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Jun '19 *
It's the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day landings, so what better way to commemorate them than a challenge for the month of July. The challenge will commence at 00:01 GMT on the 1st July and finish at 06:00 GMT on the 1st August.

Points will be awarded for running time, so with most war movies clocking in at well over two hours, you should be able to rack up the points. You can also watch any TV series, including documentaries if you missed out this month (The World At War comes highly recommended).

The general rule will be: the movie or TV series has to be tagged with "war" on either IMDb or Wiki. The movie or TV series does not have to include scenes of combat and can just be set during the war (i.e. Casablanca) as long as the war is integral to the development of the plot, whether it is in the foreground or the background of the story.

Horror movies set during real wars or campaigns will be permitted, as long as there is at least one scene of combat (i.e. Overlord). But no, something like Dead Snow would not count despite the Nazi theme.

Although they will not be tagged with "war" on IMDb, I will also permit fictional wars so that will include fantasy (i.e. The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones) or science fiction (i.e. Aliens, Starship Troopers), but bare in mind there is a challenge for these genres coming up later in September I believe, so try to stick to real world history!

So sign up now (no pun intended)!

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Box_a_Hair says:
#1

Jun '19 *
Day 3: Platoon (1986) - 120 min
Day 9: Tornado: The Last Blood (1983) - 90 min
Day 15:
Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977) - 122 min
Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - 124 min
Day 30:
Casualties of War (1989) - 119 min
Apocalypse Now (1979) - 147 min

TOTAL: 712


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markus-san says:
#27, Reply to #1

Jul '19 *
You're not watching Star Wars too?! Like I said to Snowy it's cool but folks must be getting desperate already emoticon.


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Box_a_Hair says:
#28, Reply to #27

Jul '19
I wont count it if it's an issue. I just can't find anything good on streaming sites. Netflix, prime, and hulu's war selection is pretty pathetic, and I couldn't get my dvd player to navigate the menus properly.


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markus-san says:
#29, Reply to #28

Jul '19
Nah, it's not an issue. I said science fiction or fantasy could count. My only dilemma with allowing Star Wars was that it glosses over the realities of war, or living in war-time, in favour of an operatic adventure with clear-cut heroes vs villains. I said to Snowy, the only movie in the franchise that feels like an actual war movie is probably Rogue One. However, I don't have a beef with allowing them if as you say, other "proper war" stuff is hard to come by. Not sure if UK and US have exactly the same titles but Amazon Prime certainly has more choice than Netflix. Challenges are supposed to be fun and take it from me, watching constant grim war movies can get a bit depressing!


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Box_a_Hair says:
#30, Reply to #29

Jul '19
I have most of tomorrow off, and I noticed they had some other shitty looking war titles on Prime that I'll look into. I have a few essentials on dvd that I'm still meaning to get to, but life has been kicking my ass.


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markus-san says:
#31, Reply to #30

Jul '19
They have some decent wartime movies too like Fury, The Imitation Game, Valkyrie, Tigerland, Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, Rambo and Inglourious Basterds but if "shitty looking" is what you're after I noticed there's plenty of those too!


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Ballz says:
#32, Reply to #28

Jul '19
You don't download torrents anymore?


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Box_a_Hair says:
#33, Reply to #32

Jul '19
Not so much. Ever since my program opened itself whilst not on the VPN and started seeding stuff I specifically deleted, I lost a lot of trust in that shit.


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Ballz says:
#34, Reply to #33

Jul '19
Fair enough. You might look into a seedbox sometime. I use https://seedbox.io/ . Dropped my VPN in favor of it.


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Ballz says:
#2

Jun '19 *
7/2
1. Apocalypse Now (1979): 147
2. Black Hawk Down (2001): 144

7/3
3. Full Metal Jacket (1987): 116
4. Hell in the Pacific (1968): 101

7/4
5. The Pianist (2002): 148

7/5
6. The Thin Red Line (1998): 170

7/6
7. Das Boot (1981): 199

7/7
8. Saving Private Ryan (1998): 168
9. The Patriot (2000): 175

7/10
10. Braveheart (1995): 177
11. The Imitation Game (2014): 113
12. Grave of the Fireflies (1988): 88

