Worst Military Movies

[rmc_wannabe]

There's a much better song.

I may have had this one blaring out of the Bison a few times:

 

[Good2Golf]

But Steven did star in the greatest war movie of all time....

Best part of that movie?

 

[Blackadder1916]

Best part of that movie?
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Close. About three seconds before that.

 

[Good2Golf]

Close. About three seconds before that.

‘Keepin’ it G…’

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

Best part of that movie?
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This one was a close second....

Always knew the SEALs were inferior to the USMC

 

[ArmyRick]

I wonder if they will ever make an exciting military movie about drama, drugs, crime, insorbidination, conspiracy (against the CoC), Military police investigations, court martials, etc.

Basically my experiences with a PAT/PAR platoon

 

[Rudburg]

I wonder if they will ever make an exciting military movie about drama, drugs, crime, insorbidination, conspiracy (against the CoC), Military police investigations, court martials, etc.

Basically my experiences with a PAT/PAR platoon

The Caine Mutiny is close, but that has bootleg strawberries instead of drugs.

 

[dimsum]

I wonder if they will ever make an exciting military movie about drama, drugs, crime, insorbidination, conspiracy (against the CoC), Military police investigations, court martials, etc.

Basically my experiences with a PAT/PAR platoon

A Few Good Men…?

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

I wonder if they will ever make an exciting military movie about drama, drugs, crime, insorbidination, conspiracy (against the CoC), Military police investigations, court martials, etc.

Basically my experiences with a PAT/PAR platoon

There is actually a movie that is basically about that....

 

[Edward Campbell]

I cannot recall who said it, but someone referred to my favourite military movie - 'Tunes of Glory' - as being about "the horror of peacetime soldiering."

 

[ArmyRick]

A Few Good Men…?

Those were trained, hard charging marines with very self minded officers leading them. Close theme but not quite.

 

[daftandbarmy]

I cannot recall who said it, but someone referred to my favourite military movie - 'Tunes of Glory' - as being about "the horror of peacetime soldiering."

Especially in the British Army - Viz

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/17/africa/british-army-abandoned-children-kenya-intl/index.html

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Especially in the British Army - Viz

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/17/africa/british-army-abandoned-children-kenya-intl/index.html

While I suspect a few rapes may have happened, I suspect most where interactions where money changed hands and then when they had a child they were told to make the claim.

 

[daftandbarmy]

While I suspect a few rapes may have happened, I suspect most where interactions where money changed hands and then when they had a child they were told to make the claim.

Regardless, life on operations was - ironically - always more 'trouble free' than dealing with the continual disciplinary chaos of peacetime.

I don't recall one charge parade on any tour.

Not on tour? The CO's and OC's carpets were regularly worn out

 

[Remius]

But Steven did star in the greatest war movie of all time....

That was a great Tommy Lee Jones movie.

 

[Rudburg]

That was a great Tommy Lee Jones movie.

Tommy Lee Jones should stay away from war movies that feature an Iowa class battleship.

Emperor (2012) | Rotten Tomatoes

Following the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, Gen. Bonner Fellers (Matthew Fox) must determine whether Emperor Hirohito should be hanged as a war criminal.

www.rottentomatoes.com

 

[daftandbarmy]

Tommy Lee Jones should stay away from war movies that feature an Iowa class battleship.

Emperor (2012) | Rotten Tomatoes

Following the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, Gen. Bonner Fellers (Matthew Fox) must determine whether Emperor Hirohito should be hanged as a war criminal.

www.rottentomatoes.com

That movie almost destroyed my will to live...

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

That was a great Tommy Lee Jones movie.

Yep! Best line ever:

"I was getting tired of coming up with last second solutions to solve impossible problems created by other f@#$*ng people>"

 

[Brad Sallows]

Action/adventure movies set in military backgrounds aren't really war movies.

 

[dimsum]

Action/adventure movies set in military backgrounds aren't really war movies.

True, but to be fair the context was “worst military movies”, not “worst war movies”.

So that’s a pretty wide net - I guess technically Transformers counts.

It does have one of the best military scenes though: