tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post3023033181706410803..comments2024-03-25T06:50:31.379-05:00Comments on The War Movie Buff: THE 100 GREATEST WAR MOVIES (STATISTICALLY)War Movie Buffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-86141228991945389652019-02-06T09:26:08.703-06:002019-02-06T09:26:08.703-06:00Sorry, didn't make it.Sorry, didn't make it.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-53543065129596658462019-02-05T23:04:50.985-06:002019-02-05T23:04:50.985-06:00hamburger Hill?hamburger Hill?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-53463086151704408832017-07-15T13:55:02.110-05:002017-07-15T13:55:02.110-05:00I was looking for Sand Pebbles and 'They Were ...I was looking for Sand Pebbles and 'They Were Expendable' both Navy films, with great stars and nice action..!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-60035218500263280502016-10-03T19:51:35.811-05:002016-10-03T19:51:35.811-05:00You and I are in agreement on all of this. My per...You and I are in agreement on all of this. My personal take on movies like "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" is that you can not be primarily in TWO genres. For that reason, I classify movies like that as Westerns and NOT war movies.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-37057527312549037142016-09-26T15:29:12.424-05:002016-09-26T15:29:12.424-05:00I would have rated Battleground, The Story of G.I....I would have rated Battleground, The Story of G.I. Joe, and The Bridges At Toko-Ri much higher.<br /><br />Ben-Hur is a biblical epic, not a war movie. I suppose Spartacus is a borderline case. I consider it a sword-and-sandal epic, but it does have battles. <br /><br />The Manchurian Candidate is an espionage/political thriller. I guess you could say that the Cold War is the motivation, but that would also be true of a lot of spy-fi movies, whether serious dramas (The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, Topaz) or action-adventure (From Russia With Love, North By Northwest). <br /><br />Casablanca and Gone With the Wind are romantic dramas, but I guess in each case the war is important to the story. <br /><br />Genres overlap, so She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (and Fort Apache, Major Dundee, A Thunder of Drums, Escape From Fort Bravo,or Only the Valiant) could be considered a war movie as well as a western. But The Searchers is a Western. The US Army cavalry and Texas Rangers attack the Comanches at the end, but then, the cavalry comes to the rescue in Stagecoach, and nobody seems to consider that a war movie. <br /><br />The Sea Hawk is a swashbuckler. If it is considered for inclusion, then Captain Blood and Robin Hood should have been, too. <br /> TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13686814973788356726noreply@blogger.com