Military Movies

<p>okay, I know it was a tv show, but nobody mentioned JAG. Daughter said a woman who works at USNA has a life-sized cardboard cutout of Harm in her office. Isn't that hilarious?</p>

<p>"Flogging?"
usna09mom</p>

<p>Nah, keelhauling. Oh, wait. We were near NAS Lemoore CA. There was no ocean for 125 miles. Cotton fields from Fresno to Bakersfield.</p>

<p>When we run out of movies we should do books.</p>

<p>Last movies for me:</p>

<p>An Officer and a Gentleman (why I joined the Navy in 1982, hehe)
From Here to Eternity
Lawrence of Arabia
The Adventures of Robin Hood (the Errol Flynn one. A reach, but it's guerrilla warfare)
The Fighting Sullivans</p>

<p>From that era, Top Gun in 1986, when Tom Cruise was cool and not crazy.</p>

<p>I'm dying to add something to weski's Top Gun post. Val Kilmer is my eye candy! Just as long as he doesn't speak, its good. The same thing happened to Cruise. Maybe its the middle aged crazies. And I had forgotten all about The Fighting Sullivans! There are so many I want to re-watch now, I think I should make a list for Friday nights with egg rolls.</p>

<p>usna09mom,</p>

<p>Don't tell my hubby, but I'd just love to have a life-sized Harm in my home. Actually, I'll tell him just don't tell my cadet. She'll drop out of WP and come home if she finds out we have our very own Harm. :o</p>

<p>Jamzmom, talking about eye candy like Val Kilmer could be even more fun than eating all that chocolate. :cool:</p>

<p>momoftwins,
I would like to have Harm in my home. (If the guys can talk about cheerleaders, then females need some equity on this forum.) He's really the perfect man don't you think: intelligent, but funny; strong, but sensitive; tall and fit, but not muscle-bound. I bet he also helps around the house or better yet, pays to have things done! </p>

<p>I'll let you know when the boxed set of JAG is released on DVD! ;)</p>

<p>Full Metal Jacket</p>

<p>usnamom - I'm with you on Harm! Of course, my hubby likes Mac. After 30+ years, it occurs to me that he did resemble Harm in 197x. Of course, things have changed... but we can look, not touch...</p>

<p>weski,
my ex was JAGC.<br>
Also, Los Angeles Times just published a series of articles about Scientology and Tom Cruise--interesting.</p>

<p>Where do you think Mac had her uniforms tailored, Saks?</p>

<p>Thanks for reminding me of a really great movie:</p>

<p>In Harm's Way</p>

<p>oh, come on Bill, give us three reasons not to adore Harm! Other than the fact that he is not from TEXAS! Come to think of it, that actually is in his favor...;)</p>

<p>omg, we have the same number of posts...</p>

<p>I would give you the reasons if I only knew who Harm was [is?] Is "Harm" in the carrier movie [Val Kilmer] or the television show, the JAG show?</p>

<p>In any event, aside from the Texas thing . . .</p>

<p>1.] Anybody named Harm is up to no good. He has been irreparably harmed by his name, a reflection of his mother's intent to harm any women that comes between her and her son, in which case he is too much of a momma's boy and just sees women as motherly substitutes, i.e. a girlie man; or by his father, who named him in an effort to warn potential mates that his son is harmful, in the way that moths are attracted to fire and ultimately burn in the pursuit of pleasure. </p>

<p>2.] Everybody knows that JAG officers aren't REALLY in the Navy; they're just doing it for the uniform which leads to the girls. [Hmmm, maybe that's reason enough. I knew that law school wasn't enough, nobody told me about the uniform part. Although carrying a gun seemed to be plenty attractive to the females.]</p>

<ol>
<li> Harm. n 1: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. [syn: injury, hurt, trauma] 2: the occurrence of a change for the worse [syn: damage, impairment] 3: the act of damaging something or someone [syn: damage, hurt, scathe] v : cause or do harm to; "These pills won't harm your system"
There you have it . . .he is harmful by nature or extension of his name.</li>
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<p>Admit it, you would much rather be in the arms of a sensitive, corpulent, late 40s-year old MAN [not that the description applies to anybody we know] than the rugged arms of a uniformed 28-year old BOY with rippled abs.</p>

<p>Beside, I still say that Patricia Neal in the movie "In Harm's Way" was one hot Navy nurse.</p>

<p>Oh, Bill! Make that a 50 something fellow with a few experience lines and we're talking! But I admit that guys in uniform are pretty hot. Unfortunately, that's my son & friends now...(and that is NOT even a remote Mrs. Robinson thought!)</p>

<p>Harm = Harmon Rabb, one of those who won't commit or when he is about to, falls for someone who has more committment issues than he has. </p>

<p>Makes for a good TV show. But I missed the old General.</p>

<p>Does it count that I have a thing for Jimmy Stewart? And Patricia Neal was NOT hot. C'mon find somebody else Bill. How do you feel about Grace Kelly? Wasn't she in any war movies? I can't think of one off hand but she HAD to be cause she was hotter than Patricia Neal and I think you should pick Grace.</p>

<p>Here. Read up Bill. He's no girlie-man. LOL
<a href="http://www.geocities.com/savante_2000/Harm.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.geocities.com/savante_2000/Harm.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>P.S. Val Kilmer & Harm are in the forties. So none of that Coo Coo Ca Choo Mrs. Robinson business... I am so laughing right now.....</p>

<p>Hmm, may I suggest:</p>

<p>Off the top of my head -Grave of the Fireflies-, Grand Illusion, Ballad of a Soldier, Sophie's Choice, Dr. Strangelove, All Quiet on the Western Front,</p>

<p>The Netflix list is getting longer! From Gettysburg, to South Pacific to The Right Stuff! Let's keep adding to this list and start a book and TV list! Or we will digress into Hogan's Heros and NCIS!</p>

<p>Ok. Back to serious. Hows about The Gallant Hours (James Cagney as Admiral Hasley), The story of G.I. Joe, did someone say The Enemy below...</p>

<p>Ha this is getting funny.</p>

<p>JM I thought I was your "eye candie" ha ha ha</p>

<p>Patricia Neal was HOT in "In Harms Way" as well as "Hud"</p>

<p>Some of these recommendations are getting far afield of war/military movies.</p>

<p>McHale's Navy(the tv show) was one of the funniest things on TV.</p>

<p>Stalag 17 was a great prison/war movie.</p>

<p>The Great Escape was also.</p>

<p>That would be Adm. Halsey(Bull to his friends)...jp jm</p>

<p>okay, now I have this all figured out.</p>

<ol>
<li>jamzmom, you did a nice job designing the "Ode to Harm" website.</li>
<li>bill'o510, where do you find the time to chair the Patricia Neal fan club?
I am laughing so hard...</li>
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<p>Oh, and that comment about "guys in uniform are hot." Yeah, my daughter said some of them were so hot this summer that they formed "The Stinky Squad."</p>

<p>As I mentioned earlier, Grace Kelly starred in "The Bridges at Toko-Ri," based on the novel by James Michener. Bill, let us know if it's two thumbs up for Grace Kelly or Patricia Neal.</p>