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494096, Better Iraq War Movie
Posted by Melanism, Wed Dec-31-69 07:00 PM

Too soon?

Poll question: Better Iraq War Movie

Poll result (10 votes)
Three Kings	(6 votes)	Vote
The Hurt Locker	(4 votes)	Vote

494099, The Hurt Locker, mos def
Posted by Valium, Mon Dec-28-09 04:32 PM

494109, arent the flicks about 2 diff iraq wars?
Posted by thegodcam, Mon Dec-28-09 06:20 PM

494112, if the war in the film takes place in Iraq..it can by definition be called an Iraq war
Posted by Qwerty Uiop, Mon Dec-28-09 07:16 PM

an Iraq war movie.

smdh

494116, I don't mean to be pedantic
Posted by chief1284, Mon Dec-28-09 07:46 PM

But I will...but there's been a whole load of wars in iraq over Millennia. Alexander the Great?

Anyway, aside from being a nit-picking idiot, Imma put forward a kinda movie - Generation Kill. Ok it's not a movie at all, but it so comprehensively overshadows any other Iraq film I'll hand the gong to it anyway.

494123, Wasn't Three Kings set in Kuwait?
Posted by Marauder21, Mon Dec-28-09 08:14 PM

Haven't seen that movie in forever, so maybe not.

494125, yes
Posted by Qwerty Uiop, Mon Dec-28-09 08:37 PM

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494127, Except for it wasn't the Iraq War. It was the Gulf War.
Posted by CaptNish, Mon Dec-28-09 08:42 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War

494128, and where was the US fighting during the gulf war ?
Posted by Qwerty Uiop, Mon Dec-28-09 08:44 PM

I'll wait

494135, Iraq, Kuwait, and areas on the border of Saudi Arabia
Posted by CaptNish, Mon Dec-28-09 10:00 PM

But if you want to continue to wrongly refer to it as the Iraq War, you go ahead.

494136, why were US soldiers in Kuwait & Saudi Arabia?
Posted by Qwerty Uiop, Mon Dec-28-09 10:25 PM

I'll wait

what's Three Kings about?

494138, ^^ Calls WWII "The German/Japanese/Italian War"
Posted by CaptNish, Mon Dec-28-09 10:39 PM

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494139, was America at war with Kuwait & Saudi Arabia?
Posted by Qwerty Uiop, Mon Dec-28-09 10:53 PM

becuz the US was at war with Germans, Japanese & Italians

494141, So basically the Civil War, the Revolutionary War and the 1812 War
Posted by TheMindFrame, Mon Dec-28-09 11:23 PM

Are all the same thing? I mean, the U.S. fought them (I'll give you leeway on the R.W.) And they were fought on American soil, so it's the same thing, right?

494162, yes. They are all American wars. Smdh....smart dumb mfs
Posted by Qwerty Uiop, Tue Dec-29-09 09:29 AM

smfh

494183, ^^^ US History FAIL
Posted by ZooTown74, Tue Dec-29-09 11:11 AM

And I do mean "US," not "U.S."

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494250, Your point being?
Posted by Qwerty Uiop, Tue Dec-29-09 02:47 PM

or do you have no point?

smgdh

494117, Jarhead
Posted by SoulHonky, Mon Dec-28-09 07:54 PM

Calling The Hurt Locker the best Iraq War movie is kind of like calling Die Hard the best Christmas movie. Although, either way, I still think that Jarhead was a better movie.

I'd go Jarhead and then Three Kings. Hurt Locker might be #3 but I really can't think of any other Iraq War movies besides stinkers like Rendition, Lions for Lambs, and Stop Loss (which could have been an interesting movie but then turned into a lame road trip flick).

494147, I'd switch Three Kings with Jarhead
Posted by zuma1986, Tue Dec-29-09 12:27 AM

but it's still pretty close imo, both great efforts by great directors.

494121, Battle For Haditha is worth watching
Posted by Sponge, Mon Dec-28-09 08:13 PM

Could've been a pretty great film at best if the director didn't make the two stylistic choices he did at the end.

494142, The Hurt Locker was horrible as a "War Movie"
Posted by TheMindFrame, Mon Dec-28-09 11:26 PM

Call it an action flick set in Iraq, or an action movie set in a war theater but it had waaayy too many mistakes for it to be considered a war movie. The movie fucks realism for drama every chance it takes.

494163, Lebowski.
Posted by magilla vanilla, Tue Dec-29-09 09:36 AM

494179, The Wire, season 3
Posted by ZooTown74, Tue Dec-29-09 10:49 AM

Nucka

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494193, LMAO
Posted by Marauder21, Tue Dec-29-09 11:40 AM

The post that gave me my sig

494199, Yeah, I remember that argument
Posted by ZooTown74, Tue Dec-29-09 11:49 AM

Son was convinced, lol...

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494182, Jarhead n/m
Posted by Gemini_Two_One, Tue Dec-29-09 11:09 AM

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