7/11
13. When the Wind Blows (1986): 84
14. Inglourious Basterds (2009): 152

7/12
15. Downfall (2004): 155

7/19
16. Flags of our Fathers (2006): 131

7/20
17. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006): 140
18. The Hurt Locker (2008): 130

7/21
19. Hacksaw Ridge (2016): 139

7/22
20. City of Life and Death (2009): 134
21. Come and See (1985): 142

7/23
22. Kelly's Heroes (1970): 143

7/24
23. Heartbreak Ridge (1986): 129

7/25
24. The Beguiled (1971): 104

7/29
25. Platoon (1986): 119

7/30
26. The Deer Hunter (1978): 183
27. Casualties of War (1989): 113

7/31
28. Patton (1970): 171
29. Men Behind the Sun (1988): 104

Total: 4019


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markus-san says:
#10, Reply to #2

Jul '19
According to IMDb The Pianist is 150 minutes, although it did clock it at 148 on the player.. It's only 2 points but I'd stick with IMDb for running time reference personally.


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Ballz says:
#11, Reply to #10

Jul '19
I always go by the actual movie's runtime. I'm not concerned though, unless we end up in the unlikely situation of you beating me by two points.


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markus-san says:
#12, Reply to #11

Jul '19
I guess I don't pay that much attention to it while I am actually watching it and when I go to update here, I just reference IMDb. You're right, there may be a few occasions when the running time is out by a minute or two (as long as it is not a different cut of course). I will change mine because I definitely noticed it was 148 on this occasion. Or maybe from this point on I will reference the DVD/Blu-ray case instead of IMDb as the stuff I plan to watch I own anyway.


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markus-san says:
#13, Reply to #2

Jul '19 *
I see you're getting out the big guns now. Looks like we'll be going neck-and-neck in this battle (sorry for the puns emoticon).

Don't forget to put your ratings on the 2019 viewings!


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Ballz says:
#15, Reply to #13

Jul '19
emoticon I just hope I can hold my position.

Ratings updated.


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markus-san says:
#16, Reply to #15

Jul '19 *
5/10 for my favourite War movie emoticon.


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Ballz says:
#17, Reply to #16

Jul '19
emoticon

I don't know what to tell you. It just never drew me in like some of these other war movies.


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markus-san says:
#18, Reply to #17

Jul '19 *
I think I can understand you though. It can seem rather slow, ponderous, maybe a little pretentious and therefore i can see how it ends up being unengaging for some viewers. It took me 2-3 viewings to completely warm to it. I now find it to be the most fascinating war movie, and like no other ever made. The contrast of the beauty and fragility of nature against the insanity and horror of war is what sticks with me most (like the scene of a dying chick while there is gunfire all around). It presents soilders as introspective human beings who queston the nature of the violence around them, instead of the typical displays of masculinity we see in most of the "traditional" war movies. And the score by Hans Zimmer was great, one of his best and I loved the Melanesian choir.

Maybe try and revisit it if we have another challenge next year.


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Ballz says:
#19, Reply to #18

Jul '19
It definitely felt slow. I'd be willing to rewatch it though.

I think something I've discovered from this challenge is I tend to prefer what I can best describe as nontraditional war movies. Particularly war movies that don't focus on the battlefield. Das Boot for example. I guess the ocean is their battlefield, but they're in the submarine most of the time, plus it's from the POV of the Germans. Also The Pianist, and although it features some battlefield stuff, Full Metal Jacket. Do you have any recs similar to those (besides Schindler's List)?


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markus-san says:
#20, Reply to #19

Jul '19 *
You didn't at least enjoy playing "Spot the famous actor"? emoticon Oh look, it's George Clooney.. Apparently there is an even longer cut and he has a more substantial role.

Well a good start would be Downfall, about Hitler's last moments. Great performance. The actor who plays him sadly died recently.

A film I haven't watched it yet but I am planning to, is the Russian film Come And See which is supposed to be a very tough watch.

If you don't mind animation, Grave of the Fireflies, about the bombing of Japan, is one of the most powerful war movies I've ever seen.

If you enjoy Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds is a fun watch.

Another film I haven't seen it that I plan to is the Italian film Life is Beautiful.

A few others I can think of: The Deer Hunter, Dr. Strangelove, The English Patient, Atonement, The Imitation Game..

If I think of any more or come across them I'll let you know.




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