seen the movie RED TAILS and I probably will not until I can get it on DVD. Most of the cash in my wallet has been there for at least 5 years. So I will withhold my vote for now.
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The thin red line was bad on a lot of levels, but red tails was bad on every level. I guess we should avoid future war movies with the word “red” in the title.
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Young Grasshopper,
An interesting conclusion,…and I can understand the depth of your disgust with “R.T.” to have reached it.
But I’d have to diasgree that because of some peoples’ total incompetance we should have to pay the penalty. They are the ones that are to be penalized,…by poor sales and damaged careers from being any part of this fiasco.
I think I’ll pull out my Red Badge of Courage DVD and watch it tonight.
Can anyone think of any other GOOD “Red” war movies?
“Tall Paul”
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@Tall:
Young Grasshopper,
An interesting conclusion,…and I can understand the depth of your disgust with “R.T.” to have reached it.
But I’d have to diasgree that because of some peoples’ total incompetance we should have to pay the penalty. They are the ones that are to be penalized,…by poor sales and damaged careers from being any part of this fiasco.
I think I’ll pull out my Red Badge of Courage DVD and watch it tonight.
Can anyone think of any other GOOD “Red” war movies?
“Tall Paul”
“The big red one” with Mark Hammel is neither bad nor good, but it’s a war movie with the word “red” in the title.
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“YG”,
Yep, that’s another “Red” film. I’ll think I’ll watch it again tommorow night. Thanks.
I thought there must be some movie with “Red, White, & Blue” in it’e title but I can’t think of any at the moment.
“Tall Paul”
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I really tried to watch “Hart’s War” a couple times…but I kept falling asleep…I wanted it to be better.
Best WW2 movie ever made not named “Saving Private Ryan” has to be “Downfall.”
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Best Cold War movie ever made?
Red Dawn?
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I may stand alone on this… but I vote for Inglorious Bastards
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Thin Red Line is one of the worst movies ever made. You talk about Story, there wasn’t one, nothing happens, the characters do not develop, the mood is depressing and the majority of the scenes are just a dude swimming with natives, over, and over, and over again.
You talk about depth and message, What message? and what depth? I fell asleep IN THE THEATRE! A movie is by design, made to entertain, and a good movie tells a great story through entertainment. TRL failed in every aspect. Absolutely Terrible.
Some directors you either love or hate. Terence Malick is one of them (I love all of this movies but I understand why people hate them). Thin Red Line shouldn’t even be included on the list above because to me it is neither a war or a WW2 movie - it is one of his movies, that happens to take place (most of it) on Guadalcanal during WW2.
If you are looking for a clear story, popcorn, mass entertainment, and the guy getting the girl at the end, stick to Pearl Harbour. If you are looking for something different than all of those while watching a movie, watch Malick.Btw, and I’d say the same about Inglorious Bastards - one of the best Tarantino movies I’ve ever seen!
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I disagree with you Hobbes, I think “the thin red line” is a war movie, but I do understand your argument. I think that if it were not for Nick Nolte’s performance or the visual effects of soldiers getting blown aside by mortar fire, it would have won this worst film poll hands down.
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@Young:
I disagree with you Hobbes, I think “the thin red line” is a war movie, but I do understand your argument. I think that if it were not for Nick Nolte’s performance or the visual effects of soldiers getting blown aside by mortar fire, it would have won this worst film poll hands down.
Well, to solve that argument, it is a war movie, I merely emphasizing the director.
And regarding the worst movie argument, it was nominated for 7 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score and Best Sound Mixing.
Regardless what you think of the Oscars I don’t think that any of the other movies above was nominated for any big Oscar awards, with the exception of Pearl Harbour for special/technical effects.
With Inglourious Basterds it’s essentially the same: was nominated for 8 categories, including Director, Picture and Original Screenplay, and won Best Supporting Actor.You may not like either movie but it would seem that most people who saw them think otherwise.
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The oscars also favored “lost in translation” (lost to LOTR) and “the hurt locker”. Both of which were horrible films, and made by the same director. The thin red line was bold, artsy, daring and had a steller cast, none of which translates into a great move although the academy likes to think so, and favors many of these “out of the box” titles (others include Chariots of fire, Amadeus, The English patient, and American beauty).
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I vote Pearl Harbor as the worst ww2 movie ever.
Although it’s an anime, but it’s based on a true story, and it’s very, very deep, I advice anyone here to watch “Hotaru no Haka” - Firefly Graveyard. That’s probably one of the most touching ww2 movies.
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We’ll if we’re going to allow Animation,
THIS - http://www.myspace.com/video/ken/heavy-metal-movie-wwii-bomber/9597478
Is the best WWII movie based on a true story, ever made. :D
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Check this Gargantua
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