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A sub-genre I like that has kind of gone away is the lighthearted war movie. I love those old movies like The Dirty Dozen, Where Eagles Dare, The Guns of Navarone, The Great Escape (although that gets more serious at the end), etc.
I’ve always found it interesting that these types of movies were popular in the 1960s and 1970s when a bunch of the actors were veterans, whereas nowadays (post-Saving Private Ryan), most war movies go for the gritty, grounded approach. I love the realistic war movies too, but outside of Inglorious Basterds and this new Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, there really aren’t that many light war movies anymore.
So with all that, what are some of your favorites of those old school, fun war movies?
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I’ve always found it interesting that these types of movies were popular in the 1960s and 1970s when a bunch of the actors were veterans, whereas nowadays (post-Saving Private Ryan), most war movies go for the gritty, grounded approach. I love the realistic war movies too, but outside of Inglorious Basterds and this new Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, there really aren’t that many light war movies anymore.
So with all that, what are some of your favorites of those old school, fun war movies?
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