A chain reaction
 

I have been absent from this forum for a few days and I can see how this thread has evolve from mini scale airplanes to World War II films to what you might consider modern wars.

Well here's a kicker for u gentlemen of fine taste:
When I was a little kid about 3-4 years perhaps even as young as I can remember my first film and also my first war film was that of Rambo Second Blood. How about that, you would think what kind of parent let a 3 year old watch a war movie with gore and violence, you may also think I might grow up to be a war maniac. Well, my parents were not bad, actually I think they are the best, and as of the Psycological impacts that movie might have had on me are unotizable, I use to love war up until my great grandma died when i was 5. Then I came to understand that war was evil and people died, people you love just like my great grandma. Anyways this is not the point, the point is Since this discussion is head with Russia and Middle East I might as well through in Korea and Vietnam. John Rambo was my war hero as a child, I even pretend I was him and used sticks or rocks pretending they were a machine gun and granades. Also I got in love with planes, The Huey Gunship Helicopter was and is my favorite war aircraft. So to make this thread even more interesting lets hear what were your favorite war movies and ur childhood heroes.http://blogs.poz.com/shawn/upload/rambo.jpg
PS I now have mixed feeling about Vietnam [good/bad] so confused, specially after I took a history class entirely on the Vietnam War. Though, one thing is clear John Rambo the character is awesome. "I'm coming for u mordok". I don't like the last movie on Rambo, that one does suck big time.

An interesting Fact
 

Also Did I mention My mom met My dad because of a Rambo Movie. They got in love, married and had me. WoW, no wonder why they let me watch all his movies: Rambo First Blood, Second Blood (First Blood Part II), Rambo III
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtmC5ShalxMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbryB...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQjlCRMiX3U

Seeing as this has now become war film
related here's my choice:
Das Boot
A bridge too far
Ice cold in Alex
The longest day
Above us the waves
Reach for the sky
The cruel sea
The colditz story
633 Squadron
The Dambusters
The Cockleshell heroes
Angels One Five
Appointment in London
The wooden horse
Stalag 17
The Battle of Britain... My fave bit below... " thanks awfully old chap"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEhBn...=youtube_gdata

Remember this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKHc-U2FNHk

nice one f1re i had totally forgot about that ad

'Mosquito Squadron?' I know it used footage from 633 but not a bad Mosquito movie as they are as rare as rockin horse **** :grin:

Had totally forgotten that one F1re- still chuckling as I write this!

OK got the old movie i was looking for. it is called "Die Bruecke" or The Bridge. it was from 1959 from Germany..a B&W ( with sub titles ). a powerful anti-war statement, where youth are willing
to "faithfully" and "blindly" follow a Nazi command to defend
a bridge against the Allies...to the death!
Also says much about the debilitating forces of indoctrination
of the German youth during the Nazi Regime.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dztzypW9lSs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyF6Wx2Z2h0

its a good flick from what i remember...but that was over 30 years ago.

now these are flicks i remember as a kid...not necessarily good pics or accurate ...just ones i liked as a child. and maybe should look at again.

God is my co-pilot ..... flying tigers movie
fighter squadron ..... about 47 group
tora, tora, tora ..... pearl
flying leathernecks .... marines in the pacific
the longest day ..... d-day
sink the bismark .... the sinking of the hood really got to me..rip gents
sands of iwo jima
the great escape
battle of the bulge

One of my favorite scenes too
 

how he bail out, did see his plane, just the he111 crashing.

flying leathernecks is good unfortunatly movies for men stoped showing it before i watched the whole thing.