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Thread: Good WWII South Pacific Films.
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03-19-2010, 06:32 PM #1
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Good WWII South Pacific Films.
Since a lot of us seemed to be hyped up with the new The Pacific series, I started thinking about other good old and new war movies set in the same environment. I remember as a kid seeing so many on tv growing up, but now the titles are slipping my mind. So, I figure why not start a thread to make a compilation of South Pacific WWII movies and TV series that have aired through the years.
The Basics:
Tora! Tora! Tora!
The Battle of Midway
Bridge Over the River Kwai
PT 109
Baa Baa Black Sheep.
Hell in the Pacific.
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03-19-2010, 06:42 PM #2
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In harms way
sands of Iwo Jima
bridge over the river Kwai
they were expendable
flying leathernecks"You damn colonials and your herds of tax write off dressage ponies". PNWBrit
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03-19-2010, 09:15 PM #3
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Thin Red Line (guadalcanal)
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03-20-2010, 03:02 AM #4
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South Pacific
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03-20-2010, 11:21 AM #5
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Wake Island
Bataan
Back to Bataan
Operation Pacific
Enola Gay
They Were Expendable
Once Before I Die (Weird fictional story set in Philippines, 1941).
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
The Fighting Sulivans
Run Silent Run Deep
Midway, BTW, blew- one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
Bridge Over Kwai was set in Burma.Daniel Ortega eats here.
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03-20-2010, 12:15 PM #6
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Anyone seen "The Marine's Marine" about Chesty Puller?
I've heard its good, but haven't seen it.
The man makes good subject matter im sure.
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03-20-2010, 12:31 PM #7
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03-20-2010, 04:08 PM #8
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Thin Red Line sucked. Such a disappointment.
Looks like we've gone to the entire Pacific Theatre, not necessarily South Pacific. A lot of my favorites have already been mentioned but I'll add:
Destination Tokyo
Flying TigersPutting the "core" in corporate, one turn at a time.
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03-20-2010, 04:11 PM #9
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No offense but this was an absolutely horrible film in so many ways. Originally Posted by Summit
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03-20-2010, 04:13 PM #10
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Don't think it's considered south Pac, but From Here To Eternity is a great WW II Pacific theatre flick with a whos who cast.
"You damn colonials and your herds of tax write off dressage ponies". PNWBrit
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03-20-2010, 07:37 PM #11
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Guadalcanal Diary
Putting the "core" in corporate, one turn at a time.
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03-20-2010, 08:17 PM #12
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Originally Posted by hop
Please continue. I'd love to hear why. Originally Posted by Jer
I understand that the film only touched on the book, but so do many film versions of books.
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03-21-2010, 12:20 AM #13
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I had no preconceived notions about what TRL was about but I had high hopes given the subject matter. Unfortunately the film was too long and too dull and therefore, sucked.
Putting the "core" in corporate, one turn at a time.
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03-21-2010, 03:36 PM #14
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Operation Petticoat was awesome
I thought TRL had some great action scenes and incredible cinematography. It wasn't the best film ever, but I don't hate like a lot of people do. I didn't read the book though. Originally Posted by blurred
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03-21-2010, 03:43 PM #15
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never mind.
Originally Posted by leroy jenkins
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03-21-2010, 06:01 PM #16
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One word: overblown. Originally Posted by Tippster
Yeah - I get it - war is hell.
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03-22-2010, 02:51 PM #17
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Not a Pacific war film, but the scene in Jaws where Robert Shaw describes the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the shark attacks that followed was a truly classic scene. Best scene in the film, IMO...
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