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All Quiet on the Western Front
Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine
Lions Gate, 2002
all quiet on the western front
+ Quality DVD
+ Greatest War Novel Ever Written
i believe this remake of the black and white film of the 1930's is the superior of the two. The Richard Thomas version is less preachy than the Lew Ayers version. Also, the ending is not "telegraphed" to the viewer as was done in the black and white film. In the Richard Thomas film the end is ...
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Lafayette Escadrille
Raymond Bailey, Etchika Choureau
Warner Home Video, 1995
Final Film from the Director of WINGS
+ Final Film from the Director of WINGS
William "Wild Bill" Wellman directed 1927's WINGS the first film to win an Academy Award. "Wild Bill" Wellman was a real life Ace in the US Army Air Corps in World War I. He was wounded, went to Hollywood and ended up a prolific and hard edged director. It would seem fitting that Wellman's last ...
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A Farewell to Arms
Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper
Image Entertainment, 1999
"I don't really live at all when I'm not with you...."
+ A Farewell To Seriousness
+ Fine Performances by Cooper and Hayes
"I'm afraid of the rain because sometimes I see me dead in it. And sometimes I see you dead in it." -- Helen Hayes
Frank Borzage had a romanticism and sensitivity to his silent work matched by none, and when sound came along he continued to put a delicate touch on films that required ...
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All Quiet on the Western Front
Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres
Universal Studios, 1999
An Historical Icon
+ All Quiet Screams loudly the devestation of War
+ All Quiet On the Western Front: A Must See For Those Who Hate War-time Propaganda
+ Still Crazy After All These Years
+ EXCELLENT PRODUCT & TRANSACTION!!!!
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Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor
Warner Home Video, 2000
WATERLOO BRIDGE 1940 FILM - WITH INCREDIBLE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN VIVIEN LEIGH AND ROBERT TAYLOR.
+ Emotionally Devestating
+ Just an excellent movie.
+ Taylor and Leigh at their best...all-time great tear-jerker...
+ Even If You Don't Like Old Movies
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The Fighting 69th
James Cagney, Pat O'Brien
Warner Home Video, 2000
Excellent DVD release from the Warner Bros vault
+ The fighting 69th
+ Dream Fulfilled
+ WWI Hero Soldiers
+ The Fighting 69th !!!!
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Gallipoli
Mel Gibson, Mark Lee
Paramount Pictures, 1999
Idealism and youth destroyed by war
+ More powerful than ever.
+ About mates, patriotic naivete and one of the most senseless battles in a war made up of senseless battles
+ Excellent Film About A Tragic Epsiode in History
+ monument to incompetence
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Wings
Richard Arlen, Clara Bow
Paramount, 1996
If only there were Clara Bows around nowadays ..
+ During the aerial dogfights....
+ This is where it all began.
+ Off to a Good Start
+ Talented Charles "Buddy" Rogers
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Sergeant York
Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan
Warner Home Video, 2001
Sargent York at its best
+ Sgt. York the ultimate Soldier
+ Movie Buff
+ Sergent York
+ sargent york
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Von Richthofen & Brown
John Phillip Law, Don Stroud
MGM (Video & DVD), 1998
Uninspired
+ Enjoyable WWI story
+ Vib /euxgridwb & Brown
About the only thing right in this movie is that there were Se5s and Dr1s in WW1. The script is uninspired and the characters uninfluenced by history OR truth. In getting to know Brown you don't learn anything about the real man. The Baron himself is played stiffly and therefore nothing of the ...
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The Lighthorsemen
Peter Phelps, Nick Waters
Warner Home Video, 1994
One of the greatest cavalry charges ever
+ Must see movie
+ Uncut Dvd Please!!!
+ Please release it on DVD!
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Paths of Glory
Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker
MGM (Video & DVD), 1999
L'infamie
+ enough to make you weep...
+ Classic Anti-War Movie
+ a visual anti-war parable
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What Price Glory
James Cagney, Corinne Calvet
20th Century Fox, 1998
......Semper Fidelis at its Best......
I happen to love this Marine film...it appealed to my Marine persona throughout the movie...it may have dwelled on the love interests in the Reserve Area at length, but the mud-Marines and their jargon was real and chippy...I thought Jimmy Gleason stole his scenes while on camera like the old pro ...
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King of Hearts
Jacques Balutin, Alan Bates
MGM (Video & DVD), 2000
King of Hearts: The message is in the madness.
+ an Alan Bates fan
+ The madness and madcap-ness of war
+ A True Classic
+ King of Hearts
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The Lost Battalion
Rick Schroder, Phil McKee
A&E Home Video, 2002
The Lost Battalion
+ Lose No Time, buy this at Once
+ Outstanding
+ Lost Battalion
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