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Since the film that shall not be mentioned was mentioned earlier. I got to thinking about if I was stuck on a Pacific island (or atoll) with only ten World War 2 Pacifc themed films to take with me, these would be my choices. THey are also in no particular order:

1. Pride of the Marines
2. King Rat
3. Air Force
3. Mister Roberts
4. Battle Cry
5. Attack Force Z
6. The Story of Dr. Wassell
7. The Gallant Hours
8. Torpedo Run
9. Salute to the Marines
10. Stand By For Action


Some of these are name brand, but most of these that I have chosen aren't seen that often anymore either on cable or on the store shelves.

Anyone else have some movies they would want to add to help purge the taint of the movie that shall not be named.

That's an interesting list and full of stuff new to me. I will have to check my Netflix queue.

The list of what I would take with me... The Best Years of Our Lives, Bridge Over the River Kwai, Sahara, Mr. Roberts, The Caine Mutiny, Twelve O'Clock High, Miracle of Morgan's Creek, maybe a few others.

Here's some Pacific specific stuff I haven't seen in ages, but it's what I grew up with when they still ran movies on TV or showed them in the basement of the church, and they should suit the purge urge, since they were all made during the war.

Bataan

Guadalcanal Diary

Flying Tigers

Wake Island

Air Force

Destination Tokyo

Gung Ho

The Fighting Sullivans

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

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Add "Thin Red line" and HBO's "The Pacific"
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Bataan

Guadalcanal Diary

Flying Tigers

Wake Island

Air Force

Destination Tokyo

Gung Ho

The Fighting Sullivans

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo



These older ones are very, very good!! Every one should see these - no Doubt!! Also, add "I Bombed Pearl Harbor" if you can find it. Don Bowen mentioned it to me and I was only able to get it on VHS, but it is very good. Alot of the scenes for the Japanese were used in the movie MIDWAY. Even the beginning of MIDWAY had scenes from "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo".

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Beat you both on post #22 [:'(]

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" Windtalkers should be banned with the other film about Pearl Harbor... " +1.


Too bad about Windtalkers , an interesting topic.





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Not windtalkers the topic, but "Windtalkers" the movie
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Not windtalkers the topic, but "Windtalkers" the movie

Agreed. That movie was poorly made. I wish someone would do the topic justice.
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First off, from a pure entertainment point of view, Kelly's Heros is the greatest movie ever made.

As for WWII pacific movies, one people are over looking is PT109. Loved Cliff Robertson in that movie. The hoops they had to jump through to get that boat approved was good humor.
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I think it's a Vietnam movie in a WW2 setting... [;)]

They Were Expendable should be IMO on that list, too.
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I'd add "Kokoda" which came out a few years ago from Australia. You understand after why you don't want to fight in the jungle...

I see most of the Pacific films have been mentioned and they're all great, including the more "propagandish" ones made during the war. I'd add "Gung Ho" with Randolph Scott (about Carlson's raiders on Makin) made in 1943. I would also add two of my comic favorites with Cary Grant, "Operation Petticoat" and "Father Goose".

And yes, I find "Kelly's Heroes" a whopping fun yarn (so what if it couldn't really fit the WWII movie label even though they did their best to use real WWII equipment).

Oh, another Pacific one: "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison"
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How about To End All Wars?

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Grave of the fireflies

This masterpiece is not a traditional war movie, but it's japanese anime. It's about two siblings that survive Kobe fire bombing, and trying to cope in late war Japan when things are getting worse and worse.

Saddest movie ever. I mean ever.
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Grave of the fireflies

This masterpiece is not a traditional war movie, but it's japanese anime. It's about two siblings that survive Kobe fire bombing, and trying to cope in late war Japan when things are getting worse and worse.

Saddest movie ever. I mean ever.

Well, I haven't seen this one, but it would have to go a far piece to be sadder than "Sophie's Choice."
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How about To End All Wars?

Agreed, one of my favorite Pacific WW2 movies.. A notch below the Great Raid but right there with Letters, and a notch above The Thin Red Line IMO.


I'm surprised no one has mentioned Mchale's Navy Joins the Air Force thus far.[:'(][;)]

Given the time it was made I give Objective Burma high marks.

I haven't seen Empire of the Sun yet, can I get a 411 on it?

Thanks. [:)]
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[biting but good-natured sarcasm on] Well, that explains it. So Kelly's Heroes was a Pacific Theater movie? I dadgum well knew that it didn't portray anything in Europe. [biting but good-natured sarcasm off]

Kelly's Heroes is not a WWII movie. It's a Vietnam movie. And a terrible one at that. I realize there's a solid subset of decent AE Matrix Forums folks that like this movie, but you guys just have scales over your eyes. One day those scales will fall from your eyes and you will be mortified that you had any good thought about this movie.

If I had to choose WWII Pacific-Theater movies, my list wood begin strong and quickly taper off, in this order: Mr. Roberts, Tora Tora Tora, Bridge over the River Kwai, the two modern Iwo Jima Movies, Midway (they really tried to do this one right), and that would be about it.

If anybody dares to list Thin Red Line or Windtalkers....

I would add In Harm's Way.
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Grave of the fireflies

This masterpiece is not a traditional war movie, but it's japanese anime. It's about two siblings that survive Kobe fire bombing, and trying to cope in late war Japan when things are getting worse and worse.

Saddest movie ever. I mean ever.

Well, I haven't seen this one, but it would have to go a far piece to be sadder than "Sophie's Choice."

From a sadness scale 1-10, Sophie's Choice is about 6. Greave of the fireflies is 10. At least that's how I see it.
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Grave of the fireflies

This masterpiece is not a traditional war movie, but it's japanese anime. It's about two siblings that survive Kobe fire bombing, and trying to cope in late war Japan when things are getting worse and worse.

Saddest movie ever. I mean ever.

Well, I haven't seen this one, but it would have to go a far piece to be sadder than "Sophie's Choice."

From a sadness scale 1-10, Sophie's Choice is about 6. Greave of the fireflies is 10. At least that's how I see it.

Anime is a CARTOON, right? Sadder than Nazis making a mother choose which of her children will be murdered? That must be some animaiton there . . .
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How about To End All Wars?

Agreed, one of my favorite Pacific WW2 movies.. A notch below the Great Raid but right there with Letters, and a notch above The Thin Red Line IMO.


I'm surprised no one has mentioned Mchale's Navy Joins the Air Force thus far.[:'(][;)]

Given the time it was made I give Objective Burma high marks.

I haven't seen Empire of the Sun yet, can I get a 411 on it?

Thanks. [:)]

Objective Burma a great movie for its time, I suppose "Pearl Harbor" was as well.
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The strangest sequence (at least to modern viewers) has the paratroopers expressing horror and disgust at a vicious sneak attack by the Japanese-which occurs only a few reels after the Americans have staged an equally merciless attack on a Japanese unit! In England, Objective Burma was taken to task by newspaper journalist who felt that the Americans were unfairly taking full credit for the success of the Burmese campaign. The ensuing hue and cry compelled Warner Bros. to issue an apology, and to withhold the British release of the film until 1952, at which time it was accompanied by a lengthy prologue title extolling England's contribution to the Burma invasion.
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