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Blue_In_AK

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13. I'm not a big Tom Cruise fan, but I liked Born on the 4th of July

Wed Sep 24, 2014, 05:39 PM

Sep 2014

I took my daughter, who was in high school at the time, to see it, and it really opened her eyes. They only had a couple of paragraphs in her HS America history book about the opposition to the VN war, and she had always been under the impression that her dear old hippie mama was kind of on the fringes back in the late '60s and early '70s. She was like, "Wow! Was it really like that??" I think her opinion of me jumped a few notches because of that film.

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Favorite anti-war film? Are anti-war films still being made? [View all] theHandpuppet Sep 2014 OP

Coming Home Zen Democrat Sep 2014 #1

Paths of Glory Downtown Hound Sep 2014 #2

That's one I've missed theHandpuppet Sep 2014 #3

It's one of Kubrick's best films Downtown Hound Sep 2014 #5

My 16 year old son was stunned after he viewed it. Maedhros Sep 2014 #19

Paths of Glory bvf Sep 2014 #6

great movie Johonny Sep 2014 #9

Agreed Sherman A1 Sep 2014 #11

Amazing, heartrending film Recursion Sep 2014 #24

This is my rifle...... msanthrope Sep 2014 #41

Here you go... msanthrope Sep 2014 #42

Catch 22 Capt.Rocky300 Sep 2014 #4

The Deer Hunter. Brickbat Sep 2014 #7

That one is so painful to watch. Blue_In_AK Sep 2014 #8

MASH is always the first one that pops into my head. johnp3907 Sep 2014 #10

I prefer pro-peace stories -- "Ragtime" is one of the great pro-peace novels* of all time. . . Journeyman Sep 2014 #12

I'm not a big Tom Cruise fan, but I liked Born on the 4th of July Blue_In_AK Sep 2014 #13

Taking Chance Savannahmann Sep 2014 #14

Guillermo Del Toro is currently working on a development of Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse-5" FSogol Sep 2014 #15

Huh. Vonnegut said the original movie was one of the best film adaptations he'd ever seen. . . Journeyman Sep 2014 #16

I think Vonnegut was just being polite to George Roy Hill and self-deprecating. FSogol Sep 2014 #17

O/T: All this KV talk makes me want to revisit bvf Sep 2014 #18

I don't know if it's directly "anti war", but Terrence Malick's "The Thin Red Line" Maedhros Sep 2014 #20

Some would probably not think of HeiressofBickworth Sep 2014 #21

Not mentioned here, and not my favorite. But it needs to go into the mix here. longship Sep 2014 #22

WAG THE DOG yurbud Sep 2014 #23

If we open this to political satires with war bvf Sep 2014 #36

if I knew how to hack video, I'd post DeNiro's speech on the war of terror to William H. Macy yurbud Sep 2014 #48

Is this it? bvf Sep 2014 #64

that's it! yurbud Sep 2014 #66

DeNiro's line to Macy bvf Sep 2014 #70

Spielberg, of all people, once said "any war film must be an anti-war film" Recursion Sep 2014 #25

Spielberg is mistaken. Understandable, given his bias. merrily Sep 2014 #27

Sorry, his implication was any worthwhile war film must be anti-war Recursion Sep 2014 #28

Only if he gets to define "worthwhile?" merrily Sep 2014 #30

Sorry, I was throwing out an interesting quote by a popularly successful director Recursion Sep 2014 #31

Yes, so? I "threw out" my reaction in response. That's what happens on message boards. merrily Sep 2014 #33

You might have just asked for a link bvf Sep 2014 #34

I disagreed with Spielberg's remark. I did not jump all over the poster. merrily Sep 2014 #35

Comment #33 bvf Sep 2014 #37

This message was self-deleted by its author merrily Sep 2014 #38

I agree 100% with Spielberg joeglow3 Sep 2014 #60

Then you and I disagree. All war films are not anti-war. merrily Sep 2014 #61

We do disagree. And I think we also disagree with what constitutes a war film joeglow3 Sep 2014 #62

For one thing, you moved the goal post. Reply 25 contains the quote merrily Sep 2014 #63

Jesus Harold Christ, you need to lighten up joeglow3 Sep 2014 #65

Seriously, man... just chill. LanternWaste Sep 2014 #45

You've been around DU long enough to know that is not confrontational. merrily Sep 2014 #59

"Oh, What a Lovely War" is phenomenal. merrily Sep 2014 #26

Let me also throw out Andrej Rublyev by Tarkovsky Recursion Sep 2014 #29

Mash... Sancho Sep 2014 #32

The Great Dictator BuelahWitch Sep 2014 #39

The Mouse that Roared and Dr. Strangelove. 6000eliot Sep 2014 #40

Word! Brother Buzz Sep 2014 #53

Excellent performances all, and excellent points! 6000eliot Sep 2014 #57

Johnny Got His Gun JCMach1 Sep 2014 #43

The Americanization of Emily and M*A*S*H kiva Sep 2014 #44

Grace is Gone was an unexpectedly good film LanternWaste Sep 2014 #46

Another vote for The Mouse Who Roared JustAnotherGen Sep 2014 #47

"Beach Red"..."How I Won the War"...both from 1967 Tikki Sep 2014 #49

All's Quiet on the Western Front deutsey Sep 2014 #50

The King of Hearts pinto Sep 2014 #51

The Bridge on the River Kwai greatlaurel Sep 2014 #52

Paths of Glory, Hearts and Minds, and Fires on the Plain Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #54

Oh, What a Lovely War! malthaussen Sep 2014 #55

A Very Long Engagement Proud Public Servant Sep 2014 #56

War Inc! J_J_ Sep 2014 #58

"Born on the Fourth of July" stuck with me in a big way (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #67

I think COLD MOUNTAIN should be in the running. JEB Sep 2014 #68

'Platoon' rarely gets mentioned in this context, but it qualifies pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #69