Wednesday, September 20, 2006
War Films
1 Saving Private Ryan (1998) Directed by Steven Spielberg
Direction: 9.5/10
Production: 9.5/10
Acting: 9.5/10
Character development: 10/10
Cinematography: 9.5/10
Art direction: 9.5/10
Editing: 9.5/10
Sound: 10/10
Visual Effects: 9/10
Action sequences: 9.5/10
Soundtrack: 9.5/10
Entertainment value: 9/10
Overall: 95/100

2 Stalingrad (1993) Directed by Joseph Vilsmaier
Direction: 9/10
Production: 8/10
Acting: 9/10
Character development: 9/10
Cinematography: 8.5/10
Art direction: 9/10
Editing: 9/10
Sound: 9/10
Visual Effects: 8.5/10
Action sequences: 9/10
Soundtrack: 8.5/10
Entertainment value: 8.5/10
Overall: 88/100

3 Patton (1970) Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Direction: 8.5/10
Production: 9/10
Acting: 9.5/10
Character development: 9/10
Cinematography: 8.5/10
Art direction: 8/10
Editing: 8/10
Sound: 8/10
Visual Effects: 8/10
Action sequences: 8.5/10
Soundtrack: 9.5/10
Entertainment value: 8/10
Overall: 85/100

4 Platoon (1986) Directed by Oliver Stone
Direction: 9/10
Production: 9/10
Acting: 8.5/10
Character development: 8/10
Cinematography: 8.5/10
Art direction: 8/10
Editing: 8.5/10
Sound: 8.5/10
Visual Effects: 8/10
Action sequences: 8.5/10
Soundtrack: 9.5/10
Entertainment value: 9/10
Overall: 85/100

5The Thin Red Line(1998) Directed by Terrence Malick
Direction: 9/10
Production: 9/10
Acting: 8/10
Character development: 7.5/10
Cinematography: 9.5/10
Art direction: 8/10
Editing: 8/10
Sound: 8.5/10
Visual Effects: 7.5/10
Action sequences: 8/10
Soundtrack: 8.5/10
Entertainment value: 7.5/10
Overall: 83/100

6 We Were Soldiers (2002) Directed by Randall Wallace
Direction: 8.5/10
Production: 8/10 Acting: 8.5/10
Character development: 8/10
Cinematography: 8.5/10
Art direction: 8/10
Editing: 8.5/10
Sound: 8.5/10
Visual Effects: 8/10
Action sequences: 8.5/10
Soundtrack: 8/10
Entertainment value: 8/10
Overall: 82/100

7 Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Directed by Richard Fleischer and Kinji Fukasaku
Direction: 7/10
Production: 8.5/10
Acting: 8/10
Character development: 7/10
Cinematography: 8.5/10
Art direction: 9/10
Editing: 7/10
Sound: 8.5/10
Visual Effects: 8.5/10
Action sequences: 9/10
Soundtrack: 8.5/10
Entertainment value: 8.5/10
Overall: 81/100

8 Black Hawk Down (2001) Directed by Ridley Scott
Direction: 7.5/10
Production: 8/10
Acting: 7/10
Character development: 6.5/10
Cinematography: 8.5/10
Art direction: 8.5/10
Editing: 7.5/10
Sound: 8.5/10
Visual Effects: 8.5/10
Action sequences: 8.5/10
Soundtrack: 8/10
Entertainment value: 8.5/10
Overall: 78/100

9 Behind Enemy Lines (2001) Directed by John Moore
Direction: 6.5/10
Production: 6/10
Acting: 7/10
Character development: 7/10
Cinematography: 7.5/10
Art direction: 6/10
Editing: 6.5/10
Sound: 7/10
Visual Effects: 6.5/10
Action sequences: 6/10
Soundtrack: 5/10
Entertainment value: 8/10
Overall: 65/100

10 Pearl Harbor(2001) Directed by Michael Bay
Direction: 5.5/10
Production: 7/10
Acting: 5.5/10
Character development: 6/10
Cinematography: 7/10
Art direction: 7/10
Editing: 5.5/10
Sound: 9/10
Visual Effects: 9/10
Action sequences: 9/10
Soundtrack: 8/10
Entertainment value: 6.5/10
Overall: 69/100

