Movies you love

comment by Aggers Right Elbow (U3402)
posted 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
Platoon is on my list, love that film. Forrest Gump too. Indiana Jones.

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Agreed on Platoon, you can tell it’s directed by someone who was there, very raw and desperate movie, also the music is iconic. Loved the pot smoking to tracks of my tears....


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Some of my favourite parts. The massacre of the village is based on a real incident that happened in the war My lai massacre which was much, much worse than what happened in the film. A real shameful and shocking episode in us army history.

I quite like the deliberate drug of choice type interplay between the angry drinkers and the more philosophical pot heads.

Between 347 and 570 unarmed Vietnamese killed by us soldiers at my lai, and not one person held accountable by the us army.... can see why stone chose to use the basis in his film.

A very under rated Vietnam movie is Michael J Fox in Casualties of war. It’s about the rape and kidnapping of a local Vietnamese village girl by group of soldiers. True story. Excellent movie but harrowing.

Next on my list Don....

Worth watching mate

Bloodsport
Kickboxer
Universal Soldier
Hard Target
Time cop
A.W.O.L
Double Impact


Van Damme Classics - endlessly rewatchable.

Jurassic Park
Lost World
Rocky
Hangover 1,2,3
Total Recall
Slap Shot
Con Air

almost all of the movies mentioned are great but not in my pile of I cant watch again

Again, agree with most of the ones already mentioned, but also these alternatives, which are not usually on the radar

Wag the Dog (DeNiro, Hoffman etc)
The Game (Michael Dougladls, Sean Penn)
True Lies (Arny!)

Watched a strong list of films so far in isolation. Last week was ‘fight week’. This week is ‘war week’ which kicked off with Saving Private Ryan last night.

So far...

Saving Private Ryan
Creed
The Raid
Rush Hour
Gladiator
Reservoir Dogs
A Prayer Before Dawn
Street Fighter
Fight Club
Raging Bull
Machete
Terminator 2
Django
A Clockwork Orange
Hudson Hawk
Team America
Bad Boys 3
My Scientology Movie
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Baby Driver
Anaconda
Con Air
Roadhouse
Matrix
Knives Out
Memento
Lucky Number Slevin
Star Wars Rise of Skywalker
Jojo Rabbit
The Gentlemen
1917