Memorial Day

I hope you all are enjoying your Memorial Day and taking the time to remember all the people who fought and died to keep us free. I always celebrate Memorial Day by watching a war movie or 2. I am currently watching Band of Brothers on the History Channel. If you haven't seen it yet, you should. It is outstanding. I usually watch Saving Private Ryan and may get around to that later today as I feel that is the best war movie I've seen.

Last night I watched To End All Wars, and was pretty disappointed. It is about P.O.W.s in Thailand during WW2 who are basically slave laborers building a railroad for the Japanese, kind of like The Bridge on the River Kwai. The difference, however, is that the point of this movie seemed to be that the best response to the Japanese cruelty and aggression during the war would have been forgiveness and turning the other cheek. I, of course, think this is ridiculous, and the best comment I read about this movie was, "if I remember history right, it was bombs, not hugs, that end Japan's cruelty."

Anyway, here is a quick list of what I consider to be the best and worst war movies for your holiday viewing:

Best:
Saving Private Ryan
Tora! Tora! Tora!
A Bridge Too Far
Patton
All Quiet On The Western Front
Gettysburg

Worst:
Pearl Harbor
Wind Talkers
The Thin Red Line
U-571

And with that, feel free to add whatever movies you thing should be on one or the other list.