What is the last WW2 Film or Series you saw?

Discussion in 'Books, Films, TV, Radio' started by Ivan1, Apr 9, 2007.

  1. wtid45

    wtid45 Very Senior Member

    The Password Is Courage what a great film! I know this was factually based but how much of it really happened.
     
  2. spidge

    spidge RAAF RESEARCHER

    SPITFIRE (1942)
    This is the US version as it was called "First of the Few" everywhere else.


    Picked this up for $5.00 at a shopping centre sale.

    The story of R J Mitchell (Leslie Howard) the designer of the Spitfire. David Niven as his test pilot.

    I had never seen this one before.
     
  3. Oldman

    Oldman Very Senior Member

    The Wonderfull Mr Spitfire, tribute on tv to Alex Henshaw MBE
     
  4. spidge

    spidge RAAF RESEARCHER

    SPITFIRE (1942)
    This is the US version as it was called "First of the Few" everywhere else.


    Picked this up for $5.00 at a shopping centre sale.

    The story of R J Mitchell (Leslie Howard) the designer of the Spitfire. David Niven as his test pilot.

    I had never seen this one before.
    The film contains precious footage that would otherwise be lost to posterity:
     
  5. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Just wtached The Reader, finally got around to seeing it.
    What a thoroughly depressing film to watch on a grey, wet winter morning.
    Really liked it though.
     
  6. yorkieal

    yorkieal Junior Member

    I thought Cross of Iron was a good ww2 film
     
  7. dutycalls1

    dutycalls1 Junior Member

  8. wtid45

    wtid45 Very Senior Member

    Letters From Iwo Jima, having watched Flags a few weeks ago and having heard most people say they prefer Letters I have to agree, gave a side of the Japanese not normally seen, I wonder how close the film is to the book its on my shelf so will have to read it and find out but really enjoyed it.
     
  9. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    Letters From Iwo Jima, having watched Flags a few weeks ago and having heard most people say they prefer Letters I have to agree, gave a side of the Japanese not normally seen, I wonder how close the film is to the book its on my shelf so will have to read it and find out but really enjoyed it.

    Couldn't really get on with either for some reason.
     
  10. bofors

    bofors Senior Member

    Enjoyed Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan!

    regards

    Robert
     
  11. Stig O'Tracy

    Stig O'Tracy Senior Member

    I saw the first installment of "The Pacific" last night. Although it was a 1 hour ( actually probably closer to 50 minutes) program, it seemed like it was over in a flash. I thought the attention to detail was quite good with the Marines armed with Springfields, drum fed Thompsons and water cooled Brownings.
     
  12. Capt.Sensible

    Capt.Sensible Well-Known Member

    Afternoon all,

    I felt I ought to mention a very good film I saw on DVD last night:
    'The Army of Crime'. There are several good reviews out there and I won't try and compete with them but can honestly say it is one of the best 'war' films I have seen for several years. It deals with a rather touchy subject in a very full-on way; tender souls may find some scenes a little too strong. Highly recommended. It was a toss-up in the shop between this and 'Trobruk'; that will have to wait for another weekend.

    CS

    Army of Crime | Film review | Film | The Observer

    Army of Crime Review. Movie Reviews - Film - Time Out London

    The Army of Crime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
     
  13. Oggie2620

    Oggie2620 Senior Member

    Yesterday pm I was watching I was a Male War bride which starred Gregory Peck. It was quite funny in parts but how Gregory could play a French officer with such an English American accent I am not sure.... :lol: However it whiled away a very rainy pm for my friends and I (poor dog had to wait for her walk!)

    Dee
     
  14. Milgeek

    Milgeek Member

    I had a day off work a couple of weeks back and just sat on the sofa and watched loads of crap telly...

    Highlight of the day was 'Operation Petticoat' (1959) with Cary Grant and Tony Curtis!

    It put me in mind of a favorite of mine called 'Mister Roberts' (1955, Jack Lemmon, Henry Fonda and Jimmy Cagney). Similar US Navy frollicks!
     
  15. reinhart

    reinhart Junior Member

    A few of my favorite ww2 movies;

    Cross of Iron
    Das Boot
    Kelly's Heroes
    The Pianist
    Stalingrad
    Saving Private Ryan
    Tora! Tora! Tora!
    Die Brücke
    Inglorious Basterds (hey, it was fun and Christoph Waltz was amazing)
    Come and See
    Der Untergang
    The desert fox
    The Big Red One: The Reconstruction
    Decision Before Dawn
    Human Condition
    Japan’s Longest Day
    Letters from Iwo Jima
    When Trumpets Fade
    Band of Brothers
    Talvisota (winter war)
    Soldier of Orange
    Wannsee Conference
    Europa, Europa

    But that last ww2 related movie i watched was ep. 1-5 of the Pacific
     
  16. Fusilier

    Fusilier Junior Member

    Danger UXB
     
  17. Lucy Stag

    Lucy Stag Senior Member

    I love "Danger UXB"! I still haven't seen the conclusion, though.

    The last film I saw was (finally) "Valkyrie." It was a lot better than I had hoped, because I don't trust my countrymen to make good historical movies most of the time. Simply by virtue of its restraint and non-melodrama I thought it was a success. The complexity of Strauffenberg was somewhat lacking, perhaps, but so things go. It also somehow made me further hate "Inglorious Basterds", which I also just (finally) saw.

    Anyone care to recommend the best July 20 plot movie? I am assuming it's got to be a German one...
     
  18. Rule.303

    Rule.303 Member

    A documentary called "Bloody Victory" a really well made one at that. They used WW II reenactors and a real Sherman tank. It was all filmed on a Canadian Forces base in Upper Canada (the recreations anyway).
     
  19. tongablue

    tongablue Junior Member

    I've just started watching "Battle of Neretva," the 1969 Yugoslavian film about partisans there during the second World War.

    tongablue
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  20. WhiskeyGolf

    WhiskeyGolf Senior Member

    The Tuskegee Airmen - great story
     

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