I like Samurai flicks, so I’ll suggest Heaven & Earth, involving Takeda Shingen’s invasion of Echigo. Beautifully shot, & most of the move is just an extended battle set piece.
Damon.
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I really wanted to like this since it dealt with unconventional troops. it started out well enough and then became somewhatunbearable to watch.
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@18bravo , what was your take on, “The Men Who Stare at Goats” that was allegedly semi-inspired by some real events?
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I was active duty SF at that time. I still have skills, Panties simply fall off.
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So wear something different…
Cheers,
M
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- The Steel Helmet (1951)
- Pork Chop Hill (1959)
- Glory (1989)
- Drums Along The Mohawk (1939)
- Decision Before Dawn (1951)
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Das Boot (1981)
1917
The thin red Line
The hunt for Red Oktober
Apokalypse now
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Try this the next time you’re in a classroom setting. Stare at the spine or brain stem of someone seated on front of you. See what happens.
When you come from behind someone to slit their throat, you never look at these areas.
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Panties simply fell off!
Definitely something to it.
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Nothing succeeds like a killer chat-up line: “Eeh Lass, Ah’ll soon ‘ave Thee drippin’ like a knackered fridge…” isn’t one of them.
Cheers,
M
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Good to know 
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In fact, there is one thing that beats a good line - to say nothing at all.
I had a self imposed mission at Ft. Devens to test my skills. (I think I may have related this story already)
I walked into the Snatch Bar on Devens, handed a girl my spare helmet, and without a word, we got on my bike, rode to South Post, and accomplished the mission. Then we RTB’ed to the Snatch Bar, without a word ever have been spoken. Worked more than once, including on an E-6, (I was a private) much to the disdain of another SF dude in my company who had had his eye on her. Yes, you Reddy,
These are the Jedi skills of which I speak.
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When You Say Nothing at All - Wikipedia
Frequently amended by Karaoke participants to “when you say Sweet Bggr-all”… Alternatives being “When you say” followed by an impersonation of Mr Bean, Eccles, or other comedy characters; for the less talented simple incoherent inebriate mumbling…
Cheers,
M
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