Worst WWII Movie Ever?

1967's "The Young Warriors" with James Drury. I couldn't turn away. When I thought the acting couldn't be any more horrible, they would cut to the next scene and prove me wrong.

It has value though, if you ever run out of syrup of ipecac, watch this.

P.S., I watch "The Great Raid" every chance I get.
 
"Force 10 from Nararone" , "Attack", "To Hell and Back", Audie Murphy deserved a quality film to present his story. Not the low budget garbage he was cast in. Clean starched uniforms, undamaged helmets, weapons, and boots throughout the movie. Unbelievably corny shell blasts added to the film after it was shot.
 
steveno said:
one of the biggest problems with the "Battle of the Bulge" was the tank battle. there isn't any place in Luxembourg or Belgium that looks like that. there isn't any sage brush in either of those countries.
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Yep, and most of the tanks were M47's and M48's with Iron Crosses painted on, if I remember correctly. Even though I had issues with "Fury", I did like seeing the real thing, Shermans as well as the only operational Tiger I from the Bovington Tank Museum.
 
"1941" had a great soundtrack though.
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Just a side note. Spielberg, the director of "1941" claims to this day that he likes the closing theme from "1941" better than the Raider's March.

Bruce
 
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I don't remember the name of this dud but it took place in the Asian theater on as Island. The plot was that there was a troop of US GIs and a troop of Japs. They ended up calling a truce for a time and some of them became "friends". when the truce ended some of The Americans tried to Protect the Japs who were hell bent on killing them. The movie starred Frank Sinatra an I've never seen it run on TV probably because it's so bad.
Jim
 
I saw this movie a couple of months ago. It was horrible. I paid attention to the rifles that the allied troops were using. It seemed that no two were using the same type of weapon.

The rest of the movie was equally ridiculous. Then again, I never thought much of Sinatra as an actor.

I think I stopped watching about half way through, but mercifully I've blanked it out.

Thin Red Line was perhaps the most convoluted and boring WW II movie ever.

Pearl Harbor was a WW II "chick flick". Any resemblance between that piece of dreck and the real event was probably by accident.

I took MASH (the movie) and Kelly's Heroes for what they were, entertainment. I'll reserve comment on MASH the TV show and Alan Alda. I watched it, but I was a lot younger and more idealistic then.

On a different note, I've started watching a lot of WWII and just prior to WWII movies made in Britain. Amazon Prime has a lot of them on. It's a totally different perspective and because they were contemporary to the real events, they have pretty accurate backgrounds and equipment. I've also found some the US military documentaries from the war. Well worth watching.



italiansport said:
I don't remember the name of this dud but it took place in the Asian theater on as Island. The plot was that there was a troop of US GIs and a troop of Japs. They ended up calling a truce for a time and some of them became "friends". when the truce ended some of The Americans tried to Protect the Japs who were hell bent on killing them. The movie starred Frank Sinatra an I've never seen it run on TV probably because it's so bad.
Jim
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glenncal1 said:
I watched most of the 1998 "The Thin Red Line" last nite. What a piece of junk. Thank god that the actual servicemen in WWII were nothing like this bunch of simpering whiners. I could write two pages of the inaccuracies of the film, but someone explain to me why you would wear a helmet in combat and not buckle the chin strap. Save yourself the 3 hours of misery if you have not seen this dog.
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You might be correct. Its worst crime was to trash the book it came from.
 
Chuck24 said:
Surprisingly enough 1941 was based on real events. Google the battle of Los Angelas and the Zoot Suit Wars.:eek:
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Have had to explain that to many. Funny, funny Christmas movie."I won't have guns in this house" Somebody want to guess what revolver she was holding?
 
italiansport said:
I don't remember the name of this dud but it took place in the Asian theater on as Island. The plot was that there was a troop of US GIs and a troop of Japs. They ended up calling a truce for a time and some of them became "friends". when the truce ended some of The Americans tried to Protect the Japs who were hell bent on killing them. The movie starred Frank Sinatra an I've never seen it run on TV probably because it's so bad.
Jim
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It's called "None But the Brave"

IMDB listing: None But the Brave (1965) - IMDb
 
italiansport said:
I don't remember the name of this dud but it took place in the Asian theater on as Island. The plot was that there was a troop of US GIs and a troop of Japs. They ended up calling a truce for a time and some of them became "friends". when the truce ended some of The Americans tried to Protect the Japs who were hell bent on killing them. The movie starred Frank Sinatra an I've never seen it run on TV probably because it's so bad.
Jim
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None But The Brave is the title you're searching for.
Worst for me was a nondescript B movie titled War Kill. George Montgomery was a supposed to be a legendary American guerrilla in the Philippines. It was light years beyond bad.
 
Pearl Harbor...ugh.
The Thin Red Line...with an even thinner plot.
Windtalkers was disappointing. More about Nick Cage's love life than I care to know...ever.
 
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