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Hello amigos videophiles: I am getting more interested in watching movies just like those tittles, which are based on true events in History, let's say "Dancing with wolves", etc. and I am asking your suggestions which other tittles would be interesting in that field ? World History, War History, History of Civilizations, etc. Thanks in advance, Best, Antonio Machado.
Follow Ups:
Korean War----Tai Guk GoWorld War II----The Longest Day, Battle of Britain, Bridge Too Far, Patton, Tora Tora Tora
The Great War----Lawrence of Arabia, The Lighthorsemen, Capitain Conan, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Blue Max
British Empire----Zulu, Khartoum, Charge of the Light Brigade (both), Four Feathers (the 1930s one) The Drum, Michael Collins, Wee Willie Winkie
American Empire---Glory, Gettysburg, How The West was Won, Cheyenne Autumn, Last of the Mohicans (Mann), Geronimo (Walter Hill), Northwest Passage, Drums Along the Mohawk, Unconquered, The Big Country, Red River, Son of the Morning Star
Poland and Russia---With Fire and Sword, The Deluge, Colonel Wolodjyski, Taras Bulba, War and Peace (King Vidor)
Middle Ages---The War Lord, Ivanhoe, Excalibur, The Vikings, Agony and Ecstacy, Henry V (Olivier), Richard III,
Ancient----Helen of Troy (Wise), 300 Spartans, Spartacus, Ten Commandments, Alexander, Alexander the Great, Cleopatra (DeMille), Cleopatra (Liz and Dick)
Various----The Sand Pebbles, Captain from Castile, The Last Valley
of course under Australian post apocalyptic,Road Warrior, ha ha.
On The Beach, not ha ha
"E Burres Stigano"
Charge of the Light Brigade (saw that this week, still pretty good)The Killing Fields
Cold Mountain
A Very Long Engagement
The Great Escape
The Bridge Over The River Kwai
The Great Raid (2005 release, underrated)
A couple of these may fail the "Based on fact" test.
"E Burres Stigano"
Just about everything than comes to mind has been covered in the other posts.I would add Last of the Mohicans; Black Robe (MUCH better than Dances With Kostner IMO); Zulu; Apocalypto.
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Master and Commander? This movie was boring to me, but Russell Crowe did a fine job.
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One of the more spectacular pre-CGEmovies about medieval history; Spain vs the Moors. Sophia Loren at her prime, too.The dvd version, is a miserably bad analog copy. Get the tape...much better
60's era depiction of the Battle of Thermopylae. Not technically accurate, but a great battle yarn none-the-less.
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Gotta say I thought this was a real stinker
Aside from putting the "Greeks" in Roman outfits, it was actually better than most "sand & sandals" epics of that era.
The Greeks in the picture were not in Roman outfits.The Spartans were wearing bronze Corinthian helmets, bell cuirasses and greaves--- very Greek, a little old fashioned for the time but the Spartans were conservative and armor was expensive and lasted a long time.
But certainly not Roman. Some early Roman armor copied Greek styles but there was a definate Italic style also. By the time of Marius the Romans were wearing chainmail and bronze "Montefortino" pot helmets. Helmets changed to Gallic styles under Augustus and in the 1st Century the banded iron strip armor we may think of as typically Roman started being used.
I like The 300 Spartans too. I actually think that with it's Greek politics and Herodotus it's over many heads. Xerxes, Demaratus and Hydarnes were very well done and I liked the way the picture showed the Greek use of light troops.
The Greek heavy infantry formations were not as dense and deep as they would really have been but the picture gets the idea across. Note that the Spartans did confound the Persians with feigned retreats as shown in the picture.
I'm certainly no armor expert, but they sure looked a lot like typical biblical movie "Romans" to me.
"I'm certainly no armor expert,"I am, they looked Greek ;-)
Note that in many movies the Romans look terrible. For instance in Spartacus the Roman rankers are shown wearing Greek style "muscle" cuirasses with Imperial Gallic style helmets from a period 100 years later than the movie is set.
Kind'a as if you made a WW I movie with the doughboys wearing Civil War uniforms and modern kevlar "fritz" helmets.
In the HBO series "Rome" the Roman rankers look pretty good with the exception of showing them wearing trousers. The Romans in Spartacus should'a looked like the Romans in "Rome".
The only thing good about it was the historical event itself. The novie was poorly acted, poorly shot, and poorly edited. It made an amazing story seem almost insignificant and boring. The battles were pathetic. The action was lame and the obvious lack of man power made an epic heroic stand look like a playground scirmish. Honestly this movie really sucks big time. You think it was better than most sand and sandels movies of that era? I can only think of two. Ben Hur and Spartacus. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING! better than Ben Hur and Spartacus?
I simply said "most". Ben-Hur and Spartacus were two big-budget exceptions, not "most". Its been a while since I've seen "The 300 Spartans", and I recall it was well-produced for the early 60s, though certainly not lavish. I assess it in that context. Are you still pissed that I dissed the fantasy comic book-based "300" about Thermopylae that's due out this year?
"I simply said "most". Ben-Hur and Spartacus were two big-budget exceptions, not "most"."
OK what other ones were there that would put 300 better than most? So far from that era its distant 3rd out of 3. Dead lat place by a country mile. What other's were there? I don't remember any." Its been a while since I've seen "The 300 Spartans", and I recall it was well-produced for the early 60s, though certainly not lavish."
It's been a few months for me. Memories can be quite romanticised. It was very badly produced for any era as well as badly acted.
" I assess it in that context."
OK but still that put's it against Ben Hur and Sparticus.
" Are you still pissed that I dissed the fantasy comic book-based "300" about Thermopylae that's due out this year?"
No, I didn't even realize you were the same guy. But is this why you dissed a movie you have never seen and a genre as a whole? Is it becuase of some romanticised distant memories of a movie you saw and loved as a kid?
They didn't?
I would also add the Wajda's The Ashes, but it might be very hard to find."Winter War" is great Finnish film about... well.. Winter War.
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but anyway Gladiator is certainly a popular title and IMO has cinematic merit. I still like the old mainstays Spartacus and Ben Hur.
may have occurred.
Many of Homer's "fictions" have been proven by archaeological research.
"Many of Homer's "fictions" have been proven by archaeological research."You are kidding aren't you? There is much debate as to whether Homer was an actual historical figure. Which one do you think was more historically accurate the Iliad or the Odyssey? LMAO. Yeah I heard they found the Torjan horse right next to Noah's ark LOL. Thanks for the laugh
your "expertise."
Now, you wish to be shown for a poseur of historical proportions? Here's merely one more example provided for your humiliation, in the link.
is like using the fact that DaVinci was a real person as proof of the historical accuracy of the DaVinci Code. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE ILIAD EVER HAPPENED IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM. You are just making an ass of yourself at this point. Crawl away while you still can. What next? The myths and legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is historically accurate because they really did have knights and kings in England?
wow
Do you know how he died?
Gladiator, Kingdom Of Heaven, King Arthur (2004), Rob Roy, Alexander Nevsky, The Wind and The Lion, Robin and Marion, Robinhood: Prince Of Thieves, The Man Who Would Be King, Lawrence Of Arabia.Gallipoli is a great film but it's a more intimate look at people in conflict. It's not an epic.
Don't piss on my shoe and tell me it's raining.
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