War

King Rat (1965)

King Rat is the story of Corporal King.  He is a P.O.W. in a Japanese Camp.  His title comes from his ability to buy and sell on the black market. This movie was decent.  Although, pretty early on I could tell it was based on a book.  The scenes were pretty jumbled and you could [...]

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Braveheart (1995)

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Mel Gibson’s epic about William Wallace and his fight for freedom from the English. This is my favorite movie.  It is just remarkable.  Every time I watch it, it affects me.  I love the story and soundtrack.  I have yet to see a movie come even close.  It is simply unparalleled for me.  I would [...]

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300 (2007)

A Zach Snyder film telling the story from the battle of Thermopylae.  300 men of men take on a vast Persian army and they do it like real warriors…without their shirts. Not a fan.  Was the entire film a Bod commercial?  The visual effects were great.  It had the feel of a graphic novel coming [...]

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Green Zone (2010)

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Green Zone stars Matt Damon and was directed by Paul Greengrass.  It tells the story of mishandled intel that leads to the 2003 Iraq invasion. I liked how this movie tried to tell an honest account of the Iraq invasion.  History can be told very effectively in film.  The action and fictionalization of the rest [...]

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