Best Military/War Movie

[VariousCrap]

Sure, if you are a 12 year old comic book dork.

 

 

 

If you prefer great writing, characters and overall filmmaking, The Dark Knight is completely superior.  The Dark Knight is a movie people will still watch and talk about 50 years from now, where the TRL is already forgotten.

[Sam Sanchez]

Thin Red Line is far from already forgotten. Maybe among the average movie goer goes, then yeah, they probably didn't even bother watching it in the first place. 

 

My view aside, it's critically acclaimed and appears on several best of lists. Not to say lists mean all that much I guess, but I believe it was on the most recent Sight & Sound Top 250 Films of all-time. Though I suppose TONS of those films on that list are forgotten as well going by the general public.

[VariousCrap]

It wasn't that acclaimed.  It only scored a 78% from movie critics at RottenTomatoes and it failed at the box-office.  This is one of those movies that movie snobs claim to be great, but it really isn't.  It joins movies like Eyes Wide Shut and so on.

 

 

Edited to say:  Of course, to each their own.  I dig Malick enough that I saw this movie in theaters it second or third week out, but it was a total disappointment.

[Sam Sanchez]

It wasn't that acclaimed.  It only scored a 78% from movie critics at RottenTomatoes and it failed at the box-office.  This is one of those movies that movie snobs claim to be great, but it really isn't.  It joins movies like Eyes Wide Shut and so on.

 

 

Edited to say:  Of course, to each their own.  I dig Malick enough that I saw this movie in theaters it second or third week out, but it was a total disappointment.

 

Rotten Tomatoes, I find to be a pretty bad gauge of how good a movie might be at least when comparing percentage against percentage. It usual favors the films that play it safe and don't take much risks. Since a film that 95% marginally like will have a better rating than a film that 70% LOVE and 30% HATE. I almost find it even more flawed than IMDb's user rating system.

 

Of course to each their own. Though I do agree with Eyes Wide Shut, not a fan either. Though I was like 18 when I last saw it.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Top Secret.

[Ray McKigney]

Hot Shots! Part Deux

[Redondo]

Patton

[Tank]

Top Secret.

 

that was such an awesome movie. time to watch it again.

[St1ck]

Starship Troopers

 

 

Do documentaries count? 

[1nutkruk]

that was such an awesome movie. time to watch it again.

It does not hold up with time.

[Rico]

It wasn't that acclaimed.  It only scored a 78% from movie critics at RottenTomatoes and it failed at the box-office.  This is one of those movies that movie snobs claim to be great, but it really isn't.  It joins movies like Eyes Wide Shut and so on.

 

 

Edited to say:  Of course, to each their own.  I dig Malick enough that I saw this movie in theaters it second or third week out, but it was a total disappointment.

 

Like it or not when it comes to movies being remembered it is the movie snobs that win out. 

[nate]

Using Rotten Tomatoes as a gauge of how good a movie is is LOL worthy.

[angelduck]

The Deer Hunter

Braveheart

[VariousCrap]

Like it or not when it comes to movies being remembered it is the movie snobs that win out. 

 

 

 

Totally disagree.  When it comes to movies being remembered, it is the movies that reached the casual movie fan and the fanatics that make that movie stand the test of time.

 

This is why Star Wars will always be bigger, a larger influence and more loved than 2001.

 

Movie snobs hate Harry Potter movies, but those films will be remembered and loved 50+ years from now and so on.

[VariousCrap]

Using Rotten Tomatoes as a gauge of how good a movie is is LOL worthy.

 

 

 

Not as much as saying The Thin Red Line is a good film.

[VariousCrap]

Though I do agree with Eyes Wide Shut, not a fan either. Though I was like 18 when I last saw it.

 

 

 

I enjoyed Eyes Wide Shut upon further views, but it is a movie that has fans that will swear it is the best film ever made from an artistic standpoint and that is just BS.

[mrwicked]

It wasn't that acclaimed.  It only scored a 78% from movie critics at RottenTomatoes and it failed at the box-office.  This is one of those movies that movie snobs claim to be great, but it really isn't.  It joins movies like Eyes Wide Shut and so on.

 

 

Edited to say:  Of course, to each their own.  I dig Malick enough that I saw this movie in theaters it second or third week out, but it was a total disappointment.

 

eyes wide shut is awesome.

one of my fav films of all time. 

[VariousCrap]

eyes wide shut is awesome.

one of my fav films of all time. 

 

 

 

You just like the boobs.

[mrwicked]

You just like the boobs.

 

 

boobs are awesome.

one of my fav things of all time.