1 Saving Private Ryan (1998) Directed by Steven Spielberg
Direction: 9.5/10
Production: 9.5/10
Acting: 9.5/10
Character development: 10/10
Cinematography: 9.5/10
Art direction: 9.5/10
Editing: 9.5/10
Sound: 10/10
Visual Effects: 9/10
Action sequences: 9.5/10
Soundtrack: 9.5/10
Entertainment value: 9/10
Overall: 95/100

2 Stalingrad (1993) Directed by Joseph Vilsmaier
Direction: 9/10
Production: 8/10
Acting: 9/10
Character development: 9/10
Cinematography: 8.5/10
Art direction: 9/10
Editing: 9/10
Sound: 9/10
Visual Effects: 8.5/10
Action sequences: 9/10
Soundtrack: 8.5/10
Entertainment value: 8.5/10
Overall: 88/100

3 Patton (1970) Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Direction: 8.5/10
Production: 9/10
Acting: 9.5/10
Character development: 9/10
Cinematography: 8.5/10
Art direction: 8/10
Editing: 8/10
Sound: 8/10
Visual Effects: 8/10
Action sequences: 8.5/10
Soundtrack: 9.5/10
Entertainment value: 8/10
Overall: 85/100

4 Platoon (1986) Directed by Oliver Stone
Direction: 9/10
Production: 9/10
Acting: 8.5/10
Character development: 8/10
Cinematography: 8.5/10
Art direction: 8/10
Editing: 8.5/10
Sound: 8.5/10
Visual Effects: 8/10
Action sequences: 8.5/10
Soundtrack: 9.5/10
Entertainment value: 9/10
Overall: 85/100

5The Thin Red Line(1998) Directed by Terrence Malick
Direction: 9/10
Production: 9/10
Acting: 8/10
Character development: 7.5/10
Cinematography: 9.5/10
Art direction: 8/10
Editing: 8/10
Sound: 8.5/10
Visual Effects: 7.5/10
Action sequences: 8/10
Soundtrack: 8.5/10
Entertainment value: 7.5/10
Overall: 83/100

6 We Were Soldiers (2002) Directed by Randall Wallace
Direction: 8.5/10
Production: 8/10 Acting: 8.5/10
Character development: 8/10
Cinematography: 8.5/10
Art direction: 8/10
Editing: 8.5/10
Sound: 8.5/10
Visual Effects: 8/10
Action sequences: 8.5/10
Soundtrack: 8/10
Entertainment value: 8/10
Overall: 82/100

7 Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Directed by Richard Fleischer and Kinji Fukasaku
Direction: 7/10
Production: 8.5/10
Acting: 8/10
Character development: 7/10
Cinematography: 8.5/10
Art direction: 9/10
Editing: 7/10
Sound: 8.5/10
Visual Effects: 8.5/10
Action sequences: 9/10
Soundtrack: 8.5/10
Entertainment value: 8.5/10
Overall: 81/100

8 Black Hawk Down (2001) Directed by Ridley Scott
Direction: 7.5/10
Production: 8/10
Acting: 7/10
Character development: 6.5/10
Cinematography: 8.5/10
Art direction: 8.5/10
Editing: 7.5/10
Sound: 8.5/10
Visual Effects: 8.5/10
Action sequences: 8.5/10
Soundtrack: 8/10
Entertainment value: 8.5/10
Overall: 78/100

9 Behind Enemy Lines (2001) Directed by John Moore
Direction: 6.5/10
Production: 6/10
Acting: 7/10
Character development: 7/10
Cinematography: 7.5/10
Art direction: 6/10
Editing: 6.5/10
Sound: 7/10
Visual Effects: 6.5/10
Action sequences: 6/10
Soundtrack: 5/10
Entertainment value: 8/10
Overall: 65/100

10 Pearl Harbor(2001) Directed by Michael Bay
Direction: 5.5/10
Production: 7/10
Acting: 5.5/10
Character development: 6/10
Cinematography: 7/10
Art direction: 7/10
Editing: 5.5/10
Sound: 9/10
Visual Effects: 9/10
Action sequences: 9/10
Soundtrack: 8/10
Entertainment value: 6.5/10
Overall: 69/100
