I’ve not seen any of them and I’m in a WW2 mood.
I’ve seen all 3, but it’s been a while:
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The Thin Red Line: beautiful movie with outstanding cinematography and I am a huge fan of some of Terrence Malicks work. But I’d say if someone is “In the mood for WW2” it wouldnt necessarily be my first recommendation. Really creates its own mood.
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Fury: if I remember correctly more gritty and you get action straight from the start. Also it’s based in Europe so you get the US vs Germany setting.
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Hacksaw ridge: you get the full arc from training to getting deployed building up to the finale. Also it’s the Pacific war theater so you get the US vs Japan setting.
Really depends on what you are looking for. But ofc there are also plenty of other movie options depending on what you are looking for and haven’t seen yet. There are just so many movies out there with WW2 setting that capture different aspects, locations and events.
Thanks for the breakdown! I think I’ve seen all the big ww2 films except the 3 I asked about and Greyhound. Huge fan of the BoB trilogy as well
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I only saw Thin Red Line once and hated it. Stuffed with pointless cameos, an indulgent mess it never gets going, never arrives anywhere. This critic summed it up for me:
The heart-piercing moments that punctuate its rambling are glimpses of what a tighter film might have been
Others rate it highly so its seems very much a matter of individual taste.
Option 4: The Great Escape (1963).
Fury is the most entertaining, though it has a number of places where it stumbles.
The Thin Red Line is Malik at his worse, over stuffed cast, dull meandering story and just over stuffed laborious scene after another.
Hacksaw Ridge is worth it just for Hugo Weaving’s parts… wow. The problem with Hacksaw Ridge is what Desmond Doss did is just that incredible that Gibson had to dumb it down because there is no way the audience would believe it. Unfortunately, the end result is a real mess of a movie. That’s just not fun.
Fury is excellent but extremely depressing. Thin Red Line is a Terrance Malick movie so kinda…out there and not terribly realistic as I recall… Haven’t seen Hacksaw Ridge.
Interesting I was assuming Fury would be lighter as I don’t link Brad Pitt to depressing stuff. What makes it so depressing?
It is a gritty movie about the emotional toll of war and how people get hardened by it. With tanks. Worth seeing but I couldn’t stop thinking about it for a while afterwards. I’ve actually touched Fury, it’s in the tank museum in Bovington.
Also why are you looking for WWII movies thinking they are going to be lighter? :D You want Hogan’s Heroes in that case, at least as long as you don’t read about Bob Crane.
Haha good point. I just meant lighter compared to other ww2 films. It looks like what I’m in the mood for thanks 😊
It looks like what I’m in the mood for
thankstanksFTFY
Haha I see what you did there
I’d go with Fury
Yep think I’m going that way
I liked hacksaw ridge, but it was quite graphical and violent. But if thats your thing, I recommend it.
As was Fury
My memory is hazy, but Fury had moments of quiet/let up. Hacksaw felt like3 hours of constant murder grind. Been a while since I watched both though, so could be my poor memory.
Haven’t seen any of those, but I can recommend Dunkirk.
Fury is the go to in the mood
Hacksaw Ridge… based on a true event. It’s really impressive what that soldier accomplished.
