Small Scale Military Headquarters

I was thinking what are my favorite movie battle scenes.
#1 Omaha Beach Landing SPR
#2 Picketts Charge Gettysburg
Anyone else got any?

Those are a couple of good ones gk.How about adding these:

Band of Brothers-initial Normandy assault on the coastal guns
A Bridge Too Far-Arnhem Bridge assault
The Patriot(Mel Gibson)-Ambush scene to get his son back and the final
battle scene
BraveHeart-all the battles
The Last Samauri-the battle in the beginning where TC is captured and
the finale

Those are just a few of my personal favourites.Of course I have plenty of others but I'll let others add their comments.Yes there are plenty of errors for you history buffs in all of the scenes but I don't care about that.They provide good entertainment and get the point across and that is "thank god I didn't have to fight in any of these battles or wars."I salute the armed forces of today that protect our freedom and countries from terrorism that is trying to prevail in the present world.Hats off to you all,past, present and future.

The Little Round Top scene in The Killer Angels is pretty intense. Believe it or not, I also like some of the smaller actions in the WWII film A Midnight Clear.

Mike

I also like the beach landing scene in SPR. One of my other favorite scenes is the P-51 strafing attack in "Empire of the Sun." If you don't love the P-51 before that scene, you will afterwards!

Ahhh, my favorite is BoB: Brecourt Manor along with the attack on Carentan...........

-Ski

SPR: omaha beach

Apocalypse now: flight of the valkrie scene

Enemy at the gates: crossing the vulgra scene... the stuka attack etc.

Platoon: final battle

-mike-

stalingrad, when they take the factory scene.

I liked the factory scene

I have to say the seen where they take on the T-34s in the steppes is my personal favorite though

Bill

i liked in iron cross, the last battle scene, when the sgt states "and i will show you were the iron crosses grow".

1. Omaha beach SPR
2. Platoon (last battle)
3. Pearl Harbor (the battle ONLY)
4. Return of the Jedi (Ewok battle)

Omaha Beach SPR
All of the Band of Brothers especially parts 2 and 3.
Bridge Too Far- When the Germnas try to cross Arnhem Bridge(Very well done for a movie of that time.) The Oatriot- The final battle.
Now although I didnt like the movie I liked the scene in Enemy at the Gate where they are crossing the Vulga.

Joe

Here are a few of my favourite things:

SPR Omaha landing
SPR final battle
Battle of Britain most of the air battle scenes
Stalingrad battle with the T-34's
Enemy at the Gate crossing the Volga/charging the german lines
Gladiator opening battle
Zulu final zulu charge/firing by ranks
Tora Tora Tora the whole attack
All Quiet on the Western Front (with Ernest Borgnine) several good battles
Tears of the Sun attack on the rebels who are executing civilians
Braveheart all the battles
The Dambusters the attack on the dams
633 Squadron i like the training scenes
Memphis Belle the big air battle on the final mission
Waterloo the battle
Starship Troopers both big battles (my mind wandered)
When We Were Soldiers the whole frickin battle
Glory their first battle

oh and guys, the river in russia is the VOLGA

Hi,

I will not repeat any already mentioned, some of those were on my list as well as some I never thought of. I'll add some though

Star Wars: Empire (the speeder battle on Hoth)

Star Wars: New Hope (the Death Star attack)

Last of the Mohicans (The battle in the woods and the battle in the clearing/canoe chance) I love this movie by the way!

Master and Commander (The final ship to ship battle)

Hard to choose but:

1. SPR Omaha Landing
2. Flight of the Valkyries scene from Apocalypse Now
3. Pickett's Charge in Gettysburg
4. At least five different battle scenes from Band of Brothers

anyone see the camp raid at the end of "Proof Of Life", one of the coolest modern assualt flicks til black hawk down and tears of the sun came out.

Some of my favorites:

Bridge at Remagen; The opening M24 attack on a bridge. The Armoured Infantry attcak on the farmhouse.

Cross of Iron; The T34/85 attacking the defensive postition at the factory.

Kelly's Heroes; the attack on the village with the gold.

Battleground; The Germans attacking across the snowy field.

Is Paris Burning?; The French armour running over the AT gun.

Bridge too Far; The opening clash between XXX corp and the Germans.

How about the air battle scenes in "12 O'clock High". The mix of Hollywood with actual air scenes is powerful. The aftermath landings of the B-17's actual film showing the damage the actual planes sustained. Something you remember.

TTT

The later part of Full Metal Jacket when they are hunting the sniper in the burning town with the sun going down is very dramatic. It's the best film on the Vietnam war I think.

Another film of epic proportions that no-one has mentioned is Pork Chop Hill where Gregory Peck has been assigned a near impossible task of retaking a Hill. All hell breaks loose in that one.

Cheers

Right you are, A Ferg, about the scenes in Zulu and We Were Soldiers!

Mike

The 2 best battles in movie history are:

1. Amphibious Landings by USMC at Benito Atoll (Tarawa) in "Sands of Iwo Jima" (1949).
Not only is the action intense, the setting accurate, and the equipment legit, but real footage from the battle is inter-mixed with the staged footage in seamless fashion. This is one of the few advantages of the B&W films!

2. Amphibious Landings by US Army 29th ID with 2nd Ranger Battalion at Omaha Beach in "Saving Private Ryan" (1998). What else can be said about this battle scene? It shocked everybody who saw it, and made modern historians realize that WWII combat was just as brutal as that in Korea or Vietnam.