Guest April 5, 2015 Share April 5, 2015 Hi, With the 9th of April coming soon, i'd like to ask you all: what's your favorite WWII movie/tv-series? I can start of by saying that Letters from Iwo Jima is my favorite WWII movie and The Pacific as my favorite WWII tv-series. What about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackshirt Brony 415 April 5, 2015 Share April 5, 2015 The Great Escape is one of my top five favorite movies in general. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest April 5, 2015 Share April 5, 2015 The Great Escape is one of my top five favorite movies in general. Loved that film aswell. I think there was a video game based on it too, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicked Funky 2,956 April 5, 2015 Share April 5, 2015 I havent seen many, But it would either be "Saving private ryan" or "Schindlers list" 1 Just your avrage scrub Irelia, Poppy and Shen main. Signature banner by ~ Akatsuki ~. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest April 5, 2015 Share April 5, 2015 I havent seen many, But it would either be "Saving private ryan" or "Schindlers list" That one would easily fit into my top 10 movies of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mand'alor Dash 2,225 April 5, 2015 Share April 5, 2015 I highly recommend the show Manhattan. It's a drama about the Manhattan project in '43, and it deals with all the backstabbing, paranoia, lies, and moral ambiguity that come with building the most fearsome weapon in world history. Amoral cynic with a bitchin' vocabulary. Check out A Century of Song if you like music from before this millennium. Sig by ~Cider Barrel~ (design), Skaren (left vector), and ~Rhodarein (right vector). Avatar by ~Scootaloo (design) and Skaren (vector). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest April 5, 2015 Share April 5, 2015 I highly recommend the show Manhattan. It's a drama about the Manhattan project in '43, and it deals with all the backstabbing, paranoia, lies, and moral ambiguity that come with building the most fearsome weapon in world history. Yeah, I've only heard positive things about this show. I should give it a watch sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudKicker 391 April 5, 2015 Share April 5, 2015 I like watching hogan heroes.I like it and its really funny,and it's parody of WW2 which I also like.Overall great tv show. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.W. 3,619 April 5, 2015 Share April 5, 2015 Movie? That's a hard one, I've seen a lot, I mean a lot. If I had to choose, I'd say Zvezda. There are still a lot of Russian movies I want to see too, I've seen a lot of American ones already. The Brest Fortress is one I really need to see, I'd post the trailer here, but it's a bit graphic. TV series? Hogans Heroes! I see nothing!-Sergeant Schultz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Piranha 29,504 April 5, 2015 Share April 5, 2015 Saving Private Ryan, is the one I remember the most. I found out recently that the soldier killed by the Nazy sniper IS FREAKING VIN DIESEL Sig by Discords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Bit 1,531 April 5, 2015 Share April 5, 2015 Well I havent seen a ton of WW2 stuff actually I should definitely watch more I will say that 'Saving Private Ryan' still brings a tear to my eye even now 1 ---< Fanfic Writer, Music Maker, Film Director and Voice Actor >--- Don't expect anything incredible though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Z 850 April 5, 2015 Share April 5, 2015 I absolutely love Grave of The Fireflies, I think it is an amazing WWII movie everyone should check out. It's also a very sad movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetolebob18 728 April 6, 2015 Share April 6, 2015 As a Baby Boomer I remember there were a lot of them in the 50s & early 60s but the Viet Nam War was so unpopular it killed them off. They have been making a small comeback in the last decade or so. I'd go w Casa Blanca if that counts (set in 1940. WWII was on, but USA not in it yet). One of 2 best Bogart movies & one of 2 or 3 best film noir movies. If you watch that, see also the "sequel" Play It Again, Sam, one of my 2 favorite Woody Allen movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcyHaze 595 April 6, 2015 Share April 6, 2015 Saving Private Ryan is my favourite movie, and Band Of Brothers is my favourite TV series. Though Schindler's List is a close second to SPR... I hope some people get the joke ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hovershy 3,816 April 6, 2015 Share April 6, 2015 Saving Private Ryan is a classic movie. Can't say that I've seen a lot of WW2 movies though, I can't really think of any others. Fluttershy Fan Club sig by Blue Snowfire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONO 204 April 6, 2015 Share April 6, 2015 I like watching hogan heroes.I like it and its really funny,and it's parody of WW2 which I also like.Overall great tv show. this! i loved that show (or at least what little ive seen of it. XD) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootaloodle 1,623 April 6, 2015 Share April 6, 2015 Can't think of any WW2 movies But as for TV shows, I'd say Goodnight Sweetheart. It's well worth watching, for those who ain't seen it's a 90s British sitcom and in it this guy from 90s London finds a time portal back in time to the same city but in WW2 and can go back and forth between the two time zones, where he leads a double life and has an adulterous relationship and plays renditions of the Beatles to the people in the 1940s and tells them he wrote them and stuff like that. Think the episodes are online somewhere, it's great for binge watching. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodnight_Sweetheart_%28TV_series%29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overdrive 5,366 April 6, 2015 Share April 6, 2015 Saving Private Ryan, hands down. "I'd rather trust and regret, than doubt and regret." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Denim&Venöm 22,081 April 6, 2015 Subscriber Share April 6, 2015 (edited) Haven't seen many, but out of what I've seen, I'd go with Bataan. Story about a band of U.S. & And Filipino soldiers fighting valiantly against invading Japanese forces as well as sweltering heat and tropical diseases. Fair amount of drama with a good battle scene and an awesome score. And while not a movie or show, but a band, I'd recommend Sabaton. They're a Swedish power metal group that sings exclusively about military history. For the most part they focus on WW2 and bring a lot of insight from a European perspective, arguably the most important perspective. While America did get heavily involved, it was they who had to live and fight through it day to day. So quite a few battles and wars within wars that aren't taught in history class are sung about. Like Talvisota, a song about the Winter War between Finland and the invading Soviet Union in 1939-40, or Coat of Arms, a tale about the Greco-Italian war as Axis Italy attempted to conquer Greece, but the Greeks bravely retaliated, just like their ancestors, the Spartans. Or even the song Uprising, about the Warsaw uprising of the Polish against their Nazi occupiers in '44. Heck Sabaton's last album was a concept piece telling stories of individual heroes of the war. Like this track, about when a damaged american bomber was actually escorted by a nazi fighter out of german air space and back to the english channel. Quite the moving story to look into. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGf5-5N95aI Or the song Smoking Snakes, about Brazil's involvement during the war, and the story of 3 brazilian soldiers who got separated from their unit, and fought to their deaths against a large contingent of Wehrmacht. Even the soldiers were impressed w/ their bravery and buried them w/ crosses saying "Drei brasilianische Helden" (Three Brazilian Heroes). Edited April 6, 2015 by Denim&Venom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eternal Night 61 April 6, 2015 Share April 6, 2015 Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers and definitely Schlinder's list are my favorites. I could honestly watch any of them at anytime and still enjoy them. my rp character Cosmo: http://mlpforums.com/page/roleplay-characters/_/elysian-cosmos-r7759 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Diamond 7,579 April 6, 2015 Share April 6, 2015 I've got a few on my list: Europa Europa (or Hitler Youth Salomon) Cross of Iron Battle of Britain Saving Private Ryan Stalingrad Enemy at the Gates Black Sheep Squadron Band of Brothers Fury Flags of Our Fathers Casablanca (thanks to Dinos4Ever for the reminder!) The Final Countdown (technically a time travel movie made in the 80s, but dealt with World War II) I only caught pieces of The Pacific, but I was impressed by what I watched. I could never marathon The Longest Day or A Bridge Too Far, though. 4 Domine, tu omnia nosti, tu scis quia amo te. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revy ~ Two Hands 862 April 6, 2015 Share April 6, 2015 Band of Brothers Enemy at the Gates Saving Private Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pink One 595 April 6, 2015 Share April 6, 2015 Saving Private Ryan, best war movie, without a doubt. TV series: Band of Brothers. I do have the box set of The Pacific but I have yet been able to sit down and watch it so I don't know about that one. [iNSERT COOL SIGNATURE HERE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolongerabout 403 April 6, 2015 Share April 6, 2015 (edited) I'm quite a big fan of classic war films, and there are a few I can recommend. Guns of Navarone The Great Escape Where Eagles Dare- all the people who claim Saving Private Ryan is the best war film probably haven't seen this. Bataan Sahara Beneath Hill 60- Not a WW II film, and not much of a classic either, but I thought it was very good as generic 'world war' film. The Dirty Dozen The Desert Rats Edited April 6, 2015 by ForthEorl 2 "Deaf? I'm not surprised with that bloody racket!"- Prince Philip, to a class of deaf children sat next to a brass band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashen Pathfinder 16,167 April 6, 2015 Share April 6, 2015 You, I haven't seem many films based on WWII, and I have yet to see any series based on WWII. In any case, considering that I haven't seen Saving Private Ryan and only saw Schindler's List once, my favorite WWII movie is actually "TORA! TORA! TORA!." Pathfinder I Sojourner I Corsair | Zu'hra I Autumn | Scarlet Willow | Gypsy | Silverthorn | Crystal Whisper | Radiant Historia | And many other OCs~ Matching signatures with mah Bestie MOONLIGHT <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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