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54. Platoon.
That song plays at one point during the film.
53. The line is from A Sinbad film (I goggled the quote, don’t judge me)
No idea what it could be referencing War Movie wise.
That song plays at one point during the film.
53. The line is from A Sinbad film (I goggled the quote, don’t judge me)
No idea what it could be referencing War Movie wise.
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54. Platoon.
That song plays at one point during the film.
That song plays at one point during the film.
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56. Ivan's Childhood - Tarkovsky went through an extraordinary period in the 1960s and 1970s where he made films like Solaris, Stalker, Mirror and Andrei Rublev. I've seen all of those, but also made during this period was Ivan's Childhood, which has eluded me up until this point. Something tells me it won't be the only film regarding childhood, Russia and the Second World War that appears on this countdown. Added to my list of "must see" movies.
55. Black Hawk Down - I saw this when it first came out because of the buzz surrounding it, but I didn't get to really appreciate it before I watched the extended edition, in a better mindset for the film it was - a very exacting, brutally honest depiction of the confused yet paradoxically organised chaos that makes today's warfare the way it is. It pays very special attention to detail, and as such isn't the kind of film that has three or four especially memorable moments - it's an accumulation of terror, blood, bullets, explosions and yelling, along with death. Based on the book "Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War" - Modern war is frenetic, fast and precise. Very different to anything that preceded it.
Still only 2 films in the 46 reveals I voted for - a good mix of mainstream and non-mainstream though.
Seen : 28/46
I'd never even heard of : 11/46
Movies that had been on my radar, but I haven't seen yet : 7/46
55. Black Hawk Down - I saw this when it first came out because of the buzz surrounding it, but I didn't get to really appreciate it before I watched the extended edition, in a better mindset for the film it was - a very exacting, brutally honest depiction of the confused yet paradoxically organised chaos that makes today's warfare the way it is. It pays very special attention to detail, and as such isn't the kind of film that has three or four especially memorable moments - it's an accumulation of terror, blood, bullets, explosions and yelling, along with death. Based on the book "Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War" - Modern war is frenetic, fast and precise. Very different to anything that preceded it.
Still only 2 films in the 46 reveals I voted for - a good mix of mainstream and non-mainstream though.
Seen : 28/46
I'd never even heard of : 11/46
Movies that had been on my radar, but I haven't seen yet : 7/46
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Ivan's Childhood is brilliant. And was my number 11. Such tender film-making for a war film.
I tried re-watching Black Hawk Down again a few years ago and had to turn it off. It's just a series of action sequences.
I tried re-watching Black Hawk Down again a few years ago and had to turn it off. It's just a series of action sequences.
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54. Platoon.
That song plays at one point during the film.
That song plays at one point during the film.
My only thought was that it's too low for Platoon but who knows. It's also in Coming Home.
I saw BHD once, it's was ok but kinda boring like most action films where that's all that happens.
Obviously not seen the other one.
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Jojo Rabbit was #89 on the MoFo Top 100 of the 2010s, Black Hawk Down snuck onto the original MoFo Top 100 that was compiled in 2010 at #93, and The Hurt Locker was #6 on the MoFo Top 100 Films Directed by Women.
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Have not seen either; I do remember starting Black Hawk Down back when it came out, but for whatever reason never finished.
Countdown List Watched 17 out of 46 (36.96%)
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Countdown List Watched 17 out of 46 (36.96%)
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#54
#54
Guillermo del Toro, 2006
Ivana Baquero, Maribel Verdú, Sergi López, Doug Jones
87 points, 7 lists
Pan's Labyrinth
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Guillermo del Toro, 2006
Starring
Ivana Baquero, Maribel Verdú, Sergi López, Doug Jones
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#53
Peter Weir, 2003
Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D'Arcy, Robert Pugh
91 points, 7 lists
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Director
Peter Weir, 2003
Starring
Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D'Arcy, Robert Pugh
