Most Accurate Military Movie

[moe.ron]

Has to be Hot Shots or Hot Shots Part Deux.

If you disagree, I'll kick you in the gonads.

[PhiPsiRuss]

It was Stripes, and I'm wearing a cup.

[DeltaSigStan]

If you wanna throw those out there, then Louis Gossett Jr. in An Officer And A Gentleman probably had the most "intense, rigorous" DI ever...he puts R. Lee Ermey to shame...

[KillarneyRose]

Nah, definitely Top Gun.

Believe me, ALL Navy pilots look like Maverick, Iceman and the boys. Especially those six packs you can see when they're playing shirtless volleyball.

And they all have really kewl callsigns, too, like "Hollywood", "Viper" and "Jester".

[James]

Yeah, you had to wonder where the gratuituous volleyball scene factored into the plot, especially given that the players were mostly posing not playing.

Originally posted by KillarneyRose
Nah, definitely Top Gun.

Believe me, ALL Navy pilots look like Maverick, Iceman and the boys. Especially those six packs you can see when they're playing shirtless volleyball.

And they all have really kewl callsigns, too, like "Hollywood", "Viper" and "Jester".

[KillarneyRose]

LMAO at "gratuituous volleyball"!!!

[Kevlar281]

Black Hawk Down

[ZTABullwinkle]

I find it ironic that this topic is posted. I just got done watching "Antwone Fisher" with Denzel Washington. It is a true story that didn't get much time or credit, but it will definitely make you appreciate what you have in your life.

The other one that comes to mind is with Robert DeNiro and Cuba Gooding Jr. in Men of Honor. Another true story about a Navy diver.


But I did like the volleyball scene from Top Gun a WHOLE lot! Tom Cruise can sing to me any day. (SHHH! Don't tell my boyfriend I said that. )

[James]

If we answer the question seriously, the movie I have been told is the most realistic by combat veterans is Saving Private Ryan.

[RACooper]

Most Realistic:
Stalingrad -or- Saving Private Ryan -or- Fields of Glory

Most Un-realisitc:
The Green Berret -or- Red Dawn

[adduncan]

Not that anyone can verify it, but how about "Gods and Generals"? Not only the sequence of the military beginnings of the civil war but a broad view of all of the POVs in political thought at the time.

--add

[Kevlar281]

Originally posted by RACooper
Most Realistic:
Stalingrad -or- Saving Private Ryan -or- Fields of Glory

Most Un-realisitc:
The Green Berrets -or- Red Dawn

Interesting Trivia: Green Berrets was the only Vietnam War movie made durring the Vietnam War.

/sidenote: I love Red Dawn.

[DeltaSigStan]

Originally posted by adduncan
Not that anyone can verify it, but how about "Gods and Generals"? Not only the sequence of the military beginnings of the civil war but a broad view of all of the POVs in political thought at the time.

--add

While many critics praised Gettysburg, it's Prequel, Gods and Generals, recieved incredibly bad reviews, cited as long drawn, innaccurate and overdone...

I loved Gettysburg, but this one put me to sleep....something I NEVER do watching movies....

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gods_and_generals/

"Consensus: Filled with two-dimensional characters and pompous self-righteousness, Gods and Generals is a long, tedious sit. Some may also take offense at the pro-Confederate slant."

[DeltAlum]

Originally posted by James
If we answer the question seriously, the movie I have been told is the most realistic by combat veterans is Saving Private Ryan.

That would be the serious answer to the question.

But how about the old Mel Brooks movie -- I think it was called Boots and Saddles.

(Black Hawk Down was also pretty intense)

[Peaches-n-Cream]

I think that Deer Hunter and Platoon seemed realistic.