The Movieforums Top 100 War Movies Countdown

Fail-Safe was my #12. It was recommended by someone during a personal hall and I was really impressed with it...

You know if all 4 parts of War and Peace make it, that will be 3 movies that won't be making the countdown. Too late now, but I wish we had all 4 parts of War and Peace counting as one film.

Since War and Peace, Part IV made the list, I'm sure part 3 and maybe part 1 will make this list as well. I didn't vote for any of them, but given how untouchable and impressive it was with creating such an epic scope, it deserves to be heralded as one of the greatest achievements in cinema. It's the most "they don't make them like they used to" action/war film I can think of. Though cgi tends to be the go-to choice for depicting large scale action/fight scenes, I don't actually think it suits them that well. Don't get me wrong - cgi isn't inherently bad by any means. There's just a certain kind of thrill and awe to seeing something physically real on a large scale which cgi can't replicate. It feels manufactured, regardless of how polished it may look by today's standards. Of course, all the effort put into the battle scenes of War and Peace would've been moot if the arrangement of them had been sloppy, but Bondarchuk is able to frame all of them in a highly pleasing way as the various set pieces and geometric patterns of the hundreds of extras onscreen throughout them are all intricately designed and crafted.

With that being said, I felt the film dragged at times during the talk-heavy/slower bits. And this isn't to say the rest of the film is bad or anything. It just pales in comparison to the battle scenes and, if you were to remove the war scenes, I doubt the film would've made much of an impact at all. Some scenes throughout the dialogue-heavy bits are still high quality (I love the drunk scene at the start of part 1, in particular), but a great deal more of them don't mean much to me. The film may fare better with a rewatch though. Who knows.

Anyways, I like part 3 and part 4 about as much as each other (I sometimes jump back and forth over which one I prefer). Part 1 is a bit behind both of them. Part 2 is my least favorite.

You know if all 4 parts of War and Peace make it, that will be 3 movies that won't be making the countdown. Too late now, but I wish we had all 4 parts of War and Peace counting as one film.

Who thinks Attack (1956) will show up? Is it too late in the game for it? I know some MoFos though highly of it as they recommended it to me in my Citizen Goes To War thread...I only just seen the movie last night...pretty impressive.

My guess would be no chance, but there's been other movies that I didn't realize had a following.

I really just want you all angry and confused the whole time.