War Movies You Would Like To See Made

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Cosmo, thanks for the info on "Talvisota"!

I just did a little research and found that the version for sale on Amazon is the shortened and dumbed-down American two hour version, and a very poor video transfer to boot.

A 3 hour and 15 minute international version with a much better video transfer is out. I just found one on Ebay and there are quite a few more available.

The international version is a 2 disc set with 195 minutes, and the American version is one disc and 125 minutes.
 
I just did a little research and found that the version for sale on Amazon is the shortened and dumbed-down American two hour version, and a very poor video transfer to boot.
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Your info is in reference to THIS version, which I bought several years ago at great expense:

http://www.amazon.com/Winter-War-Ta...ef=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1276985838&sr=1-1

The one I linked to in the earlier post is a NEW transfer via Korea (strange, I know), and is 70 minutes longer than the US release. It's also quite a bit cheaper. Both versions are available on Amazon, so exercise caution to make sure you're getting the new one.

There may still be more from the Finnish miniseries, but this is a big improvement. Much better transfer quality.
 
I would love to see a movie about a battle in which the Eastern Europeans repelled the Ottomans and other Turkic/Mongol invasions in a graphic novel movie kind of way. They leave out a lot of important history and facts in public school, so made a big time movie might get American society some real information.


This will sure get some negative marks from Hollywood and will most likely have to be independently funded, but what about an Israel vs Palestinian war film told from a Palestinian perspective.


Teutonic knights vs Slavic pagans.
North African Moors vs Spaniards
Qin Dynasty vs Mongols
Iran vs Iraq
 
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I would love to see a movie about a battle in which the Eastern Europeans repelled the Ottomans and other Turkic/Mongol invasions in a graphic novel movie kind of way.
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"The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"!
 
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I would love to see a movie about a battle in which the Eastern Europeans repelled the Ottomans and other Turkic/Mongol invasions in a graphic novel movie kind of way.
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Try With Fire and Sword: http://www.amazon.com/Fire-Sword-Ogniem-mieczem/dp/B0009WE3KW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1276986985&sr=1-2

For other really terrific eastern European war movies, look for:

The Admiral (Russian)
Katyn (Polish)
Come and See (Russian)

Any one of these three films will leave you stunned.
 
A moving and realistic PRO USA (or at least a realistic movie that isn't anti-American) movie about Iraq and or Afghanistan - maybe following a unit to both locations over a period of a couple years.
 
KodiakBeer said:
Try With Fire and Sword: http://www.amazon.com/Fire-Sword-Ogniem-mieczem/dp/B0009WE3KW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1276986985&sr=1-2

For other really terrific eastern European war movies, look for:

The Admiral (Russian)
Katyn (Polish)
Come and See (Russian)

Any one of these three films will leave you stunned.
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I've seen Katyn, it is a good movie. And Iv'e seen parts of The Admiral.
A good one is "An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God". I wish I lived in those kind of times.
 
Rhodesian war from the point of view of the Rhodesian, not the point of view of the Black Communist terrorists.

WW2 and the events leading up to it from the point of view of the Germans, not the point of view of the allies, not out to demonize the Germans or trying to teach any lessons on morality.
 
WW2 and the events leading up to it from the point of view of the Germans, not the point of view of the allies, not out to demonize the Germans or trying to teach any lessons on morality.
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A dramatization of selected parts of Heinz Höhne's "Order of the Death's Head", in particular the sections on the Night of the Long Knives, the massacre at Babi Yar and the final collapse of the SS. German scholarship on the war and the Holocaust demonizes the Germans better than anyone else.

A dramatization of Christopher Browning's "Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland".

A dramatization of Charles Sydnor's "Soldiers of Destruction" about the rise, fall and crimes of the SS Totenkopf Division and it's commander Theodor Eicke.

A dramatization of the history of the Dirlewanger Brigade of the Waffen SS, led by a rapist and populated almost entirely by poachers, rapists, murderers and other criminals.

A tragicomedy about Himmler's double dealing at the end of the war, and his brief and pathetic, comic opera career as a "combat commander" from which he bailed by feigning a cold. Himmler would be played by Wallace Shawn, the voice of the T-Rex in the "Toy Story" movies.
 
The story of Roy Benavidez http://www.psywarrior.com/benavidez.html would make a great movie. But as Ronald Reagan said when awarding the Medal of Honor, no one would make it because the story is just too unbelievable. Most people would dismiss the movie as fiction, like a Rambo movie.
 
Not a battle, and very, very difficult to pull off, but:
I always thought the period when Wild Bill was in Abilene would be a good story. He was past his prime and starting to lose his vision. A very young John Wesley Hardin showed up. Ben Thompson, a very dangerous man in his own right, tried to get them to kill each other.

Also, a war movie that could also make a very good horror movie would be the Battle of Ramree Island.
"...Of about 1,000 Japanese soldiers that entered the swamps of Ramree, only about 20 were found alive."
 
Also, a war movie that could also make a very good horror movie would be the Battle of Ramree Island.
"...Of about 1,000 Japanese soldiers that entered the swamps of Ramree, only about 20 were found alive."
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Is that where a Japanese force was pinned between Royal Navy ships and a swamp full of crocodiles?
 
Yes, Deanimator. That is correct. Obviously the details of the battle are debated, but still pretty creepy.
 
The exploits of Tsuji Masanobu, the "Randall Flagg" of the Imperial Japanese Army, culminating in his alleged disappearance and killing China after the war.
 
One that should be made:

A docu-drama on the Battle of the Kursk salient in July 1943. This was the biggest single battle of WWII (and the biggest ever tank battle anywhere) and it decided the outcome on the Russian Front, but little is known among the American public. This battle shifted the advantage decisively to the Russians and they never took a step back after Kursk, although the war dragged on for nearly two more years. This engagement dwarfs the Battle of the Bulge, which is the largest battle the US Army has ever participated in.

Way back when I was in the military (many moons ago) we new lieutenants were 'encouraged' to check out books from the base library that dealt with the Eastern Front in WWII, since it was assumed at that time that the Russians would be our likely opponents. The scale of combat in that theater was a real eye-opener.
 
A docu-drama on the Battle of the Kursk salient in July 1943.
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And it should include newer information on Prokhorovka, which suggests that the Soviets made more mistakes than they admitted to, including running into their own tank ditch.
 
I know small arms were not involved, but the Battle of Leyte Gulf, especially the wild action off Samar involving the massively out-gunned US forces of Taffy III, would make a spectacular movie. The associated actions at Surigao Strait and Halsey's dash after Ozawa's decoy formation would be interesting framing events, but the Battle off Samar was the only time US naval forces were in a significant action faced a superior enemy after Midway, and the performance by the outgunned units has rarely been matched in US history.

Without a bit of artistic license being used the story would make a hugely exciting, educational, and inspirational film.
 
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Here's one:

A realistic yet surreal war film about a future war that only that only now seems unlikely, yet hits home hard enough to make people (and politicians) think a bit deeper about the world today and what's going on. Oh I can think of many scenarios for this type of film. A gritty semi-surreal eye opener of a movie. Oh, and it will be at least 3 hours long.
 
I think Hollywood could make a good movie about either Iraq or Afghanistan. It doesn't need to be conservative or liberal - just a good story about American troops and the incredibly difficult job they do.
 
I think Hollywood could make a good movie about either Iraq or Afghanistan.
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I think they could too - too bad they haven't yet. So far, they are all crap, IMO - especially The Hurt Locker.
 
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