GFVeggie t1_ix513wn wrote on November 20, 2022 at 8:20 PM

Reply to comment by betterversionn in What are some of your favorite childhood films that you still watch to this day? by Forsaken_Tip_596

Inn of the 6th Happiness was the first movie I saw in a theater. I really enjoyed it. For the 1950's it was a movie about women power.

I was 12 or 13 when I saw The Guns of Navarone. That and 12 O'clock High are really great WWII movies. Though I do watch "In Harm's Way" on Pearl Harbor day every year but never saw it as a kid.

The movie I bristle at when I see it listed as a children's movie is Watershed Down. Just because it is animated, it is so very violent. I love the book.

betterversionn t1_ix59fz4 wrote on November 20, 2022 at 9:15 PM

I like In Harms Way, but couldn’t agree more on 12 O’Clock High - I love that one!

But my absolute favorite, and maybe a top 10 movie for me is The Train.

I also really love All Quiet on the Western Front, The Dawn Patrol (1938), and The Eagle and the Hawk.

GFVeggie t1_ix64x03 wrote on November 21, 2022 at 1:06 AM

I'll have to check out those movies especially the Train. I just looked it up and it sounds great. I really like The Monuments Men. I know everyone pans it, but the art, I tear up every time I watch it.

I think I saw an educational version of The Train in history class. I know there was a Hollywood movies about getting art away from the Nazi's.

I like Band of Brothers though it is a series and Saving Private Ryan. I just wish the they didn't have to use the F word so often.

betterversionn t1_ix6af2p wrote on November 21, 2022 at 1:49 AM

Definitely get the Kino Lorber release, there are two commentaries on it, and both are amazing - I don’t only one other time have I watched 2 commentaries for a film and enjoyed it so much. One was with director John Frankenheimer - and like I said, it’s really great. I have the previously released blu ray, and I’m assuming they’re on the 4K if that’s what you prefer.

My sister just gave me The Monuments Men a couple weeks ago, but I haven’t watched it yet. The reviews didn’t really motivate me much, but now I might bump it up on my watch list.